182 LXXV. RUBIACEE, (J. D. Hooker.) [ Lasianthus. 
Leaves 5 by 13 in., pale greenish brown when dry, shining above, base rounded or 
subacute, veins strong prominent beneath; petiole very short; stipules small, } in., 
triangular-lanceolate. Bracts 1-3 in., few.  Calya-teeth 5, very slender, hirsute. 
Corolla 7-cleft (Wight), Drupe subglobose, not longer than its calyx-teeth, about 4 
in. diam., smooth ; pyrenes 6-8. 
12. L. pilosus, Wight in Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. vi. 506; branches and 
cymes hirsute with spreading hairs, leaves shortly petioled oblong-lanceolate 
caudate-acuminate, midrib pubescent, veins reticulating and 15-20 pair of 
nerves not deeply impressed shove pubescent beneath, cymes sessile few-flowered, 
bracts subulate equalling or shorter than the flowers, drupes glabrous subglobose 
with long calyx-teeth. 
Maracca, Griffith, Cuming, Maingay (Kew Distrib. 869). 
Very similar to L. retosus, but the leaves are larger, 4-7 by 11-23 in., more mem- 
branous, their bases cordate, the more numerous nerves are hardly impressed. Calyx 
hispid; teeth 5-7, filiform. Corolla-tube hairy, lobes 6-7. Drupe as in L. retosus, 
as long as its calyx-teeth; pyrenes 5-7. 
Var, ? angustifolia; branches more densely hirsute, leaves narrower hispid above. 
—Tenasserim, at Mergui, Griffith. 
13. E, densifolius, Mig. FI. Ind. Bat. ii. 821; branches leaves on both. 
surfaces and cymes hirsute with spreading hairs, leaves subsessile small close-set 
linear-oblong acuminate, base cordate, nerves 10-12 pair not impressed above, 
veins very faint loosely reticulate, cymes sessile few-flowered, bracts lanceolate 
or subulate, drupes pubescent 4-lobed, calyx-teeth inconspicuous. Lasianthus ? 
Wall. Cat. 8441, in part. 
Maracca, Prnana, and Sincarorr, Wallich, Maingay (Kew Distrib. 868), &c.— 
—Disrris, Banka, Java. 
Much smaller than the two preceding ; E in. Leaves 13-23 by 4-2 in., 
equally hairy on both surfaces, dirty greenish when dry; stipules lanceolate, much 
longer than in Z. pilosus. Bracts fow, l in. Flowers not seen. Drupe à in. long, 
deeply 4-lobed, with very minute calyx-lobes; pyrenes 4 (4—5, Miquel). 
14. L. crinitus, Hook. f.; branches petioles and leaves beneath rusty- 
tomentose, leaves oblong acute or obtuse coriaceous, base rounded glabrous above 
with 8-9 pair of very indistinct nerves, veins much branched and reticulate, 
clusters of flowers capitate sessile dense concealed amongst the numerous filiform 
subsquarrose hirsute bracts. Lasianthus? Wall. Cat. 8441, in part. 
PENANG or Sixaaronr, Wallich. 
Leaves 5-6 by 14-1} in., red brown when dry, nerves and veins prominent beneath. 
Cymes meeting and almost embracing the stem, forming sessile heads } in. across ; 
bracts $ in. long, several to each flower. Buds hirsute, minute.— Of this very peculiar 
species I have seen a fragment in bud only in Wallich's Herbarium, fastened on a sheet 
with L. densifolius. 
15. L. ellipticus, Wight in Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. vi. 507; branches 
petioles and bracts hirsute with spreading hairs, leaves shortly petioled broadly 
elliptic or subobovate-lanceolate acuminate, glabrous shining above with 6-8 
pair of slender nerves and numerous parallel rarely forked veins which are 
an silky beneath, bracts lanceolate longer than the few sessile fascicled 
owers. 
Matacca, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 2934). 
Branches not densely hirsute. Leaves 4-6 by 1j-2j in. pale brown when dry, 
thinly membranous, base aeute, very shining abovo; petiole 4 in.; stipules 4 in., 
lanceolate. Bracts ZA in.  Calya-teeth 5, 1-4 in., triangular-lanceolate, hirsute. 
Corolla not seen (hairy, 5-cleft, Wight). Deed is. long, obovoid, hairy ; pyrenes 5. 
