Randia. | LXXV. RUDIACEX. (J. D. Hooker.) 118 
11. R. Wallichii, Mook. f.; glabrous, subscandent, unarmed, branches 
vobust rough, leaves elliptic-lanceolate acuminate, cymes solitary on the branches 
axillary sessile, bracts caducous, flowers very small glabrous, corolla-tube much 
shorter than the lobes, berries many-seeded. Rubiacea, Wall. Cat, 8445, 8466. 
: Griffithia, sp. 11, Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. § T. 
Buorax, Griffith ; Su uer and Kasia Mrs., alt. 1-1000 ft., De Silva ; CHITTAGONG, 
J.D. H. & T. T.; Peau, Kurz; Texassermm, Helfer, &e.—Disrris. Yunan, Java. 
A tree ; branches flexuous (as if twining), very stout, with rough soft red-brown 
bark. Leaves 4-9 by 11-21 in., brown when dry, smooth, coriaceous, shining above, 
narrowed at the base; petiole 1-4 in., stout ; stipules broadly ovate-lanceolate, sheath- 
ing, coriaceous. Cymes from the upper axil of each branch; branches spreading, 
stout in fruit, ebraeteate or with a few caducous triangular bracts. Flowers shortly 
pedieelled. Calyx turbinate, minutely toothed. Corolla } in. diam. Stigma crtire. 
Berry globose, 1-2 in, diam. Secds peltate, smooth ; albumen uniform. 
12. R. rugulosa, 77w. Enum. 159 (Griffithia) ; glabrous, climbing, un- 
armed, leaves elliptic obtuse or obtusely acuminate, cymes several on each branch 
leaf-opposed, bracts large subpersistent, corolla-tube much shorter than the lobes, 
mouth pubescent, berries several-seeded. Stylocoryne, sp. Wall, Cat. 8406. 
Western Peninsuta; on the Ghats, from the Conean southwards, ascending to 
4000 ft., Heyne, Wight, &c. CEvrow; Ambagamowa, Saffragan and Galle districts, 
not common, Champion, Thwaites. 
A large climbing shrub with stout pendulous branches. Leaves 3-7 by 13-3 in., 
‘sometimes lanceolate, rarely acute, coriaceous; nerves very strong; stipules broad, 
coriaceous, acute, 2-glandular at the base within (Thwaites). Cymes with a short 
stout peduncle, glabrous or puberulous; branches very stout, spreading; bracts 
coriaceous, obtuse, often connate in pairs. Flowers pedicelled. Calyx hemispheric, 
glabrous or puberulous; teeth very variable, acute or obtuse. Corolla 4-3 in. diam., 
white ; tube and lobes quite glabrous. Berries size of a pea, Seeds rugose. 
Var. speciosa; flowers 14 in. diam. Griffithia speciosa, Bedd. Jc. Pl. Ind. Or. 8, 
t. 37.—South Canara to Travancore, Beddome.—I see nothing but the size of the 
flower to distinguish this from R. rugulosa. Though stated to be found over so great 
an area, I have seen no specimens. 
13. R. Candolleana, W. $ A. Prodr. 399; erect, unarmed, branches 
very stout, leaves long-petioled obovate or orbicular obtuse glabrous pubescent 
or velvety beneath, cymes subterminal axillary or from naked nodes, corolla 
silky externally, lobes much longer than the tube, berries several-seeded. R. 
corymbosa, W. § 4. 1. c. R. deccanensis, Bedd, Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. 57, t. 137. 
Rubiacea, Wall. Cat, 8293. 
WesTERN Pentnsuta; Nagur Hills, Mysore, Wight; Nallay Mallay Hills, near 
Kurnook, Beddome. 
A small tree with naked woody branches and rough bark. Leaves 1-8 in., some- 
times nearly as broad, glabrous above, beneath softly velvety or glabrous or with 
axillary tufts of hairs, dark brown when-dry; petiole 3-1} in.; stipules broadly 
ovate. Cymes sessile, branches spreading; bracts caducous. Ca/y«-tube glabrous, 
campanulate; limb produced, much dilated, teeth subulate. Corolla E in. diam. ; 
lobes broadly oblong, glabrate within. Stigma globose. Berries 5 in. diam., globose, 
with a small elevated areole; pericarp thin, erustaceous and shining within. Seeds 
numerous, small, imbedded in pulp, compressed, quite smooth. 
Secr. V. Anisophyllea. Unarmed shrubs or trees with unequal pairs 
of leaves. Cymes axillary, tomentose or silky. Corolla densely silky or tomen- 
tose, tube equalling or exceeding the lobes. Berry large, endocarp wcody, many- 
seeded. (Fruit unknown in Ae. sikkimensis.) 
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