Lasianthus.~\ LXXV. RUBIACE^. (J. D. Hooker.) 185 



strongly ciliate, veins beneath strong, parallel ; petiole |- in. ; stipules - in., lan- 

 ceolate, hirsute. Bracts replaced by stiff bristly hairs. Calyx-teeth obconic ; lobes 

 3-4, broadly oblong, obtuse, hispid. Corolla " small, very hairy on both sides," Wight. 

 Drupe size of a pea, subglobose, glabrous ; pyrenes 3-4, rugose on the back. 



VAR. rostrata ; leaves shorter more cuspidate, venules closer. L. rostratus, Wight 

 Ic. 510. Shevagherry hills and Courtallam, Wight. 



24. Zi. Thwaitesii, Hook. f. ; branches slender and petioles and leaves 

 "beneath softly tomentose, leaves petioled lanceolate acuminate, coriaceous, base 

 acute nerves 4 pair obscure above, veins laxly reticulated, flowers few or sub- 

 solitary sessile ebracteate, calyx tomentose, lobes lanceolate spreading. Mephitidia 

 tomentosa. Thw. Enum. 145. 



CEYLON; Ambagamowa district, alt. 3000 ft., Thwaites. 



Branches slender, pubescence dark brown. Leaves 2-4 by -1 in., coriaceous, 

 brown when dry, rather shining above, rusty- brown beneath ; petiole -5- in. ; stipules 

 in., lanceolate. Flowers small, 5- in. long. Calyx-tube campanulate. Corolla white, 

 pubescent, tube short. Drupe " size of a pea, black," Thwaites. Thwaites considers 

 this closely allied to, and perhaps a form of Gardneri. I have seen but one specimen 

 of each, and they are very dissimilar. 



25. Zi. rhizophyllus, Thw. Enum. 145 (Mephitidia) ; branches slender 

 compressed scabrid, leaves petioled lanceolate long acuminate, membranous 

 glabrous shining, base acute, veins delicate, flowers few sessile, calyx hairy, 

 teeth rather long linear-lanceolate. 



CEYLON ; Adam's Peak, Gardner. 



Leaves 2-3 by -1 in.,, petiole |- in. The above description is copied from 

 Thwaites, whose specimens are not perfect enough to enable him to complete the 

 diagnosis. 



* Calyx-teeth minute, subulate or triangular. 



26. Zi. strig illosus, Hook. f. ; branches petioles and nerves beneath 

 strigillose with appressed soft hairs, leaves petioled narrowly oblong-lanceolate 

 acuminate, base acute or rounded, nerves 8 pair strong beneath, veins sparingly 

 forked, bracts obsolete, flowers few sessile 5-merous, calyx-teeth minute triangu- 

 lar. L. acuminatus, Wight Herb. Rubiacea, Wall. Cat. 8324, in part. 



TRAVANCORE ; Shevagherry Hills and Courtallam, Wight. 



Branches rather short. Leaves 4-6 by 1-1 in., pale when dry, rigid, coriaceous, 

 not ciliate, midrib and nerves glabrous and rather raised above ; petiole - in. ; sti- 

 pules in., triangular. Flower subsolitary or fascicled, sessile. Calyx hispid. Corolla 

 hirsute, tube probably elongate. Drupe (unripe) in. diam., glabrous, crowned with 

 the triangular calyx-teeth. Allied to L. truncatus, Bedd., but the nervation and 

 calyx are different. Wallich's specimen on the same sheet with L. venulosus (also a 

 Western Peninsula plant) is marked by error as from Silhet. Near L. ciliatus, but 

 the leaves are nearly glabrous beneath and the calyx-teeth very different. 



27. Zi. acuminatus, Wight in Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. vi. 511 ; branches 

 petioles and nerves beneath appressed puberuloua or glabrate, leaves petioled 

 elliptic-lanceolate finely acuminate thin and rigid, base acute, nerves 5 pair 

 strong, veins very close, flowers 1-3 sessile ebracteate, calyx hairy, teeth trian- 

 gular, corolla glabrous externally. 



TRAVANCORE; Pulney and Shevagherry Hills, alt. 7000 ft., Wight, Beddome. 

 MALABAR? Stocks. NILGHERRY MTS., at Conoor, alt. 6000 ft., C. B. Clarke. 



Branches slender, pale. Leaves 4-5 by 1-1 in., pale greenish brown when dry, 

 nerves beneath pale, veins closer than in any Indian species except L. partifolius ; 

 petiole -3- in. ; stipules in., triangular-lanceolate. Flowers 3-4-merous. Calyx 

 hirsute, teeth minute. Corolla-tube ^ in., glabrous, hairy within. Ovary 3-4-celled. 

 Drupe not seen. 



