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6. L. Leschmaultii, Wall. 



Leaves ovate,, sub-cordaLe, acute, hoary underneath. Peduncles 

 two-flowered, axillary, solitary, or terminal, fascicled. Tube of the 

 corol with an even base. 



Kindly communicated by- -Mr. Leschenault, who found it oi2.Neei* 

 gi\i, and who informs nie the native name is " Mouth quede." 



A climbing shrub. Branches round, villous. — Leaves opposite, 

 spreading, ovate^ acute, with a sub-cordate base, longer than their in- 

 terstices, from one to two inches long, smooth above* margins ciliate, 

 villous, hoary, and almost white underneath, with elevated rib, 

 nerves, and elegantly reticulate xelm.— Fetiols villous, about four 

 lines long. — Peduncles short, villous, two-flowered, axillary and soli- 

 tary, or terminal, fascicled. At the apex of each peduncle there is an 

 involucrum, consisting of six unequal villous bractes which support 

 the two flowers ; two of them are opposite, linear, spreading in a line 

 with the back of each ovarium, which they exceed considerab'y 

 in length; the four others are several times shorter, ovate, acute, 

 adpressed to the ovarium and placed in two opposite pairs between 

 the outer ones. The five teeth of the calyx linear, villous. — Corolla 

 large, probably yellow, with a villous, slender tube which measures 

 an inch in -length ; base not gibbous; apex gently widening into the 

 two-lipped, large, open border, which is nearly as long as the tube; 

 the upper lip consisting of four ovate, obtuse lacinne ; under lip deep- 

 ly divided ; lacinice linear, widening at the obtuse apex ; throat villous. 

 — Filaments long, filiform, equalling the border. Ovarium ovate,, 

 villous. — Style as long as the stamina. Stigma large, capitate* 



7- L. diversifolia, Wall, 



Leaves ovate, cuspidate, acute, or acuminate, base rounded, or 

 sub-cordate, villous underneath. Peduncles axillary, shoiter than 

 the petiols, two-flowered. Calyx cup. shaped, acutely five-lobed. 

 ■ Corol gibbous, infundifouiiform, villous. 



A specimen was communicated by Dr. Govan, cellected on the 

 mountain of Gurwal. 



Branches round, climbing, cove-red with soft villosity. —Leaves va- 



