Lasianthus. | LXXV. RUBIACEE. (J. D. Hooker.) 189 
41. L. pauciflorus, Wight in Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. vi. 515; branchlets 
petioles and leaves beneath softly hispid with close-set spreading white hairs, 
leaves subsessile elliptic-lanceolate acuminate, base acute, nerves 4-5 pair, veins 
faint loosely reticulate, flowers few sessile ebracteate. 
TENASSERIM ` at Mergui, Griffith. 
Branches very slender, pale straw-coloured. Leaves 3-4 by 3-14 in., very thin, 
pale brownish when dry, glabrous above; petiole Ze in. ; stipules lanceolate with long 
subulate points, strigose, deciduous. 
49. L. truncatus, Bedd. Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 9; branches petioles and 
nerves beneath appressed-pubescent, leaves petioled narrowly elliptic-lanceolate 
finely acuminate, base acute, nerves 7-8 pair and parallel, veins strong beneath, 
flowers subsolitary sessile ebracteate, calyx-limb tubular truncate subentire, 
corolla pubescent. 
Orissa; Myhendra Mts., in Ganjam, alt. 4500 ft., Beddome. 
Shrubby; branches blaek when dry. Leaves 5-6 by 3-1; in. grey-brown when 
dry, shining above, finely pubescent beneath; petiole 35-2 in. ; stipules 4—} in., trian- 
gular, acuminate, hirsute. Flowers often solitary, ebracteolate. Calyx glabrous, tube 
ovoid, limb narrowed upwards. Corolla 2 in. long; tube slender, pubescent ; lobes 5. 
Drupes not seen. 
43. L. strigosus, Wight in Cale. Journ. Nat. Hist. vi. 512; young 
branches petioles and nerves beneath strigillose with appressed hairs, leaves 
shortly petioled elliptic-lanceolate acuminate shining above, base acute, nerves 
7-9 pair, slender veins parallel branched and sparing] anastomosing, flowers 
few sessile, bracts 0 or minute, calyx-limb truncate, teeth 5 minute, Mephitidia 
strigosa, Thw. Enum. 146. M. varians, Thw. l. c. (C. P. 80, 1728). 
Crxrox; Central Province and Saffragam district, alt. 2-5000 ft., Walker, &c. 
Branches slender. Leaves 4-6 by 1-12 in., rather coriaceous, brown when dry, nerves 
not very prominent beneath ; petiole 3-4 in.; stipules small, triangular, acute. Flowers 
in small fascicles. Calyx glabrous or strigose. Corolla white; tube } in., glabrous 
or nearly so; throat villous, limb 2 in. diam. Drupe d in. (5 in. diam. when fruiting, 
Thwaites), subspherical, black, opaque; pyrenes 4-5. 
Van. nitida, Thwaites ? an species distincta ; leaves small*91-31 in. narrowly lan- 
ceolate very coriaceous pale when dry shining on both surfaces, midrib beneath very 
stout, veins obseure.— Adam's Peak, Thwaites (C. P. 3910).—This is a very doubtful 
plant; I have seen no flowers or fruit. 
Var. protracta; leaves lanceolate finely acuminate 7-8 by 13-2 in., veins less 
branched straighter. Mephitidia protracta, Thw. Enum. 146.—Ceylon, Central Pro- 
vince, Gardner. 
44. L. andamanicus, Hook. f.; branches petioles nerves beneath and 
flowers finely appressed pubescent, leaves petioled narrowly elliptic-oblong or 
lanceolate acuminate, base acute, nerves 9-10 pair, veins somewhat reticulate, 
flowers sessile clustered pubescent ebracteate, calyx-limb shortly tubular truncate. 
Rubiacea, Wall. Cat. 8309. 
TgNAssERIM; at Amherst, Wallich. ANDAMAN IsrANDs, Helfer (Kew Distrib. 
2993), Kurz. 
Branches almost black when dry. Leaves 6-8 by 3-2 in. rather coriaceous and 
shining above, brown when dry ; petiole + in.; stipules small, 1 in, triangular, pubes- 
cent. Clusters of flowers small. Calya-limb enlarged, cupular, margin entire. 
Corolla-tube slender, 4 in., and lobes villous without and within; limb A in. diam. 
Drupe & in., globose, obtusely angled, crowned by the large tubular calyx-limb, pubes- 
cent; pyrenes 4. 
45. L. Helferi, Hook. f.; branches robust glabrous, leaves petioled nar- 
rowly oblong-lanceolate acuminate, base acute, nerves 10-12 pair finely pubescent 
