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* Leaves coriaceous. Flowers greenish-white or green with a pur2)Iish hue. 



K. PATtAi.i.r.i.A, Wall. var. n Ava. Irrawaddy Valley, var /i freciuent 



in tlic mixed forests and grass jungles of I'egu. 



Leaves more or less glaucous, usually linear or lauccolate. Lobes of the staminal 

 tube erect, notclied. Seeds smooth and rounded on the back. Uuder-shrub. 



var. a genuina. Leaves usually pinnate or occasionally bipinnate, leaflets 

 oblong or oblong-lanceolate, more glaucous. Calj"x-lobos rotundate. 



var. /i angustifolia, La^vs. Leaves usually 2-3-pinnate, leaflets narrow-linear 

 to linear, very acuminate, calyx-lobes in fruit obtuse, but not rotundate. 



L. SAiiBuciNA, Willil. Arakan, Pegu Eange, Tenasserira, the Amlamans, 



L. stapht/hea, lloxb. Katchall, Kamorta, and Xankowry. 



L. ottili's, DC. 



Ka-lct (Kurz). 



Leaves dark-green, glossy. Lobes of staminal tube erect, notched. Seeds even 

 and convex on the bark. A tree. 



" Leea samburiiia, of the ' Flora of India ' (not of authors), is a melange of species, 

 which Lawson explains, mare Kewensi, by saying tliat there are transitional conditions 

 so numerous tliat tlu' species reduced by him cannot be maintained " (Kurz). 



This is rather hard on Kew ; but in all branches of natural science, both zoology 

 and botany, it is a thankless task expunging shadowy species, but undoubtedly a 

 meritorious one, since these shadowy species arc the curse and opprobrium of science. 



L. coMPACTiTLOEA, Kz. Hills East of Toung-ngoo at 3000 feet. 



Inflorescence with persistent and conspicuous bracts. Flowers sessile or nearly so. 



L. GiG.^NTEA, Gi'ifF. Maulmain. Tavoy. 



Leaves dark-grceu, glossy. Lobes of staminal tube reflexed, acuminate. Seeds 

 tubercled-keeled, the edges tuberckd-ribbed. A large shrub. 



* * Leaves more or less memlranous. Flowers red, orange, or scarlet. 

 L. I..ETA, Wall. Ava. Tropical forests of South Andamans. 



Leaflets 6-8 inches long. Inflorescence rusty-tomentoso. Under shrub. 

 L. cocciXEA, riauch. Xot rare in the savannahs of Pegu, rare 



in the diluvial forests of Martaban. 



Leaflets only 2^—1 inches long. Inflorescence glabrous or nearly so. Under-shrub. 



° ° Afore or less pubescent or stiji'-hairij, at lead the nerves beneath. 

 f Leaves usualli/ simjilg ju'nniile. 

 L. CRisrA, L. Chittagong and Pegu. 



L. pinnaia, Andr. 

 Kalet-theing (Kurz). 



Leaflets coarsely serrate, acute, roughish pubescent along the nerves beneath. 

 Nerves all parallel." I'etiolules thick and short. Stems, petioles, and peduncles 

 curled-winged. Bracts and braetlcts long, lanceolate-subulate. Shrub. 

 L. rcMiLA, Kz. Pegu and Martaban. 



Dwarf, all parts robust and densely pubescent or almost tomentosc. Petioles 

 and petiolules terete. Cymes tomentose. Bracts minute. Under shrub. 



f j Leaves tisually 2- or 3-pinnate. 

 L. ASPEKA, AVall. Pegu. 



Thakya-nwcli-than (Kurz). 

 Leaflets conrsely serrate, acuminate, roughish pubescent on the parallel nerves 



