Lasianthus.'] LXXV. KUBIACE.E. (J. D. Hooker.) 181 



SILHET, ASSAM and KHASIA MTS., ascending to 2000 ft., DC Silva, &c. MARTABAN, 

 TKNASSERIM and ANDAMAN ISLANDS, Kurz. DISTRIB. Hongkong. 



Shrubby. Leaves 4-6 by 1~H in., pale when dry, thinly coriaceous, above glabrous 

 often shining, nerves beneath strong ; stipules in., linear- lanceolate. Bracts -1 

 in. Calyx-teeth 5, subulate-lanceolate. Corolla-tube in. (1 in., Wallich), white, 

 hispid. Drupe $ in., ovoid, glabrous ; pyrenes 5 (4-6, Hance). This closely resembles 

 L. attenuatus. I have seen no specimen from Kurz's localities. 



VAR. ? penangensis ; leaves narrower, base acute. Lasianthus? Wall. Cat. 8441 

 (one sheet}. Penang and Singapore, Wallich. I suspect this to be a different species, 

 but the specimens are insufficient. 



8. I*, tentaculatus, Hook. f. ; branches glabrous, leaves subsessile 

 oblong or obovate-oblong rather abruptly acuminate, base rounded unequal- 

 sided, nerves 9 pair spreading minutely hairy beneath, veins branching, flowers 

 sessile much shorter than the erect subulate or filiform hispid bracts, calyx- 

 teeth linear hispid. Rubiacea, Wall. Cat. 8306. 



SILHET, Wallich. 



Branches pale when dry. Leaves 5-7 by 2-2 in., pale green when dry, mem- 

 branous, rather shining above, base of lower rounded, of upper acute ; petiole - in., 

 hispid; stipules -3 in., lanceolate-subulate, hispid. Bracts numerous, ^-f in., rigid. 

 Calyx small. Corolla-tube f in., narrow, hispid. Drupe not seen. 



9. Xi. attenuatus, Jack in Trans. Linn. Soc. xiv. 126 ; slender, 

 branches and leaves beneath softly hirsute, leaves subsessile oblong-lanceolate 

 acuminate from a broad rounded or cordate base, nerves 9-10 pair, veins loosely 

 reticulate faint, cymes sessile, bracts linear-lanceolate equalling the flowers. 

 Wight in Calc. Jo-urn. Nat. Hist. vi. 504. Mephitidia attenuata, DC. Prodr. 

 iv. 452. 



MALACCA, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 2926) ; ? SILHET, De Silva. DISTRIB. Sumatra, 

 Java. 



Much branched. Leaves 2J-4 by f-1^ in., pale when dry, rather membranous, 

 base often oblique, glabrous above, petiole very short ; stipules ovate-lanceolate. 

 Bracts % in. long, narrowed at the base. Calyx-teeth 4 linear acute. Corolla yellow, 

 hairy within and without. " Drupe ovoid, hairy, dark blue, pyrenes 4," Jack. In 

 Wight's Herbarium this species is fastened on a sheet with L. appressus, to which his 

 description of the moniliform hairs especially applies. 



10. Zi. appressus, Hook. f. ; branches petioles and leaves beneath and 

 cymes hirsute with erect or appressed pale hairs, leaves small petioled oblong- 

 lanceolate acute, base acute, nerves 6-7 pair deeply impressed above much raised 

 beneath, veins straight sparingly forked, bracts subulate longer than the sub- 

 solitary flowers. Lasianthus, Wall. Cat. 8443 and 8442, in part. 



PENANG, Wallich. MALACCA ; Mount Ophir, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 2927). 



Branches with very dense stiff fulvous strongly septate hairs. Leaves 2-3 by - 

 1 in., coriaceous, very pale when dry, shining and glabrous except on the hairy 

 midrib above, nerves above slender; petiole ^ in., shaggy, stout; stipules lanceolate. 

 Bracts stiff, erect, in. Flowers very small. Drupe ^ in. diam., subglobose, crowned 

 by the triangular acute calyx-teeth, glabrous ; pyrenes 8. 



11. Xi. retosus, Wight in Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. vi. 506; branches and 

 cymes hirsute with spreading hairs, leaves shortly petioled oblong-lanceolate, 

 midrib pubescent and 12 pair of nerves deeply impressed above, very prominent 

 and pubescent beneath, veins straight often forked, cymes sessile small few- 

 flowered, bracts linear or lanceolate equalling the flowers, drupes glabrous sub- 

 globose with long calyx-teeth. 



MALACCA, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 2918). 



