Descriptions of Malayan Plants. 



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LASIANTHUS. 

 Rubiacece, Juss. 



Calyx 4-partitus, laciniis linearibus. Corolla infundibuli- 

 formis, pilosa. Stamina 4. Stigmata 4, linearia crassa. 

 Bacca tetrapyrena. 



Suffrutices, floribus axillaribuSy bracteis oppositis, baccis 

 cyaneis. 



LASIANTHUS CYANOCARPUS.* (W,J.) 

 Lin, Trans, XIV. 125. 



Villosus, bracteis magnis cordatis. 



Found at Tappanooly, on the west coast of Sumatra. 



Stem herbaceous or sufFrutescent, erect, round, villous. 

 Leaves opposite, petiolate, oblong-lanceolate, acute, entire, 

 villous ; three or three inches and half long. Petioles short. 

 Stipules interpetiolar, acute. Flowers generally three in each 

 axil, nearly sessile, supported by two large opposite cordate 

 bracts. Calyx superior four-, sometimes five-parted ; laci- 

 niae, linear, acute, pilose. Corolla yellow, tubular, funnel- 

 shaped, pilose both externally and internally. Stamens four, 

 sometimes five ; anthers oblong. Ovary crowned by a nec- 

 tarial ring, four-sporous. Style as long as the stamens. 

 Stigma of four thick linear divisions. Berry as large as a 

 small gooseberry, of a transparent azure blue, pilose, its flesh 

 spongy or farinose, containing four nuts or hard seeds. 



LASIANTHUS ATTENUATUS. (W. J,) 

 Linn, Trans, XIV. 126. 

 Villosus, foliis supra glabris, bracteis lanceolatis. 

 Found in the interior of Bencoolen. 



SufFrutescent, erect. Branches alternate, long, spreading, 

 round, villous. Leaves opposite, sub-bifarious and somewhat 

 drooping, short-petioled, oblong, attenuated to the point, 



* This genus, which is now called Mephetidia, is common in the 

 Province of Malacca.— W. G. 



