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B. Flowers pedicelled, subcapitate, few. 

 17* L. capitulatus. 



3. Calyx limb shortly cleft, divisions short, obtuse, or 

 triangularly dentate. 



A. Leaves coriacious, venation (in dry specimens) 

 prominent on both sides, veinlets slender, or to 

 the naked eye sometimes almost inconspicuous, 

 except L. venosus. 



18. L. acuminatus. 



19. L. parvifolius. 



20. L. strigosus. 



21. L. Walkerianus. 



22. L. venosus. 



B Leaves membranaceous, veins slightly promi- 

 nent, veinlets remote, very slender. 



23. L. longifolius. 



24. L. constrictus. 



25. L. pauciflorus. 



26. L. ? dubius. 



§ II. Leaves even, smooth, (lsevis) veins slender, veinlets 

 reticulated, not passing in straight lines between the prima- 

 ries, ovaries 2-celled with 1 erect ovule in each, corolla funnel- 

 shaped, spurious. Lasithi. 



27- L. ? foetens. 



Note. — Some of these subdivisions may not be found very obvious or even clearly 

 useful in the examination of solitary specimens, but I found them very useful when 

 a number of species were to be determined. 



1. Lasianthus bractiatus, (R. W.) every where ex- 

 cept the upper surface of the leaves, hairy : leaves linear, 

 lanceolate, acuminated, glabrous above, except the costa, 

 which with the whole under surface is clothed with brownish 



