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few; reticulations transverse, irregular; petiole stout, -76 to 1 in. long, 

 densely ferruginous-tomentose. Cymes densely ferruginous-tomentose, 

 few-branched, on -25 to -5 in. long peduncles, reaching 4 in. long and 

 broad ; branches spicate-paniculate ; the flowers in small clusters, sessile 

 or very shortly peduncled ; bracts minute, ovate-acute, deciduous ; buds 

 oblong-conical; flowers- cream-coloured. CaZya:; campanulate ; tube short, 

 •025 in. long ; lobes ovate, glabrous within, as long as tube ; scales 

 between them within or very minute. Corolla-tube short, "05 in. long ; 

 lobes linear-oblong, 1 in. long, densely white-villous within. Corona 

 adherent to the staminal-column below, free above and longer, each 

 process furnished with an upturned tooth on the back. Stamens slender, 

 appendages acute ; pollen-carriers semicircular ; pollen-masses 2 to each 

 cell, rounded. Style-apex columnar, ringed at the base. Follicles divari- 

 cate in one straight line, cylindric, very obtuse, 4 in. long, about 1 in. broad; 

 pericarp densely covered with chocolate-brown soft wool. Seeds oblong, 

 slightly winged, '75 in. long, -25 in. broad, produced above in a short 

 beak broad at the tip which bears a copious whitish silky coma 2 in. long ; 

 testa thin; albumen scanty; cotyledons (immature) oblong; radicle stout. 



Peeak : on large trees in dense forest. King's Collector 5611, 6865, 

 6882. 



4. Genianthus Blumei, King & Gamble. A climbing shrub ; 

 branches stout, the size of a swan's quill, brown, rugose, lenticellate ; 

 branchlets ferruginous-tomentose. Leaves elliptic-ovate or -obovate, 

 shortly acuminate at apex, attenuate when young, rounded when old at 

 base ; upper surface glabrous except on the midrib, puncticulate, lower 

 surface densely ferruginous-tomentose when young, less so when old ; 

 margins recurved; 3 to 6 in. long, 2 to 4 in. broad; midrib stout, im- 

 pressed above, much raised beneath, sometimes with small glands at the 

 base ; main nerves 7 to 10 pairs, strong, lower ones nearly at right 

 angles to the midrib, upper at about 60°, at first straight, then curved to 

 and along the margin, impressed above; secondary nerves none; reticu- 

 lations netted, obscure ; petiole "5 to '75 in. long, twisted at base, 

 tomentose. Cymes subsessile, lateral, up to 3 in. long ; branches divari- 

 cate, bearing sessile clusters of densely tomentose small flowers ; buds 

 ovoid. Galyx-lohQS ovate, acute, densely ferruginous-pubescent without. 

 Corolla-lohes very short, white-villous within. Corona-processes ending 

 in a linear-truncate ligule. Style-apex elongate-apiculate. Follicles 2, 

 divaricate in a straight line, cylindric, obtuse ; tip slightly recurved ; 3 to 

 4 in. long, -75 in. broad ; pericarp very thick, smooth, glabrous. Seeds 

 ovate, '6 in. long, -3 in. broad; margin winged ; tip truncate, bearing a 2 

 in. long pale brown silky coma ; cotyledons cordate, '25 in. long ; radicle 

 cylindric, "15 in. long. Toxocarpus Blumei, Dene, in DC. Prodr. VIII. 



