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Kear Ivmanthas fonnomisis Matsum,, but difters from it in kxviug leaves 

 -witli roirnd base, and in tlie mncli lougor liirsute stipules. 



Lasianthus microstachys Hayata sp. nov. Frutex; rami et ramuli 

 gi"acillimi siibglabri. Folia opposita chartacea vel tenuiter coriacea oblonga 

 7-10 cm. longa 3 cm. lata apice cuspidato-a^uminata basi cuneata vel acuta 

 margine iutegi'a supra glabra subtus ad costas venas dense hir£.uta, coatis 

 venisque supra tenuiter impressis subtus })rominente distincteqae elevatis, 

 petiolis 3-4 mm. longis hirsutis, stipulis subnullis ad pilos dejiaos reductis. 

 Cym?e pauce-floratiB breve pedunculatse vel subsessiles, axillares 5 mm. longga 

 vel brevissim». Calyx urceolato-campanulatus 3| mm. longus 3 mm. latus, 

 tubo l^ mm. longo totiusque lato pauce hirsuto cum ovari.o connato, limbo 

 campanulato extus hirsuto intus glabro a medio sursura 5-lobato, lobis Kneari- 

 subulatis l^ mm. longis basi dilatatis hirsutis. Corolla ignota. Fructus Lato 

 globosus 4 mm. latus 3 mm. longiis 5-lobatus 5-coecus, exocarpiis carnosis, 

 endocarpiis (testis cocci) crustaceis semi-oblongis 2] mra. longis 1| mm. Li.tis. 

 -Semina ignota. 



Uab. OchObi, leg. B. HLiyata, Mai. ]91(). 



Near Lasianthus micranthus Hooiv. f. (in Fl. Brit. Ind. HI. j)- 1^^) l 

 but distiuguishable from it in having much sraaller leaves with cuneate base. 



Lasianthus parvifolius Hayata sp. nov. Frutex; rami et ramuli 

 ^•aciles vel tenuiter hirsuti subtetragoni. Folia opposita tenuiter coriacea 

 vel chai-tacea 5 cm. longa 2} cm. lata apice caudato-acuminata basi acuta vel 

 obtusix integi-a supra gLibra subtus tenuiter hirsuta, petioHs 8 mm. longis 

 hirsutis, stipulis interpeti( Jaribus 1-2 mm. longis ti-iaugularibus hirsutis acutis. 

 Flores ad axillas foliorum fasciouLxti subsessiles, bracteolis minutis triangu- 

 Laribus liirsutis. Ga\jx obconicus 3 mm. longus k>tiusque latus hirsutus, limbo 

 5-lol )ato, lobis tiianguLuibus 1 mm. longis totiiLsque latis acutissimis hirsutis 

 intus glabris. Corolla tubiformis 1 cm. longa 3 mm. latas exta hirsuta apice 

 5-l(A)ata, lobis oblongis 3 mm. longis 2 mm. latis apice acutis basi haud con- 

 tractis extus tenuiter hirsutis intus barbatis, tulx) intus dense barbato. Stamina 

 5 subsessilia, antheris linearibus l^- mm. Ljugis | mm. latis apice obtusis. 

 Discus pulviniformis supra ovarium inferuin insitus. Stylus columniforuiis 

 glal)er 3 mm. longus apice incrajsatus teuuiter 5-lobatus. 



