180 LXXV. EUSTACES. (J. D. Hooker.) [Lasianthus. 



Prodr. iv. 452. M. rhinozerotis, Kurz in Andaman For. Rep., Append. A. 40 ; 

 not of Blume ? Triosteum hirsutum, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 538. Rubiacea, Wall. 

 Cat. 8305. 



ASSAM, Simons; NAGA HILLS, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 2917); SILHET, CHITTAGONG, 

 ANDAMAN and NICOBAB ISLANDS, TENASSERIM, SINGAPORE, MALACCA and PENANG, 

 Wallich, &c. DISTRIB. Malay Archipelago to Borneo. 



An evergreen bush, softly hirsute all over, or with the branches and leaves above 

 glabrate. Leaves 6-10 by l-2 in., brown when dry; nerves 7-10 pair, very 

 obliquely arched; petiole - in. ; stipules ovate, acute. Bracts -l in., outer ovate 

 acuminate, inner lanceolate or subulate. Calyx-teeth linear, ciliate. Corolla-tube 

 % in., hispid, yellow. Drupe' (fay) - in. long, broadly obovoid or subglobose, 

 obscurely 4-lobed, glabrous or pubescent, bright blue, smooth ; pyrenes 4-5. Kurz 

 and Jack describe the fruit as the size of a gooseberry. "Wallich's specimen, 8305 A., 

 is marked as from Herb. Madras ; if correct, this is no doubt one of several plants 

 procured by the missionaries from the Eastern Peninsula. 



4. I*. Jackiaxms, Wight in Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. vi. 502; hirsute, 

 leaves subsessile oblong abruptly acuminate or caudate-acuminate base rounded, 

 cymes sessile, nerves 6-7 pair, veins rarely branched, bracts few outer ovate or 

 linear-lanceolate exceeding the sessile flowers. Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 12. 

 Lasianthus, Wall. Cat. 8439. 



NILGHERRY Mrs., Heyne, &c. ; Sisparah Ghat, Beddome. 



An evergreen bush, softly hirsute all over. Leaves 4-6 by 1^-2^ in., dark brown 

 when dry ; nerves 6-8 pair ; petiole very short ; stipules ovate, acute. Bracts rarely 

 ovate-lanceolate, ^-1 in. ; calyx-teeth 4 ovate-lanceolate, hispid, shorter than in L.. 

 cyanocarpus. Drupe f in. long, obtusely octahedroid smooth ; pyrenes 4. 



5. L. Ittoonii, Wight in Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. vi. 504 ; hirsute, leaves 

 petioled elliptic or elliptic-oblong acuminate base acute or rounded, nerves 7-8 

 pair, veins branched and reticulate, cymea capitate peduncled, bracts ovate- 

 lanceolate about equalling the flowers. Mephitidia Moonii, Thw. Enum. 145. 



CEYLON ; Saffragam district, common, Walker, Thwaites. 



Harshly hirsute. Leaves 5-7 by 1 1 2 in. ; hispid or glabrous above, brown or 

 greenish when dry ; petiole stout, - in. ; stipules ovate, acute. Cymes capitate, 

 i-f in. long and broad ; peduncle stout, shorter than the petioles. Calyx-teeth linear- 

 lanceolate, hispid. Corolla white, tube short. Drupe " red, hairy, size of a cherry," 

 Thwaites (dry) ; | in. diam., globose, smooth ; pyrenes 4. 



6. Xi. sikkimensis, Hook. f. ; branches petioles bracts and leaves 

 beneath finely tomentose, leaves petioled lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate finely 

 acuminate, base acute, nerves 8-9 pair, veins often branched, bracts subulate 

 longer than the few sessile flowers. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 2-3000 ft., J. D. H. $ T. T. 



A shrub; branches with appressed hairs. Leaves 6-8 by lj-lf in., brownish 

 when dry, glabrous above, nerves not impressed above, prominent beneath, veins 

 slender parallel ; petiole |-| in. ; stipules - in., lanceolate. Bracts \-\ in. Calyx- 

 teeth 5, narrow, lanceolate. Drupes subglobose (dry), in. diam,, nearly glabrous; 

 pyrenes 5. 



7. Xi. Wallichii, Wight in Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. vi. 503; branches 

 petioles and leaves beneath hirsute with spreading hairs, leaves small shortly 

 petioled oblong or oblong-lanceolate cuspidate acuminate or acute, base rounded 

 or cordate often unequally, nerves 7-8 pair, veins branched laxly reticulate, 

 bracts subulate longer than or equalling the few axillary sessile flowers. Watt. 

 Cat. 8442, in part ; Kurz For. FL ii. 31. L. plagiophyllus, Hance in Trimen 

 Journ. Bot. 1875, 196. Nonatelia ? hispida, Wall, in Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. Carey 

 Sf Wall. ii. 187. Mephitidea Wallichii, W. $ A. Prodr. 390. 



