190 Lxxv. EUBiACEJE. (J. D. Hooker.) [LcbsiantJms. 



"beneath, veins much reticulated', stipules coriaceous glahrous, flowers sessile 

 ■clustered ebracteate glabrous, calyx-limb very shortly tubular truncate obscurely 

 lobed. 



Tenassehim or Andamam Islands, Heifer (Kew Distrib. 2921). 



Brcmches black when dry, perfectly glabrous, as are all parts of the plant except 

 the nerves beneath and inside of stipules. Leames 4-6 by 1-lf in., pale brownish 

 when dry, shining above, hardly corieiceous ; nerves and veins very slender ; petiole 

 ^-\ in. ; stipules J in., triangular-lanceolate, very coriaceous, glabrous without, hirsute 

 within, pressed outwards and downwards by the enlarging ovaries, finally pale brown 

 and polished. Flowers in smaU clusters. Cal^x quite black when dry, limb coriace- 

 ous. Corolla not seen. 7)rwjoe ^ in. diam., glabrous, subglobose, 6-lobed,areolate at 

 the top, the shortly 5-lobed calyx-limb pressed flat on the crown ; pyrenes 6. 



Sect. IY. Fedunculatae. Cymes peduncled (see also S. L. Moonii). 



46. Xi, lon^icauda, Sook. f. ; glabrous, leaves petioled lanceolate very 

 long caudate-a.cuminate, base swute, nerves 8-10 pair very slender spreading 

 har,dly distinct from the veins, cymes or short peduncles few-flowered, bracts 

 ■or minute, calyx-teeth triangular. Mephitidia 18, Serb. Ind. Or. S.f. ^ T. 



MisHMi Hills (Upper Assam), Griffith ; Khasia Mts., alt. 5-7000 ft., J. D. S. 

 4 T. T. 



A branching bush ; branches slender, tips^ puberulous. Leaves 4-5 by f-lj in., 

 greenish when dry, opaque, tailed extremity one third of their length very slender 

 (by far the most so of the genus), midrib strong, nerves looped ; petiole ^-^ in. ; 

 ■stipules ^ in., rusty-pubescent. Pedunele J^^ in., 3-8-flow6red ; flowers sessile, 

 usually 4-merous. Calyx minute, puberulous. Corolla J in., glabrous. Drupe J in, 

 diam., globose, blue, calyx-teeth inconspicuous ; pyrenes 4. 



47. Xa. micraiiiithjis, Sbok. f. ; young.shoots petioles nerves beneath and 

 «ymes minutely strigose, leaves petioled ovate-lanceolate acuminate, base 

 rounded membranous, nerves 5-6 pair, veins rarely branched, flowers very small 

 sessile on a short peduncle ebracteate, calyx-teeth triangular-suhulate. 



MisHMi Hills (Upper Assam), Griffith. 



Branches slender, glabrous, pale. Leaves 4-6 by 1-lJ in., very pale greenish 

 when dry ; petiole §-^ in. ; stipules small, |-J in., triangular strigose. Pedimclea 

 shorter than the petioles; flowers sessile. Calyx ^ in.; teeth spreading, hirsute. 

 •Corolla and Brvpe not seen. 



48. Xi. Siermauni, King mss. ; branches petioles cymes and nerves 

 beneath minutely strigose, leaves petioled elliptic or elliptic- lanceolate cuspi- 

 date acuminate or caudate, base acute, nerves 5-7 pair, veins branched and 

 reticulate, flowers sessile or pedicelled in short peduncles bracteolate, calyx- 

 -teeth ovate or lanceolate. 



SiKKiM Himalaya, alt. 5-8000 ft., Thomson, &c. ; Ehasla Mts., alt. 4-6000 ft., 

 ■Griffith, &c. 



Branches slender, pale when dry. Leaves 5-7 by 1-2 in., greyish green when dry, 

 Tather membranous, opaque, sometimes pale beneath, tip sometimes 1-1^ in., and 

 very slender ; petiole ^-i in. ; stipules ^ in., triangular, hairy. Peduncles equalling 

 the petioles ; flowers sessile and pedicelled ; bracts small, linear or subulate. Calyx 

 strigose. .Corolla ^J in,, rosy or pale lilac, glabrous, throat and 5-6 lobes villous. 

 Drupe i in. diam., subglobose, blue, crowned by the conniving calyx-teeth, glabrous ; 

 pyrenes 6, rugose on the back. — Some Sikkim specimens have very small corollas, 

 ^ in. long and pubescent, probably the flowers are dimorphic. The species approaches 

 a Bornean one {Beccari, n. 3227). 



49. Xi. venulosus, Wight in Cale. Journ. Nat. Hist. vi. 608 ; glabrous, 

 leaves small petioled ovate oblong or elliptic acute acuminate or mucronate, 



