190 LXXV. RUBIACEEX. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Lasianthus. 
beneath, veins much reticulated, stipules coriaceous glabrous, flowers sessile 
clustered ebracteate glabrous, calyx-limb very shortly tubular truncate obscurely 
lobed. 
TENASSERIM or ANDAMAN Israxps, Helfer (Kew Distrib. 2921). 
Branches black when dry, perfectly glabrous, as are all parts of the plant except 
the nerves beneath and inside of stipules. Leaves 4-6 by 1-1} in., pale brownish 
when dry, shining above, hardly coriaceous; nerves and veins very slender; petiole 
4-4 in.; stipules } in., triangular-lanceolate, very coriaceous, glabrous without, hirsute 
within, pressed outwards and downwards by the enlarging ovaries, finally pale brown 
and polished. Flowers in small clusters. Calyx quite black when dry, limb coriace- 
ous. Corolla not seen. Drupe A in. diam., glabrous, subglobose, 6-lobed, areolate at 
the top, the shortly 5-lobed calyx-limb pressed flat on the crown; pyrenes 6. 
Secr. IV. Pedur ;ulate.  Cymes peduncled (see also S. ZL. Mooni). 
\3'59 46, L. longicauda, Hook. f.; glabrous, leaves petioled lanceolate very 
long caudate-acuminate, base acute, nerves 8-10 pair very slender s reading 
hardly distinct from the veins, eymes or short peduncles few-flowered, bracts 0 
or minute, calyx-teeth triangular. Mephitidia 18, Herb. Ind. Or. H. J: Bd 
Mrs Hrs (Upper Assam), Griffith; Kuasta Mrs., alt. 5-7000 ft., J. D. H 
y eis 
A branching bush; branches slender, tips puberulous. Leaves 4-5 by 2—11 in. 
greenish when dry, opaque, tailed extremity one third of their length very slender 
(by far the most so of the genus), midrib strong, nerves looped ; petiole 1-4 in.; 
stipules A in.  rusty-pubescent.  Peduncle A A in., 3-8-flowered; flowers sessile, 
usually 4-merous. Calyx minute, puberulous. Corolla } in., glabrous. Drupe à in. 
diam., globose, blue, calyx-teeth inconspicuous; pyrenes 4. 
2S! 47. E. micranthus, Hook. f.; young shoots petioles nerves beneath and 
cymes minutely strigose, leaves petioled ovate-lanceolate acuminate, bas 
rounded membranous, nerves 5-6 pair, veins rarely branched, flowers very small 
sessile on a short peduncle ebracteate, calyx-teeth triangular-subulate. 
Misum1 Huis (Upper Assam), Griffith. 
Branches slender, Com pale. Leaves 4-6 by 1-11 in. very pale greenish 
when dry; petiole 4-4 in.; stipules small, 1-1 in., triangular strigose. Peduncles 
shorter than the petioles; flowers sessile. Calyx A in.; teeth spreading, hirsute. 
Corolla and Drupe not seen. 
7/748. E. Biermanni, King mss.; branches petioles cymes and nerves 
beneath minutely strigose, leaves petioled elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate cuspi- 
date acuminate or caudate, base acute, nerves 5-7 pair, veins branched and 
reticulate, flowers sessile or pedicelled in short peduncles bracteolate, calyx- 
teeth ovate or lanceolate. 
Srxxrm Hrmaraya, alt. 5-8000 ft., Thomson, &e.; Knasra Mrs., alt. 4-6000 ft., 
Griffith, &e. 
Branches slender, pale when dry. Leaves 5-7 by 1-2 in., greyish green when dry, 
rather membranous, opaque, sometimes pale beneath, tip sometimes 1-1} in., and 
very slender; petiole ZA in.; stipules à in., triangular, hairy. Peduncles equalling 
the petioles; flowers sessile and pedicelled ; bracts small, linear or subulate. Calyx 
strigose. Corolla 3-1 in., rosy or pale lilac, glabrous, throat and 5-6 lobes villous. 
Drupe 4 in. diam., subglobose, blue, crowned by the conniving calyx-teeth, glabrous ; 
pyrenes 6, rugose on the back.—Some Sikkim specimens have very small corollas, 
è in. long and pubescent, probably the flowers are dimorphie. The species approaches 
a Bornean one ( Beccari, n. 3227). 
49. L. venulosus, Wight in Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. vi. 508; glabrous, 
leaves small petioled ovate oblong or elliptic acute acuminate or mucronate, 
