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1. W. stellulata. 



2. W. Bidleyi. 



3. W. Wallichii. 



4. W. Curtisii. 



5. W. odorata. 



thus, on account of their ovalation, removed to distant positions in the family of 

 of Buhiaceae. 



Lobes of the corolla longer than its tube : — 



Apices of the corolla-lobes acuminate, reflexed in 

 bud and forming a stem at the apex of the flower- 

 bud : fruit ovoid 



Apices of the corolla-lobes not linear or reflezed in 

 bud ; fruit globular : — 



Lobes of corolla with ciliate margins; calyx "25 

 in. long, its lobes large, oblong-lanceolate, acu- 

 minate 



Lobes of corolla glabrous ; calyx '15 in. long, 

 its lobes broadly triangular, acute : — 



Leaves 6 to 8 in. long, with 8 to 10 pairs of 

 nerves 



Leaves 25 to 3*5 in. long, with 5 or 6 pairs of 

 nerves 

 Lobes of the corolla and its tube of equal length 

 Lobes of the corolla shorter than its tube :— 



Cymes trichotomously panicled, on peduncles 

 several inches in length : — 



Calyx a little over "l in. long, the limb with 5 

 short blunt teeth ; leaves glabrous with 8 to 10 

 pairs of nerves 



Calyx *15 in. long, the limb with 5 deeply linear 

 lobes as long as its tube ; leaves puberuloua 

 beneath, with 8 to 16 pairs of nerves 

 Cymes condensed, with very short peduncles : — 

 Leaves glabrous and with 16 to 18 pairs of sub- 

 horizontal nerves; lobes of calyx linear-lan- 

 ceolate, longer than the tube 

 Leaves with scattered adpreesed hairs on the 

 under surface, especially on the midrib and 8 

 to 10 pairs of nerves ; lobes of calyx less than 

 half as long as its tube, triangular, sub-acute 



1. Webera stellulata, Hook. fil. FI. Br. Ind. III. 104. A shrub : 

 young branches much thinner than a goose-quill, dark-coloured, sub- 

 terete, glabrous. Leaves thinly coriaceous, oblong-elliptic to elliptic, 

 shortly acuminate at the apex, cuneate at the base, upper sm-face 

 glabrous, shining, very dark when dry, the midrib and nerves depressed • 

 the lower paler and dull, sometimes puberulous when young, but 

 usually glabrous ; main-nerves 7 to 10 pairs, leather faint, curved, as- 

 cending : length 4*5 to 9 in. ; breadth 1*5 to 2"5 in. ; petiole -25 to '4 in. ; 

 stipules ovate, acuminate, "15 in. long. Cymes (including the short 

 peduncle) 1 to 1'5 in. long, terminal, solitary, at first puberulous, after- 

 wards glabrous, trichotomous, rather few-flowered j the bracteolea 



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6. W. grandifolia. 



7. W. longifolia. 



8. W. Wrayi. 



9. W. Yappii. 



