94 LXXV, RUBIACEE. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Leucocodon. 
in the bottom. Calyx-tube subglobose; limb cylindric, irregularly split, per- 
sistent. Corolla funnel-shaped, throat glabrous; lobes 5, thickly coriaceous, 
valvate in bud. Stamens 5, inserted in the tube; anthers sessile, linear, in- 
cluded, Ovary 2-celled ; style filiform, stigmas 2 linear thick; ovules crowded 
on broad peltate placentas, Seeds compressed, boat-shaped, testa thick striate ; 
embryo minute, in fleshy albumen. 
1, L. reticulatum, Gardn, in Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. vii,5; Thw. Enum, 
138; Bedd.. Ic. Pl. Ind. Or, t. 94, 
CEYLON; central province, alt. 3-5000 ft., Walker, Gardner, &c. 
Branches stout, Leaves 3-4 by 11-1] in., dark brown when dry, elliptic-lanceo- 
late, aeute, opaque above, shining and retieulate beneath; petiole i-lin. IJnvolucre 
shortly stoutly peduneled, 14 in. long by 2 across the lobed mouth, sides much folded, 
Corolla 14-3 in, Berries 1 in. diam., white. 
33, POLYSOLENIA, Hook. f. 
An erect glabrous undershrub ? with a flexuous stem leafy towards the top. 
Leaves membranous; stipules large, erect, 3-fid or torn, persistent. Flowers in 
solitary terminal peduncled heads, sessile or pedicelled; peduncle naked or 
involucrate about the middle by torn stipular bracts; bracteoles 3-fid. Calyx- 
tube short, limb short, 5-fid. Corolla pubescent, tube slender funnel-shaped 
above, throat villous; lobes 5, short, valvate in bud. Stamens 5, inserted below 
the throat, filaments short; anthers linear, included. Ovary 2-celled ; style 
filiform, stigmas 2 short dilated; ovules very many, on oblong tumid peltate 
placentas, Fruit unknown, 
l. P. Wallichii, Mook. f. in Gen. Pl. ii, 68, Morinda sp., Wall. Cat, 
8424, 
Kuasa Mrs., Gomez; Cacuar, Keenan, 
Stem cylindric, woody, simple or branched, glabrous or pubescent above. Leaves 
3-5 in. brown when dry, lanceolate, acuminate, narrowed into a petiole, 1-1 in., 
pubescent; nerves many, slender; stipules 1-4 in. Heads A in. diam., tomentose ; 
peduncle 2-3 in., slender, pubescent; bracts few, irregular, ovate or linear-oblong ; 
flowers subsessile. Calyz-lobes broadly ovate, Corolla 1-1} in. long, tube very 
slender pubescent, lobes obtuse.—In the absence of fruit the position of this genus 
remains doubtful. 
34, TRISCIADIA, Hook. f, 
A glabrous twining shrub, branches stout. Leaves softly coriaceous, nerves 
few ; stipules short, broad, shortly connate below, acute or 2-toothed, caducous, 
leaving an annular scar. Flowers white, scented, in 3-6-flowered panicled or 
ternate peduncled terminal umbels ; bracts and bracteoles 0 (perhaps caducous), 
Calyx-tube campanulate; limb membranous, cupular, 5-toothed, ciliate, de- 
ciduous. Corolla coriaceous, funnel-shaped; tube short, hairy within; throat 
glabrous; lobes 5, lanceolate, valvate in bud, with ineurved tips. Stamens 5, 
on the throat of the corolla, filaments filiform; anthers slender, versatile, ex- 
serted. Ovary 2-celled; style filiform; stigmas 2 linear-lanceolate; ovules 2 
cr more in each cell, sunk in a fleshy placenta adnate to the septum. Fruit 
unknown. 
l. T. truncata, Hook, f. in Gen. Pl. ii, 69. Webera truncata, Roxb. 
Ll. Ind., ed. Carey § Wall. ii. 538. Stylocoryne truncata, Wall. Cat. 8403. 
Cupia truncata, DC. Prodr. iv, 394.  Pseudixora truncata, Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. 
ii. 210, 
