1138 LXX. RUBIACER (HIERN). | T'ricalysia. 
oval or ovate or lanceolate, dextrorsely contorted in the bud as seen 
from inside, obtuse or apiculate, rarely acute. Stamens 4-8, inserted 
at the mouth of the corolla, usually exserted, glabrous ; filaments short 
or equalling the corolla-lobes, slender, subulate ; anthers linear, fixed 
at the back rather above the base; connective often produced at the 
tip into an apiculus or claw. Disk annular, fleshy, glabrous. Ovary 
2- or rarely 3-celled; style slender, rather thicker upwards, 2- or 
rarely 3-lobed ; ovules 2-8, collateral orin two longitudinal rows, pendn- 
lous, more or less impressed on the fleshy placentas. Fruit pisiform, bac- 
cate, coriaceous, 1-2-celled, few-seeded. Seeds obtusely angular or 
rounded ; testa not fibrous.—Erect or climbing shrubs, with opposite 
t-rete or obtusely quadrangular branches, opposite shortly petiolate 
leaves, short broad apiculate intra-petiolar stipules connate at the base, 
rather small subsessile or shortly pedicellate axillary flowers, and op- 
posite apiculate bracteoles more or less connate below. 
A genus containing a few Natal and Madagascar species besides the following. 
The Asiatic genus Diplospora, DC., seems scarcely to differ. 
Calyx-limb 4-6-lobed (Kraussia). 
Flowers on pedicels of 4-4 in. long. 
Leaves wedge-shaped at the base ; lateral veins about 
4-5pairs . 2... 2. 2 2...) OL TT. Sondertana. 
Leaves obtusely narrowed or nearly rounded at the . 
base ; lateral veins about 6-7 pairs . . . . 2. T. ovalifolia. 
Flowers on very short pedicels. 
Calyx somewhat hairy or at least the lobes ciliolate. 
Teeth of the epicalyx all small. 
Leaves rounded at the base. Calyx-lobes roundly 
ovate, ciliolate . . 2. . 1... wk 
Leaves wedge-shaped at the base. Calyx-lobes 
ovate, densely ciliate . soe eee 
One tooth of the epicalyx in some cases developed 
into a foliaceous lobe eee es 
Calyx quite glabrous . a 
Calyx-limb truncate, denticulate or entire or nearly so; 
in some species at length cut longitudinally by two 
opposite slits. 
Style more or less hairy (Diplocrater). 
Calyx glabrate. Leaves coriaceous. 
Tube of calyx not striate. . 2. 2. 2... 7. T. coriacea. 
Tube of the calyx striate(whendry). . . . . 8. 7. Nyasse. 
Calyx more or less hairy. Leaves thinly coriaceous 
or chartaceous. 
Leaves with the transverse tertiary veins clearly 
marked beneath . 2. . . . . 2...) 9. 7. reticulata. 
Leaves with the oblique tertiary veins inconspicuous. 
Corolla-lobes obtuse se we 
Corolla-lobes apiculate or acute. 
Branches shortly pubescent . . . . . . 11. T. gabonica. 
Branches glabrous . . . . . . . . . (12, T. okelensis. 
Style glabrous. 
Calyx glabrous. . . .. 
Calyx puberulous, ciliolate. 
Flowers pentamerous. Leaves 3-5 in. long . . 14. 7. micrantha. 
Flowers hexamerous. Leaves 1}-2 in. long . . 15. 7’. microphylla. 
Oalyx silky ( Rosea) 
3. T. buxifolia. 
4. T. syrmanthera. 
. T. bracteata. 
. T. congesta. 
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10. 7. pallens. 
13. 7. biafrana. 
