100 LXXV. RUBIACER. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Schizostigma. 
tose, leaves very large ovate-lanceolate or linear-oblong coriaceous caudate- 
acuminate, stipules linear-lanceolate, cymes sessile or peduncled capitate and 
flowers densely tomentose. DC. Prodr. iv. 441. 
Penana, Wallich, Maingay (Kew Distrib. 884); SINGAPORE, Lobb. 
Branches as thick as the little finger, cylindric. Leaves 6-12 by 2-4 in., tail 
very slender 1-1} in., pubescent, especially on the nerves beneath, green when dry. 
Comes $-1 in. diam. ; bracts often exceeding the flowers, which are the largest of the 
genus; peduncle, if present, very stout. Berry ł in. diam., pubescent, crowned with 
the calyx-teeth. 
30. SCHIZOSTIGMA, Arn. 
A creeping hirsute herb. Leaves membranous; stipules broadly ovate, 
acute. Flowers 1-3 together, subsessile, axillary with 2 stipular bracts. Calyx- 
tube obovoid : limb produced, throat hirsute; lobes 5, lanceolate, unequal, per- 
sistent. Corolla funnel-shaped, throat pubescent; lobes 5, ovate-lanceolate, 
valvate in bud with incurved tips. Stamens 5, in the throat of the corolla, 
filaments short; anthers linear, half exserted. Ovary 5-7-celled ; style filiform, 
stigmas 5-7 linear; ovules crowded on placentas in the inner angles of the 
cells. Berries ovoid, 5-7-celled, many-seeded. Seeds minute, ovoid, testa 
mucilaginous ; embryo clavate, in fleshy oily albumen. 
1. S. hirsutum, Arn. in Ann. Nat. Hist. ii. 20; Tur, Enum. 139; 
Bedd. Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 95. Rubiacea, Wall. Cat. 8463. 
Cryton ; southern districts, ascending to 2000 ft., Walker, &e. 
Stem flexuous, extensively creeping and rooting, sending up short erect leafy 
branches 4-8 in. high. Leaves 14-24 in., pale brown when dry, elliptic, acute, 
hirsute on both surfaces, nerves slender; petiole 1-1 in.; stipules $ in. Flowers 
white, 2 in. diam. Berries the size of a small cherry.— Wallich's specimens are 
marked as from Hb. Finlayson, but as Finlayson collected only in Siam and the 
Malay Peninsula (so far as is known) there is no doubt some error, 
40. LECANANTHUS, Jici. 
A rooting small glabrous shrub, branches acutely 4-angled. Leaves petioled 
stipules large. Flowers reddish, crowded in axillary sessile or peduncled nod- 
ding involucrate heads, Calya-tube ovoid or turbinate; limb obliquely cam- 
panulate, unequally obtusely 2-4-lobed or 2-lipped, persistent. Corolla funnel- 
shaped; tube inflated at the base; lobes 5, thick, obtuse, bearded at the tip, 
valvate in bud. Stamens 5, on the throat of the corolla, filaments short; anthers 
Q-lobed. Disk urn-shaped. Ovary 2-celled; style filiform, stigmas 2 linear or 
oblong; ovules numerous on spongy placentas attached to the septum. Fruit 
membranous, 2-celled, mucilaginous within, many-seeded, placentas thick. 
Seeds obtusely angled, testa thick smooth; embryo small in fleshy albumen. 
1. L. erubescens, Jack in Mal. Mise. ii. 83; Wall. in Roxb. Fl. Ind., 
ed. Carey § Wall. ii. 319; Cat, 6224; DC. Prodr. iv. 620, Lecananthus sp., 
Griff. Notul. iv. 272. 
SINGAPORE, Wallich, Lobb; Maxacca, Griffith (Kew Distrib, 2784), Maingay (912). 
—DisrRiB. Sumatra, Borneo. : 
Stem a foot high, stout, brown when dry. Leaves 3-6 by 1-2 in., elliptie elliptic- 
ovate or linear-oblong, acuminate, opaque, nerves faint; petiole short; stipules }in., 
ovate-lanceolate, acuminate. Heads $-1 in. diam. ; the foliaceous calyces imbricating ; 
pedunele 0 or short, glabrous or puberulous; involucre small, lobed. Calyx purplish, 
limb enlarged in fruit. Corolla pink.— I know of but one species of this genus, 
