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Obs. — The leaves are from six to seven inches long, by 

 about one and three quarters broad, firm and coriaceous. The 

 corymbs are the largest I have met with, being nearly two 

 inches long, the bracts forming the involucrum, small trian- 

 gular, densely strigose, each branch of the corymb ending 

 in a cluster of pedicelled flowers. Of this I have not seen 

 fertile specimens. 



2. Axanthes longifolia, (R. W.) arborescent ? ramuli 

 obsoletely 4-angled, glabrous : stipules lanceolate hairy, longer 

 than the petioles : leaves ovate, lanceolate, acuminate ; about 

 three times longer than broad, penninerved, glabrous on both 

 sides : corymbs axillary small, dichotomous, hairy, involucrate 

 at the division ; bracts coarsely hairy : calyx cup-shaped : 

 corolla rotate, 5-cleft : ovary sterile, flat, or somewhat concave 

 above, 5-furrowed, surmounted by a filiform style. 



Hab. — Mergui. Griffith. 



Obs. — The inflorescence of this species much resembles that 

 of the former, but is much smaller, being under an inch in 

 length, scarcely longer than the petiole, the larger leaves are 

 from nine to ten inches long, by about three broad, ending in a 

 tapering acumen, and quite glabrous on both sides. My only 

 specimen is a male, but the ovary is so nearly perfect, that 

 mere change of season seems only wanting to make it pro- 

 duce fertile flowers. 



3. Axanthes blumeana, (R. W.) aborescent ? ramuli 

 terete, strigosely pubescent : stipules caducous, linear lanceo- 

 late, hairy : leaves petioled, elliptic lanceolate, acute at the 

 base, longish acuminated at the apex, penninerved, with 

 straight transverse veinlets between, glabrous, except the 

 petioles and veins beneath : corymbs axillary, solitary, con- 

 tracted, a little longer than the petioles : calyx cup-shaped, 



