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8. Stemonurus parviflorus, Bl. 1. c. ; — foliis e basi acuta vel obtusa 
oblongis vel elliptico-oblongis, acuminatis, membranaceis, 
cymis brevissimis densifloris, di-upis cylindricis. — Sumatra. — 
Folia 5-10 poll, longa, 2-4 poll. lata. 
9. Stemonurus ? littoralis, Bl. L c. ; — foliis e basi acutiuscula v. 
obtusa ellipticis, acuminatis, coriaceis. — Nova Guinea. — Folia 
6-9 poll, longa, 3i— 4 poll. lata. 
10. Stemonurus t membranaceus, Bl. 1. c. ; — foliis e basi acuta 
elbptico-oblongis vel oblongo-lanceolatis, acuminatis, mem- 
branaceis. — Java. — Folia 6-10 poU. longa, 2^-3^ poll. lata. 
11. Stemonurus Africanus. Lasianthera Africana, Pal. Beam. 
FI. Owar. i. 85. tab. 51 ; D.C. Prodr. i. 636 ; — suffrutex scan- 
dens, foliis lanceolato- vel ovato-oblongis, cuspidatis, imo ro- 
tundatis, apice longe acuminatis vel cuspidatis, cyma oppo- 
sitifoba, apice umbellatim ramosa, ovarii stylo brevi, stig- 
mate obtuso. — Africa tropica; Cbama, fl. St. Jago. — Folia 
6 poll, longa, 2 poll, lata, petiolus 1-pollicaris : inflorescentia 
2-pollicaris, ramis 4-5-umbellatis, floribus apice agglomeratis. 
12. Stemonurus coriaceus. Gompbandra coriacea, Wight, III. 
Ind. Bot. i. 103 ; — dioicus, foliis coriaceis, ovalibus, utrinque 
attenuatis vel obovato-cuneatis, floribus 4-andris, cymisc^'axil- 
laribus, 4 floris ; $ floribus solitariis vel 2-3, racemosis, fruc- 
tibus oblongis, cylindraceis. — Ind. Oriental. 
13. Stemonurus polymorphus. Gompbandra polymorpha, Wight, 
III. Ind. Bot. i. 103 ; Icon. PI. tab. 953-954 ; — glaber, foliis 
oblongis vel obovato-lanceolatis, acuminatis, membranaceis, 
subtus glaucis, breviter petiolatis; cymis axillaribus solitariis 
vel geminis petiolum sequantibus, masculis plurifloris, fcemineis 
2-5-floris, calyce integro minute 4-5-dentatis, petalis4-5, gla- 
bris, staminibus exsertis, cristato-pilosis, fructibus ovoideis. — 
India orientalis. 
Var. a. acuminata, /3. oblongifolia, 7. angustifolia, S. longifolia, 
e. ovalifolia. 
This speeies is described as being eommonly difiused over tbe 
whole Peninsula of India, and subject to many varieties of form, 
but I suspect that if these were more carefully examined, several 
specific difierences would be found to exist among them. I have 
copied the character from Dr. Wight’s description, omitting how- 
ever three features, viz. “dioicus” — “petalis basi in corollam 
tubulosam coahtis ” — and “ antheris minute eristato-pilosis.” 
I find in all cases the petals are quite free, although strongly 
