RUBIACE. CIX. Mepuiripia. 
tomentose on the veins beneath, as well as on the branches; 
flowers axillary, solitary or twin, sessile. h. S. Native of 
Java, in woods on mounts Salak, Gede, &c. Corollas white. 
Tomentose Mephitidia. Shrub. 
7 M. osscu‘ra (Blum. mss. ex D. C. prod. 4. p. 453.) 
shrubby ; leaves oblong, acuminated, rather obliquely attenuated 
at the base, clothed with tomentum beneath, as well as on the 
rib above and the branches ; heads of flowers axillary, almost 
sessile. k. S. Native of Java, in the western parts on the 
mountains. Corolla white. This species differs from M. tomen- 
tosa in the stipulas being larger, and in the flowers being more 
numerous, &c. F 
Obscure Mephitidia. Shrub. 
8 M. tu'cipa (Blum. bijdr. p. 997.) shrubby ; branches gla- 
brous; leaves ovate-oblong or lanceolate, cuspidate, shining 
above, rather pubescent beneath at the margins, and on the 
veins; flowers crowded, axillary, rarely solitary. h. S. Na- 
tive of Java, in the more elevated woods. Flowers white. 
Shining-leaved Mephitidia. Shrub. 
te M. strpuza‘ris (Blum. bijdr. p. 997.) shrubby; branches 
glabrous; leaves oblong, acuminated, attenuated at the base, 
and are as well as the branches glabrous, but ciliated at the apex ; 
stipulas large, roundish, rather membranous; flowers crowded, 
axillary ; calyxes hairy. h. S. Native of Java, on mount 
Salak. Corollas white. 
Stipular Mephitidia. Shrub. 
ry M. LÆvIGa`ra (Blum. bijdr. p. 998.) shrubby ; leaves ob- 
ens aed: acutish at the base, and arè as well as the 
s 3 es glabrous ; fascicles of flowers axillary ; calyx 3-parted. 
= ne Native of Java, in mountain woods. Flowers white. 
ere 1s a variety of this with lanceolate leaves. 
Smooth Mephitidia. Shrub. 
ee LATIFOLIA (Blum. mss. ex D. C. prod. 4. p. 453.) 
s N Y; leaves oval, acute at both ends, reticulately veined, 
pa are as well as the branches glabrous; flowers crowded, 
Sal “ile on short peduncles. h.S. Native of Java, on mount 
; ak In shady parts of woods. Corollas white. Fruit globose, 
range coloured. Lobes of calyx lanceolate, parted to the base, 
at length becoming connivent. * 
Broad-leaved Mephitidia. Shrub. 
** Limb of calyx with short lobes. 
a M. ropo'ra (Blum. bijdr. p. 998.) shrubby; branches 
g e rous ; leaves oblong or oblonz-lanceolate, acuminated at both 
ends, glabrous, downy on the veins beneath; flowers crowded, 
axillary, girded by blunt bracteas. h. S. Native of Java, in 
woods at mount Gede. The leaves of this species are without any 
ungrateful smell. 
Scentless Mephitidia. Shrub. 
13 M. wexa’xpra (Blum. bijdr. p. 998.) shrubby; leaves 
phan long-acuminated, clothed with strigose down on the 
A above, and on the veins beneath, as well as the branchlets ; 
ris axillary, usually solitary, hexandrous. h.S. Native 
nea in the more elevated woods on mount Salak. Corollas 
Hexandrous Mephitidia. Shrub. 
*** Limb of calyx with short teeth. 
14 M. vendsa (Blum. bijdr. p- 999.) shrubby; leaves on 
short petioles, oblong, acuminated, obliquely attenuated at the 
base, very veiny, glabrous above, downy on the veins beneath, 
as well as on the branchlets ; flowers crowded, axillary, sessile. 
k. S. Native of Java, in woods on the Seribu mountains. 
Corollas white. 
Veiny Mephitidia. Shrub. 
15 M. sytve'srris (Blum. bijdr. p. 999.) shrubby ; leaves on 
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short petioles, oblong-lanceolate, acuminated at both ends, gla- 
brous, veiny, clothed with adpressed down on the veins beneath, 
as well as on the branchlets ; flowers crowded, axillary, sessile ; 
fruit containing 4-5 pyrene. h. S. Native of Java, along 
with the preceding, from which it differs in the smaller leaves, 
which are unequally narrowed at the base, in the fewer and re- 
moter veins, and in the more obsoletely toothed calyx. 
Wild Mephitidia. Shrub. 
16 M. rericuta‘ra (Blum. bijdr. p. 1000.) shrubby ; leaves 
large, on short petioles, oblong, acuminated, acute at the base, 
glabrous above, and reticulately veined, rather tomentose on the 
veins and branches ; flowers crowded, axillary, almost sessile. 
h. S. Native of Java, on the Seribu mountains. Flowers 
white. 
Reticulated-leaved Mephitidia. Shrub. 
17 M. porvu'rea (Blum. bijdr. p. 1000.) shrubby; leaves 
lanceolate, long-acuminated, and are as well as the branches gla- 
brous; peduncles crowded, 1-flowered, axillary, or lateral from 
the leaves having fallen. hk. S. Native of Java, on mounts 
Salak, Gede, &c. in shady places. Flowers purple. 
Purple-flowered Mephitidia. Shrub. 
18 M. stercora‘ria (Blum. bijdr. p. 1000.) shrubby ; leaves 
lanceolate, long-acuminated, acute at the base, glabrous except 
the veins beneath, which are clothed with adpressed down, 
as well as the branches; flowers crowded, axillary, sessile ; fruit 
globose, containing 7-9 pyrene. h.S. Native of Java, on the 
mountains. Allied to M. sylvéstris; but the fruit is evidently 
distinct. Flowers white. 
Stinking Mephitidia. Shrub. 
Cult. See Hamelia, p. 542. for culture and propagation. 
CX. VANGUE'RIA (altered from Voa-Vanguer, the Mada- 
gascar name of the first species). Comm. in Juss. gen. p. 266. 
mem. mus. 6. p. 396. A. Rich. mem. soc. hist. nat. Par. 5. p. 
217. D.C. prod. 4. p. 454.—Vanguiéra, Pers. ench. 1. p. 459. 
—-Vavanga, Rohr, in act. soc. hist. nat. hafn. 2. pt. 1. p. 208. 
t. 7.—Meéynia, Link. 
Lin. syst. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx with a short ob- 
- ovate tube, and a small spreading 5-toothed deciduous limb. 
Corolla campanulately globose, 5-cleft, hairy inside at the throat: 
lobes lanceolate, acute, reflexed. Stamens 5, with very short 
filaments, and oblong hardly exserted anthers. Stigma capitate, 
(bilamellate, ex Vahl.) 4-5-lobed (ex Roxb.). Berry apple- 
shaped, not crowned at the apex by the calyx, but marked by a 
sinuated areola, indicating the place from which the limb of the 
calyx had fallen off, containing 5 bony 1-seeded pyrene, which 
are obtuse at the base, and acute at the apex. Seed oblong, 
fixed to the inner angle of the cell, near the middle. Albumen 
fleshy. Embryo large, inverted, with long plano.convex coty- 
ledons, and a bluntly cordate compressed superior radicle.— 
Small trees. Leaves petiolate, ovate. Stipulas solitary on both 
sides, lanceolate. Cymes branched, subpanicled, axillary, or rising 
beneath the leaves from the cicatrices, occasioned by the falling 
of the old leaves. Flowers white.—This genus is anomalous 
in the order, from the structure and situation of the seeds ; it is 
allied to Canthium, but differs from that genus in the ovarium 
being 5-celled, not 2-celled. 
1 V. eputis (Vahl, symb. 3. p. 36.) unarmed; leaves ovate, 
membranous, glabrous ; cymes rising beneath the leaves. h. S. 
Native of Madagascar, from whence it has been introduced to 
China and the Mauritius. Lam. ill. t. 159. Sieb. fl. maur. exs. 
2. no. 77. and no. 138. V. cymòsa, Geertn. fil. carp. 3, p. 75. 
t. 193. V. Madagascariénsis, Gmel. syst. 1. p. 367. V. Com- 
mersònii, Desf. ex Steud. Jacq. hort. vind. 1. t. 44. Vavánga 
Chinénsis, Rohr, and Vavanga edùlis, Vahl, act. soc. hist. nat, 
hafn. 2. pt. 1. p. 207. and p. 208. t.7. The habit of the tree 
