36 LXXV. RUBIACER. (J, D. Hooker.) [ Hymenodictyon. 
branous, narrowed into a petiole 1-3 in., nerves 7-10 pair; stipules broad, recurved, 
usually glandular-serrate. Panicles large, pubescent often drooping; floral leaves. 
long-petioled, 3-6 in., strongly nerved. Flowers small, white, pedicelled, clustered. 
Calyx à, in. Corolla E in. Capsules on thick decurved pedicels, 2 in, long, ellipsoid. 
2. H. flaccidum, Wall. in Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. Carey § Wail, ii. 152; 
Cat. 6115 A.0.; Tent. Fl. Nap. t. 22; Pl. As, Rar, ii. 81, t. 188; leaves 
elliptic abruptly acuminate glabrous or puberulous only on the nerves beneath, 
racemes spiciform nearly simple, capsules deflexed. Brand, For. Fl. 268, 
TEMPERATE HI1MALAYA, alt. 3-6000 ft., from Garwhal to Bhotan frequent. Kasia 
Mrs., alt. 4-5009 ft. 
A deciduous tree, with ashy bark, young often epiphytic. Leaves 5-8 by 3-6 in., 
narrowed into the petiole of 1-4 in., nerves 7-8 pair; stipules broadly obovate 
oblanceolate or ovate, glandular-serrate. Racemes 4-10 in., pubescent, curved, dense- 
flowered; peduncle 1-3 in.; floral bracts as in H. excelsum, white, convex. Flowers 
subsessile, white. Calyx A in. Corolla about twice as long. Capsules } in. long, 
ellipsoid, 
3. H. obovatum, Wall, in Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. Carey § Wall, ii, 153; 
Cat, 6116; leaves elliptic or broadly obovate abruptly acuminate glabrous or 
pubescent beneath, racemes spiciform, capsules erect. W. $ A. Prodr. 892; 
Wt. Ic. t. 1159; Dalz, & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 117; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 219; Brand. 
For. Fl. 268. 
Western PENINSULA, from Bombay to Travancore, on the Ghauts, frequent, 
In its extreme form, with broadly obovate leaves, from the southern part of the 
Peninsula, this looks very different from H. flaccidum; but specimens from the 
Conean almost unite them; but both specimens from the Bababoodan hills, with 
elliptie leaves, and Wight's figured from Coimbatore, with broadly obovate ones, 
have erect capsules, which I have not observed in any specimen of H. flaccidum. The 
differences in the length, &c., of the anthers and filaments are probably sexual. 
ll, LUCULIA, Sweet, 
Shrubs. Leaves petioled; stipules cuspidate, deciduous. Flowers rosy or 
white, in terminal many-fld. corymbs, odorous; bracteoles deciduous. Calyx- 
lobes 5, elongate, unequal, linear-oblong, deciduous. Corolla salver-shaped, 
tube long; lobes 5, simple or with 2 calli at the base, imbricate in budg Sta- 
mens 5, in the tube of the corolla, filaments very short; anthers linear. Ovary 
2-celled ; style slender, stigmas 2 linear included; ovules many, on 2 revolute 
longitudinal placentas in each cell. Capsule almost woody, septicidaljy 2- 
valved, gt gt Seeds minute, imbricate upwards, testa rough w@nged 
toothed; embryo minute in fleshy albumen,—Duisrris. 2 Indian species. 
1. L. gratissima, Sweet Brit. Fl. Gard, t. 145; leaves oblanceolate 
lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate acuminate, nerves usually spreading, inflorescence 
pubescent, corolla-lobes without interposed tubercles. Kurz For. Fl. ii. 71; 
Hook. Bot. Mag. 3946.  Cinchona gratissima, Wall. in Rovb. Fl. Indy ed. 
Carey & Wall. ii. 154; Tent, Fl. Nap.t. 21 ; Cat. 6117 A. Musseenda "hr, 
Ham. in Don Prodr, 189, 
TEMPERATE HIMALAYA, from Nipal to Bhotan, not frequent, alt. 4-6000 ft., 
Wallich, &e.— Disvurs. Ava (Kurz). 
A spreading shrub, 10-16 ft.; branches lenticellate, Leaves membranous or 
coriaceous, 6-9 by 2-4 in., very variable in breadth, sometimes pubescent beneath, 
acuminate, narrowed into the petiole; nerves 9-12 pair. Corymbs sometimes P in. 
diam, very many flowered ; flowers 3-nate, pink, shortly pedicelled. Calyz-tube } in., 
