IS. Vangueria.] 77. RUBIACEJ^. 



sometimes unarmed. Some thorny forms somewhat resemble Randia dumetorum 

 and the fruit is sometimes said to kill fish, possibly through confusion with that , 

 plant. 



19. LASIANTHUS, Jade 

 Shrubs. Leaves distichous with arching- sec. n. and close-set cross 

 tertiaries and with broad, rarely narroAv, interpetiolar sti^iules. 

 Flowers small in axillary rarely peduncled often bracteate clusters, 

 cymes or heads. Hypanthium short, calyx -tube short or long with 

 3-7 teeth, rarely truncate, persistent. Corolla funnel- or salver-shaped, 

 throat villous, lobes 3-7 valvate in bud. Stamens 4-0 on the throat, 

 filaments short, anthers often apiculate, included. Ovary -i-9-celled, 

 style- arms or stigmas 3-9 short obtuse. Ovules 1 linear basal erect 

 in each cell. Drupe small with 3-9, 3-quetrous and 1 -seeded pyrenes. 

 Embryo terete, radicle inferior. 



1. L. truncatus, Bedd. 



A shrub -l-G ft. somewhat resembling Hepiianthera stricta, with 

 appressed shortly pubescent branchlets, lanceolate acuminate leaves 

 about 5'5 to 15" and axillary fascicles of sessile inconspicuous white 

 flowers. Fruit blvie succulent ovoid dowuiy crowned by the calyx, 

 with 4-5 pyrenes. 



Deep shady valleys in the Tholokabad forest, Singbhum ! Very rare. Fl., Fr. 

 April-May. 



Leaves often undulate and variegated yellow, pubescent on the nerves beneath, 

 narrowed both ends, with 7-9 oblique arched sec. n. strong beneath and numerous 

 sub-parallel cross nervules, petiole ■17-"25". Stipules triangular long-acuminate 

 •strigosely pubescent. Calyx-tube short :j-toothed or truncate in fruit. Corolla 

 tubular, pubescent, sometimes calyptrate. Anthers o sessile. Ovary i-o-ceHed. 



Only previously reported from Ganjain ! 



20. PSYCHOTRIA, L. 



Shrubs or small trees with intra-petiolar sometimes connate 

 stipules Avith often glandular axillary hairs. Flowers in terminal 

 cymes, heads or fascicles. Hypanthium short, CcUyx-tube hardly any, 

 sepals small persistent (in our species) or often deciduous. Corolla- 

 tube straight, short, petals usually 5, valvate. Stamens on the throat 

 or mouth, anthers included or not. Ovary 2-celled, style branches 2. 

 Ovule 1 basal erect in each cell. Fruit small with one to two 1-seeded 

 plano-convex pyrenes. Seed plano-convex, ventrally flat or grooved, 

 albumen sometimes ruminate. Cotyledons broad thin. 



Leaves 3-6". Cymules in a spiciform panicle \. adenophylla. 



Leaves 8-10". Fls. in dense tei-minal corj-mbose cymes . . . 1. dentietilata. 



1. P. adenophylla, irall. 



A shrub 3-4 ft. (or iip to 7 ft. in the Mais) with nearly glabrous 

 branches. L. 4-6" elliptic, ell. -oblong or oblong-obovate shortly 

 suddenly acuminate, base tapering into a short •2--4" long petiole, 

 sec. n. 10-lG slightly curved strong, tertiaries obscvire, gland pits in 

 axils of many of the secondary nerves. Fls. small wliite -1" long in 

 short pubescent rather dense cymes at intervals along the rhachis of 

 a racemiform panicle 3-4" long. Fruit oliovoid •2--3" umbonate 

 2-celled. Seeds, usually only 1 'maturing, corrugate, ventral face flat, 

 albumen ruminate. 



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