180 LXXT. ETJBiACEJ!. (J. D. Hooker.) ILasicmtJius^ 



Frodr. iv. 452. M. rHnozerotis, Kurz in Andaman For. Sep., Append. A. 40 j. 

 not of Blume ? Triosteum hirsutum, Hoxh. Fl. Ind. i. 638. Rubiacea, Wdlh 

 Cat. 8305. 



Assam, Simons; Naga Huxs, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 2917); Silhet, Chittagong, 

 Andaman and Nicobab Islands, Tenasseeim, Singapoee, Malacca and Penang, 

 Wallich, &c. — DisTBiB. Malay Archipelago to Borneo. 



An evergreen bush, softly hirsute all over, or -with the branches and leaves above' 

 glabrate. Leaves 6-10 by 1^-2^ in., brown when dry; nerves 7-10 pair, very 

 obliquely arched ; petiole ^-§ in. ; stipules ovate, acute. Bracts J-l J in., outer ovate 

 acuminate, inner lanceolate or subulate. Calyx-teeth linear, ciliate. CoroUa-tvhe 

 J in., hispid, yellow. Drwpe (dry) ^— J in. long, broadly obovoid or subglobose, 

 obscurely 4-lobed, glabrous or pubescent, bright blue, smooth ; pyrenes 4-5. — Kurz 

 and Jack describe the fruit as the size of a gooseberry. Wallich's specimen, 8305 A.,, 

 is marked as from Herb. Madras ; if correct, this is no doubt one of several plants 

 procured by the missionaries from the Eastern Peninsula. 



4. Xa. Jacklanus, Wight in Calc. Joum. Nat. Hist. vi. 502; hirsute^ 

 leaves subsessile oblong abruptly acuminate or caudate-acuminate base rounded,, 

 cymes sessile, nerves 6-7 pair, veins rarely branched, bracts few outer ovate or 

 linear-lanceolate exceeding the sessile flowers. Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 12, 

 Lasianthus, Wall. Cat. 8439. 



NiLGHERET Mts., Heyne, &c. ; Sisparah Ghat, Beddome. 



An evergreen bush, softly hirsute all over. Leaves 4-6 by 1^2^ in., dark brown 

 when dry ; nerves 6-8 pair ; petiole very short ; stipules ovate, acute. Bracts rarely 

 ovate-lanceolate, ^-1 in. ; calyx-teeth 4 ovate-lanceolate, hispid, shorter than in L, 

 cyanocarpus. Drupe \ in. long, obtusely octahedroid smooth ; pyrenes 4. 



5. Ii. nXoonii, Wight in Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. vi. 504; hirsute, leaves- 

 petioled elliptic or elliptic-oblong acuminate base acute or rounded, nerves 7-8 

 pail, veins branched and reticulate, cymes capitate peduncled, bracts ovate- 

 lanceolate about equalling the flowers. Mephitidia Moonii, Thw. Enum. 145. 



Ceylon ; Saflfragam district, common. Walker, Thwaites. 



Harshly hirsute. Leaves 5-7 by 1 ^2 J in. ; hispid or glabrous above, brown or 

 greenish when dry ; petiole stout, |-| in. ; stipules ovate, acute. Cymes capitate, 

 i-i in. long and broad ; peduncle stout, shorter than the petioles. Calyx-teeth linear- 

 lanceolate, hispid. Corolla white, tube short. Drupe " red, hairy, size of a cherry,"' 

 Thwaites (dry) ; \-^ in. diam., globose, smooth ; pyrenes 4. 



6. Xi. sikhimensis, Hook. f. ; branches petioles bracts and leaves 

 beneath finely tomentose, leaves petioled lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate finely 

 acuminate, base acute, nerves 8-9 pair, veins often branched, bracts subulate- 

 longer than the few sessile flowers. 



SncKiM Himalaya, alt. 2-3000 ft., J. D. H. ^ T. T. 



A shrub; branches with appressed hairs. Leaves 6-8 by IJ-lf in., brownish 

 when dry, glabrous above, nerves not impressed above, prominent beneath, veins 

 slender parallel; petiole J- Jin. ; stipules J-;J in., lanceolate. Bracts l-i in. Calyx- 

 teeth 5, narrow, lanceolate. Drapes subglobose (dry), J in. diam., nearly glabrous ;. 

 pyrenes 5. 



7. Xi. Walliclili, Wight in Calc. Joum. Nat. Hist. vi. 503; branches 

 petioles and leaves beneath hirsute with spreading hairs, leaves small shortly 

 peiioled oblong or oblong-lanceolate cuspidate acuminate or acute, base rounded 

 or cordate often imequally, nerves 7-8 pair, veins branched laxly reticulate, 

 bracts subulate longer than or equalling the few axillary sessile flowers. Wcdl. 

 Cat. 8442, in part ; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 31. L. plagiophyllus, Hance in Trimen 

 Joum. Bat. 1875, 196. Nonatelia ? hispida, WaU. in Boxb. Fl. Ind., ed. Carey 

 ^ Wall. ii. 187. MepHtidea Wallichii, W. ^ A. Frodr. 390. 



