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loDga, 2-5 mm, laia. Squamae lineares, valile eniargiiiatae, 



2*6 mm. longae» 0*6 mnu latae. 



Doi CMeiig Dao, on rocks 1650-1770 in., Kerr 2876. Cult. 



Hort. Trin. CoJL, Dublin. 



Lagerslroemia Coliinsae, Craib [Lythraceae-Lytlireae] ; L. 



calycvlaiae, Ktirz et L, Balansae^ Koeliiie, affinis, sed foliis 



minoribiis facile distingiiei\da, 



Ramidi primo stellato-pnboscentes, cito glabri, cortice cinereo- 

 brunneo obtecti. Folia lanceolata, oblongo-lanceolata vel ovato- 

 lanceolata, apice acuminata , summo apice obtusa, basi cuneata 

 Tel rotundato-cnneata, usque ajl 7-5 cm. longa et 3-5 cm. lata, 

 niox subcoriacea, juventute pagina utraque stellato-pubescentia, 

 cito omnino glabra, nei vis latcraiibus utrinquc 8-9 intra luargineiii 

 anastomosantibus supra conspiculs leviter immersis siibtiis 

 proniiuentibus^ nervis transversis reticnlationeni subgracileni in 

 foliis niaiuris forraantibus, petiolo circiter 4 mm. longo suj)ra 

 late hand altius canaliculate mox glabro suffulta. Bracteae 

 angustae, alabastra ocbraceo-tomentosa subaequantes. Calycis 

 infructescentis tubus 8 mm, longus; lobi 6, deltoidei, acuti, usque 

 ad 6 mm. longus et 4-5 mm. latus, intra siipome cinereo-tomentosi. 

 Petala oblongo-obovata, apice rotundata, 2 cm. (ungue 4 mm. 

 longo in(duso) longa, circiter 9 mm, lata. Fructus pedicello 

 2*5 mm. longo ut calyce pilis arboreo-ramosis ocbraceo-tomentoso 

 sirffultus, 12 mm. altus, 10 mm. diametro, fuscns, apice cinereo- 

 tomentosiis. 



Sriraclia, edgo of bank above beacb, 4-5 m., Mrs, D. /. Collins 



38, 190. 



Siamese name (of timber), Era bek. 



Beaumontia Murtonii, Craib [Apocynaceae-Ecliitideae] ; a B. 



brevituha, Oliver, cui affiiiis, sepalis angustioribus facile dis- 

 tingucnda. 



Friitex volubilis; ramuli pi^imo densius ferrugineo-furfuracei, 

 mox glabri, cortice cincreo sparse lenticellato obtecti. Folia 

 oblonga vel oblongo - oblanceolata, apice breviter obtuse 

 acuminata, basi cuneata, usque ad 20 cm. longa et 8"5 cm. 

 lata, subcoriacea, supra primo puberula, mox glabra, snbtiis 

 pallidiora, sparsius molliter breviter pubescontia, nervis laterali- 

 busutrinque circiter 16 rectis intra marginem anastomosantibus 

 pagina superiore parum impressis inferiore prominentibus, nervis 

 transversis inter se subparallelibus satis remotis subtus prominulis 

 supra parum impressis, petiolo validiusculo circiter 1 cm. longo 

 suffulta. Panicula terminalis, ad 13 cm. longa, floribus albis (ex 

 Zcr/*) ; bracteae deciduae, circiter 1-5 cm. longae; podicoUi sub 

 antbesin circiter 4 cm. longi, ut ramuli ferriiginei. Sepala 

 lanceolato-oblonga, acute acimiinata, vix 4 cm. longa, 14 cm. 

 lata, utrinque sed inferne niediumque versus puberula, lateribus 

 phis minusve oblique plicatis. Corolla alba (ex Kerr); tubi pars 

 basalis cylindrica vix 2 cm. longa, extra densius tomentella, pars 

 expansa circiter 5 cm. longa; lobi circiter 4 cm. longi et lati, 

 ^intus apicem versus et extra puberuli. Filamenta 3-5 cm. longa, 

 glabra, aniberis in toto 1-3 cm. longis. Ovarium dcpressum, 



