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Fruticulus circiter 1*5 m. altus (ex Kerr); ramuli primo 

 pubenili, demum glabri, cortice pallido plerumque nitido obtecti. 

 Folia oblanceolata vel late oblanceolata, apice acuminata, acuta^ 

 basi cuneata, 2'5-7"5 cm. longa, 0'8-l'8 cm* lata, cbartacea vel 

 membranaceo-chartacea, supra glabra, subtus costa nerTisque 

 puberula, nervis lateralibus utrinque circiter IQ supra conspicuis 

 subtus prominulis, nervis transversis supra subconspicuis subtus 

 subprominulis, petiolo brevi supra canaliculate suffulta ; stipulae 

 angustae, circiter 5 mm, longae. Inflorescentia e cymulis -sim- 

 plicibus 3-floribus constituta vel saenius ramulis duobus oDnositis 



communis 



mm 



circiter 6 mm. longus; pedunculi laterale. ^ _ _ __ ^ _ 



longi; pedicelli graciles, 9 mm. longi; bracteae parvae. Keceyta- 

 culum turbinatum, 2'5 mm. altum, apice 3 mm. diametro, 

 glabrum. Calycis segmenta plus minusve linearia, -acuta vel 

 obtusiuscula, ad 2'5 mm. longa et 0*T5 mm. lata. Corollae luteae 

 (ex Kerr) tubus 1'4 cm. longus, intus pilosus, extra glaber; lobi 



ad 3 mm. longi et l'5mm. lati. i^i'Zamenta ' ' " "^ 



longis. Stylus I'l cm. longus, parce pilosu 



■Mycetia cauliflora, Craib in Kew Bull. 11 



mm 



mm 



lam 



104, vix Reinw* 



Cliiengmai, Doi Sutep, in evergreen jung 

 Kerr 1833. 



Dist. Upper Burma : Southern Shan States, Macqreqor 674 

 (Herb. Calcutta !) 



Mycetia rivicola, Craib [Rubiaceae-Mussaendeae] ; ab affini 



M. cauli£ora, Reinw.. ramulorum indnrnpTifn mamq nprsisfp-n+ft. 



stipulis maj 

 recedit. 



indument 



Kerr) : ramul 



adpresse pubescentes vel suhtomentelli, mox puberuli, demum 



minusve ientieellato obtecti. ad b mm 



diametro. Folia oblanceolata, late oblanceolata vel oblongo- 

 oblanceolata, apice plerumque breviter acute acuminata, basi 



cm 



glabra, subnitida, subtus pallidiora, costa nervisque breviter 

 adpresse jiubescentia, nervulis puberula, nervis lateralibus 

 utrinque plerumque 15-20 supra conspicuis vel subprominulis 

 subtus prominentibus, nervis transversis pagina superiore con- 

 spicuis infeiiore prominulis; petioli 6-10 mm. longi, supra 

 canaliculati, indumento ut ramuli; stipulae mox deciduae, ad 



st 3'5 mm. latae, pallidae. Inflorescentia termi- 



mm 



nalis, e cymis 



diametro 



cm 



pedunculus^ communis brevis; pedunculi partiales oppositi, 

 mferiores circiter 1*5 cm, longi, rigidi; pedicelli circiter 7 mm. 

 longi. Receiytaculum 2 mm. altum, pilis brevibus adpressis 

 tectum. Calvcis sesrmenta lanoeolata. acuta. ^ inm InTicpn. 1 



mm 



minusve 



pubescentia. Corollae luteae (ex Kerr) tubus circiter 1 cm. 



mm 



mm. lati, dorso superne parcius adpresse pubescentes. Filamenta 



