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tantum pilosulis. Stilus brevis quadrilobus. Drupa ellipsoidea 4 

 mm. longa glabra. 



This species is allied to L. laurifolius Hook. f. but is conspicuously 

 different by its smaller flowers , tetramerous ovary and leaves which are 

 percursed by a smaller number of nerves. 



Riverbank in the jungle near Klong Son. A shrub with white flowers 

 (n. 683). 



50. L. oligoneurus K. Sch. n. sp. 



Rami graciles teretes superne complanati novelli puberuli ad 

 20 cm. longi et basi 2 mm. diametre Folia vix 5 mm. longe petiolata, 

 petiolo pilosulo, oblonga vel oblongo-lanceolata rarius subobovato- 

 oblonga breviter acuminata basi acuta supra glabra subtus in nervis 

 tantum minutissime pilosula transverse venulosa utrinque opaca sice, 

 cinereo-viridia nervis 3 tantum ad summum 4 utraque mediani parte 

 percursa 12 cm. longa et 4,5 cm. lata; stipulae triangulares strigil- 

 losae 3 mm. longae. Flores sessiles parvi pauci fasciculati. Drupa 

 coerulea globosa 5 mm. longa trilocularis loculis 2 abortivis calyce 1 

 mm. longo dentibus ovato-lanceolatis coronata. 



This species is very peculiar by the siaric indumentum the few 

 nerves and the trilocular drupe. 



Jungle near Klong Munsé. A shrub with blue, shining fruit (n. 390). 



51. L. Schmidtii K. Sch. n. sp. 



Rami graciles teretes superne complanati ferrugineo-subtomen- 

 tosi. Folia ad 3 mm. longe petiolata oblonga acuminata basi 

 acuta nitidula supra glabra, ciliolata subtus pubescentia mollia sice, 

 olivacea nervis 8 majoribus utraque mediani parte percursa ad 9,5 

 cm. longa et 4 cm. lata. Flores pauci solitarii vel geminati axil- 

 lares sessiles. Ovarium quadriloculare ferrugineo-villosum. Calyx 

 2,5 mm. longus, lobis lanceolatis puberulis. Drupa globosa sepalis 

 conniventibus coronata 4 mm. diametro. 



The olivaceous colour of the dried villous leaves is very significant. 

 The foliage ist not very large. 



Jungle near Klong Son. A shrub (n. 667 b). 



Damnacanthus Gaertn. 



52. D. indiens Gaertn. Fruct. Ill, 18, t. 182; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 

 III, 158. 



Klong Munsé, on rocks in the jungle. A spiny shrub (n. 282). 



Area: The common opinion was that this plant is a native of China; 

 afterwards Griffith found it on the Mishmi Hills (Upper Assam). It is very 

 often cultivated. 



Morinda Linn. 



53. E citrifolia Linn. Spec. pi. ed. I, 176; Hook. f. FL Brit. Ind. 

 III, p. 155. 



