182 LXXV. KUBIACEJE. (J. D. Hooker.) [Lasianthus, 



Leavet 5 by l in., pale greenish brown when dry, shining above, base rounded or 

 subacute, veins strong prominent beneath ; petiole very short ; stipules small, \ in., 

 triangular-lanceolate. Bracts \-^ in., few. Calyx-teeth 5, very slender, hirsute. 

 Corolla 7-cleft ( Wight"). Drupe subglobose, not longer than its calyx-teeth, about 

 in. diam., smooth ; pyrenes 6-8. 



12. Zi. pilosus, Wight in Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. vi. 506 ; branches and 

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

 caudate-acuminate, midrib pubescent, veins reticulating and 15-20 pair of 

 nerves not deeply impressed above pubescent beneath, cymes sessile few-flowered, 

 bracts subulate equalling or shorter than the flowers, drupes glabrous subglobose 

 with long calyx-teeth. 



MALACCA, Griffith, Cuming, Maingay (Kew Distrib. 869). 



Very similar to L. retosus, but the leaves are larger, 4-7 by l-2 in., more mem- 

 branous, their bases cordate, the more numerous nerves are hardly impressed. Calyx 

 hispid ; teeth 5-7, filiform. Corolla-tube hairy, lobes 5-7. Drupe as in L. retosus, 

 as long as its calyx-teeth ; pyrenes 5-7- 



VAR. ? angustifolia ; branches more densely hirsute, leaves narrower hispid above. 

 Tenasserim, at Mergui, Griffith. 



13. Zi. densifolius, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 321 ; branches leaves on both. 

 surfaces and cymes hirsute with spreading hairs, leaves subsessile small close-set 

 linear-oblong acuminate, base cordate, nerves 10-12 pair not impressed above, 

 veins very faint loosely reticulate, cymes sessile few-flowered, bracts lanceolate 

 or subulate, drupes pubescent 4-lobed, calyx-teeth inconspicuous. Lasianthus ? 

 Wall. Cto. 8441, in part. 



MALACCA, PENANG, and SINGAPORE, Wallich, Maingay (Kew Distrib. 868), &c. 

 DISTBIB. Banka, Java. 



Much smaller than the two preceding; iuternodes ^ in. Leaves 1^2^ by ^-f in., 

 equally hairy on both surfaces, dirty greenish when dry; stipules lanceolate, much 

 longer than in L. pilosus. Bracts few, in. Flowers not seen. Drupe in. long, 

 deeply 4-lobed, with very minute calyx-lobes; pyrenes 4 (4-5, Miguel). 



14. Zi. crinitus, Hook. f. ; branches petioles and leaves beneath rusty- 

 tomentose, leaves oblong acute or obtuse coriaceous, base rounded glabrous above 

 with 8-9 pair of very indistinct nerves, veins much branched and reticulate, 

 clusters of flowers capitate sessile dense concealed amongst the numerous filiform 

 subsquarrose hirsute bracts. Lasianthus? Watt. Cat. 8441, in part. 



PENANG or SINGAPORE, Wallich. 



Leaves 5-6 by 1 j-l in., red brown when dry, nerves and veins prominent beneath. 

 Cymes meeting and almost embracing the stem, forming sessile heads ^ in. across ; 

 bracts ^ in. long, several to each flower. Buds hirsute, minute. Of this very peculiar 

 species I have seen a fragment in bud only in Wallich's Herbarium, fastened on a sheet 

 with L. densifolius. 



15. Zi. ellipticus, Wight in Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. vi. 507 ; branches 

 petioles and bracts hirsute with spreading hairs, leaves shortly petioled broadly 

 elliptic or subobovate-lanceolate acuminate, glabrous shining above with 6-8 

 pair of slender nerves and numerous parallel rarely forked veins which are 

 finely silky beneath, bracts lanceolate longer than the few sessile fascicled, 

 flowers. 



MALACCA, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 2934). 



Branches not densely hirsute. Leaves 4-6 by l^-2 in., pale brown when dry, 

 thinly membranous, base acute, very shining above ; petiole in. ; stipules in., 

 lanceolate. Bracts - in. Calyx-teeth 5, jp- in., triangular-lanceolate, hirsute. 

 Corolla not seen (hairy, 5-cleft, Wight). Drupe in. long, obovoid, hairy ; pyrenes 5- 



