Enterospermum. | LXX. RUBIACEZ (HIERN). 93 
1. E. littorale, Hiern. A leafy much-branched shrub of 6-12 ft. 
Branches obtusely quadrangular, compressed towards the extremities ; 
bark grey, smooth. Leaves decussate, oval or obovate, rounded at the 
apex or nearly so, wedge-shaped at the base, 14-3} by 2-12 in.; 
reticulate, shining above, paler beneath; margins recurving; lateral 
veins about 4-5 pairs, often with little hairy depressions in the axils; 
petiole 4-2 in.; stipules rigid, erect, 1-4 in. long. Flowers about 
$-4in. long, exclusive of the style which is exserted by nearly the 
same length, very shortly pedicellate, numerous; common peduncle 
about lin long. Calyx-teeth rounded. Corolla-tube 2 in. long; lobes 
rather shorter. Fruit about 4 in. diam. 
Mozamb. Distr. Mozambique, Forbes! Mouth of W. Luabo River, Kirk! 
tame River, by the sea coast, Kirk! Zanzibar Province, Kirk! Bagomojo, 
Hildebrandt ! 
A specimen with small leaves and young flower-buds, collected by Dr. Peters at 
Inhambane in the year 1846 on the Mozambique coast just south of the tropic, 
appears to belong to this genus, and possibly also to this species. 
28. RANDIA, Houst.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. ii. p. 88. 
Calyx-tube ovoid or turbinate, ribbed or terete; limb usually 
tubular, truncate toothed lobed or in ove species spathaceous ; lobes 
Sometimes foliaceous. Corolla campanulate funnel-shaped or:salver- 
shaped ; tube in some species much elongated; limb spreading or re- 
flexed, 5-lobed or occasionally 4-lobed, or in one species 8-7-lobed ; 
lobes Spreading or reflexed, dextrorsely contorted in bud (as seen from 
inside). Anthers sessile or subsessile, narrowly linear, glabrous, 
inserted at or near the throat or mouth of the corolla, included or 
€xserted. Disk annular or cushion-shaped. Ovary 2- (in one species 
4-3.) celled ; style strong, glabrous or hairy ; stigma club- or clapper- 
Shaped, entire bidentate or bilobed, sulcate; ovules very numerous, im- 
mersed in the fleshy placentas. Berry 2-celled, usually many-seeded. 
—Erect or scandent spinous or unarmed shrubs or trees with opposite 
°r verticillate leaves, rather short solitary entire stipules and large or 
moderate-sized flowers, solitary few together or corymbose, usually 
axulary or terminating short lateral branches or terminal. 
A large genus occurring in nearly all tropical countries. 
owers small or of moderate size, }~3 in. long. 
Pinous. Inflorescence quasi-axillary or terminating short 
lateral shoots (§ Ceriscus) . 1, R. dumetorum, 
tmed. Influrescence axillary or subterminal (§ GyNo- 
PACHYs). 
Flowers in short axillary sessile or shortly pedunculate 
corymbs. Calyx-teeth small or ovate and spread- 
ing, not imbricated. 
Teen or turning red, not pallid. Corolla glabrous 
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Na. 
outside. 
Anthers included or nearly so. Leaves subauricu- . 
late atthe base . . . 2. R. acuminata. 
nthers exserted. Leaves more or less wedge- 
shaped at the base. . 
Calyx puberulous; limb subtruncate . . . + 3 R. genipeflora. 
Calyx glabrous; limb cleft . ... ++ + * R, rubens. 
