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i —— LXXv. RUBICEE. (J.D. Hooker) ` [Lasianthus. 
calyx, larger leaves, and less crowded flowers, of which the corolla has dropped. I 
have seen no specimen of Kurz. 
Secr. III. Nudifloree. Cymes sessile. Dracts very inconspicuous, minute 
subulate or 0. 
* Calyx-teeth elongate, lanceolate, rarely large and broad. 
20. L. lucidus, Blume Bijd. 997 ; branches glabrous or minutely strigose, 
leaves petioled elliptic-ovate-oblong or -lanceolate caudate-acuminate, base acute, 
nerves 4-6 pair minutely hairy beneath, veins distant sparingly branched, flowers 
few sessile ebracteate, calyx-teeth lanceolate. Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 819; Kurz 
For. Fl, ii. 30. Mephitidia lucida, DC. Prodr. iv. 453, Mephitidia No. 17, 
Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. § T. 
Kuasia Mrs., alt. 4-6000 ft., Griffith, J. D. H. & T. T., &c. UPPER TENASSERIM ; 
Tabora (Jid. Kurz).—Disrrim. Java. 
Branches slender, pale. Leaves 3-4 by 1-1j in. green when dry, membranous, 
sometimes rather oblique; petiole slender, 1-1 in., strigose; stipules minute, A in., 
triangular, acute, strigose. Flowers 2-3, small, sessile or very shortly pedicelled, 
calyx-teeth glabrous or strigose. Corolla 4 in., white; tube slender, hairy; lobes 
hairy within. Drupe } in. diam., pale blue, glabrous, smooth, crowned by the calyx- 
teeth ; pyrenes 4. 
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"21 In Hookeri, C. B. Clarke mss.; branches petioles stipules and nerves 
beneath puberulous or minutely strigose, leaves petioled elliptic-lanceolate 
caudate-acuminate, base subacute or rounded, margins obscurely waved or 
crisped, nerves D pair, veins sparingly forked, flowers sessile fascicled ebraeteate, 
calyx-teeth lanceolate. Mephitidia No. 18, Herb, Ind. Or. H. f. $ T. 
Kuasa Mrs., near Churra, alt. 4000 ft., J. D. H. & T. T., C. B. Clarke. 
Branches pale. Leaves often deflexed, 6-9 by 1-24 in., pale green when dry, 
opaque, rigidly membranous; nerves obliquely arched; petiole +-} in.; stipules A in. 
Flowers 3-8 in a fascicle; bracts very minute or 0. Calyx glabrous or nearly so, 
teeth erect. Corolla-tube hairy. Drupe ovoid, } in. diam., crowned by the calyx-limb 
and teeth; pyrenes 6. 
22. L. Blumianus, Wight in Cale. Journ. Nat. Hist, iy. 507 ; glabrous 
except at the bases of the flowers and tips of the shoots, leaves stoutly petioled 
elliptic-lanceolate caudate-acuminate, base subacute or obtuse, nerves 4-5 pair, 
veins very slender branched and reticulate, flowers sessile or subsessile, bracts 
minute subulate, calyx-teeth lanceolate membranous much longer than the tube. 
Bedd. Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 22. 
TRAVANCORE, at Courtallam, alt. 3500 ft., Wight, Beddome. 
Branches slender, pale. Leaves 3-6 by 1-2 in., greenish or brown when dry, stiffly 
membranous, opaque above, with faint arching nerves; petiole 3-3 in.; stipules 
triangular-lanceolate, 4 in., glabrous or pilose. Flowers few or crowded, on a thick- 
ened pubescent axis, sometimes very shortly pedicelled; bracts rarely 4 in., strigose. 
Calyx }- in. long, tube short; lobes 4-5, narrow, erect. Corolla glabrous or nearly 
so, tube hardly equalling the calyx. Ovary “ 3-5-celled,” Wight. Drupe not seen.— 
The calyx is quite peculiar. 
23. L. ciliatus, Wight in Cale. Journ. Nat. Hist, vi 509; branches 
etioles leaves beneath and cymes densely villously hirsute with spreading hairs, 
eaves stoutly petioled elliptic-oblong acute or acuminate coriaceous, base acute, 
nerves 6-8 pair deeply impressed above, veins beneath strong often forked, bracts 
obsolete, flowers sessile fascicled 3-4-merous, calyx-teeth broad large. 
Nirenerry Mrs. ; Sisparah, Wight, &c. 
Branches stout, densely clothed with fulvous or brown hairs. Leaves 6.8 by 1-13 
in., yellowish brown when dry, opaque, with glabrous nerves above, margins usually 
