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x x Leaves from simply pinnate to decompound. 



All parts (except the inflorescence in a few species) glabrous. 



t Inflorescence with persistent and conspicuous hracts and bractlets. 

 Slender treelet ; flowers sessile or nearly so, crowded, greenish-white,. . Z. eompactiflora. 

 f t Bracts and bractlets minute, usually already dropped before the 

 flower-buds are properly developed. 



* Leaves coriaceous. Flowers greenish-white or green with a 



purplish hue. 



Leaves more or less glaucous, usually linear or lanceolate ; lobes of the staminal tube 

 erect, notched ;' seeds smooth and rounded on the back ; undershrub, . . Z. parallela. 



Leaves dark-green, glossy ; lobes of staminal tube erect, notched ; seeds even and con- 

 vex on the back ; a tree, Z. sambucina. 



Leaves dark-green, glossy ; lobes of staminal tube reflexed, acuminate ; seeds tubercled- 

 keeled, the edges tubercled-ribbed ; a large shrub, Z. gigantea. 



* * Leaves more or less membranous. Flowers red, orange, or 



scarlet. 



Leaflets 6 — 8 in. long : inflorescence rusty-tomentose ; undershrub, Z. Iceia. 



Leaflets only 2| — 4 in. long ; inflorescence glabrous or nearly so, undershrub, Z. coccinea. 

 O O More or less pubescent or stiff-hairy, at least the nerves beneath. 

 f Leaves usually simply pinnate. 



Leaflets coarsely serrate, acute, roughish pubescent along the nerves beneath ; nerves 

 all parallel ; petiolules thick and short ; stems, petioles, and peduncles curled- wing- 

 ed ; bracts and bractlets long, lanceolate-subulate ; shrubby, Z. crispa. 



Dwarf, all parts robust and densely pubescent or almost tomentose ; petioles and petio- 

 lules terete ; cymes tomentose ; bracts minute ; undershrub, Z. pumila. 



f f Leaves usually 2- or 3 -pinnate. 



Leaflets coarsely serrate, acuminate, roughish pubescent on the parallel nerves beneath ; 

 stems and petioles terete or nearly so ; peduncle compressed-cornered ; bracts and 

 bractlets small, linear-lanceolate ; flowers greenish-white ; shrubby, ... .L. aspera. 



All parts stiff-pubescent ; leaflets membranous, stiffly pubescent, beneath densely 

 gland-dotted ; petioles, &c, all terete ; cymes stiff, pubescent ; bracts large, 

 broadly ovate, blunt ; undershrub, , Z. <equata. 



Almost glabrous or greyish puberulous ; leaves 2 — 3-pinnate ; leaflets ptiberulous or 

 glabrous, not gland-dotted beneath ; bracts and bractlets none ; shrubby, Z. robusta. 



Stems, petioles, &c, quite glabrous ; leaflets small, sprinkled with white stiff hairs ; 

 bracts or bractlets none ; undershrub, Z. rubra. 



1. L. maceophylla, Koxb. Fl. Ind. 1. 653 (non DC), Wight Icod. 

 t. 1154 ? (L. simplicifolia, Griff. Not. Dicot. 697. t. 645. f. 1 ?) 



Vae. a. genuena, leaves larger and broader, usually somewhat lobed, 

 glaucous and puberulous beneath. 



Vae. /3. oxyphylla, leaves ovate to ovate-oblong, acuminate, less 

 glaucous beneath or one- coloured, glabrous. 



Hab. Var. ft. frequent in the mixed forests, especially the upper ones, 

 of Pegu and Martaban. — Fr. C. S. 



2. L. latieolia, Wall. Cat. 6821. 

 Hab. Prome bills. 



3. L. paeallela, Wall. Cat. 6828 ; Hf. Ind. PL I. 66Q. 



