Ltom] LXI. RUBIACE.^ 389 



Western Penmsnla, f^xtending north to the Satpura range, common in deciduous 

 foiebt. Behar. Chutia Nagpur, Orisba. Kare further east. Sundriban. Chittagong. 

 Nicobars. Prome district. Thaungj^m at 5,000 ft. (Lobb). PL Peb.~ April.— Ceylon 

 dry rec^ion. Branches of the green wood make excellent torches. 15. I. bracldata, 

 Eoxb. Peniuhula in evergreen forest, on the West '^ide and in Ganjam. Similar to 

 14, but 1. narrowed into petiole J- J in. long, lower cyme branches long, tip of corolla 

 globose m bud, tube |-| m. 



16, I graudifolia, ZolL and Morr. (/. roseUa, Kurz and I. inacroslphon, Kurz). Anda- 

 niaub and 'N'icobars. Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. A shrub or small tree, 1. elon- 

 gate-elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, blade 6-12, petiole \-l in. long, stipules large with 

 a long, often bilid cusp, il. white or pale rosp, pedicels usually longer than calyx, 

 corolla glabroubj tube ^-l \ in. long. 17. L "bruimescejis, Ivurz. Andamans and jjsficobars. 

 A small tree, nearly allied to 16, 1. obovate, 5-7 in. long, sessile or on a very short stout 

 petiole, base rounded or cordate. 18. I cuneifolia, Boxb. Wight Ic. t. 709. Silhet. 

 Pegu, Martaban, Tenabserim. A shrub, young shoots, petioles and underside of 1. 

 minutely puberulous, sometimes almobt glabrous. L. elongate-elliptic or elliptic- 

 lanceolate, blade 6-9, pet. | in. long, sec. n. 10-12 pair, arching, terminating in distinct 

 intramarginal veins, numerous shorter intermediate nerves, stipules with sliort filiform 

 cusps. PI. ^\ hite, sessile or shortly pedicelled, corolla-tube ^-% in. long, fr. red. 



19. I. nigricans, By. ; Wiglit Ic. t. 318. Yern. SawJiXm^ Biinxi. 



A small tree, entirely glabrous, turning black in drying, L. cliartaceons, 

 lanceolate, oblanceolate oi* elliptic-lanceolatej blade 5-7, pet. |-.^ in. Cymes 

 shortly pedunculate or nearly sessile, rounded, broader than long, bracts 

 subulate. PL white, pedicels usually as long as or longer than calyx, with 2 

 lanceolate bracteoles. Corolla-tube glabrous within and without, .^-^jf in. long, 

 lobes linear J-| in. long, forming a narrow bud, not much broader than tube, 

 filaments nearly as long as anthers. Pr. black ]-^ in. diam, 



Assam, Manipur, Cachar. Burma, Upper and Lower, in evergreen and deciduous 

 forest. Western Peninsula, chiefly on the west side, common in evergreen forest. 

 PL Jan.~May. Malay Peninsula. Java. 20. I. erutiescens, Wall. (/. memeeylifoUa, 

 Kurzj. Pegu, Tenasserim. Similar, 1. thinly coriaceous, nearly sessile, base rounded 

 or cordate. 



21. L tmdxLlata, Eoxb. *, Wight Ic. t. 708. JSikkim Terai and lower hills. Bhutan, 

 Assam, Khasi hills. Upper Burma {Dmikyaf po), A lax^ge shrub or small tree, I, 

 chartaceous, glabrou^s, lanceolate, edges undulate, blade 5-9, pet. I in. long. Cymes 

 often jjubescent, shortly pedunculate, spreading, pyramidal or top rounded. ramifications 

 slender. PI. greenish-white, supported by several linear bracteoles, calyx-teeth lanceo- 

 late, usually equal to ovary in length. 22 I. barbata, Boxb. Andamans and Nicobars. 

 Cultivated at Calcutta and elsewheie. A large shrub, 1. elliptic, blade 6-8, pet. J-J 

 in. long, the uppermost pair at the base of peduncle smaller, sessile cordate. Cymes 

 sometimes compact, 4-12 in. broad, broader than high, calyx-teeth short, triangular, 

 acute, corolla white, tube 1-1 1 in., mouth woolly. 23. I oblonga, Br. Tenasserim, 

 similai', but corolla-tube shorter, 



E. Cal.-teeth as long as or shorter than ovary. Cymes compact, corymbiformj 

 usually sessile. 



24. I. coccinea, Linn. ; Wight Ic. t. 153. — Syn. I. Bandlntca^ Roxb. ; 

 "Wight Ic. t. 149. Yern. Eangan, Beng. ; Bakora, Fendkulj Mar. 



A large shrub, entirely glabrous. L. coriaceous, sessile or nearly so, elliptic-, 

 sometimes obovate-oblong, cymes sessile, dense-fld. Fl. brilliant scarlet, some- 

 times yellow, corolla-tube 1-1 f in. long, lobes ovate, acute, mouth naked, 

 anthers short, yellow, exserted. 



Western Peninsula, common near the Western coast, also along the Ghats on river 

 banks. Chittagong (indigenous:*). In Burma only cultivated. An ornament of 

 Indian gardens PL throughout the year. — Ceylon low country to 2,000 ft. common, 



25. I stricta, Roxb. Tenasserim (Ivurz), similar to 24, fi. from scarlet to pale rose 

 and w^hite, corolla- tube j-1 in., lobes small, rounded. 26. L amcena, Wall. Tenasserim, 

 Malay Penins. and Archipel, I petioled, lanceolate. 27. I. fulgens, Eoxb.; Wight 

 Ic. t. 151. (Pavetta LobUi, Teysm. and Binnend.). Tenasserim, Malay Penins. and 

 Archip.,1. shining, petioled, lanceolate, sec. n. 20-30 pair, fi. orange, then scarlet. 28. 

 I. congesta, Eoxb. Attaran, Mergui, Malay Penins., 1. rigidly coriaceous, lanceolate, 

 blade 8-12, pet. J-J in. long, fl. orange and scarlet, calyx-teeth broad, very short, 29. 



