PAENG 
188 LXXV. RUBIACEE. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Lasianthus. 
gularly toothed. Corolla infundibular; tube glabrous, hardly exceeding the calyx- 
limb; lobes 5, triangular-lanceolate, narrow, villous within. Ovary 7-celled. Drupe 
unripe, glabrous, crowned with the tubular ealyx-limb.—This very fine species is by 
the stipules and other characters closely allied to L. Helferi, next which it should 
rank though it has minute bracts. 
97. L. Maingayi, Hook. f. ; branches petioles nerves beneath and flowers 
minutely substrigosely appressed-pubescent, leaves large shortly petioled elliptic- 
oblanceolate or elliptic-oblong membranous acuminate, base acute, nerves 7 pair, 
veins strong sparingly reticulate, flowers densely clustered sessile and shortly 
pedicelled ebracteate, calyx-teeth 4 triangular minute. 
Matacca, Maingay (Kew Distrib. 871).—Disrrim. Sumatra. 
Branches slender for the size of the foliage, minutely granulate, pale yellowish red 
when dry, and rather rough to the touch. Leaves 8-10 by 25-84 in., pale greenish 
when dry, thinly scaberulous beneath, opaque on both surfaces, nerves oblique: petiole 
d in.; stipules very small, & in, triangular, acute, strigose. Flowers crowded. Calyx 
short, pubescent. Corolla tunnel-shaped, à in. long, puberulous or glabrate; lobes 
pubescent within. Drupe not seen. 
38. L. pterospermus, Wight in Cale. Journ. Nat. Hist. vi. 510; branches 
petioles and nerves beneath glabrous or finely puberulous, leaves subsessile oblong 
or elliptic-oblong acuminate, base rounded often oblique rarely acute, nerves 
10-12 pair, veins reticulate, flowers sessile crowded hispid, calyx-teeth triangu- 
lar, pyrenes 2-winged. 
Matacca, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 2929), Maingay (866). 
Branches as thick as a crow-quill. Leaves 4-7 by 14-21 in., pale brownish when 
dry, rather coriaceous; petiole $ in.; stipules oblong-lanceolate, } in., strigose. 
Flowers numerous, bracts very minute or 0. Calyx hispid. Corolla glabrate. Drupe 
large, j in. diam., globose, glabrous, black, crowned by the shortly tubular ealyx- 
limb; pyrenes 3—5, trigonous, with a longitudinal wing on each side of the convex or 
keeled back.—Wight is in error in calling the stipules small. 
39. L. Wightianus, Hook. f.; branches petioles and leaves beneath 
scaberulous or strigillose, leaves petioled oblong acuminate rigid, base subacute 
or rounded, nerves 12-13 pair, veins branched and reticulate, flowers sessile 
clustered ebracteate, calyx-teeth triangular. L, venosus, Wight in Cale. Journ. 
Nat. Hist. vi. 514, not of Blume. 
Maracca ; on Mt. Ophir, Griffith. 
Branches very stout, woody, brown. Leaves 3-4 by 1-1} in., dark brown when 
dry, midrib and nervos very strong beneath, pubescent on both surfaces ; petiole } in., 
stout; stipules d 2 in., broadly triangular or lanceolate, coriaceous, hirsute, Flowers 
few. Calyx } in., fulvous-pubescent. Corolla (in bud) hirsute. Drupe not seen. 
*** Calyx-limb tubular or cupular, truncate or minutely toothed. 
40. L. constrictus, Wight in Cale. Journ. Nat. Hist. vi. 515; branches 
p» stipules and nerves beneath sparsely strigose, leaves petioled oblong- 
anceolate acuminate, base acute, nerves 5-6 pair, veins loosely retieulate, flowers 
small sessile crowded subebracteate, calyx constricted at the bn of the cupular 
shortly 4-toothed limb. Kurz For. Fl. ii. 31. Mephitidia sp., Griff. Notul. iv. 
267, t. 474, f. 4. 
Tenassert and the ANDAMAN Istanns, Griffith, Kurz. 
Branches slender, pale. Leaves 3-7 by 1-1} in., very pale, yellowish brown, hardly 
shining, texture thin; petiole à in.; stipules small, 2 in., triangular, acuminate. 
Flowers pale, sparsely pubescent; bracts 0 or minute, subulate, deciduous. Calyx 
iz in., tube ellipsoid. Corolla “ hirsute, tube 1 in., lobes as long. Drupe ovoid, size 
of a small pea, glabrous, crowned by the large almost truncate calyx-limb": Kurz. 
