LasiantJms.~\ LXXV. RUBIACEJE. (J. D. Hooker.) 189 



41. Xi. pauciflorus, Wight in Cede. Journ. Nat. Hist. vi. 515; branchlets 

 petioles and leaves beneath softly hispid with close-set spreading white hairs, 

 leaves subsessile elliptic-lanceolate acuminate, base acute, nerves 4-5 pair, veins 

 faint loosely reticulate, flowers few sessile ebracteate. 



TENASSERIM ; at Mergui, Griffith. 



Branches very slender, pale straw-coloured. Leaves 3-4 by f-1^ in., very thin, 

 pale brownish when dry, glabrous above ; petiole ^ in. ; stipules lanceolate with long 

 subulate points, strigose, deciduous. 



42. Xi. truncatus, Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 9; branches petioles and 

 nerves beneath appressed-pubescent, leaves petioled narrowly elliptic-lanceolate 

 finely acuminate, base acute, nerves 7-8 pair and parallel, veins strong beneath, 

 flowers subsolitary sessile ebracteate, calyx-limb tubular truncate subentire, 

 corolla pubescent. 



OBISSA ; Myhendra Mts., in Granjam, alt. 4500 ft., Beddome. 



Shrubby; branches black when dry. Leaves 5-6 by f-1^- in., grey-brown when 

 dry, shining above, finely pubescent beneath ; petiole ^- in. ; stipules - in., trian- 

 gular, acuminate, hirsute. Flowers often solitary, ebracteolate. Calyx glabrous, tube 

 ovoid, limb narrowed upwards. Corolla f in. long; tube slender, pubescent; lobes 5. 

 Drupes not seen. 



43. Xi. strig-osus, Wight in Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. vi. 512; young 

 branches petioles and nerves beneath strigillose with appressed hairs, leaves 

 shortly petioled elliptic-lanceolate acuminate shining above, base acute, nerves 

 7-9 pair, slender veins parallel branched and sparingly anastomosing, flowers 

 few sessile, bracts or minute, calyx-limb truncate, teeth 5 minute. Mephitidia 

 strigosa, Thw. Enum. 146. M. varians, Thw. 1. c. (C. P. 80, 1728). 



CEYLON ; Central Province and Saffragam district, alt. 2-5000 ft., Walker, &c. 



Branches slender. Leaves 4-6 by 1-lf in., rather coriaceous, brown when dry, nerves 

 not very prominent beneath ; petiole ^-| in. ; stipules small, triangular, acute. Flowers 

 in small fascicles. Calyx glabrous or strigose. Corolla white ; tube in., glabrous 

 or nearly so ; throat villous, limb |- in. diam. Drupe in. (| in. diam. when fruiting, 

 Thwaites}, subspherical, black, opaque ; pyrenes 4-5. 



VAJI. nitida, Thwaites ? an species distincta ; leaves small 2| 3^ in. narrowly lan- 

 ceolate very coriaceous pale when dry shining on both surfaces, midrib beneath very 

 stout, veins obscure. Adam's Peak, Thwaites (C. P. 3910). This is a very doubtful 

 plant ; I have seen no flowers or fruit. 



VAB. protracta; leaves lanceolate finely acuminate 7-8 by 1^-2 in., veins less 

 branched straighter. Mephitidia protracta, Thw. Enum. 146. Ceylon, Central Pro- 

 vince, Gardner. 



44. Xi. andamanicus, Hook. f. ; branches petioles nerves beneath and 

 flowers finely appressed pubescent, leaves petioled narrowly elliptic-oblong or 

 lanceolate acuminate, base acute, nerves 9-10 pair, veins somewhat reticulate, 

 flowers sessile clustered pubescent ebracteate, calyx-limb shortly tubular truncate. 

 Paibiacea, Wall. Cat. 8309. 



TENASSERIM; at Amherst, Wallich. ANDAMAN ISLANDS, Heifer (Kew Distrib. 

 2993), Kurt. 



Branches almost black when dry. Leaves 6-8 by f-2 in., rather coriaceous and 

 shining above, brown when dry ; petiole in. ; stipules small, ^ in., triangular, pubes- 

 cent. Clusters of flowers small. Calyx-limb enlarged, cupular, margin entire. 

 Corolla-tube slender, | in., and lobes villous without and within ; limb \ in. diam. 

 Drupe in., globose, obtusely angled, crowned by the large tubular calyx-limb, pubes- 

 cent ; pyrenes 4. 



45. Xi. Helferi, Hook. f. ; branches robust glabrous, leaves petioled nar- 

 rowly oblong-laDceolate acuminate, base acute, nerves 10-12 pair finely pubescent 



