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parallel nerves beneath ; e tan and range rete or nearly 
so duncle compressed-cornered ; bracts and bractlets small aoe 
linear-lanceolate ; flowers —_— white . ZL. aspera, 
All ~“ iff-pubescent; leaflets m mbranous, stiff- pubescent, 
neath densely glanddotted 5 goa etc., all terete ; 
cymes stiff, pubescent ; bracts large, broad-ovate, blunt ‘- e@quata. 
t glabrous or sbecsihaletcaatele. leaves 2- -3-pinn 
leaflets puberulous or glabrous, not gland-dotted fesichtie 
bracts and bractlets none . L. robusta. 
Stee fog mm ete., quite glabrous ; leaflets small , sprinkled with 
e stiff hairs ; bracts o r bractlets . ZL. rubra. 
L. compactiflora, Kz.—An evergreen treelet_(12—15+4—8 
ey all ‘iets glabrous ; "leaves twice pinnate, on a long terete panciey 
glabrous; leaflets linear- to oblong-lanceolate, on + aliarply 4-cor 
nered 2 ieigt 2-3 lin. long, blunt at the base, 4-6 m: long. 
mg acuminate, serrate, chartaceous ; flowers oat greenish white, 
sessile, seated between the broad, short, scaly bracts, futon head- 
e clusters arranged in a short peduncled rusty-tomentose glabres- 
cent corymbose cyme shorter than the petiole; petals about a line 
long, acute; lobes of staminal tube truncate (?) 
Has.—In ne moister hill forests of the ——— hills ca of Tounghoo, at 
3,000 to 4,000 ft. elevation.—Fl. Apr.-May. =Met 
_ %. L. sambucina, Willd. ; Ppa. For. Fl. 102.—Kalet. —An 
evergreen tree (15—20 4+ 6—10 + 4—1), sometimes remaini 
shrubby, all parts glabrous; bark brown, thin, uneven, somewhat 
corky rough ; cut Powanes leaves deooes nd pees te, age. - 
the extreme branches mo e and more simply- on a some 
rare in the tropical forests of the sen aes 
Volta bat beget in those wet down Z 
elevation.—F]. March; Fr. May.—s.—SS.—=Meta 
p to of he Pog 
REMARES.=Wpod rather heavy, close- hla 
eon with a silvery lustre, the biti modaliary, brown fee 
