114 49. RUBIACE^. [Cfiasahu, 



C. virgata sp. nor. — An erect, virgate shrub. Leaves OYate, lanceo- 

 kite, acuminate scaborulous or glabrous sliining, dark green above-, 

 paler beneatli ; blade narrowed into the petiole, membranous, 2-5 in, 

 by |-2 in. ; petiole 0-h in. ; nerves 7 pairs, strong beneath. Stipules 

 connate, long acuminate. Inflorescence many flowered, in peduncled, 

 panicled cymes • branches opposite or obscurely whorled ; peduncle 1 in, 

 or less; pedicels short, slender.. Calyx 4-toothed. Corola tubular, j in, 

 long, 4-Iobed, glabrous within. Seeds very concave. This shrub comes 

 near C. curviilorn, but it differs in the long pedicels and in the regular 

 suppression of one of the ovary cells ; it is found in tbe evergreen forests 

 of North Kanara. Fl. Apl., May. 



LASIANTHUS, Jack. 



Shrubs or sraaH trees. Leaves distichous. Stipules broad. 

 Flowers in axillary bracteate clusters, cymes or beads. Calyx-tube 

 short, limb 3-7'toothed. Corolla throat villous ; lobes 3-7-valvate in 

 bud. Stamens 4-6, filaments short. Ovary 4-9-celled with 1 erect, 

 basal ovule iu each cell. Drupe small, pyrenes triquetrous, 1-seeded. 



L. SGSSilis. sp. nov. — Biauchlets adpressed hairy. Leaves oppo- 

 site, shortly petioled elliptic-acuminate, glabrous above, hairy on 

 the nerves beneath ; nerves 6 pairs, prominent beneath, sti-ongly 

 curved upwards^ blade 2-5-in. long by l-S-ia. broad ; petiole i-in. 

 hair)-. Stipules broad hairy, acuminate. Flowers small, white, 

 axillary, sessile, fascicled, with triangular, hairy bracts. Calyx-tube 

 short, teeth triangular, hairy outside. Corolla tubular, slightly hairy 

 without, villous within. Stamens inserted in throat, nearly sessile. 

 Ovary 4-celled, cells 1-ovuled ; stigma 4-divided, Fruit a black 

 fleshy drupe, containing 4 triangular pyrenes, dorsally tubercled. 

 Leaves and fruit foetid when bruised. A stout evergreen shrub 

 nearly allied to L. striyosus, Wight, but difiering' iu the calyx-teeth 

 and nervation of leaves. 



In the evergreen forests of North Kanara from YcHapur southwards 

 to Gairsoppah. Fl. Aug.- Sept. Fr. Oct. 



SAPROSMA, Bhuiie. 



Foetid shrubs, often -with bristles at the ends of the branches. 

 Leaves opposite or whorled, membranous. Stipules connate, 1-3- 

 cuspidate, deciduous. Flowers small, axillary or terminal. Calyx- 

 tube obconic; limb 4-G-dividod, persistent. Corolla with a villous 

 throat; lobes 4-5, valvate. Stamens 4-5. Ov^ary 2-cellGd ; stylo 

 filiform with two short arms ; ovules 1, erect, basal in each cell. 

 Drupe with 1-2, crustaceous pyrenes. 



S. indicum, Daiz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 112 ; Fl. Br. I. .3. 192. In the 

 evergreen forests of tho Koukan and North Kanara. Common on tlie 

 southern ghats of North Kanara. Fruit bright blue, foetid. Seed soli- 

 tary. Fb O.S. Fr. ripe March. 



