Wendlandia.] .LXXV. RUBIAOBS.. (J.D. Hooker.) ` 41 
Branches rather slender. Leaves 3-4 by }-2 in., narrowed into the short petiole, 
-eoriaceous, not shining, midrib strong, nerves about 8 pair very slender; stipules per- 
sistent. Panicle leafy below. Flowers rather crowded, often pedicelled. Corolla- 
tube slender, A in. ; lobes almost orbicular, small. Anthers shortly exserted. Stigma 
shortly clavate, entire or 2-fid—A very distinct species. 
14. W. pendula, DC. Prodr. iv. 412; branches and inflorescence pubes- 
cent, leaves 3-nately whorled sessile ovate or ovate-lanceolate obtusely acumi- 
nate puberulous on the nerves beneath, stipules small very shortly triangular, 
‚panicle small, calyx glabrous, teeth lanceolate about equalling the tube. Wall. 
‘Cat. 6275. 
Nat, Wallich; Pemmi river, alt. 4000 ft., J. D. H. 
A shrub, branches slender. Leaves 8-4 by 13-1} in., thin, shining and reticulated 
-above, base rounded or subacute, nerves 6-7 pair, petiole hardly any; stipules very 
inconspicuous. Panicle 4-6 in. long, branches stout. Flowers rathered clustered, often 
pedicelled. Corolla-tube à in., slender, lobes oblong. Stamens shortly exserted ; 
stigma clavate.—A most distinct species. 
13, GREENEA, V. $ A. 
Shrubs. Leaves opposite or whorled in threes; stipules various. Flowers 
small, white, sessile in terminal panicled scorpioid cymes, bracteoles slender or 0. 
Calyx-tube globose ` lobes 4-5, subulate or ovate, persistent, one longer than 
the others. Corolla funnel-shaped, tube long, glabrous within ; lobes 4-5, twisted 
in bud. Stamens 4-5 in the corolla-throat, filaments short ; anthers linear, 2-fid 
at both ends. Ovary 2- rarely 3-celled; style filiform, stigmas 2 linear revolute ; 
ovules numerous on peltate placentas adnate to the septum. Capsule small, 
globose, 2-celled, septicidally 2-valved, valves with separa le endocarp, placentas 
at length free many-seeded. Seeds falcate, or subeubical, or angled, testa nar- 
rowly winged ; embryo club-shaped in fleshy albumen,—DrstR1B. Species 5 or 6, 
Burmese and Malayan. 
l. G. Jackii, W. $ A. Prodr. 404; inflorescence and leaves beneath 
softly tomentose or villous, leaves oblanceolate obtusely acuminate, stipules 
large, flowers close-set. Rondeletia corymbosa, Jack in Mal. Misc. i. 4. R. 
spicata, Wall. in Roxb, Fl. Ind., ed. Carey $ Wall. ii. 139. Wendlandia ? 
corymbosa, Wall. Cat. 6276; DC. Prodr. iv. 418; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 75. 
W.? bpicata, DC. l c. 412. 
Maayan PENINSULA, from Tenasserim to Singapore, Jack, Ae, 
An evergreen shrub. Leaves membranous, 8-20 by 13-6 in., puberulous or 
glabrate above, narrowed into the very short petiole; nerves 20-30 pair, slender; 
stipules very variable in length and breadth, j-1 in. acute. Panicle subsessile, 
primary branches 3-chotomous, ultimate 2-chotomous; bracteoles filiform. Corolla- 
tube | in., hairy, twice as long as the 4 ovate lobes. Capsule § in. diam., pubescent. 
2. G. Wightiana, W. 6 A. Prodr. 404; inflorescence puberulous, leaves 
elliptic-lanceolate or oblanceolate acuminate glabrous except sometimes the 
midrib beneath, stipules with long subulate points, flowers separate. Wt. Ic. t. 
1151. Wendlandia? Wightiana, Wall. Cat. 6277; G. Don Gen. Syst. iii. 520. 
pe secunda, Griff. Notul. 266; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 75. Guettarda, sp. Wall. Cat. 
ENASSERIM, Gomez, &c. Birma, Griffith. 
A shrub or small tree. Leaves much like those of G. Jackii, but glabrous with 
longer petioles and fewer nerves; stipules usually suddenly contracted to a long point. 
Panicles sessile or long- or short-peduncled, branches very slender. Corolla-tube } in., 
puberulous, thrice as long as the 4-5 ovate lobes. Capsules puberulous. 
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