-Myrioneuron.] LXXV. RUBIACE®. (J. D. Hooker.) 97 
Currraaoxa, J. D. H. 4 T. T., C. B. Clarke. 
Very near M. nutans, if not a variety of it; the leaves are much narrowcr, and 
‘longer petioled with fewer and much less prominent obliquely arehing nerves, and 
the braeteoles and calyx-teeth are mueh more slender and not rigid. 
3. M. angustifolium, Hook. f.; leaves narrowly elliptic-lanceolate 
acute, nerves 12-15 pair slender very obliquely arched, bracteoles aud calyx- 
teeth subulate-lanceolate rigid. 
Birra ; hills west of the Hookhoom valley, Griffith. 
This again is very near M. nutans, differing in the form of its leaves and their 
nervation, but agreeing in the bracteoles and calyx-teeth. 
37, AULA CODISCUS, Look. f. 
A small glabrous tree, branches thick. Leaves coriaceous; stipules tri- 
:angular,long-acumünate. Flowers small, polygamous, in short axillary panicled 
peduncled cymes, ebracteate. Calyx-tube broadly hemispheric; limb short, 
truncate. Corolla coriaceous, rotate, 8-16-partite, throat hairy; segments tri- 
‘angular, valvate in bud with incurved tips, margins webbed. Stamens 8 or 16, 
alternate ones irregularly imperfect, filaments flexuous; anthers minute, 
didymous. Disk large, prominent, 8-16-lobed, lobes opposite the petals with 
hooked tips. Ovary 6-16-celled; style very short, thick, stigma large peltate 
fleshy, 6-16-lobed ; ovules numerous, on prominent placentas in the inner angles 
of the cells. Berry small, globose, areolate, usually 8- (6-16-) celled, many- 
‘seeded, Seeds minute, subglobose, testa thick crustaceous pitted; embryo 
pyriform, in fleshy and oily albumen. 
l. A. premnoides, Mool. f. in Gen. Pl. ii. 71. Axanthes enneandra, 
Wight in Cale. Journ, Nat. Hist. vii. 144. 
Maray PzewiNsULA, from Tenasserim or the Andaman Islands, Helfer (Kew 
- Distrib. 2938), to Maracca, Griffith, Maingay (Kew Distrib. 938). 
Branches stout, obtusely 4-angled. Leaves 5-9 by 11-21 in., linear-oblong, acute, 
pale brown when dry, nerves numerous; petiole j—$ in.; stipules 1-1 in. Cymes 
1-1} in. diam., corymbose, trichotomous, pubescent; peduncles 1-1 in., suberect ; 
bracts leafy. Flowers j5 in. diam. Berry } in. diam., globose. 
98. UROPHYLLUM, al. 
Trees or bushes with slender terete branches. Flowers (sometimes uni- 
sexual) small, in axillary sessile or peduncled heads cymes or corymbs, pedicels 
short bracteolate at the base. Calyx-tube short; limb cup-shaped, 5- (4—7-) 
toothed, persistent. Corolla coriaceous, tube short, throat villous; lobes 5 
(4-7) triangular, valvate in bud. Stamens 5 (4-7) on the throat of the corolla, 
filaments short; anthers linear, acute. Ovary 5- (4-7-) celled; style short, 
often swollen at the base, stigma various; ovules numerous, placentas attached 
to the inner angles of the cells. Berry small, 4—5-celled, many-seeded. Seeds 
minute, subglobose, testa crustaceous pitted ; embryo clavate, in fleshy albumen. 
—Disrris. Species about 35, tropical Asiatic and African, and 1 Japanese. 
* Branches and leaves beneath glabrous. (fee also Sp. 6, 7, and 8.) 
1. U. ellipticum, Tw. Enum. 419; quite glabrous, leaves 6-9 in. 
oblong-lanceolate acuminate, stipules long, cymes sessile dense-fid., flowers uni- 
sexual glabrous without, petals bearded within, Axanthes elliptica, Wight in 
Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. vil, 147, t. 2, f.3; 1c. t. 1164; Tha. Le, 139. 
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