Lonkera. pentandria monqgtnia; 177 



longer than their interstices, varying; from ovate to oblong, finely 

 acuminate, tapering, base cordate, from three to five inches long, ra- 

 ther sparingly beset with hairs on both sides, membranous. Petiols 

 half an inch long, surrounding the place of insertion with a slight- 

 ly elevated line.— Peduncles axillary, solitary, twice as long as the 

 petiols, two -flowered, bearing often at the apex a pair of lanceolate, 

 narrow, spreading Jioral leaves, one or two inches long, sometimes, 

 though not always, supplying the place of the two longest bractes. 

 At the apex of the peduncle there is the usual involucrum of six 

 small bractes, which are hairy ; the two outer ones linear, spreading, 

 exceeding the ovana in length ; ihe intermediate opposite pairs small, 

 adpressed, ovate, obtuse. — Flowers of the same colour and form as 

 those of L. Xylosteum, to which this species comes nearest, and also 

 about their size; they are yellow, tinged with pale purple, slightly 

 hairy on the outside. — Lacinia of the calyx lanceolate, ciliate, blun- 

 tish. Tubeof the corolla not gibbous at the base. Ovarium smooth ; 

 style and filaments hairy; stigma capitate. 



5. L. lanceolata, Wall. 



Sub-erect? Leaves lanceolate, acuminate, hairy ;base acute; glau- 

 cous underneath. Peduncles axillary, longer than the petiols, like 

 them villous. Berries two, distinct, globular, smooth, 



Gathered by my people at Gosain-Than ; in fruit in August. 



Stem shrubby, covered with a fibrous epidermis, probably erect, 

 cylindric. Branches slender, round, pubescent, their base surround- 

 ed by a number of lanceolate, acuminate, arid, one-nerved persistent 

 bud-scales ; they appear to be but slightly climbing. — Leaves lanceo- 

 late, tapering, acuminate, acute at the base, about three inches long, 

 with somewhat uneven, sub-repand margins, shining, pubescent above; 

 glaucous, and hairy underneath, nerved and reticulate-veined. — Peti- 

 ols about one-third of an inch long, villous. — Peduncles axillary, op- 

 posite, villous, twice as long as the petiols. Berries two, distinct, of 

 the size and colour of a black currant, smooth, shining, crowned, three- 

 celled, supported by two linear, and four ovate bractes, the latter 

 recurved and sh.oiter.--I have not seen the flowers. 



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