156 lxxiv. rubiacEjE. [Lasianthus. 
(11) L. densifolius Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. ii. 321; King, l.c. 122, 
Shrub 3 ft. tall, more or less hairy all over. Leaves membranous 
sub-sessile, close set, narrow-oblong lanceolate, slightly oblique 
and emarginate and curved short-acuminate; nerves 8 pairs, fine, 
slightly elevate; 2 to 3 in. long, *5 in. wide. Stipules lanceolate. 
Flowers few with 5 or 6 lanceolate-acuminate white hairy bracts. 
Calyx-lobes linear acuminate, hairy, 4. Corolla-tube -25 in. long, 
hairy above, lobes 4, short ovate, very hairy all over. Fruit 
cobalt blue, sprinkled with white hairs *75 in. long, obovoid, a 
tuft of blue black hairs on top. Pyrenes 3 to 4, small, aciniform, 
smooth. Hab. Common in woods in the south. Singapore, 
Garden Jungle; Changi; Bajau. Johor, Gunong Pulai; Panchur. 
Selangor, Klang Gates; Ginting Bidai. Negri Sembilan, Per- 
hentian Tinggi. 
var. calycina King. Leaves glabrous above. Calyx-lobes as 
long as fruit, Singapore, Chan Chu Kang (Ridley). 
var. latifolia King. Leaves broad oblong, point abrupt, base 
over 1 in. wide, Selangor, Ginting Peras (Ridley). Distrib. Borneo. 
(12) L. hirtus Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. iv. 36. 
Shrub, densely brown hairy. Leaves lanceolate acuminate 
with a long point, sub-sessile, hairy on both sides; nerves 10 pairs 
impressed above, elevate beneath; 4 to 4-5 in. long, *75 to 1 in. 
wide; petioles *i to -25 in. long, hairy. Cymes densely hairy. 
Stipules lanceolate acute, hairy. Calyx-lobes 5, hairy. Fruit 
*1 in. long, hairy, eventually glabrous crowned by the hairy sepals, 
Pyrenes 4. Hab. Mountain forests, Pahang, Telom (Ridley). 
(13) L. attenuatus Jack, Trans. Linn. Soc. xiv. 126; King, 
l.c. I2X. 
Shrub about 4 ft. tall. Branches, stipules, midrib both sides 
and nerves beneath covered with yellow tomentum. Leaves 
membranous, oblong-lanceolate short acuminate, base round, 
sub-sessile; nerves 7 to 8 pairs elevate, nervules conspicuous 
beneath; 2 to 3-5 in. long, 75 to 1 in. wide; petioles -05 in. long 
or less. Stipules lanceolate, as are bracts. Flowers sessile, 1 to 3. 
Calyx *2 in. long, lobes 4, lanceolate acuminate hairy. Corolla 
narrow campanulate, lobes 4, hairy outside, glabrous inside. Fruit 
ovoid, deep blue. Pyrenes 4. Hab. Woods. Common. Singa¬ 
pore, Bukit Timah; Chan Chu Kang. Johor, Batu Pahat. 
Malacca (Griffith). Negri Sembilan, Perhentian Tinggi; Gunong 
Angsi (Ridley). Perak, Thaiping Hills. 
var. with leaves hairy above, Pulau Tiuman (Burkill) and 
Gunong Angsi. Distrib. Lingga. 
(14) L. appressus Hook. fit. F.B.I. iii. 181; King, l.c. 121. 
Shrub above 4 ft. tall. Branches, petioles, stipules, bracts 
softly densely yellow-hairy. Leaves coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate 
acute or acuminate, base round sub-oblique above, glabrous except 
midrib, beneath hairy; nerves 6 to 7 pairs, elevate beneath; 2 to 
