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3998; Scortechini 47, 283, 603; King's Collector 762, 10152.~Distrib. 

 Borneo. 



Allied to L. Morinda, DC, but the leaves of that species are more coriaceons 

 have more main-nerves and broader bases. The flowers moreover of this are 

 5-merous and of that 4-merous. 



4. Lucinaea Morinda, DC. Prod. IV. 368. Young branches 

 thinner than a goose-quill, puberulous but ultimately glabrous. Leaves 

 coriaceous, glabrous, lanceolate to elliptic-oblong, rarely somewhat 

 obovate, brown when dry ; apex acute or sub-acute, the base rounded or 

 minutely cordate ; main-nerves 8 to 12 pairs, faint, spreading, slightly 

 curved; length 1'5 to 2"5 in.; breadth '9 to 125 in.; petiole '15 to "25 

 in., slender; stipules triangular. Peduncles solitary or in fascicles of 

 three, usually terminal but sometimes axillary, pubescent, about 1 in. 

 long. Heads "75 in. in diam., 8- to 10-flowered. Calyx with a short 

 truncate limb. Corolla '2 in. long, sessile. Berries crowded, broadly 

 turbinate, glabrous. Wall. Cat. 8437. Morinda polysperma, Jack, in Mai. 

 Misc. I. 14; Roxb. FI. Ind. ed. Carey & Wall. II. 204; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. 

 Ind. III. 93. 



Malacca: Griffith (K.D.) 2954; Ridley 1598; Maingay (K.D.) 875. 

 Penang: Wallich 8437. Perak : Curtis 1337. Selangor: Ridley 3819. 

 Pahang: Ridley 1093. Perak: Scortechini 283; Wray 2405, 4211; 

 King's Collector 4645, 5498, 8482. Singapore : Jack. — Distrib. Malay 

 Archipelago. Always littoral. 



16. Lecananthus, Jack. 



A small glabrous shrub. Floioers crowded in involucrate axillaiy, 

 sessile or pedunculate, nodding heads. Calyx-tube ovoid or turbinate ; 

 the limb oblique, campanulate, with 2 to 4 short obtuse unequal lobes, 

 or 2-lipped, persistent. Corolla funnel-shaped; the tube inflated below ; 

 the limb with 5 thick obtuse bearded lobes, valvate in bud. Stamens 5, 

 inserted by short filaments in the throat of the corolla; anthers bifid 

 below. Disk urn-shaped. Ovary 2-celled ; style slender, Avith 2 linear 

 or oblong stigmas; ovules numerous; placentas spongy, attached to the 

 septum. Fruit membranous, 2-celled, pulpy, many-seeded, placentas 

 thick. Seeds obtusely angled, the testa smooth, thick; embryo small, in 

 fleshy albumen. — A single species. 



Lecananthus erubescens Jack in Mai. Misc. II. 83. Glabrous 

 everywhere except the calyx. Stem with 4 angles, two of them acute, 

 12 to 18 in. high. Leaves thickly membranous, ovate-elliptic to narrow- 

 ly oblong, shortly acuminate, tapering below to the short petiole; main- 

 nerves about 7 pairs, curved, ascending, faint, the veins distinct; length 

 3 to 8 in.; breadth 125 to 3 in. Stipules ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 



