510 Notes on Indian Botany. 



L. venulosus, which appears a nearly allied, but quite distinct, 

 species. This also approaches L. capitulatus, but is quite 

 distinct. 



15. Lasianthus rostratus, (R. W.) Shrubby: ramuli 

 terete, slightly compressed at the joints, very hairy : leaves 

 short, petioled, from elliptic oblong to linear lanceolate, 

 rounded or sometimes acute at the base, contracted into a 

 beak at the apex, glabrous above, pubescent beneath, especi- 

 ally the veins and petiols which are strigous : stipules small, 

 pointed, hairy : flowers axillary, sessile, few, (1 to 3) : bracteas 

 minute, inconspicuous : calyx very hairy, 4-cleft with a wide 

 sinus between the divisions, margins ciliated with long hairs : 

 corolla 4-cleft, covered with coarse articulated hairs, pubes- 

 cent within : anthers sub-sessile, incumbent : style much 

 longer than the tube : stigma 4-lobed : ovary 4-celled. 



Hab. — Courtallum and Shevagherry hills, flowering August 

 and September. 



Obs. — A large shrub : leaves 4-6 inches long by about 1 \ 

 broad, rigid, coriacious, strongly veined, usually rounded, but 

 occasionally acute at the base. The flowers are very minute. 

 In my specimens the expanded corollas have all fallen off, 

 but the young buds show a nearly glabrous interior. The 

 berries seem to be about the size of small peas. 



16. Lasianthus pterospermus, (R.W.) Shrubby: ramuli 

 much compressed, strigously hairy : stipules triangular 

 pointed, shorter than the petioles : leaves lanceolate, ab- 

 ruptly acuminated, glabrous, except on the veins : flowers 

 axillary, sessile, aggregated (3-5) : bracts minute : calyx 

 sparingly hairy, deeply 5-cleft : segments short, obtuse : 

 ovary 5-celled : fruit globose, when dry, furrowed with inter- 

 mediate sharp angles, 4-5 pyrenous : nuts bisulcate, with 3 

 prominent wing-like projections on the back. 



Hab. — Malacca, Griffith. 





