Lasianthus.] LXXV. RUBIACEÆ®. (J. D. Hooker.) -r 285 
strongly eiliate, veins beneath strong, parallel; petiole 4-} in.; stipules 1-3 in., lan- 
ceolate, hirsute. Bracts replaced by stiff bristly hairs. Calyx-teeth obconic; lobes 
3—4, broadly oblong, obtuse, hispid. Corolla “ small, very hairy on both sides,” Wight. 
Drupe size of a pea, subglobose, glabrous; pyrenes 3-4, rugose on the back. 
Van. rostrata; leaves shorter more cuspidate, venules closer. L.rostratus, Wight 
Ie. 510.—Shevagherry hills and Courtallam, Wight. 
24, L. Thwaitesii, Hook. f.; branches slender and petioles and leaves 
beneath softly tomentose, leaves petioled lanceolate acuminate, coriaceous, base 
acute nerves 4 pair obscure above, veins laxly reticulated, flowers few or sub- 
solitary sessile ebracteate, calyx tomentose, lobes lanceolate spreading. Mephitidia 
tomentosa. Thw. Enum. 145. 
Cryton; Ambagamowa district, alt. 3000 ft., Thwaites. 
Branches slender, pubescence dark brown. Leaves 2-4 by j-1 in., coriaceous, 
brown when dry, rather shining above, rusty-brown beneath ; petiole -4 in. ; stipules 
d in., lanceolate. Flowers small, 4 in. long. Calya-tube campanulate. Corolla white, 
pubescent, tube short. Drupe “ size of a pea, black,” Thwaites.—Thwaites considers 
this closely allied to, and perhaps a form of Gardneri. I have seen but one specimen 
of each, and they are very dissimilar. 
95. L. rhizophyllus, Thw. Enum. 145 (Mephitidia); branches slender 
compressed scabrid, leaves petioled lanceolate long acuminate, membranous 
glabrous shining, base acute, veins delicate, flowers few sessile, calyx hairy, 
teeth rather long linear-lanceolate. 
Cryton; Adam's Peak, Gardner. 
Leaves 2-3 by j-1 in., petiole 3-¢ in.— The above description is copied from 
Thwaites, whose specimens are not perfect enough to enable him to complete the 
diagnosis, 
** Calyz-teeth minute, subulate or triangular. 
26. L. strigillosus, Hook. f.; branches petioles and nerves beneath 
strigillose with appressed soft hairs, leaves petioled narrowly oblong-lanceolate 
acuminate, base acute or rounded, nerves 8 pair strong beneath, veins sparingly 
forked, bracts obsolete, flowers few sessile 5-merous, calyx-teeth minute triangu- 
lar. L. acuminatus, Wight Herb. Rubiacea, Wall. Cat. 8324, in part. 
TnAvANCORE; Shevagherry Hills and Courtallam, Wight. 
Branches rather short. Leaves 4-6 by 1-1} in., pale when dry, rigid, coriaceous, 
not ciliate, midrib and nerves glabrous and rather raised above; petiole 1-3 in. ; sti- 
pules jin. triangular. Flower subsolitary or fascicled, sessile. Calyx hispid. Corolla 
hirsute, tube probably elongate. Drupe (unripe) 4 in. diam., glabrous, crowned with 
the triangular calyx-teeth.—Allied to L. truncatus, Bedd., but the nervation and 
calyx are different. Wallich’s specimen on the same sheet with L. venulosus (also a 
Western Peninsula plant) is marked by error as from Silhet. Near L. ciliatus, but 
the leaves are nearly glabrous beneath and the calyx-teeth very different. 
27. L. acuminatus, Wight in Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. vi. 511 ; branches 
etioles and nerves beneath appressed puberulous or glabrate, leaves petioled 
elliptic-lanceolate finely acuminate thin and rigid, base acute, nerves 5 pair 
strong, veins very close, flowers 1-3 sessile ebracteate, calyx hairy, teeth trian- 
gular, corolla glabrous externally. 
TaAvANCORE; Pulney and Shevagherry Hills, alt. 7000 ft, Wight, Beddome. 
MALABAR ? Stocks. NiraHERRY Mrs., at Conoor, alt. 6000 ft., C. B. Clarke. 
Branches slender, pale. Leaves 4-5 by 1-1} in., pale greenish brown when dry, 
nerves beneath pale, veins closer than in any Indian species except L. parvifolius; 
petiole 4—4 in.; stipules à in., triangular-lanceolate. Flowers 3-4-merous. Calyx 
hirsute, teeth minute. Corolla-tube 4; in., glabrous, hairy within. Ovary 3-4-celled. 
Drupe not seen. 
