102 LXXV. RUBIACEX. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Webera. 
l. W. corymbosa, Willd.; Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 696; glabrous, leaves 
elliptic- or oblong-lanceolate acute or acuminate, corolla glabrous externally, 
tube broad about equalling the lobes, berries few-seeded. Gaertn. Fruct. t. 192; 
Bot. Rey. t. 119. W. asiatica, Bedd. Fl. Sylv., Anal. Gen. xvi. f. 2; Kurz 
For. Fl. ii. 47. W. glomeriflora, Kurz l. e, ` W. cerifera, Moon Cat. 19. Ron- 
deletia asiatica, Zinn. Canthium corymbosum, Pers. Synops. i. 200, Cupea 
corymbosa, DC. Prodr. iv. 394. Stylocoryne sp., Wall. Cat. 8408. S. Webera, 
A. Rich.; W.§ A. Prodr. 401; Wall. Cat. 8401, evel. A. in part, B.C. E. F. GR: 
Thw. Enum. 148; Wt. Ic. t. 809, 584; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl.119. S. rigida, 
Wt. Ic. t. 1064. — Polyozus? madraspatana, DC. l c. 495. Pavetta Wightiana, 
Wall. Cat. 6167.—Rheede Hort. Mal. ii. t. 23, 
Western PeNIrNSULA, from the Conean southwards, and CEYLON, common,— 
Disrris, Malay Islands. 
A large shrub or small tree, glabrous except the eymes sometimes, almost olive- 
Hack or brown when dry. Leaves 3-8 by 3-8 in., coriaceous, shining above, often 
glaucous beneath; petiole short, stout; stipules very coriaceous, acute or mucronate, 
often sheathing. Cymes and flowers very variable in size, faintly odorous. Calyx 
glabrous or pubescent; limb shortly or deeply lobed, lobes glabrous or ciliate. 
Corolla $—$ in. diam., lobes glabrous or puberulous within, white. Style hairy or 
glabrous. Berries size of a pea, with the calyx-limb persistent or not.—A very 
variable plant. Var. cerifera of Thwaites, from Ceylon, is remarkable for its very 
coriaceous leaves, and the copiously resinous secretion at the nodes, &c.; a character, 
however, of usual occurrence, according to Roxburgh. 8. rigida, Wt., is a robust 
small-leaved form. 
2. W. odorata, Joch, Hort. Beng. 15; FL Ind. i. 699; leaves elliptic- 
lanceolate acuminate glabrous, cymes many-fld. pubescent, flowers pedicelled, 
corolla-tube slender pubescent shorter than the linear lobes. W, macrophylla, 
Roxb. l. c. 697. Pavetta webereefolia, Br. in Wall. Cat. 6182 A., in part. P. 
cerberzfolia (by error), Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 279. Stylocoryne Webera, Wall. 
Cat. 8401 K. S. penangensis, Mig. l. c, 207. Cupia macrophylla, DC. Prodr. 
iv. 994. 
Bu mer, Assam, and the Kiasta Mrs., De Silva, Griffith, &c. (Kew Distrib. 3009). 
Moxxvroon, C. B. Clarke. PENAxG, Roxburgh, Wallich. 
A shrub, black when dry. Leaves 5-9 by 2-3 in., membranous; petiole short ; 
stipules acute, deciduous. Cymes large, corymbose; bracts linear; pedicels slender. 
Calyx minutely toothed. — Corolla-tube X in., lobes nearly twice as long. Ovules few. 
Berries “ size of a pea” (Roxb.).—I find no difference between the flowering specimens 
from Bengal and Penang, but have seen fruits of neither, Roxburgh describes the 
berry of the Penang plant (macrophylla) as ** many-seeded, as in W. corymbosa,” that 
of the Silhet one (odorata) as having only 3-4 ovules in each cell. This differs from 
corymbosa in the slender pubescent corolla-tube and the bracts. 
3, W. disperma, Hook. f.; leaves elliptic- or linear-lanceolate acumi- 
nate glabrous, cymes eta d many-flowered, corolla-tube broad pubescent 
shorter than the lobes, berries 2-seeded. 
Sumer and the Kuasta Mrs, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 2786); alt. 1-4000 ft., 
Jd dA AR gd IX 
A shrub, Leaves olive-brown when dry, 4-10 by 13-3 in., very variable in width ; 
petiole 3-5 in.; stipules triangular-lanceolate. Cymes shortly peduncled, more robust 
shorter and fewer-flowered than in W. odorata; calyx larger obtusely-toothed. Corolla 
similar, but with a broader tube. Ovary with 2 ovules in each cell (rarely more), 
sunk collaterally in a large spongy placenta. Berries very much larger, 1— in. diam., 
with one hemispheric seed in each.— A Bornean species (Beccari, 380) resembles this 
closely in foliage and flowers, but I have not seen its fruit. 
