180 LXXV. RUBIACE®. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Lasianthus. 
Prodr. iv. 459. M. rhinozerotis, Kurz in Andaman For. Rep., Append. A. 40; 
not of Blume? Triosteum hirsutum, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 538. Rubiacea, Wall. 
Cat. 8305. 
Assam, Simons; Naca Hirs, Griffith (Kew Distrib, 2917); Suner, Currracone, 
ANDAMAN and NICOBAR ISLANDS, TENASSERIM, SINGAPORE, Matacca and Dess, 
Wallich, &e.—Dıstrıs. Malay Archipelago to Borneo. 
An evergreen bush, softly hirsute all over, or with the branches and leaves above 
glabrate. Leaves 6-10 by 14-24 in, brown when dry; nerves 7-10 pair, very 
obliquely arched ; petiole 4-3 in.; stipules ovate, acute. Bracts 4-13 in., outer ovate 
acuminate, inner lanceolate or subulate.  Calyz-teeth linear, ciliate. Corolla-tube 
à in. hispid, yellow. Drupe (dry) ¢-} in. long, broadly obovoid or subglobose, 
obscurely 4-lobed, glabrous or pubescent, bright blue, smooth; pyrenes 4-5.—Kurz 
and Jack describe the fruit as the size of a gooseberry. Wallich’s specimen, 8305 A., 
is marked as from Herb. Madras; if correct, this is no doubt one of several plants. 
procured by the missionaries from the Eastern Peninsula. 
4, L. Jackianus, Wight in Cale. Journ. Nat. Hist. vi. 502; hirsute, 
leaves subsessile oblong abruptly acuminate or caudate-acuminate base rounded, 
cymes sessile, nerves 6-7 pair, veins rarely branched, bracts few outer ovate or 
linear-lanceolate exceeding the sessile flowers. Bedd. Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 12. 
Lasianthus, Wall. Cat. 8439, 
Nizcumrry Mrs., Heyne, &c.; Sisparah Ghat, Beddome, 
An evergreen bush, softly hirsute all over. Leaves 4-6 by 13-23 in., dark brown 
when dry; nerves 6-8 pair; petiole very short; stipules ovate, acute. Bracts rarely 
ovate-lanceolate, }-1 in. ; calyx-teeth 4 ovate-lanceolate, hispid, shorter than in L. 
cyanocarpus. Drupe } in. long, obtusely octahedroid smooth; pyrenes 4. 
5. L. Moonii, Wight in Calc. Journ, Nat. Hist. vi. 504; hirsute, leaves 
petioled elliptic or elliptic-oblong acuminate base acute or rounded, nerves 7-8 
pair, veins branched and reticulate, cymes capitate peduncled, bracts ovate- 
lanceolate about equalling the flowers. Mephitidia Moonii, Tw. Enum. 145, 
Cryzon ` Saffragam district, common, Walker, Thwaites, 
Harshly hirsute. Leaves 5-7 by 14-24 in.; hispid or glabrous above, brown or 
greenish when dry; petiole stout, j-$ in.; stipules ovate, acute. Cymes capitate, 
1.2 in. long and broad; peduncle stout, shorter than the petioles. Calyx-teeth linear- 
lanceolate, hispid. Corolla white, tube short. Drupe " red, hairy, size of a cherry,” 
Thwaites (dry) ; 3-4 in. diam., globose, smooth; pyrenes 4. 
6. L. sikkimensis, Hook. f.; branches petioles bracts and leaves 
beneath finely tomentose, leaves petioled lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate finely 
acuminate, base acute, nerves 8-9 pair, veins often branched, bracts subulate 
longer than the few sessile flowers. 
Seng HiMALAYA, alt. 2-3000 ft., J. D. H, 4. T. T. 
A shrub; branches with appressed hairs. Leaves 6-8 by 1j-1$ in., brownish 
when dry, glabrous above, nerves not impressed above, prominent beneath, veins 
slender parallel; petiole }-} in.; stipules 4-4 in., lanceolate. Bracts j-j in. Calyx- 
teeth 5, narrow, lanceolate. Drupes subglobose (dry), à in. diam., nearly glabrous ; 
pyrenes 5. 
7. L. Wallichii, Wight in Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. vi. 503; branches 
petioles and leaves beneath hirsute with spreading hairs, leaves small shortly 
petioled oblong or oblong-lanceolate cuspidate acuminate or acute, base rounded 
or cordate often unequally, nerves 7-8 pair, veins branched laxly reticulate, 
bracts subulate longer than or equalling the few axillary sessile flowers. Wal. 
Cat, 8442, in part ; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 31. L. plagiophyllus, Hance in Trimen 
Journ. Bot. 1875, 196. Nonatelia ? hispida, Wall. in Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. Carey 
& Wall. ii. 187. Mephitidea Wallichii, JV. § A. Prodr. 390. 
