Lasianthus.] lxxiv. rubiaceas. 169 
(57) L. Robinsonii Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. iv. 37. 
A tall pubescent shrub, internodes 3 in. long. Leaves thin 
elliptic-acuminate slightly narrowed to blunt base, sub-sessile, 
glabrous above, hairy on nerves depressed above, elevate beneath, 
8 pairs, nervules raised hairy; 5 in. long, 2 in. wide; petioles *1 in. 
long or less. Peduncles filiform, 2 in. long, hairy. Flowers 1 to 3, 
sessile. Bracts 2, hairy, subulate. Calyx *i in. long, teeth 
subulate 4, longer than the tube, hairy. Corolla -25 in. long, 
hairy outside and in, tube very short, lobes longer oblong, tips 
round. Fruit obovoid hairy, crowned with long linear sepals. 
Hab. Mountain forests 4000 to 5000 ft. altitude. Pahang, Telom 
and Gunong Tahan (Ridley). 
(58) L. filiformis King and Gamble, l.c. 131. 
Shrub. Branches slender, all hairy. Leaves membranous 
sub-sessile oblong-lanceolate, shortly acuminate, base round 
entirely hairy; nerves 7 to 9 pairs thin; 2 to 275 in. long, -65 to 
1 in. wide. Stipules linear-lanceolate, *2 in. long. Peduncles 
filiform pubescent 75 to 1 in. long with 1 or 2 flowers with 1 or 2 
bracts often ovate acuminate foliaceous, '5 in- long (var. bracteata). 
Calyx-tube -i in. long, lobes 4, linear-lanceolate, long. Corolla 
longer, white hairy, lobes 4. Fruit blue, -25 in. wide. Hab . 
Hill and mountain forests, Pahang, Tahan, Wray's Camp at 3000 ft. 
altitude (Ridley). Perak, Tapa; Sungei Rayah (Kunstler). 
(59) L. gracilis King and Gamble, l.c . 132. Litosanthes 
biflora Bl. Bijdr. 994. 
Bush 2 to 3 ft. tall with slender branches appressed pubescent. 
Leaves stiffly membranous ovate or rhomboid acute mucronate, 
base cuneate, glabrous; nerves 7 to 9 pairs; *6 to 75 in. long, 
*35 *5 in. wide; petioles *05 in. long. Peduncles filiform hairy, 
•4 in. long. Bracts minute. Flowers 2 to 3 in a head. Fruit 
globose, glabrous, *15 in- long- Pyrenes 4 - Hab. Mountain 
forests. Perak, Ulu Batang Padang; Thaiping Hills by the Tea¬ 
gardens (Scortechini, Ridley). Distrib. Java. 
60 . SAPROSMA, Bl. 
Shrubs foetid when broken, often bristly on the branch ends. 
Leaves membranous, sometimes in whorls. Stipules connate 
into a 1- to 3-pointed sheath. Flowers small, white or yellow 
axillary or terminal, solitary or fascicled or cymose. Calyx-tube 
funneLshaped; limb dilate 4- to 6-lobed or toothed. Corolla 
funnel-shaped, throat villous, lobes 4 to 5, valvate edge mflexed. 
Stamens 4. Ovary 2-celled; ovule 1 in each cell; style filiform 
bifid. Fruit fleshy, oblong or globose, blue or black. Pyrenes 
2 or 1. Species about 10. 
Flowers in dense heads . • • • (*) S. glomerulatum 
Flowers few fascicled terminal . . . • ( 2 ) S. inaicum 
Flowers cymose pedicelled. 
