Lasianthus] LXI. RUBIACE.E 397 



10. L. Kurzii, Hook. f. (L. stercorariit*, Kurz). Tenasserim. Andamans. Branches, 

 petioles and nerves beneath pubescent with minute hairs, 1. lanceolate, blade 5-6, 

 pet. J in. long. Calyx strigose, limb cleft to the base. 11. L. sessilis, Talbot List 

 (1894) 114. Evergreen forests Yellapur to Gairsoppah, North Kanara. A stout 

 gregarious shrub, branchlets appressed hairy, petiole and stipules hairy, 1. glabrous 

 above, hairy on nerves beneath, elliptic, blade "2-5, pet. J in. long. Fl. small, tetra- 

 merous, whit.-, sessile, bracts hairy, triangular. Calyx-teeth triangular, hairy outside. 

 Drupe fleshy, black, pyrenes 4, triquetrous, tubcrcled on back. 



B. Fl. sessile or nearly so, in axillary clusters, bracts minute or 0. 

 a. Calyx toothed, Western species. 



12, L Blumianus, Wight : Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 22. Tinnevelli and Travancore hills. 

 A large shrub or small tree, almost glabrous, 1. lanceolate, blade 3-6, pet. stout, J in. 

 long. Calyx-teeth, much longer than tube. 13. L. ciliatus, Wight. Xilgiris. Branches, 

 petioles and underside of 1. densely brown-tonientose, 1. oblong-lanceolate, blade 6-8, 

 pet. stout, J-i in. long, sec. n. 6-8 pair, prominent beneath, as well as tertiary nerves. 

 Fl. hairy, surrounded by stilt' bristly hairs, calyx-teeth oblong, obtuse, hispid. 14. L. 

 strigillosus, Hook. f. Courtalluin. Branchlets, petioles and nerves beneath clothed 

 with appressed soft hairs, 1. lanceolate, blade 4-6, pet. J-J in. long. Calyx hispid, teeth 

 minute, triangular, corolla hirsute. 15. L. acuminatus, Wight. Nilgiris, Palni and 

 Shevagherry hills. Nearly glabrous, 1. lanceolate, blade 4-5, pet. Jin. long, sec. n. 

 4-5, oblique, the 2 lowest pairs reaching beyond the middle of leaf. Calyx hairy, teeth 

 triangular, corolla glabrous outside. 16. L. parvifolius, Wight. Courtallum. Quite 



glabrous, 1. coriaceous shining. Ian late t obtain late, almost obtuse at apex, blade 



14-2, pet. J in. long. Catyx-teeth small, obtuse, corolla glabrous outside. 17. L. obovatus, 

 Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 10. Travaneon- i Mints 5,000 ft. A rigid much branched shrub. 

 I. glabrous, coriaceous, obovate obtuse, margins recurved, blade 1 in. long, narrowed 

 into a short petiole. Calyx-teeth ovate or triangular, corolla-tube short, glabrous 

 outside. 



h. Calyx toothed, Eastern species. 



18. L lucidus, Blume. Khasi hills. Upper Tenasserim (Kurz). Java. Branchlets 



usually minutely hairy, 1. Ian late, blade 3-5, pet. J in. long, petioles and nerves 



beneath minutely hairy. Calyx-teeth lanceolate, corolla white, 1 in. long, hairy out- 

 side. 19. L Hookeri, •'. B. Clark.-. Khasi bills. Minutely strigose, 1. rigid lanceolate, 

 blade i>-9. pet. J iii. long, t 'alyx-teetb lanceolate. 20. L. inconspicuus, Hook. f. Khasi 

 and Jaintia hills. Almost glabrous, I. lanceolate, blade 3-4, pet. slender puberulous, 

 J in. long. Calyx glabrous, limb cup-shaped, broader than tube, teeth 5, triangular, 

 . 21. L lancifolius, 1 1< •■ >k. f. Khasi hills. Branchlets, petiole and midrib hoory- 

 puberulous, I. membranous, narrow-lanceolate, blade 7-9, pet. J-J in. long. Corolla 

 i in. long, slender, pulx-ruloiis outside. Drupes blue, pyrenes 5. 22. L. constrictua, 

 Wight. Tenasserim and Andamans, common (Kurz). Branchlets, petioles, stipules 

 and nerves beneath more or less appressed pubescent. Calyx-limb constricted above 

 the ovary, dilated above, Hobed (sinuate-toothed, abnosl truncate, Kurz). 23. L. 

 pauciflorus, Wight, Calc. Journal of Natural History vi. 515, Mergui, branchlets, 

 petioles, stipules and I. beneath softly pubescent with long spreading hairs, L thin, 

 lanceolate, nearly sessile, 3-4 in. long, calyx with 4 triangular teeth. 



c. Calyx-iimb tubular, truncate or nearly so. 



21. L. truncatus, Bedd. I.-. PI. Ind. Or. t. 9. Myhendra hill, Ganjani 4,500 ft. 



Branches, petioles and nerves beneath appressed pubescent, L narrow-lai hue, i-o 



in. long, petiole short, tertiary nerves distinct. FL solitary or in few-fid. clusters. 

 Calyx-limb ovoid, truncate, omearhj so i lorolln if in. long, pubescent outside, lobes 5. 

 25. L andamanicus, Hook. f. Amherst. Andamans. Branches, petioles, stipules and 



1. beneath strigose with long hairs, I. oblong-lam late, blade 6-8, pet. J in. long. 



tertiarj nerves prominent. Calyx-limb shortly tubular, truncate. 26. L. Heiferl. 



Tenasseri t Andamans. Branchlets and petioles glabrous, nerves minutely hairy 



Ib 'i th. I., oblong lancec . blade I 6, pet i in.'long, sec. nerves 10 12 pair, tertiary 



obscure. Calyx-limb shortly tubular, truncal : obsourely lobed. 



C. Fl. in peduncled cymes. 

 a. Western species. 



