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L. rrBERTTLEXTUS, Vail. Ava and Kaiiibahi Tminf!; in the Pegu Eange. 



Indunicnt of infloR'scenco, flowers, borrics, and shoots densely tuMienlose, wliito, 

 scurfy. Corolla 1.1-2 inches long. Berries club-shaped. 



L. scritnn.A, L. All ov( r liiirnia and the .\ndanians 



(except var. a not yet found). 



Indument of inflorescence, flowers and young shoots velvety or villous, rusty to 

 whitish. Corolla \ to 1^ inch long. Eerrles club-shaped, 2-3 lines long. 



var. rt scurnda, L. Corolla long. 

 var. ji obtirtus. Wall. Petiules long. 

 var. 7 biidtUeioides, Desv. Flowers smaller, whitish, 

 var. f gracilijiorm, Wall. Flowers small, tawny-velvety. 

 L. linoPALocAui'us, Kz. 



Indument thin, puberulous, whitish or yrllowish. Corolla .\ to J of an inch 

 long. Berries elongate, club-shaped, i an iiudi long, thin-velvety. 



X X Floicera 5-G-meroii.t, ihe corolla xlit hdernlly. Berries rounded at the late. 

 f Shoots, injtorescence and Jluirers densely villotis-toinentosc. 



L. SiAsiENsis, Kz. Siam. 



Leaves thick, coriaceous, cordate, beneath rusty-toincntose. Bract times longer 

 than the ovary. Flowers long, spiked. 



f f All parts i/hihroiis. 



L. PKXTANDitfs, L. Pegu. Martaban and Tenasserim up to ."000 feet. 



Kaccmes thiidj' gre)'ish-tonientose. Corolla i to 1 inch long, u-merous, yellow 

 or orange, the tube short, inflated, scurfy-tonientose outside. 



var. a pentandras. Pedicels J to 1 inch. 



var. pfarinosus, Desv. Flowers on shorter pedicels or sessile. 



L. LONGIFLORUS, Dcsv. All ovcr Burma and tlie Andamans. 



Kacemes glabrous, rarely puberulous. Corolla 1-2 inches long, crimson or roso- 

 coloui'ed, curved and somewhat inflated in the middle, ([uite glabrous, 5-merous. 



var. a longijlorus. Flowers only 1-1 J inch long. 

 var. /3 bieotor, Boxb. Flowers 2-2.^ inclies long. 

 var. r/faleatits, L.f. Leaves linear to linear-lanceolate, more or less falcate. 



-| — |- Petals free to the base. Corolla briyld red or crimson. 

 L. ELKUTHEROPETALUS, Kz. Tcnasserim. 



Flowers about 1^ inch long, G-merous. Petals equal and elongate-linear. 

 L. PEXTAPETALUS, Roxb. Kliakyen Hills and LTjipcr Tcnasserim. 



Flowers only 4 linos long, S-nierous. The petals dilated at the ba.se, and form- 

 ing apparently a short ovately inflated straight lube. Leaves tapering at the base. 

 L. coeciNEUs, Jack. Tcnasserim. 



As the last, but flowers -l-merous. Leaves cordate at the base. 



YiscTTM, Liimaiis. 



Floral parts reduced to an apparently simple perianth. Albumoi solid. Anthers 

 opening inwards by several pores. Flowers very small, monwcioits and clustered at 

 the nodes or dioecious, in the forks of the branches. 



* Leafy shrubs. Perianth-lubes deciduous. 



Y. ALBUii, L. var. /i Martaban above 5000 feet. 



Branchlets terete. Leaves rounded at the apex. Flowers in sessile, or shortly- 

 pedunclcd, cup-shaped involucres at the end of tlie brunches or in their forks. 



var. n album. Inflorescence sessile or nearly so. Perianth-lobes -J. 

 var. ft Karensium. Inflorescences peduncled. Perianth-lobes 3. 



