Lasianthus.] 
LXXIV. RUBIACE 2 S. 
153 
Flowers -3 in. long, pedicelled with numerous lanceolate hairy 
bracts. Calyx campanulate, teeth broad triangular. Corolla 
three times as long. Fruit ovoid-globose with 8 to 10 ridges -25 in. 
long. Seeds 4 to 5 elliptic acute. Hab. Woods, common. Singa¬ 
pore, Bukit Timah; Bukit Panjang. Johor, Mt. Austin. Selangor, 
Batu Caves. Perak, Temengoh; Telok Pinang (form with obovate 
cuspidate leaves). Kelantan, Chaning. Distrib. Andamans, Malay 
isles. 
var. hirtus Ridl. Stem, back of leaves and stipules very hairy. 
Selangor, limestone rocks, Ranching (Ridley). 
(4) L. cyanocarpus Jack , Trans. Linn . Soc. xiv. 125; King, 
l.c. 113 (excl. var. subsessilis ). 
Shrub 2 to 4 ft. tall, entirely hairy. Leaves coriaceous, oblong 
to oblanceolate shortly acuminate, base unequal, narrowed; nerves 
7 to 10 pairs, elevate beneath; 4-5 to 6-5 in. long, 1-65 to 2-25 in. 
wide; petioles -15 to *25 in. long. Stipules narrow triangular 
acuminate, *2 in. long. Cymes sessile, 5 in. long with a number 
of bracts, the outer ones foliaceous ovate-lanceolate, strong-veined, 
inner ones smaller, linear. Flowers few, 3 to 4 sessile, concealed by 
bracts -25 in. long. Calyx as long as corolla, lobes narrow, hairy. 
Corolla glabrous inside. Fruit ovoid-globular light blue, *25 in. 
long. Hab. Common in dry sandy woods often near the sea up 
