Jiaeianihus.] lxxv. EUBUCEa:. (J. D. Hooker.) 191 



very coriaceous, base rounded, nerves 7-9 spreading, veins closely reticulated, 

 flowers sessile or pedicelled and subrapemose on a snort stout peduncle, bracts 

 subulate, calyx-teeth, subulate. WiffM^- 1. 1082 -, Sedd. Fl. Sylv. Anal. G,m. 

 t. svii. f. 6. Satttia veijulosa, W^. 4r -d. Prodii. 422. Rubiacea, Wall. Cap. 

 8324, impart (looality of Silhet erroneous), 8459. 



NiLGHEBBY Mts., alt. 6-8000 ft., common. 



A very robust leafy mwih-branohad shrub.; branches black when dry. Jieaves 

 1-3^ by ^-1 in., reddish-brown when dry, midrib and petiole (§^-J in.) very stout, 

 nerves prominent on both surfaces;, stipules small, ^ in., triangular or narrower. 

 Peduncles longer than the petioles, pedicels hairy. Cali/a: hirsute, teeth 4-5, erect 

 -or recurved. Corolla ^ in., yellowish, glabrous without, throat and lobes within 

 villous. Srnpe J in. diam., blue, ciowued by the calyx-teeth; pyrenes 3-5, thiok- 

 waUed, 



60. Xi. capltulatus, Wiffht in Calc. Joum, Nat. Sist. vi. 611 ; branches 

 -fltrigose pubesceitt or glabrate, leaves petioled lanceolate acuminate base acute 

 coriaceous, nerves 7-9 pair, veins sparingly branched and reticulate, flowers 

 sessile on a short peduncle bracteate, calyx-teeth small. 



NiLQHEBBY Mts. ; Sisparah, Wight; Conoor, alt. 7000 ft., C. S. Clwrlce. 



A much larger and longer-leaved plant, with a narrower leaf-base than I,, venii- 

 ioms, not so stout^ with less reticulated veins, the, flowers capitate and corolla 

 hirsute without; but my specimens are very incomplete. Leaves 4-6 by 1-1 J in. iij 

 one of "Wight's specimens, 4-5 by 1^2J in. in another, which has the veins scarcely 

 branched. Peduncles shorter than the petioles ; bracts subulate ; flowers pubescent, 

 Srv/pe globose, | in. diam., crowned by the recurved calyx-teeth, smooth, glabrous ; 

 pyrenes 2-4, larger and much thinner- walled than in L. vemdesms. 



61. Ii, dicliotoinus, Wight in Calc. Jowrn. Nat. Hist. vi. 508; glabrous, 

 leaves petioled oblong or ovate- rarely obovate-oblong base rounded or cordate, 

 nerves 6-8 pair, veins very close-set straight, flowers sessile and on the branches 

 of a slender peduncle, bracts subulate, calyxTteeth long lanceolate. Bedd: Ic. 

 PI. Ind. Or. t. 13. 



Tbavancobh ; Shevagherry and OourtaUam hills, Wight, BeMome. 



Bramches pale. ^Learns 2-4 by |-1| in., pale brown when dry, rather thin, 

 nerves strong, veins fajnt; petiole ^ in., sometimes strigose on the upper face; 

 ■stipules small, ^ in., lanceolate, acute, glabrous. Cymes including the very slender 

 peduncle, 1-lJ in., irregularly sparingly dichotomously branched; bracts Jg-^ i°' 

 long. Calyx j in. long, teeth 3-4, spreading tips hairy. Corolla-tube excwding the 

 calyx-teeth, at length glabrous, lobes hirsute within. Ovary 3-4-celled. Drupe not 

 seen. 



62. Ii. varlans, Thw. Mmm. 146 (Mephitidia), partly ; quite glabrous, 

 leaves small petioled shortly oblong apiculate base subacute or rovmded, nerves 

 •6-8 pair hardly distinguishable from the loosely reticulated veins, flowers few 

 sessile or shortly pedicelled on the top pf a rigid filiform peduncle, bracts subu- 

 late, ealyx-teeth subulate. 



Ceylon; Central Province, Galagama, alt. 5-8000 ft., Thwaites. 



Branches slender, black when dry. Lecmes 1^2 by J-lj in., coriaceous, black- 

 brown when dry, midrib excurrent as a firm point; petiole long and slender for 

 the genus, ^-^ in. ; stipules very small, ^ in., triangular. Peduncles very slender, 

 ■strict, 1 in, and less, surmounted with a pair of subulate bracts ^ in. long. Calyx 

 glabrous, tube urceolate glabrous, longer than the subulate teeth. Corolla and Drupe 

 not seen. Ovary 3-celled. — Thwaites includes under this species some states of 

 strigosus, which differs in the inflorescence and calyx, as does its much nearer ally 

 L. Walkerianus, which has a similar venation and excurrent midrib, and specimens 

 ■of which are also included by Thwaites under L. varians. 



