Xasianthus.} lxxt. eubiacej!. (J. D. Hooker.) 179 



short or long, 8-7-toothed, rarely truncate, persistent. Corolla funnel- or 

 salver-shaped, throat villous ; lobes 3-7, valvate in hud. Stamens 4-6 on the 

 coroUa-throat, filaments short; anthers linear or oblong, often apiculate, in- 

 -cluded. Omry 4i-9-celJed; style short or long, glabrous or ha,iry, arms or 

 etigmas 3^9 shprt obtuse; oyules 1 linear basal erept in each cell. Dritpe 

 small, pyrenes 3-9, 3-quetrou3 and. 1-seeded, Seeds narrow, testa meml)];anou8 ; 

 •embryo terete, radicle slender infeirfior. — Disxbib. Species about 80 tropical 

 Asiatic, with single species in Japan, Australia, W. AMca, and Ouba. 



A very difficult genus to describe, thpngh the nervation and venation of the leaves 

 -afford very good character^. I'he foliage closejy resembles that of XTropliyUu#. 



Sect. T, Stipulares. Cymes sessile, embraced by the large coriaceous 

 ^stipules. 



1. Ii. Griffitlill, Wight in Gale, Joum. Nat. Hist. vi. 606 ; robust, leaves 

 large elliptic-lanceolate caudate-acimiinate narrowed into a very short petiole 

 pubescent beneath, nerves l&;-20 pair, veins reticulate, clusters of flowers large 

 capitate very dense xillpus inyolucrate by the very large broad stipules, bracts 

 •densely filiform villous equalling the flowers. 



Malacca, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 2935). 



Branches as thick as a swan's-quill, black -v^hen dry, glabrous. Leaves 10-12 

 by 3-3J in., bro.^^n when dry, coriaceous, glabrous a.bove, rusty beneath j nerves 

 16-20 pair; petiole very short and stout; stipules | in. diam., broadly triangular, 

 ^ith rounded angles, acute or obtuse, very coriaceous and persistent, glabrous. SeOds 

 densely villous;" bracts close-packed, filiforru,' equalling the flowers. Calyx-lmib 

 large, glabrous, funnel-shaped, about T-elefl, teeth villous. Corollontnbe glabrous ; 

 limb villous, 7-Qleft. Dru/pe spiall, nearly globose, about ^ in. diara., glabrous; 

 pyrenes about 7. ' ' 



3. Xi. stipularis, Blume Bijd. 997 ; slender, glabrous except the bracts, 

 leaves subsessile oblanceokte-oblong caudate-acuminate, nerves 9-10 pair, veins 

 faint sparingly branched, clusters of flowers small sessile involuerate by the 

 large and broad stipules, bracts lanceolate ciliate exceeding the flowers. Kurz 

 Far. Fl. ii. 32. Mephitidia stipularis, DC. Frodn: iv. 463, 



TBNAssEHni or Andajian Islands, Heifer (Kew Distrib. 2937). — Distkib. Sumatra, 

 Java, Borneo. 



An evergreen low shrub. Leajves 4-6 by 1-2 in., rather narrowed towards the 

 subacute or rounded oblique base, greenish-brown when dry, memhranous ; midrib 

 beneath sometimes with scattered hairs; nerves 10-12 pair, slender; petiole very 

 «hprt ; stipules ^7^ i^. diam., rounded or broadly triangiJar-ovato or oblong coria- 

 ceous, glabrous, very persistent, concealing the flowers. Sracts j-1 in. long, often 

 exceeding the stipules. Calyx-teeth hirsute, sometimes i in. long. Corolla white. 

 JDrufpe J in. disim., subglobose, smooth ; pyrenes 4-5. 



Seci. II. BractesBtaB. Cymes sessile, not embraced by the large 

 stipules, accompanied by evident long or short bracte. (Oymes peduncled in 

 5. L. Moonii.y 



* Bracks equalliria or exppeding thejlpwers. Branches hirmte or tomentose. 



3. Ii. cyanocarpus, Jack in Trans. Linn. Soc. xiv. 126 ; hirsute, leaves 

 "petioled ellij^tic-lanceolate or oblanceolate caudate-acuminate, nerves 8-12 pair, 

 veins lax sparingly branched, base acute, cymes sessile, bracts many ovate- 

 lanceolate leaiy esxceeding the sessile flowers. Kurz For. Fl. ii. 32. L. brac- 

 teatus and L. Roxburghii, Wight in Calc. Jowrn. Nat. Hist. vi. 601, 602. L. 

 oculus-cati, Miq. Fl. Irid. Bat. \i. 315. L. laevicaulis, Kvrz in Trimen. Joum. 

 Bot. 1876, 327. Lasianthus, ? WaU. Cat. 8440. Mephitidia cyanocarpa, DC. 



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