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Costa angulo40^ egressis sursum arcuatis prope marginem evanes- 

 centibus, veni? secundariis oblique vel transversim reticulatis, mem- 

 branacea, petiolis 2 cm. longis. Alabastrum foliorum elongatum 

 cylindricum, perulis albo-sericeis ovatis vel oblongis. Flores cire. 20 

 umbellati, nmbellis pedunculatis, pedunculis 1 J cm. longis axillaribus 

 solitariis, bracteis basi umbellarum magnis coriaceis concavis 

 alabastrum floris amplectantibus, globosis extus breve pubescentibus, 

 margine ciliolatis. Fl. J : pedicellis 1 cm. longis, pubescentibus ; 

 perianthium extus parce pubescens 6-partitum, segmentis obovatis 

 vel spathulatis 4 J mm. longis, 2 J mm. latis, apice rotundatis. 

 Stamina 9, segmentis periathii longiora, G mm. longa, omnia 

 introrsum 2-locellata, filamentis hirsutis, antheris late ovatis, apice 

 connectivo apiculatis, ordinis primarii et secundarii eglandulosa, 

 ordinis tertii glandula stipitata utrinque aucta, stipitibus filamento 

 basi connatis. Rudimentum ovarii minutum apice stylo punctatum. 

 Bacca oblongo-globosa perianthii tubo accrescente segmentis deci- 

 duis insidens, pedicellata, 5-6 umbellata, umbellis pedunculatis, 

 pedunculis IJ cm. longis, pedicellis 1 cm. longis omnibus pubes- 

 centibus. 



Near Lindera megaplnjUa Hemsl. in Ind. Fl. Sin. II. p. 389, and 

 Heney's herb. No. 3345, but greatly differs from it in having broader 

 leaves which are widest in the middle portion. The stamens of the 

 third order are neither entrorse nor extrorse, but exactly lateral, 

 and it is rather questionable whether the plant should be referred 

 to the tribe Lifseaceœ or Perseacea'. 



Lindera randaiensis FIayata sp. nov. llami et ramuli validi, 

 g!;ibri, in cxsiccato riihro-nigricantes, lenticellati, cicatricibus semi- 

 lunatis foliorum a[)pi'oximato notati. Folia decidua alterna, 

 petiulata, rhc)iiiI)t)i(k'ü-ovata, IG cm. longa, 7^j cm. lata, utrinque 



