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deciduous. Cymes solitary in the axils of the upper leaves or terminal, 

 pedunculate, much shorter (peduncle included) than the leaves when in 

 flower and rather more than half as long in fruit, everywhere rusty- 

 pubescent, the branches few, obliquely umbellate. Flowers numerous, in 

 two secund rows on the branches, rather more than '1 in. long, on short 

 hirsute pedicels, and intermixed with lanceolate hirsute or ciliate brac- 

 teoles. Galyx campanulate, with truncate entire mouth. Corolla 

 scarcely longer than the calyx, widely cylindric. Anthers 5, oblong, 

 versatile, dorsified. Capsule obreniform, the sinus large, rusty-pube- 

 scent, '2 in. across. 



Perak : King's Collector 8247. 



A species allied to 0. tomentosa, Jack. var. glabrata and 0. trichocarpa, Bl., but 

 the leaves of this are larger and much broader and the hairs on them are larger and 

 more yellow in colour. 



15. LUCINAEA, DO. 



Erect shrubs or epiphytic climbers, glabrous or nearly so. Leaves 

 usually coriaceous. Floivers in axillary or terminal, solitary or panicled, 

 pedunculate heads. Calyx-tuhe turbinate ; the limb annular or cupular, 

 entire, persistent. Corolla funnel-shaped, white ; the tube densely pilose 

 inside ; the limb coriaceous, with 4 or 5 oblong- lanceolate valvate lobes. 

 Stamens 4: or 5, inserted in the tube on short villous filaments or sessile ; 

 anthers dorsifixed, linear-oblong, included. Ovary 2-celled ; style filiform 

 or thickened below the middle ; stigmas 2, linear or spathulate ; ovules 

 numerous, on fleshy peltate placentas. Fruits baccate, surmounted by 

 the truncate calyx-limb, sub-confluent. Seeds compressed ; the testa 

 smooth, coriaceous ; embryo minute, in fleshy albumen. — Distrib. Spe- 

 cies about 18, all Malayan. 



Flower heads in a terminal panicle ... ... 1. L. ^aniculata. 



Flower heads solitary or in fascicles of three : — 



All parts quite glabrous ; corolla '75 in. long ... 2. L.Ridleyi. 



Young branches and inflorescence pubescent : — 

 Leaves membranous, much narrowed at the base ; 

 flowers 5-merou3 ... ... ... 3. L. memhranacea. 



Leaves coriaceous, with broad rounded bases, flowers 



4-merou8 ... ... ... ... 4. L, Morinda, 



1. LuciNAEA PANICDLATA, King n. sp. Glabrous ; young branches 

 thinner than a goose-quill, glabrous, brown when dry. Leaves oblanceo- 

 late to elliptic, shortly and rather abruptly acuminate, the base narrow- 

 ed to the rather stout petiole ; both surfaces glabrous, brown when dry, 

 the lower paler and with the reticulations visible ; midrib strong on 

 both surfaces ; main-nerves about 10 pairs, spreading slightly ascending 

 and little curved; length 6 to 10 in. ; breadth 226 to 425 in. ; petioles 



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