Loranlhus. ^entandiua monogykia: «i^ 



sometimes five, erect. Style a little longer than the stamina. Stigma 

 capitate. Berry one-seeded." — W. Jack's ilfss.* 



10. L. cylindricus, TV. J, 



" Leaves alternate, petioled, lanceolate, acute at both ends ; raceme* 

 axillary, as long as the leaves, limb of the cotolla much longer thai] 

 the cylindrical tube. 

 Kayo Tiong ; Malay. 

 Found in Sumatra. 



Branches woody, straight, with dark coloured bark. — Leaves a!-' 

 temate, rather long-petioled, lanceolate, acute at both ends, entire, 

 smooth, nerved ; four or five inches long. Petiols about an inch in 

 length. liacemes axillary, as long as the leaves, rigid ; flowers pedi- 

 cellate-divaricate, rather distant from each other, so that the whole 

 lias an open stiff appearance. Bractes one, embracing the base of 

 the ovary on its outer side. — Calyx rather distinct, nearly entire. 

 Corolla red, perfectly cylindrical before expansion, five-petalled ; limb 

 retlexed, three times as long as the tube ; petals linear, separating 

 almost to the base. Stamina live, inserted on the petals, and nearly 

 as long. Style filiform, erect. Stigma small. Ovary cylindrical, 

 one-seeded. 



Ois. This is a well marked species having somewhat the habit of a 

 Rhopala in its inflorescence and cylindrical flowers, which are some^ 

 times tetrandrous."— W. Jack's Mss. 



11. L. incarnatits, W, J. 



" Pentandrous; young leaves and branchlets covered with decidu- 

 ous, stellate pubescence; leaves alternate, broad-ovate, acute; ra- 

 cemes below the leaves, hoary; calyx five-toothed ; limb of the corctla 

 much shorter than the tube. 



Found on the island of Pulo Nias. 



* The leaves vary much in size and figure ; tliey are often rounded at the apex. It is 

 'common at Singapore, where I gathered specimens in flower in September.— N. W. 



