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attenuated at the base, slenderly acuminate at the apex, gla- 

 brous, above hairy, especially on the nerves beneath, stipules 

 longer than the petiols, subulate pointed, caducous, leaving 

 a ring of bristle-like scales : flowers solitary, axillary, sessile, 

 calyx glabrous, 4-toothed ; teeth triangular obtuse. 



Hab.— Mergui, Griffith. 



Obs. — My specimens of this plant are most imperfect as 

 regards flowers, only one being left on the specimen ; but as 

 its whole habit proclaims it a Lasianthus, I have thought best 

 to include it, and render the list, to that extent, nearer com- 

 plete. The leaves are elliptic, about 4 inches long by 1 J broad, 

 ending in an abrupt narrow acumen. 



26. Lasianthus? dubius, (R. W.) Shrubby, ramuli com- 

 pressed hairy, older branches glabrous : leaves petioled, obo- 

 vate lanceolate, attenuated towards the base, acuminate at the 

 apex ; glabrous above, pubescent beneath, and densely hairy 

 on the costa and veins : stipules scariose on the margin, blunt : 

 inflorescence cymose, common peduncle elongated, trichoto- 

 mous, each branch abruptly ending in a capitate fascicle of 

 3-7 sessile, bractiolate flowers : calyx densely hairy ; limb 

 tubular truncated, obscurely 5-toothed, glabrous within : co- 

 rolla short, limb 5-lobed, throat and lobes hairy : anthers 

 large, subsessile, exserted : ovary crowned with a fleshy disk 

 larger than itself, 2-celled with a solitary, erect, compressed, 

 orbicular ovule in each : style equal in length to the corolla : 

 stigma 2-lobed : fruit . ? 



Hab. — Ceylon. Specimens communicated by Colonel 

 Thacker, and also collected by myself in April 1836. 



Obs. — This appears a Lasianthus in every thing, except the 

 2-celled ovary and 2-lobed stigma to which, perhaps, may 



