Lasianthus.] lxxv. bubiace^. (J. D. Hooker.) 187" 



ip., triangular sfcrigose. Flowers rather numerous ; bracts or minute, subulate^ 

 CaVyx black, tuba oboonic ; teeth coriaceous, hispid at the tips. CoroUa " somewhat 

 hairy without, villous within, tube short," Thwaites. — I hare seen but one specimen 

 from Adam's Peak (C. P. 348), which differs from Thwaites' description in the glabrous 

 branches, and in the veins being only obscurely parallel (for the genus) ; it a good 

 deal resembles a form of L. strigosus. 



38. Ii. Inconsplcuus, Hooh. f. ; glabrous, leayes petioled elliptic caudate- 

 acuminate opaque above, base acute, nerves 6-6 pair spreading and veins incon- 

 spicuous, flowers clustered sessile small ebracteate, calyx-teeth 5 triangular acute. 

 Hyptianthera stricta. Wall. Cat. 8313 L. 



SiLHET, Wallich. 



Branches very slender, strict, quite glabrous except the youngest tips. Leaves 3^-5 

 by l^to 1| in., rigid, dull greenish when dry, tip very long and slender ; nerves very 

 obscure above, veins beneath visible rather distant branched ; petiole slender, y in.,- 

 puberulous ; stipules small, triangular, tips pubescent. Flower in very small pubes- 

 cent asillary clusters. Ca^yi glabrous ; limb dilated, cup-shaped ; teeth erect. Corolla^ 

 tiibe slender, pubescent (seen in bud only about j- in. long). Drwpe J in. diam., globose, 

 smooth, crowned by the calyx-teeth ; pyrenes 4-5. 



34. It. lancifolius, Hook.f. ; branches above petioles and midrib beneath 

 hoary-puberulous, leaves petioled long narrov^ly oblong-lanceolate caudate- 

 acuminate membranous, nerves 9 pair very slender, veins horizontal sparingly 

 forked, flowers sessile ebracteate, calyx-teeth subulate short. Mephitidia, 12- 

 Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. 8f T. 



Ehasia Mts., alt. 3-4000 ft., Griffith (Kew Distrib. 2916), J. D. H. ^ T. T. 

 Branches pale. Leaves 7-9 by 1-lf in., greenish when dry, somewhat shining on 

 both surfeoes ; petiole J— J in. ; stipules \—^ in., narrowly triangular, villous. Flowers 

 crowded. Calyx puberulous. Corolla-tube J in., pubernloue, slender; lobes hairy 

 "within. Drupes J in. diam., globose, blue ; pyrenes 5. 



35. Xi. cbinensls, Senth. Fl. Bongk. 160 ; branches short petioles nerves 

 beneath and flowers finely appressed pubescent, leaves large stoutly petioled 

 elliptic-lanceolate caudate-acuminate coriaceous, base acute, nerves 10-12 pair, 

 veins much reticulated, flowers sessile clustered ebracteate, calyx-teeth small 

 narrow ovate-lanceolate. Mephitidia chinensis, Champ, m Kew Joum. Bot. 

 iv.l96. 



Malacca; Pulo Bissar forest, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 2920), Maingay (865). — 

 PisTBiB. Hongkong, Formosa. 



Branches as thick as a goose-quill, black when dry. Leaves 6-8 by lf-2jin.,. 



brown when dry, rather shining and quite glabrous above ; nerves nbt strong above, 



prominent beneath ; petiole j-j in. ; stipules small, J in., narrowly triangular. 

 Calyx-limh campanulate, tomentose. Ihupe subgldbose, obtusely angled, ^ in. diam.,. 

 pubescent, crowned by the calyx-teeth; pyrenes 4-5. 



36. Ii. longpifolius, Wight in Cdlc. Journ. Nat. Hist. vi. 614 ; branches 

 stout glabrous, leaves very large shortly stoutly petioled elliptic-oblong or oblttng- 

 lanceolate acuminate shining above scabrid beneath, base acute, nerves 15-18 

 .pair, veins much reticulated, stipules Tery coriaceous, flowers sessile crowded 



ebracteate or bracts mimite, calyx-teeth short triangular. 



Malacca, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 2936), Maingay (867). 



Branches as thick as a godSe-quill, black when dry. Leaves 12-16 by Z^i^ ra.^ 

 • thinly coriaceous, brown when dry, nerves moderately arching, scabridity of under- 

 surfece from rigid minute hairs on the nerves to itaifirosccipio points on the leaf-surface ;. 

 ip'etible \ in., black,- glabrous ; stipules J-f in. long, oblong-ovate, obtuse, very coria- 

 ceous, glabrous. Flowers sessile and subsessile ; bracts minute, subulate^ strigose. 

 Calyx hemispheric, black, glabrous ; limb shortly tubular, truncate or obscurely irre- 



