Lasianthus.'] LXXV. EUBIACE^. (J. D. Hooker.) 187 



in., triangular strigose. Flowers rather numerous; bracts or minute, subulate. 

 Calyx black, tube obconic ; teeth coriaceous, hispid at the tips. Corolla " somewhat 

 hairy without, villous within, tube short," Thwaites. I have seen but one specimen 

 from Adam's Peak (C. P. 348), which differs from Thwaites' description in the glabrous 

 branches, and in the reins being only obscurely parallel (for the genus) ; it a good 

 deal resembles a form of L. strigosus. 



33. Zi. inconspicuus, Hook. /. ; glabrous, leaves petioled elliptic caudate- 

 acuminate opaque above, base acute, nerves 5-6 pair spreading and veins incon- 

 spicuous, flowers clustered sessile small ebracteate, calyx-teeth 5 triangular acute. 

 Hyptianthera stricta, Wall. Cat. 8313 L. 



SILHET, Wallich. 



Branches very slender, strict, quite glabrous except the youngest tips. Leaves 3^-5 

 by 1^-to 1| in., rigid, dull greenish when dry, tip very long and slender ; nerves very 

 obscure above, veins beneath visible rather distant branched ; petiole slender, % in., 

 puberulous ; stipules small, triangular, tips pubescent. Flower in very small pubes- 

 cent axillary clusters. Calyx glabrous ; limb dilated, cup-shaped ; teeth erect. Corolla- 

 tube slender, pubescent (seen in bud only about ^ in. long). Drupe in. diam., globose, 

 smooth, crowned by the calyx-teeth ; pyrenes 4-5. 



34. Zi. lancifolius, Hook.f. ; branches above petioles and midrib beneath, 

 hoary-puberulous, leaves petioled long narrowly oblong-lanceolate caudate- 

 acuminate membranous, nerves 9 pair very slender, veins horizontal sparingly 

 forked, flowers sessile ebracteate, calyx-teeth subulate short. Mephitidia, 12 

 Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. $ T. 



KHASIAMTS., alt. 3-4000 ft., Griffith (Kew Distrib. 2916), J. D. H. $ T. T. 



Branches pale. Leaves 7-9 by 1-lf in., greenish when dry, somewhat shining on 

 both surfaces ; petiole | in. ; stipules |-^- in., narrowly triangular, villous. Flowers 

 crowded. Calyx puberulous. Corolla-tube % in., puberulous, slender; lobes hairy 

 within. Drupes % in. diam., globose, blue ; pyrenes 5. 



35. Xi. chinensis, Benth. Fl. Hongk. 160 ; branches short petioles nerves 

 beneath and flowers finely appressed pubescent, leaves large stoutly petioled 

 elliptic-lanceolate caudate-acuminate coriaceous, base acute, nerves 10-12 pair, 

 veins much reticulated, flowers sessile clustered ebracteate, calyx-teeth small 

 narrow ovate-lanceolate. Mephitidia chinensis, Champ, in Kew Journ. Bot. 

 iv. 196. 



MALACCA ; Pulo -Bissar forest, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 2920), Maingay (865). 

 DISTRIB. Hongkong, Formosa. 



Branches as thick as a goose-quill, black when dry. Leaves 6-8 by 1|-2|- in., 

 brown when dry, rather shining and quite glabrous above ; nerves not strong above, 

 prominent beneath ; petiole |- in. ; stipules small, in., narrowly triangular. 

 Calyx-limb campanulate, tomentose. Drupe subglobose, obtusely angled, in. diam., 

 pubescent, crowned by the calyx -teeth ; pyrenes 4-5. 



36. Zi. long if olius, Wight in Cole. Journ. Nat. Hist. vi. 514 ; branches 

 stout glabrous, leaves very large shortly stoutly petioled elliptic-oblong or oblong- 

 lanceolate acuminate shining above scabrid beneath, base acute, nerves 15-18 

 pair, veins much reticulated, stipules very coriaceous, flowers sessile crowded 

 ebracteate or bracts minute, calyx-teeth short triangular. 



MALACCA, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 2936), Maingay (867). 



Branches as thick as a goose-quill, black when dry. Leaves 12-16 by 3-4 in., 

 thinly coriaceous, brown when dry, nerves moderately arching, scabridity of under- 

 gurface from rigid minute hairs on the nerves to microscopic points on the leaf-surface ; 

 petiole \ in., black, glabrous ; stipules --| in. long, oblong-ovate, obtuse, very coria- 

 ceous, glabrous. Flowers sessile and subsessile ; bracts minute, subulate, strigose. 

 Calyx hemispheric, black, glabrous ; limb shortly tubular, truncate or obscurely irre- 



