CALME UE ETT SPEM SERERE ee eee CC Tä m a Em 2i. c MSN 
"Ooptosapelta.] LXXV. RUBIACEE. (J. D. Hooker.) 35 
loculicidally 2—3-valved. Seeds many, peltate, imbricate, winged; embryo 
straight in fleshy albumen.—Drsrris. Species 4, all Malayan. 
1. C. flavescens, Korth. in Ned. Kruidk. Arch. ii. 118; branches in- 
florescence and leaves beneath softly tomentose or glabrate, leaves elliptic 
acuminate, calyx-limb short small, corolla tube silky lobes glabrous. Stylo- 
coryne macrophylla, Wall. Cat. 8405, excl. syn. Webera macrophylla, och, 
Maayan PzNINSULA, from Tenasserim to Singapore and Penang, Porter, Griffith 
(Kew Distrib. 2708), Maingay (Kew Distrib. 908).—Disrrm. Sumatra, Java, 
Borneo. 
A shrub, branches terete. Leaves coriaceous, 3-4 by 2 in., shining above, green 
when dry, nerves 3 or 4 pair prominent beneath; petiole 4—4 in. Flowers 1 in. diam., 
fragrant. Calyx-limb short, lobes oblong. Corolla-tube Ä in.; lobes twice as long, 
linear, obtuse. Capsule Ä in. diam. 
2. C. Griffithii, Hook. f. Ic. Pl. t. 1089; branches inflorescence and 
leaves beneath softly tomentose or glabrate, leaves elliptic or orbicular acumi- 
nate, calyx-limb cupular, corolla-tube and lobes silky. 
Maracca and Smwaaronz, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 2789), Maingay (Kew Distrib. 
907). 
Very similar to C. flavescens in foliage, but more tomentose, calyx-limb larger 
-almost inflated, corolla-tube shorter and much broader, and together with the lobes 
very silky; fruit and seeds all larger. 
10. HYMENODICTYON, Wal. 
Trees or shrubs with thick branches and bitter bark. Leaves petioled, 
‘deciduous; stipules deciduous. Flowers small, spicate; spikes in axillary and 
terminal nodding panicles with 1 or 2 large leaty reticulate persistent bracts, 
Calyx-tube short; lobes 5-6, ovate or subulate, deciduous. Corolla funnel- 
or bell-shaped, glabrous within; lobes 5, short, valvate in bud with everted 
margins. Stamens 5, inserted below the throat, filaments short dilated up- 
wards; anthers linear. Ovary 2-celled; style filiform, stigma spindle-shaped ; 
-ovuleg numerous, on cylindric placentas adnate to the septum. Capsule loculi- 
cidally 2-valved, many-seeded; placentas at length free. Seeds imbricating 
upwards, testa broadly winged; embryo small, in fleshy albumen.— DrsrRIE. 
mk 4-5 tropical Asiatic and Alrican. 
l. H. excelsum, Wal. in Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. Carey E Wall. ii. 149; 
leaves ovate elliptic or almost orbicular abruptly acuminate finely pubescent on 
both surfaces, stipules subentire, panicles large spreading compound. W. & A. 
Prodr. 392; Wt. Ic. t.79; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Ft. 117; Brand. For. Fi. 967. 
H. thyrsiflorum, Wall. l. c. 151; Cat. 6114 and 6115D. ( Jlaccidum) ; Kurz 
Fora Fi. ii. 72. H. utile, Wight Ic. t. 1159 (letterpress); Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 130, 
t. ; A. only. H. obovatum, We. Ic. t. 80 (copied from Roxburgh). H. 
HoWfeldianum, Mig. FI. Ind. Bat. ii. 154. Cinchona excelsa, Roxb. Cor. 
PL t. 106; Fl. Ind. i. 529. O. thyrsiflora, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 15; FI. Ind. 
i, 530. i f 
Dry hills, base of the Western HrwaravA from Garwhal to Nepal, ascending to 
2500 ft.; throughout the Deccan and Central India to the Annamallays; and in 
Tenassvrim and Currraconc.—Distris. Java. 
A deciduous tree, 30-40 ft., with smooth bark. Leaves 4-10 by 3-5 in.; mem- 
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