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is opposed to their union ; the bracts here being unusually few, 

 the leaves from 4 to 7 inches long by from 1 to 2 broad, semi- 

 cordate, acuminated. In this the cells of the ovary are more 

 numerous that the divisions of the calyx. The corolla I have 

 not seen. The copious black shaggy hair of the branches, and 

 inflorescence, combined with the short very pale yellowish hairs 

 of the leaves, seem to supply good specific characters. 



10. Lasianthus ellipticus, (R. W.) shrubby : branches 

 hairy : leaves short petioled elliptic, pointed at both ends, 

 membranaceous, polished above, glabrous except the veins, 

 and a little tuft of hair on the point beneath : flowers 

 few, axillary sessile : stipules somewhat scariose, longer than 

 the petioles, hairy ; ending in a subulate point : bracteas hairy, 

 linear subulate, longer than the calyx : calyx limb 5-parted, 

 segments lanceolate, hairy : corolla hairy, 5-cleft : stamens 

 5,: ovary, 5- celled. 



Hab. — Malacca, Griffith. 



Obs. — The membranous but firm, and when dry, the 

 delicately translucent leaves of this species at once distinguish 

 it from all the species I have seen. In form they are elliptic, 

 pointed at both ends, 6 inches long by 2J broad : above 

 they are quite glabrous, equally so below, except the veins, 

 which are hairy and finely reticulated; each leaf ends in a 

 fine point, tipped with a small tuft of soft hairs. 



11. Lasianthus Blumianus, (R. W.) shrubby : glabrous 

 ramuli terete: leaves short petioled, elliptic lanceolate, acu- 

 minate, glabrous : stipules short, triangular pointed : flowers 

 aggregated, few : bracteas short, subulate hairy : calyx limb 

 deeply 4-cleft, divisions lanceolate acute, presistent glabrous, 

 corolla 4-cleft, hairy within : stamens 4-sub-sessile in the 

 throat of the corolla : ovary 4-celled : style equalling the 

 corolla, stigma hairy, drupe globose. 



Hab. — Courtallum. 



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