182 LXXT. EnBiACB^. (J. D. Hooker.) 



Leava 5 ty 1 J in., pale greenish brown when dry, shining above, base rounded or 

 subacute, Teins strong prominent beneath; petiole very short ; stipules small, J in., 

 triangular-lanceolate. Bracts \-^ in., few. Calyx-teeth 5, very slender, hirsute. 

 Corolla 7-cleft {Wight). Drupe subglobose, not longer than its calyx-teeth, about ^ 

 in.' diam., smooth ; pyrenes 6-8. 



12. Ii. pllosus, Wight in Calc. Jmrn. Nat. Hist. vi. 606 ; branclies and 

 cymes hirsute with spreading hairs, leaves shortly petioled oblong-lanceolate 

 caiidate-aciiminate, midrib pubescent, veins reticulating and_ 16-20 pair of 

 nerves not deeply impressed above pubescent beneath, cymes sessile few-flowered, 

 bracts subulate equaUing or shorter than the flowers, drupes glabrous subglobose 

 with long calyx-teeth. 



Malacca, Griffith, Cuming, Maingay (Kew Distrib. 869). 



Very similar to L. retosus, but the leaves are larger, 4-7 by 1^-24 in., more mem- 

 branous, their bases cordate, the more numerous nerves are hardly impressed. Calyx 

 hispid ; teeth 5-7, filiform. Corolla-tube hairy, lobes 5-7. Brupe as in L. retoms, 

 as long as its calyx-teeth ; pyrenes 5-7. 



Vae. ? angustifoUa ; branches more densely hirsute, leaves narrower hispid above. 

 -^Tenasserim, at Mergui, Griffith. 



13. Ii. densifolius, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 321 ; branches leaves on both 

 surfaces and cymes hirsute with spreading hairs, leaves subsessile small close-set 

 linear-oblong acuminate, base cordate, nerves 10-12 pair not impressed above,. 

 ■i^eins very faint loosely reticulate, cymes sessile few-flowered, bracts lanceolate 

 or subulate, drupes pubescent 4-lobed, calyx-teeth inconspicuous. Lasianthus ? 

 Wai. Cat. 8441, irvpart. 



Maiacca, Pbnang, and Singapobe, Wallich, Maingay (Kew Distrib. 868), &c. — 

 — ^DisTBiB. Banka, Java. 



Much smaller than the two preceding ; intemodes ^ in. Leaves 1^2^ by ^-| in., 

 equally hairy on both surfaces, dirty greenish when dry ; stipules lanceolate, much 

 longer than in L. pilosus. Bracts few, J in. Flowers not seen. Drupe ^ in. long, 

 defeply 4-lobed, with very minute calyx-lobes ; pyrenes 4 (4-5, Miguel). 



14. Xi. crinitus, Hooh. f. ; branches petioles and leaves beneath rusty- 

 tomentose, leaves oblong acute or obtuse coriaceous, base rounded glabrous above 

 with 8-9 pair of very indistinct nerves, veins much branched and reticulate, 

 clusters of flowers capitate sessile dense concealed amongst the numerous filiform, 

 subsquarrose hirsute bracts. Lasianthus? Wall. Cat. ^^, in part. 



Penang or Singapore, Wallich. 



Leaves 5-6 by I J-IJ in., red brown when dry, nerves and veins prominent beneath. 

 Cymes meeting and almost embracing the stem, forming sessile heads \ in. across ; 

 bracts ^ in. long, several to each flower. Buds hirsute, minute. — Of this very peculiar- 

 species I have seen a fragment in bud only in Wallich's Herbarium, fastened on a sheet 

 •with L. densifolius. 



15. Xi. ellipticus, Wight in Calc. Jom-n. Nat. Hist. vi. 607 ; branches 

 'petioles and bracts hirsute with spreading hairs, leaves shortly petioled broadly 



elliptic or subobovate-lanceolate acuminate, glabrous shining above with 6-8 

 pair of slender nerves and numerous parEillel rarely forked veins which are- 

 finely silky beneath, bracts lanceolate longer than the few sessile fascicled 

 flowers. 



Maiacca, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 2934). 



Branches not densely hirsute. Leaves 4-6 by 1^2^ in., pale brown when dry, 

 thinly membranous, base acute, very shining above; petiole ^ in.; stijgules J in.,. 

 lanceolate. Bracts \-^ in. Calyx-teeth 5, ^-^ in., triangular-lanceolate, hirsute.. 

 Corolla not seen (hairy, 5-cleft, Wight). Dritpe ^ in.' long, obbvoid, hairy ; pyrenes 5,. 



