iqB rubiace^. 



or not. Calyx short with four or five teeth. Corolla 

 funnel-shaped, ^ inch or less : lobes valvate in bud, 

 white, pubescent on the upper and inner side (whence the 

 name from the Greek LASIOS soft and ANTHOS flower). 

 Stamens on the corolla throat : anthers linear or oblong. 

 Ovary of four to nine cells, with one erect ovule in each. 

 Fruit a small drupe seeds narrow. 



Species about 80, nearly all in the tropics of Asia. 



Stem usually simple with slender horizontal branches; leaves 

 three or four times as long as broad, all facing upwards . . 



L. coffeoides. 



Well branched shrub : leaves facing all directions, twice as 



long as broad, rounded at the base, shortly acuminate . . . 



L. venulosus. 



Leaves wedge-shaped at base, with long acumen and three or 



four pairs only of nerves L. acuminatus. 



Lasianthus acuminatus Wight pro parte ; F.B.I, iii 185, 

 LXXIX 27. Characterised by the leaves wedge-shaped at 

 the base and drawn out into an acumen at the tip with 

 three to four pairs only of strong nerves. 



Branches slender, sparingly pubescent or glabrous. 



Petioles 1/5 inch pubescent or glabrous. Blades 3J^ to 4 



by 1/4 to ij^ inches, obovate or oblanceolate acuminate 



narrowed to the petiole, glabrous above and below except 



on the nerves. Nerves three to four pairs seldom starting 



from the midrib beyond the broadest part of the leaf, 



strongly raised below when dry. Flowers subsessile, 



pedicel 1/16 inch. Calyx-tube 1/12 inch, teeth half as 



long. Corolla woolly within. Stamens % inch. 



Pulneys near Kodaikanal. Fpon 1079.^"^ Boui'ne 1271, 

 2007. Wight Kew Dist. 1399, stock " 33 Nephitodes." 



This is I believe what Wight had most in his mind in writing the descrip- 

 tion of the species in the Calcutta Journal of Natural History vi, (1846) 

 p. 511. On his type sheet at Kew there are two species, the other being 

 my L. coffeoides. 



Lasianthus venulosus Wight, Herh. Prop ! ; F.B.I, iii 

 100, LXXIX 49. A shrub, common under the shade of 



