Lasiantlius] LXI. RUBIACEJ] 397 



10. L. Kurzii, Hook. f. {L. stercorarius^, Kurz). Tenasserim. Andanians. Branches, 

 petioles and nerves beneath pubescent with minute hairs, 1. lanceolatej blade 5--6, 

 pet. ^ in. long. Calyx strigose, limb cleft to the base. 11. L. sessilis, Talbot List 

 (1894) 114. Evergreen forests Yellapur to Gairsoppah, North Kanara. A stout 

 giegarious bhrub, branchlets appressed hairy, petiole and stipules hairy, 1. glabrous 

 above, hairy on nerves beneath, elliptic, blade 2-5, pet. | in. long. Fl. small, tetra- 

 merous, white, sessile, bracts hair}', triangular. Calj^x-teeth triangular, hairy outside. 

 Drape fleshy, black, pyrenes 4, triquetrous, tubercled on back. 



B. Fl. sessile or nearly so, in axillary clusters, bracts minute or 0. 



a. Calyx toothed, Western species. 



12. L. Blumianus, Wight ; Bedd. Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 22. Tinnevelli and Travancore hills. 

 A large shrub or small tree, almost glabrous, 1. lanceolate, blade 3-6, pet. stout, J in. 

 long. Calyx-teeth much longer than tube. 13. L. ciliatus, Wight. Nilgiris. Branches, 

 petioles and underside of 1. densely brown-tomentose, 1. oblong-lanceolate, blade 6-8, 

 pet. stout, J-| in. long, sec. n. 6-8 pair, prominent beneath, as well as tertiary nerves. 

 Fl. hairy, surrounded by stiff bristly hairs, calyx-teeth oblong, obtuse, hispid. 14. I.. 

 strigillosus, Hook. f. Courtallum. Branchlets, petioles and nerves beneath clothed 

 with appressed soft hairs, 1. lanceolate, blade 4-6, pet. |-| in. long. Calyx hispid, teeth 

 minute, triangular, corolla hirsute. 15. L. acuminatus, Wight. ISTilgiris, Palni and 

 Shevagherry hills. Nearly glabrous, 1. lanceolate, blade 4-5, pet. J in. long, sec. n. 

 4-5, oblique, the 2 lowest pairs reaching beyond the middle of lejil Calyx hairy, teeth 

 triangular, corolla glabrous outside. 16. L. parvifolius, AYight. Courtallum. Quite 

 glabrous, 1. coriaceous shining, lanceolate or oblanceolate, almost obtuse at apex, blade 

 l|-2, pet. I in. long. Calyx-teeth small, obtuse, corolla glabrous outside. 17. L. o"bovatus, 

 Bedd. Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 10. Travancore Ghats 5,000 ft. A rigid much branched shrub, 

 1. glabrous, coriaceous, obovate obtuse, margins recurved, blade 1 in. long, narrowed 

 into a short petiole. Calyx- teeth ovate or triangular, corolla- tube short, glabrous 

 outside. 



b. Calyx toothed, Eastern species. 



18. L. lucidus, Blume. Khasi hills. Upper Tenasserim (Kurz), Java. Branchlets 

 usually minutely haixy, 1. lanceolate, blade 3-5, pet. J in. long, petioles and nerves 

 beneath minutely hairy. Calyx-teeth lanceolate, corolla white, I in. long, hairy out- 

 side. 19. L. Hookeri, C. B. Clarke. Khasi hills. Minutely strigose, 1. rigid lanceolate, 

 blade 6-9, pet. ^ in. long. Calyx-teeth lanceolate. 20. L. taconspicuus, Hook, f . Khasi 

 and Jaintia hills. Almost glabrous, 1. lanceolate, blade 8-4, pet. slender puberulous, 

 i in. long. Calyx glabrous, limb c\ip-shaped, broader than tube, teeth 5, triangular, 

 acute. 21. L, lancifoUus, Hook. f. Khasi hills. Branchlets, petiole and midrib hoary- 

 puberulous, 1. membranous, narrow-lanceolate, blade 7-9, pet. |-J in. long. Corolla 

 I in. long, slender, puberulous outside. Drupes blue, pyrenes 5. 22. L. constrictus, 

 Wight. Tenasserim and Andanians, common (Kurz). Branchlets, petioles, stipules 

 and nerves beneath more or less appressed pubescent. Calyx-limb constricted above 

 the ovary, dilated above, 4-lobed (sinuate-toothed, almost truncate, Kurz). 23. L. 

 pauciflorus, Wight, Calc. Journal of Natural History vi. 515, Mergui, branchlets, 

 petioles, stipules and 1. beneath softly pubescent with long spreading hairs, 1. thin , 

 lanceolate, nearly sessile, 3-4 in. long, calyx with 4 triangular teeth. 



c. Calyx-limb tubular^ truncate or nearly so. 



24. Ii. tnmcatus, Bedd. Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 9. Myhendra hill, Ganjam 4,500 ft. 

 Branches, petioles and nerves beneath appressed pubescent, L narrow-lanceolate, 4-6 

 in. long, petiole short, tertiary nerves distinct. PL solitary or in few-fld. clusters. 

 Calyx-limb ovoid, truncate, or nearly so. Corolla | in. long, pubescent outside, lobes 5. 

 25. L. andamanicus, Hook. f. Amherst. Andamans. Branches, petioles, stipules and 

 L beneath strigose with long hairs, 1. oblong-lanceolate, blade 6-^, pet. J in. long, 

 tertiary nerves prominent. Calyx-limb shortly tubular, truncate. 26. X,, Helferi, 

 Tenasserim or Andamans. Branchlets and petioles glabrous, nerves minutely hairy 

 beneath. L. oblong-lanceolate, blade 4-6, pet. J in. long, sec. nerves 10-12 pair, tertiar j 

 obscure. Calyx-limb shortly tubular, truncate or obscurely lobed. 



0. M. in pednncled cymes. 



a. Western species. 



