3&8 PENTANDRIA MONOGYuiA, Lasiantheru, 



1. L. ? tetrandra, Wall, 



Corymbs short, axillary vftowers tetrandrous, four-cleft. 



A native of the mountains bordering on the district of S/lhet, and 

 from thence communicated to me in 1815, by the late Mr. M R. 

 Smith. It blossoms in May and ripens its fruit in September. 



JSeng. Pathwr-sik. 



A smooth shrub, with round, slender, slightly flexuose, alternating, 

 ash-coloured branches, marked with two, slightly elevated lines, which 

 run down from the insertion of the leaves ; while young green, some- 

 what g'.aucous. — Leaves spreading, alternate, twice or thrice as 1 ng 

 as their interstices, rather leathery, oblong, terminating in a uarro\V 

 acumen of half an inch in length, acute at the base, entire, from five 

 to six inches long, perfectly smooth, shining, with elevated rib and 

 a ternaiiug, oblique nerves underneath, which unite in sub-marginal 

 arches, a little reticulate ; when held toward the light they appear 

 copiously but very minutely dotted. Fetiols very short, scarcely 

 exceeding one-third of an inch in length, deeply channelled above, 

 while young alittle pubescent, their axils naked, not ciliate. — Stipules 

 none. — Peduncles axillary, solitary, shorter than the petiols, pube- 

 scent, with bifid apex, bearinga small rounded corvmb of vh \rJiow- 

 ers, each of which is supported on a short fleshy pedicel, with c tier- 

 ed minute bractes. — Calyx extremely small, cup-shaped, four-toothed, 

 obscurely ciliate. — Tube of the corolla cylindric, four times as long 

 as the calyx; limb divided in five, spreading, ovate laciuiae, the apices 

 of which are a little viilous within, JEdivation pyramida-, valvate. 

 Stamina four, hypogynous, erect, nearly as long as the coroha, alter, 

 siating with its laciiriiae. — Filaments flattish, somewhat fleshy, clavate, 

 fijform at the b&se, which is inserted so as to unite with the tube, 

 yound the ovary ; broad, obtuse, and hairy at the apex. Art' 

 thers adnate to the inside of the apex of the filament, a littl j below 

 it, consisting of two oblong cells, bursting inwardly, somewhat di- 

 verging downwards. Ovary small, oblong, smooth. Style aone. 

 Sfigma fleshy, broadish, sub-capitate. Berry clavale, oblong, 

 smooth, of an rqueous whitish colour (like that of a white currant), 



