Lecananthns. fentANdriA monogynia.' 319 



exceeding an inch in breadth, their texture, petiol, &c. as in the 

 preceding species. — Peduncles axillary, solitary, opposite, an inch 

 long, clavate, at first nodding, afterwards erect, sometimes with a 

 small plicate/ gibbous, adpressed bractlet above the middle ; one- 

 flowered. — Flowers valvate and nodding during activation, becom- 

 ing erect as they expand, tetrandrous and pentandrous, white* a lit- 

 tle smaller than those of the first species, which they resemble in the 

 calyx and corolla; the lacuna of the latter recurved. Anthers erect, 

 perfectly free. Stigma distinctly two-lobed, lobes short, fleshy, 

 scabrous. — Berru scarlet, as large as a full-sized marrow fat pea, 

 in all respects like those of G. ovata. — N. W. 



LECANANTHUS, Wt Jack, in Mai. Misc. ii. 



Calyx campanulate, enlarged, coloured, divided irregularly. Tube 

 of the corolla short; limb five-parted. Ovary bilocular, many-seeded, 

 with convex, central plaeentc?. Style bifid. Stigmas two, linear, 

 thick. 



Nat. family, Rubiacea of Jussieu. 



Shrubby ;Jlowers in terminal, iuyolucred heads. JEstivqtion val- 

 vate. 



1. L. erubescens, TV. Jack. 



Found in the interior of Sumatra. 



A small erect shrub ; stem four-sided with two of the angles acute. 

 Leaves opposite, short-petioled, ovate-lanceolate, acute at both ends, 

 rather attenuated towards the point, entire, smooth ; about eight in- 

 ches long. Stipules interpetiolar, large, ligulate, carinate towards the 

 base. Flowers pale-red, densely aggregated within the hypocrateri- 

 form cup of the involucre, forming a head which is terminal, nearly 

 sessile, and turned backwards. Involucre monophyllous, entire. 

 Pedicels none. Calyx superior, coloured, tomentose, thick and 

 fleshy, much wider than the corol, expanding into two to lour irregu- 

 lar, unequal, obtuse lobes ; the calyces of the outer flowers are often 



