396 LXI. RUBIACEiE [Saprosma 



1. S. ternatum, Hook. f. Assam. Bhutan. Khasi hills, Manipur. Upper Burma 

 (Thwebok). Anclamans. Yunnan. Tonkin. A shrub or thin small straggling tree 

 almost entirely glabrous, 1. ternately whorled, elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, blade 

 6-9, pet. stout, J-J in. long, tertiary n. parallel, conspicuous, stipules lanceolate with 

 needle-like points, sometimes pubescent. Fl. in trichotomous, often fasciculate cymes, 

 branches long, slender. Calyx-teeth 4-6, triangular. Fr. black when ripe, succulent, 

 ellipsoid, crowned by the conical disk, girt by the toothed calyx-limb. 2. S. corymbosum, 

 Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. 1. 17. (Serissa.) Tinnevelli and Travancore Ghats, above 2,500 ft. in 

 evergreen forest. Similar, but tertiary n. more reticulate, _cymes often pedunculate. 



3. S. ceylanicum, Bedd. Manual 134/12; Serissa Wightii : Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 15. Gardn. 

 Nilgiris and Shevagherry hills, glabrous, branchlets flattened and dilated below the 

 nodes, 1. shining above, lanceolate, blade 2—4, pet. J in. long, tertiary n. inconspicuous. 

 Fl. pale sulphur yellow, fetid, solitary, on slender peduncles J-f in. long, with 2 small 

 linear bracts below the middle, corolla § in. long. Fr. f-1 long, bright blue. 



4. S. fragTans, Bedd. — Syn. Serissa Jragrans, Bedd. Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 14. Western 

 slopes of the jSTilgiris. Tinnevelli hills. Fl. very fragrant, but branchlets and 1. very 

 fetid when crushed. L. elliptic-lanceolate, blade 3^1 in. long, pet. very short. Fl. in 

 sessile cymes or clusters. 5. S. indicum, Dalz. — Syn. Serissa glomerata, Gardn. ; Bedd. Ic. 

 PI. Ind. Or. t. 16. Western Ghats from Bombay southwards, in evergreen forests. 

 Ceylon, rare. A large shrub, 1. sessile elliptic-oblong 3-5 in. long. Fl. on short 

 pedicels in few-sld. terminal clusters. Fr. ellipsoid J- J in. long, bright blue, fetid, 

 seed one. 6. S. consimile, Kurz. Khasi hills. Martaban and Tenasserim, 3-5,000 ft., 

 glabrous, 1. lanceolate, blade 2-4, pet. J-J in. long, stipules stiffly fimbriate. Fl. 

 terminal, solitary or few together, sessile or nearly so. 



29. LASIANTHUS, Jack ; Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. 178. 



Shrubs, usually evergreen, often hairy, some species fetid, 1. distichous, as a 

 rule caudate-acuminate, tertiary nerves numerous, parallel. PL in axillary 

 clusters or short cymes. Calyx-limb persistent. Corolla funnel- or salver- 

 shaped, throat villous, lobes 3-7, valvate in bud, anthers included. Ovary 

 4— 9-celled, stigmas 3-9, short, obtuse, ovules erect. Drupe small with 3-9 

 triquetrous, 1-seeded pyrenes. Species 80, mostly in India and the Indian 

 Archip., extending to China, Japan and North Australia. 



A. 171. sessile or nearly so, in axillary clusters, bracts conspicuous. 



a. Outer bracts longer than fl. 



1. L. stipularis, Blume. Tenasserim or Andamans. Singapore. Malay Archip. 

 Cymes embraced by the large coriaceous stipules. 2. L. cyanocarpus, Jack. Naga 

 hills, Chittagong. Andamans, Nicobars. Malay Peninsula. Hongkong. A small 

 evergreen shrub, softly hirsute all over, 1. elliptic-lanceolate, blade 6-10, pet. A in., 

 outer bracts ovate, \-1 in. long. Drupe dry, bright blue, pyrenes 4-5. 3. L. JacManus, 

 Wight ; Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 12. Nilgiris. Similar, softly hirsute all over, 1. 

 nearly sessile 4-6 in. long. 4. L. sikkimensis, Hook. f. Sikkim 2-3,000 ft. Khasi 

 hills. Branches, petioles and underside of 1. finely tomentose, 1. lanceolate, blade 6-8, 

 pet. \-\ in. long, bracts subulate. 5. L. WaUichii, Wight. Assam, Khasi hills, Manipur, 

 Cachar. Andamans. Martaban, Tenasserim (Kurz). Malay Penins. China. For- 

 mosa. Branches and underside of 1. densely hirsute with long hairs, 1. nearly sessile, 

 from a rounded or cordate, often unequal base, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 2-6 in. 

 long, bracts subulate. Drupe blue-black. 6. L. tentaculatus, Hook. fil. Silhet. 

 Branches glabrous, 1. oblanceolate from an unequal-sided base, long scattered hairs on 

 midrib and nerves beneath, bracts subulate or filiform, hispid. 



b. Outer bracts shorter than fl. 



7. L. tubiferus, Hook. f. Khasi and Jaintia hills. L. lanceolate, rough beneath with 

 minute hairs, blade 5-7, narrowed into pet. J-J in. long, tertiary n. conspicuous. Fl. 

 sessile, clustered, calyx § in. long, limb shortly 5-toothed, tubular after flowering, 

 bracts orbicular, coriaceous. Drupe J in. long, crowned by the calyx-limb. 8. L. 

 oblongifolius, Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 11. Tinnevelli Ghats. Branches glabrous, 

 petioles, stipules and nerves beneath strigose, 1. elliptic-oblong, blade 6-7, pet. J in. 

 long, tertiary n. prominent beneath. Calyx hairy, limb cleft to the base. 9. I. 

 obscurus, Blume ; Tenasserim, Andamans. Sumatra, Java. Branches, petioles and 

 stipules tomentose, 1. lanceolate, blade 4-7, pet. J in. long, nerves on the underside 

 hairy. Bracts strigose, outer ovate, inner subulate or filiform. Drupe snow-white. 



