86 LXXV. RUBIACEX. (J. D. Hooker.) [Silvianthus: 
pedicelled flowers 1 in. long. Corolla pubescent. Capsules £ in. diam., broader than. 
long, much contracted at the tip, base flattened ; lobes 4, stellately spreading. Seeds: 
retieulate,— A very remarkable species, 
28, SILVI AN TKUS, Hook. f. 
A glabrous branched shrub. Leaves broad, irregularly toothed ; stipules 0. 
Flowers rather large, purplish, in subsessile dense-flowered opposite axillary 
cymes; bracts oblong, obtuse. — Calyz-tube obconic; lobes 5, rarely 4, subfolia-- 
ceous, unequal, enlarging after flowering, persistent. Corolla funnel-shaped, 
tube hairy within; lobes 5, short, orbicular, papillose, induplicate-valvate with 
plaited sinuses. Disk large, conic. Stamens b in the corolla-tube, filaments 
short; anthers linear-oblong. Ovary 2-celled ; style long, stigma spindle-shaped ; 
ovules many, on globose placentas attached to the septum. Fruit fleshy, 2-celled, 
dehiscing from the top to the base between the calyx-lobes into 5 valves, and 
exposing the many-seeded placentas. Seeds rather large, imbricate, obliquely 
oblong, testa spongy; embryo minute, in fleshy albumen. 
1, S. bracteatus, Hook. f. Ic. Pl, t. 1048. Psychotria, Wall. Cat. 
8367. 
Smut and Cacuar, De Silva, Griffith, &c. . 
Stem stout, 2-3 ft., branched, woody, Leaves 6-10 in., elliptic, acuminate, mem- 
branous ; petiole 1-3 in. Cymes 1-2 in, diam., broader in fruit. Corolla 4 in. long, 
white. Fruit $ in. diam., crowned with the enlarged membranous or subcoriaceous 
calyx-lobes, 
TRIBE V. MUSSIENDEZE. 
20, MUSSZENDA, Linn. 
Shrubs or undershrubs, rarely herbs, erect or climbing. Leaves opposite or 
3-nately whorled ; stipules solitary or in pairs between the petioles. Flowers: 
yellow scarlet or rarely white, in terminal cymes; bracts and bracteoles decidu- 
ous.  Calyz-tube oblong or turbinate ; lobes 5, usually deciduous, one frequently 
forming a large petioled white or coloured leaf. Corolla tubular, funnel-shaped 
above, tube usually silky, throat villous; lobes 5, valvate in bud with everted 
margins. Stamens D, on the throat of the corolla or lower down, filaments very 
short; anthers linear. Ovary 2-celled ; style filiform, stigmas 2 linear; ovules 
numerous, on peltate fleshy placentas. Berry fleshy and areolate at the top, 
many-seeded. Seeds minute, testa pitted; embryo minute, in dense fleshy 
albumen.—Disrris. Species about 40, tropical African, Asiatic, and Polynesian, 
It is a very difficult thing to assign limits to the species of this genus, and moro- 
80 to define them. 
* Flowers solitary; calyx-teeth all similar, none white and leaf-like. 
l. M. uniflora, Wall. Cat. 6204; hairy, stem very slender prostrate and. 
ascending, leaves small ovate subacute or obtuse, flowers solitary, calyx hirsute- 
teeth subulate equalling the ovary, corolla hairy, tube slender, lobes large oblong 
lanceolate. Acranthera uniflora, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1872. ii. 812; 1877,. 
ii. 160. | 
MARTABAN and Tenassertm ; at Tavoy, Gomez; Moulmein, Parish, &c. | 
Stem 6—10 in., simple or branched, terete. Leaves subsessile or euni Ego in., 
with scattered hairs on both surfaces. Flowers sessile or peduncled, terminal or axil- 
lary. Corolla nearly 1 in. long, and as much across the subacute membranous lobes,. 
white, Berry ellipsoid, hirsute, with a few calyx-teeth remaining. 
