184 LXXV. BUBIACFJS. (J. D. Hooker.) [Lasiantlms. 



calyx, larger leaves, and less crowded flowers, of which the corolla has dropped. I 

 have seen no specimen of Kurz. 



SECT. III. Nudi florae. Cymes sessile. Bracts very inconspicuous, minute 

 subulate or 0. 



* Calyx-teeth elongate, lanceolate, rarely large and broad. 



20. Xi. lucidus, Blume Bijd. 997 ; branches glabrous or minutely strigose, 

 leaves petioled elliptic-ovate-oblong or -lanceolate caudate-acuminate, base acute, 

 nerves 4-6 pair minutely hairy beneath, veins distant sparingly branched, flowers 

 few sessile ebracteate, calyx-teeth lanceolate. Miq. Fl. 2nd. Bat. ii. 319 ; Kurz 

 For. Fl. ii. 30. Mephitidia lucida, DC. Prodr. iv. 453. Mephitidia No. 17, 

 Herb. 2nd. Or. H. f. $ T. 



KHASIA MTS., alt. 4-6000 ft., Griffith, J. D. H. $ T. T., &c. UPPER TENASSERIM; 

 Tabora (fid. Kurz}. DISTRIB. Java. 



Branches slender, pale. Leaves 3-4 by 1-1^ i n -> green when dry, membranous, 

 sometimes rather oblique ; petiole slender, -|-|- in., strigose; stipules minute,^- in., 

 triangular, acute, strigose. Flowers 2-3, small, sessile or very shortly pedicelled, 

 calyx-teeth glabrous or strigose. Corolla % in., white ; tube slender, hairy ; lobes 

 hairy within. Drupe % in. diam., pale blue, glabrous, smooth, crowned by the calyx- 

 teeth ; pyrenes 4. 



21. Zi. Hookeri, C. B. Clarke mss. ; branches petioles stipules and nerves 

 beneath puberulous or minutely strigose, leaves petioled elliptic-lanceolate 

 caudate-acuminate, base subacute or rounded, margins obscurely waved or 

 crisped, nerves 6 pair, veins sparingly forked, flowers sessile fascicled ebracteate, 

 calyx-teeth lanceolate. Mephitidia No. 18, Herb. 2nd. Or. H.f. $ T. 



KHASIA MTS., near Churra, alt. 4000 ft., J. D. H. $ T. T., C. B. ClarJce. 



Branches pale. Leaves often deflexed, 6-9 by 1-2% in., pale green when dry, 

 opaque, rigidly membranous ; nerves obliquely arched ; petiole ^-^ in. ; stipules in. 

 Flowers 3-8 in a fascicle ; bracts very minute or 0. Calyx glabrous or nearly so, 

 teeth erect. Corolla-tube hairy. Drupe ovoid, fe in. diam., crowned by the calyx-limb 

 and teeth ; pyrenes 6. 



22. Xi. Blumianus, Wight in Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. iv. 507 ; glabrous 

 except at the bases of the flowers and tips of the shoots, leaves stoutly petioled 

 elliptic-lanceolate caudate-acuminate, base subacute or obtuse, nerves 4-5 pair, 

 veins very slender branched and reticulate, flowers sessile or subsessile, bracts 

 minute subulate, calyx-teeth lanceolate membranous much longer than the tube. 

 Bedd. Ic. PL 2nd. Or. t. 22. 



TRAVANCORE, at Courtallam, alt. 3500 ft., Wight, Beddome. 



Branches slender, pale. Leaves 3-6 by 1-2 in., greenish or brown when dry, stiffly 

 membranous, opaque above, with faint arching nerves ; petiole g in. ; stipules 

 triangular-lanceolate, in., glabrous or pilose. Flowers few or crowded, on a thick- 

 ened pubescent axis, sometimes very shortly pedicelled ; bracts rarely % in., strigose. 

 Calyx \-^ in. long, tube short ; lobes 4-5, narrow, erect. Corolla glabrous or nearly 

 so, tube hardly equalling the calyx. Ovary " 3-5- celled," Wight. Drupe not seen. 

 The calyx is quite peculiar. 



23. X,. ciliatus, Wight in Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. vi. 509; branches 

 petioles leaves beneath and cymes densely villously hirsute with spreading hairs, 

 leaves stoutly petioled elliptic-oblong acute or acuminate coriaceous, base acute, 

 nerves 6-8 pair deeply impressed above, veins beneath strong often forked, bracts 

 obsolete, flowers sessile fascicled 3-4-merous, calyx-teeth broad large. 



NILGHERRT MTS. ; Sisparah, Wight, &c. 



Branches stout, densely clothed with fulvous or brown hairs. Leaves 6-8 by 1-1 f 

 in., yellowish brown when dry, opaque, with glabrous nerves above, margins usually 



