Zasianthus.] lxxv. KUBiACEiE. (J. D. Hooker.) 181 



SiiHET, Assam and Khasia Mts., ascending to 2000 ft., Be Silva, &c. Maktaban, 

 Tbnasseeim and Andaman Islands, Kurz. — Disteib. Hongkong. 



Shrubby. Leaves 4-6 by 1-lJ in., pale when dry, thinly coriaceous, above glabrous 

 ■often shining, nerves beneath strong ; stipules J in., linear-lanceolate. Bracts J-1 

 in. Calyx-teeth 5, subulate-lanceolate. Corolla-tube ^ in. (1 in., WaUich), white, 

 hispid. Drupe J in., ovoid, glabrous ; pyrenes 6 (4-6, Hance). — This closely resembles 

 L. attemiatus. I have seen no specimen from Kurd's localities. 



Vak. ^ penangensis ; leaves narrower, base acute. Lasianthus? Wall. Cat. 8441 

 •{one sheet). — ^Penang and Singapore, Wallich.— I suspect this to be a different species, 

 iut the specimens are insufficient. 



8. Ii. tentaculatus, Hook. f. ; branches glabrous, leaves subsessile 

 oblong or obovate-oblong rather abruptly acuminate, base rounded unequal- 

 sided, nerves 9 pair spreading minutely hairy beneath, veins branching, flowers 

 sessile much shorter than the erect subulate or filiform hispid bracts, calyx- 

 teeth linear hispid. Rubiacea, Wall, Cat. 8306. 



SiLHET, Wallich. 



Branches pale when dry. Leaves 5-7 by 2-2^ in., pale green when dry, mem- 

 branous, rather shining above, base of lower rounded, of upper acute ; petiole ^ in., 

 hispid; stipules j-3 in., lanceolate-subulate, hispid. Bracts numerous, ^| in., rigid. 

 'CaZyx small. Corolla-tube f in., narrow, hispid. Brwpe not seen. 



9. Ii. attenuatus, Jaxik in Trans. linn. Soe. xiv. 126 ; slender, 

 .■branches and leaves beneath softly hirsute, leaves subsessile oblong-lanceolate 

 acuminate from a broad rounded or cordate base, nerves 9-10 pair, veins loosely 

 reticulate faint, cymes sessile, bracts linear-lanceolate equalling the flowers. 

 Wight in Cole. Journ. Nat. Sist. vi. 604. Mephitidia abtenuata, DC. Prodr. 

 iv. 452. 



Malacca, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 2926) ; ? Silhet, Be Silva. — Disteib. Sumatra, 

 .Java. 



Much branched. Leaves 2^-4 by j-lj in., pale when dry, rather membranous, 

 base often oblique, glabrous above, petiole very short; stipules ovate-lanceolate. 

 Bracts \ in. long, narrowed at the base. Cahjx-teeth 4 linear acute. Corolla yellow, 

 -hairy within and without. " Brwpe ovoid, hairy, dark blue, pyrenes 4," Jack. — In 

 Wight's Herbarium this species is fastened on a sheet with L. appressus, to which his 

 description of the moniliform hairs especially applies. 



10. Xa. appressus, Hook. f. ; branches petioles and leaves beneath and 

 cymes hirsute with erect or appressed pale hairs, leaves small petioled oblong- 

 lanceolate acute, base acute, nerves 6-7 pair deeply impressed above much raised 

 heneath, veins straight sparingly forked, bracts subulate longer than the sub- 

 solitary flowers. Lasianthus, Wdl. Cat. 8443 and 8442, in part. 



Penano, Wallich. Malacca ; Mount Ophir, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 2927). 



Branches with very dense stiff fulvous strongly septate hairs. Leaves 2-3 by §— 

 1 in., coriaceous, very pale when dry, shining and glabrous except on the hairy 

 midrib above, nerves above slender; petiole J in., shaggy, stout; stipules lanceolate. 

 Bracts stiff, erect, ^ in. Flowers very small. Drupe i in. diam., subglobose, crowned 

 by the triangular acute calyx-teeth, glabrous ; pyrenes 8. 



11. Xi. retosus, Wight in Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. vi. 606 ; branches and 

 cymes hirsute with spreading hairs, leaves shortly petioled oblong-lanceolate, 

 midrib pubescent and 12 pair of nerves deeply impressed above, very prominent 

 and pubescent beneath, veins straight often forked, cymes sessile small few- 

 flowered, bracts linear or lanceolate equalling the flowers/ drupes glabrous sub- 

 globose with long caljrx-teeth. 



Malacca, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 2918). 



