628 xcrv. apoctnaceji. (J. D. Hooker.) [Leueonotis^ 



beneath rusty-puberulous, leaves opaque above oblong obtusely caudate basft- 

 obtuse, nerves 8-10 pairs united by a strong intramarginal one, cymes few-fld. 

 Migiiel Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 398. L. cuspidatus, Blume Mus. Bot. i. 112 ; Miguel" 

 I.e. 398. Melodinus? eugenifolius, Wall. Cat. 1616. 



Pbnang ; WallicJi. — Distkib. Sumatra, Borneo. 



Branches strict, obscurely angled, bark smooth. Leaves 3-4 by Ij-l^ in., tip> 

 J in. long, very narrow, pale or dark greenish-brown when dry above, beneath much 

 paler yellow-brown and minutely dotted and with strong horizontal nerves ; petiole 

 slender, j-J in. Cymes erect ; peduncle 1 in. ; bracts linear ; pedicels short ; flowers; 

 erect, nearly ^ in. long. Sepals very narrow, erect, deciduous in fruit. Corolla coria- 

 ceous, tube as long or half as long again as the calyx, pubescent within ; lobes short, 

 puberulous on both surfaces. Anthers sessile, elongate-lanceolate. Ovary deeply 

 grooved, narrowed into the grooved style, stigma oblong, 2-fid. Fruit "the size of a> 

 gooseberry," Bon. 



** Calyx i-loied, lobes shm-t rounded. 



2. Ii. Griffithii, Hooh. f. ; glabrous, leaves elliptic obtusely acuminate- 

 shining above base rounded or subacute, nerves 6-7 pairs very faint, cymes 

 shortly stoutly peduncled glabrous, flowers densely crowded sessile or shortly 

 pediceUed. 



MAT.ACCA; Griffith, Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1051, L. anceps?). ? Singapore; T. 

 Anderson. 



Branches obscurely angled, lenticellate. Leaves 3-5 by 1^-2 in., thickly coriaceous,, 

 pale brown when dry, beneath paler still and very opaque chocolate-brown, and 

 minutely dotted or not, intramarginal nerve very faint ; petiole ^-| in. Cymes erect, 

 peduncle shorter and stouter than the petiole ; branches very short, thick and 

 crowded ; bracts small, broad ; flowers ^ in. long. Calyx small, lobes rounded. 

 Corolla thickly coriaceous, tube cylindric, glabrous within and without ; lobes short, 

 rounded forming an ovoid bud broader than the tube. Anthers sessile, narrowly lan»- 

 ceolate, acuminate. Fruit 1 1 in. long, broadly ellipsoid. Seeds J in. long, oblong, 

 compressed, smooth. — Very near L. anceps, Jack., but which has long-peduncled' 

 puberulous cymes with long-pedicelled flowers. Anderson's Singapore specimens 

 have the leaves opaque above, and broader, but the flowers appear to be identical. 



3. Xi. nXaing'ayi, Dyer in Sej-b. Kew.; quite glabrous, leaves oblong 

 abruptly obtusely acuminate shining above, nerves 6-10 pairs slender arched, 

 base acute or rounded, cymes very shortly and very stoutly peduncled glabrous 

 few-flowered, flowers sessile or stoutly pedicelled. 



SiNGAPOEE ; Maingay (Kew Distrib. 935). 



Characters very much those of L. Griffithii, but a much stouter plant ; leaves- 

 coriaceous but very dark brown, with stronger nerves beneath and longer petioles, 

 1-1 J in. long ; peduncle of cymes J-J in., and ^-\ in. diam. ; calyx much larger, as 

 broad as the peduncle of the cyme ; bracts triangular, thickly coriaceous. 



4. laEXiODZMTTS, Font. 



Evergreen, erect or climbing shrubs. Leaves opposite. Cymes terminal and 

 axillary, flowers rarely 4-merous, white or pale pink. Calyx 5-partite, eglan- 

 dular within. Corolla salver-shaped, mouth with thick cleft or lobed scales ; 

 lobes overlapping to the left. Anthers included, subsessile, lanceolate, cella. 

 rounded at the base. _ Disc 0. Ovary 2-celled, acute ; style short, stigma thick 

 2-fid ; ovules many in each cell. Berry globose, pericarp coriaceous or hard. 

 Seeds many, imbedded in pulp, albumen fleshy ; cotyledons thin, radicle short.. 

 — DisTEiB. About 15 species, East Asiatic, Malayan, Australian and Pacific. 



