Diplospora.] LXXV. RUBIACEZ. (J. D. Hooker.) 123 
cup. Calya-tube short; limb truncate or 4-5-lobed or toothed. Corolla-tube 
short, cylindric or bell-shaped ; lobes 4-5, spreading, twisted in bud. Stamens 
4-5, filaments short or long; anthers oblong or linear, often recurved. Ovary 
2- rarely 3-celled ; style short or long, branches linear or oblong; ovules 2-3 in 
each cell, placentas on the septum. Berry ovoid or globose. Seeds few in each 
cell, imbricate, testa various; embryo small.—DrsrRrs. Species 6 or 8 tropical 
Asiatic and Malayan. 
Secr. I. Hudiplospora. Bracteoles connate, sheathing the pedicel and 
base of the ovary. 
1. D. singularis, Korth. in Ned. Kruidk. Arch. ii. 201 ; glabrous, leaves 
elliptic or oblong acuminate, flowers fascicled, calyx deeply 4-lobed, fruit globose. 
Kurz For. Fl. ii. 50, in part. ?Vangueria palembanica, Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat., 
Suppl. 544. Rubiacea, Wall. Cat. 8299, 8321. 
Kuasta Mrs: at Mamloo, alt. 3—4000 ft, J. D. H. d T. T. Prau and Texas- 
seria; Amherst, Wallich. Moolget, Gallaily.—Disrgrs. Sumatra, Banka, Borneo. 
A small tree. Leaves pale when dry, 3-7 by 13-2 in., coriaceous, shining ; petiole 
short; stipules triangular, acute, tip not setaccous. Pedicels 9—4-nate, sheathed by 
the short imbricating bracts, which form a cup round them. Calyx-tecth enlarged 
after flowering. Corolla-tube 3 in., throat villous; lobes 75 in., linear-oblong. Fruit 
2 in. diam., smooth, ealyx-limb persistent; pericarp very thick. Seeds 8-10, broad 
much compressed. 
Srcr. I. Discospermum. Bracteoles very small, not sheathing, connate 
or free. 
* Stipules acuminate, point not long and setaceous. 
2, D. apiocarpa, Dalz. in Hook, Kew Journ. ii. 257, and in Bomb. FI. 
120 (Discospermum) ; glabrous, leaves ovate- or elliptic-lanceolate obtusely 
acuminate, calyx-limb truncate minutely 4-toothed, corolla-tube very short, 
fruit sessile ellipsoid subglobose or obovoid. Discospermum apiocarpum, Bedd. 
Fi, Sylv. t. 223; Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 40. 
Western PENINSULA; on the Ghats from the Concan southwards, ascending to 
5000 ft. 
A small tree. Leaves pale when dry, 3-7 by 14-8 in., coriaceous ; petiole 1-2 in. ; 
stipules triangular, acuminate, tip not setaceous. Flowers fascicled, subsessile. 
Corolla-tube à in., throat glabrous, lobes oblong. Stamens in ĝ much exserted. 
Fruit 3 in. long, crown conical within the narrow calyx-limb. Seeds few. 
3. D. spherocarpa, Dalz. in Hook. Kew Journ. ii. 257, and in Bomb. 
Fi. 120 (Discospermum) ; glabrous, leaves elliptic-lanceolate obtuse or acute, 
ccalyx-limb 4-lobed, corolla-tube very short, fruit pedicelled globose. Discosper- 
mum sphzeroearpum, Bedd. Fl. Sylv., For. Man. 194, 9, excl. syn. 
WesrERN PENINSULA, or the Ghats from Bombay southwards. 
A small tree. Leaves 2-6 by 13-21 in.; petiole }-} in.; stipules short, acute, tip 
not setaceous. Flowers fascicled, shortly pedicelled. Calyx-teeth obtuse, ciliolate. 
Corolla-tube shorter than the calyx-teeth, throat glabrous, lobes j in. Filaments very 
short. Fruit % in. diam., calycine areole raised. Seeds few, vertically imbricate, 
much compressed. 
4. D. Dalzellii, 77. Enum. 158 (Discospermum); glabrous, leaves 
elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate obtuse, calyx-limb 4-lobed, corolla-tube of 9 
elongate cylindrie, fruit globose subsessile. 
Creos: central province, alt. 1-3000 ft. 
Very similar to D. spherocarpa, and reduced to it by Beddome (For. Man. 134, 3), 
