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Lasianthus. ] LXXV. RUBIACER. (J. D. Hooker.) 181 
SILHET, Assam and Kuasia Mrs., ascending to 2000 ft., De Silva, &. Martanan, 
TENASSERM and ANDAMAN IsraNps, Kurz.—Distris. Hongkong. 
Shrubby. Leaves 4-6 by 1-13 in., pale when dry, thinly coriaceous, above glabrous 
often shining, nerves beneath strong; stipules } in., linear-lanceolate. Bracts 3-1 
in. Calyz-teeth 5, subulate-lanceolate. Corolla-tube à in. (1 in., Wallich), white, 
hispid. Drupe A in., ovoid, glabrous; pyrenes 5 (4-6, Hance).— This closely resembles 
L. attenuatus. I have seen no specimen from Kurz's localities. 
Var. ? penangensis; leaves narrower, base acute. Lasianthus? Wall. Cat. 8441 
(one sheet).—Penang and Singapore, Wallich.— I suspect this to be a different species, 
but the specimens are insufficient. 
8. L. tentaculatus, Hook. f.; branches glabrous, leaves subsessile 
oblong or obovate-oblong rather abruptly acuminate, base rounded unequal- 
sided, nerves 9 pair spreading minutely hairy beneath, veins branching, flowers 
sessile much shorter than the erect subulate or filiform hispid bracts, calyx- 
teeth linear hispid. Rubiacea, Wall, Cat. 8306. 
SıLHET, Wallich. 
Branches pale when dry. Leaves 5-7 by 2-24 in., pale green when dry, mem- 
branous, rather shining above, base of lower rounded, of upper acute; petiole jt; in., 
hispid; stipules 1-3 in., lanceolate-subulate, hispid. Bracts numerous, i-i in. rigid. 
Calyx small. Corolla-tube $ in., narrow, hispid. Drupe not seen. 
9. L. attenuatus, Jack in Trans. Linn. Soc. xiv. 126; slender, 
branches and leaves beneath softly hirsute, leaves subsessile oblong-lanceolate 
acuminate from a broad rounded or cordate base, nerves 9-10 pair, veins loosely 
reticulate faint, cymes sessile, bracts linear-lanceolate equalling the flowers. 
Wight in Cale. Journ. Nat. Hist. vi. 504. Mephitidia attenuata, DC. Prodr. 
iv. 452. 
Maracca, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 2926);? Sumer, De Silva.—Di1sTRIE. Sumatra, 
Java. 
Much branched. Leaves 24-4 by 3-1} in., pale when dry, rather membranous, 
base often oblique, glabrous above, petiole very short; stipules ovate-lanceolate. 
Bracts 1 in. long, narrowed at the base. — Calya-teeth 4 linear acute. Corolla yellow, 
hairy within and without. “Drupe ovoid, hairy, dark blue, pyrenes 4," Jack.—In 
Wight's Herbarium this species is fastened on a sheet with L. appressus, to which his 
description of the moniliform hairs especially applies. 
10. L. appressus, Hook. f.; branches petioles and leaves beneath and 
cymes hirsute with erect or appressed pale hairs, leaves small petioled oblong- 
lanceolate acute, base acute, nerves 6-7 pair deeply impressed above much raised 
beneath, veins straight sparingly forked, braets subulate longer than the sub- 
solitary flowers. Lasianthus, Wall. Cat. 8443 and 8442, in part. 
Pzxaxa, Wallich. Maracca; Mount Ophir, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 2927). 
Branches with very dense stiff fulvous strongly septate hairs. Leaves 2-3 by 8— 
1 in. coriaceous, very pale when dry, shining and glabrous except on the hairy ` 
midrib above, nerves above slender; petiole 4 in., shaggy, stout; stipules lanceolate. 
Bracts stiff, erect, lin. Flowers very small. Drupe i; in. diam., subglobose, crowned 
by the triangular acute calyx-teeth, glabrous; pyrenes 8. 
1l. L. retosus, Wight in Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. vi. 506; branches and 
cymes hirsute with spreading hairs, leaves shortly petioled oblong-lanceolate, 
midrib pubescent and 12 pair of nerves deeply impressed above, very prominent 
and pubescent beneath, veins straight often forked, cymes sessile small few- 
flowered, bracts linear or lanceolate equalling the flowers, drupes glabrous sub- 
globose with long calyx-teeth. 
Maracoa, Griffith (Kew Distrib, 2918). 
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