512 Notes 071 Indian Botany. 



Obs. — The venation is the same in this as in L. parvi/olius, 

 but in other respects it is amply distinct. In some points it 

 approaches L> lucisus, but the long attenuation of the leaves 

 at both ends, and their nearly entire freedom from pubes- 

 cence, forbids my uniting them while unacquainted with that 

 species, except by the brief character given by Blume, espe- 

 cially, taking into consideration the geographical position of 

 the two plants. The leaves in this are glabrous on the 

 margin, about 3| inches long, by from 1 to 1| broad, ending 

 in a slender mucronate acumen above, and tapering into the 

 petiole at the base : flowers about the length of the petiole. 



19. Lasianthus parvifolius, (R. W.) Shrubby : gla- 

 brous : leaves obovate lanceolate, obtuse, attenuated at the 

 base, glabrous on both sides, the very slender approximated 

 transverse reticulations between the larger veins, running 

 in parallel, nearly quite straight lines : flowers axillary, ses- 

 sile, two or three together : bracts minute or wanting : calyx 

 4-lobed, glabrous : corolla tubular 4-cleft, throat and lobes 

 of the limb hairy : stamens 4 on the throat of the corolla : 

 anthers exserted : ovary 3-4-celled : fruit, apparently, about 

 the size of a pea. 



Hab. — Courtallum, flowering August and September. 



Obs. — Leaves about 2 inches long, by about § broad, some- 

 what spatula-shaped, except for a short abrupt often cuspi- 

 date acumination : corolla about 4 lines long, the anthers 

 exserted beyond the hairs of the throat, a very characteristic 

 species as regards the outline, size and venation of their 

 leaves. 



20. Lasianthus strigosus, (R. W.) Shrubby: branches 

 terete, strigous : leaves petioled elliptic, sharp-pointed coria- 

 cious, glabrous and shining above, strigous on the costa and 



