Lasianthus.] LXXV. RUBIACEE. (J. D. Hooker.) 179 
Short or long, 3-7-toothed, rarely truncate, persistent. Corolla funnel- or 
salver-shaped, throat villous; lobes 3—7, valvate in bud. Stamens 4-6 on the 
corolla-throat, filaments short; anthers linear or oblong, often apiculate, in- 
cluded. Ovary 4-9-celled; style short or long, glabrous or hairy, arms or 
stigmas 3-9 short obtuse; ovules 1 linear basal erect in each cell. Drupe 
small, pyrenes 3-9, 3-quetrous and l-seeded. Seeds narrow, testa membranous ; 
embryo terete, radicle slender inferior.—DrsrRrs. Species about 80 tropical 
Asiatic, with single species in Japan, Australia, W. Africa, and Ouba. 
A very difficult genus to describe, though the nervation and venation of the leaves 
afford very good characters. The foliage closely resembles that of Urophyllum. 
Secr. I. Stipulares. Cymes sessile, embraced by the large coriaceous 
stipules. 
l. L. Griffithii, Wight in Cale. Journ. Nat. Hist. vi. 505; robust, leaves 
large elliptic-lanceolate caudate-acuminate narrowed into a very short petiole 
pubescent beneath, nerves 18-20 pair, veins reticulate, clusters of flowers large 
capitate very dense villous involucrate by the very large broad stipules, bracts 
densely filiform villous equalling the flowers. 
Matacca, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 2935). 
Branches as thick as a swan’s-quill, black when dry, glabrous. Leaves 10-12 
by 3-35 in., brown when dry, coriaceous, glabrous above, rusty beneath; nerves 
16-20 pair; petiole very short and stout; stipules 2 in. diam., broadly triangular, 
with rounded angles, acute or obtuse, very coriaceous and persistent, glabrous, Heads 
densely villous; bracts close-packed, filiform, equalling the flowers.  Calya-limb 
large, glabrous, funnel-shaped, about 7-cleft, teeth villous. Corolla-tube glabrous; 
limb villous, 7-cleft. Drupe small, nearly globose, about A in. diam., glabrous; 
pyrenes about 7. 
2. L. stipularis, Blume Bijd. 997 ; slender, glabrous except the bracts, 
leaves subsessile oblanceolate-oblong caudate-acuminate, nerves 9-10 pair, veins 
faint sparingly branched, clusters of flowers small sessile involucrate by the 
large and broad stipules, bracts lanceolate ciliate exceeding the flowers. Kurz 
For, Fl. ii. 32. Mephitidia stipularis, DC. Prodr. iv. 453, 
TENASSERIM or ANDAMAN Israxps, Helfer (Kew Distrib. 2937).—Disrris. Sumatra, 
Java, Borneo. 
An evergreen low shrub. Leaves 4-6 by 1-2 in., rather narrowed towards the 
subacute or rounded oblique base, greenish-brown when dry, membranous; midrib 
beneath sometimes with scattered hairs; nerves 10-12 pair, slender; petiole very 
short; stipules 4-} in. diam., rounded or broadly triangular-ovate or oblong coria- 
ceous, glabrous, very persistent, concealing the flowers. Bracts 4-1 in. long, often 
exceeding the stipules. Calyx-tecth hirsute, sometimes } in. long. Corolla white. 
Drupe $ in. diam., subglobose, smooth ; pyrenes 4—5. 
Sect. IL. Bractesetee. Cymes sessile, not embraced by the large 
stipules, accompanied by evident long or short bracts. (Cymes peduncled in 
5. L. Moonit.) 
* Bracts e ling or exceeding the flowers. Branches hirsute or tomentose. 
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3. L. cyanocarpus, Jack in Trans. Linn. Soc. xiv. 125; hirsute, leaves 
petioled elliptic-lanceolate or oblanceolate caudate-acuminate, nerves 8-12 pair, 
veins lax sparingly branched, base acute, cymes sessile, bracts many ovate- 
lanceolate leafy exceeding the sessile flowers. Kurz For. Fl. ii. 82. "L. brac- 
teatus and L. Roxburghii, Wight in Cale. Journ. Nat. Hist. vi. 501, 502. L. 
oculus-cati, Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 315. L. levicaulis, Kurz in Trimen. Journ. 
Dot. 1875, 327. Lasianthus, ? Wall. Cat. 8440. Mephitidia cyanocarpa, DC. 
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