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23. h.farinosus, Lam. I. c. iii. 597- 



Leaves alternate, smooth, leathery, ovate, obtuse, on thick short 

 petiols. Racemes in axillary fascicles, covered with much mealy, 

 stellate, whitish tomentum. Corolla with a ventricose tube, divided 

 two-thirds of its length into linear semi-recurved lacinicz. Stamina 

 five. 



I found this handsome species in the forests of Singapore^ cover- 

 ed with flowers in September and October. 



Lamark's description is as usual excellent. — The leaves are pe- 

 culiarly thick, sometimes almost as large as a hand, with unequal 

 margins ; rib very prominent; nerves remote, a little elevated. F(oW° 

 ers of a bright red colour, densely covered with easily separating, 

 mealy, stellate tomentum; they are about an inch long ; tube wide, 

 and somewhat ventricose, divided below the middle into five long 

 lacinia?, which are erect at their base, but refiexed at their upper end, 

 where they are linear, obscurely triangular. Berry large, ovate, 

 slightly tomentose. — N. \V. 



24. L. piiheruhntus, Walt 



Upper parts extremely hoary and mealy. Leaves broad-ovate, en 

 slender round petiols. Racemes lateral, fascicled, tomentose. Flow* 

 ers peduncled, tetrandrous. Tube long, curved, cylindric ; laciniss 

 four, shortish, refiexed, unilateral. 



Found in flower in December on trees at Hetounra and along the 

 banks of the R;»pti in Nipal. 



Branches brown, round ; young ones as well as the racemes dense. 

 ]y covered with yellowish, mealy, stellate tomentum. — Leaves oppo- 

 site, coriaceous, large, broad-ovate, or ovate-oblong, acute, or obtuse, 

 with a rounded, sub-cordate base, from five to seven inches !oug ? 

 smooth, with an elevated rib, and slightly prominent nerves. Petioles, 

 slender, nearly an inch long. Racemes fascicled, lateral, in the axils 

 of the fallen leaves, three inches long, with numerous long, curved > 

 ilar-clava'te, scattered, thickly tomentose, green flowers. — Pedi* 

 eels round ; from two to three lines long, bearing at the apex a very 



