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SR 
194 LXXV. RUBIACE®. (J. D. Hooker.) [Diplospora. 
but the leaves are smaller and more obtuse, tho corolla-tube of the female much 
longer, and the globose fruit has the pericarp thicker than the cell.— Thwaites 
describes the fruit as 1 in. diam. ; in the dried specimens it is ZS in., and many-seeded. 
5. D. erythrospora, Thw. Enum. 158 (Discospermum) ; glabrous, leaves 
obovate or elliptie, tip rounded or narrowed, calyx-limb truncate subentire, 
corolla-tube very short, fruit very small peduncled globose. 
Cryton; Ambagamowa district, alt. 5000 ft., Thwaites. 
Leaves 3-5 by 14-2 in., greenish when dry, coriaceous ; petiole 1-3 in. ; stipules 
triangular, acuminate. Flowers in small cymes; bracteoles minute, triangular. 
Corolla yellow, throat hairy, lobes oblong, Filaments of d exserted, Ovary-cells 
each with 3-4 ovules. Fruit + in. diam., pericarp thin. Seeds 1-5, compressed ; 
testa red, thick. 
6. D. malaccense, Hook. f.; glabrous, slender, leaves elliptie obtusely 
acuminate thinly coriaceous narrowed into the slender petiole, nerves 5-6 pair 
slender, flower ¢ clustered 9 solitary shortly pedicelled, bracteoles 0, calyx- 
lobes 4 rounded. 
Maracca, Griffith. 
Branches slender, pale brown. Leaves 3-4 by 13-2 in., pale brown when dry, 
paler beneath, opaque, veins obsolete ; petiole 1 1n. ; stipules triangular, acuminate. 
Flowers very small, d sessile; 9 shortly pedieelled, with 2 tubereles on the 
pedicel in the position of bracteoles.  Corolla-(ube funnel-shaped, rather longer than 
the glabrous lobes, hairy within. Anthers erect, sessile, exerted. Style of 9 
glabrous, thiekened above the middle, arms rather long, stout. Ovary cells 2-3- 
ovuled. 
** Stipules with long setaceous points. 
7. D. confusa, Hook. f.; glabrous, leaves elliptic obtusely acuminate, 
flowers sessile in dense fascicles, stipules with long setaceous points, calyx 
truncate, corolla-tube very short, throat villous, fruit sessile, D. singularis, 
Kurz For, Fl ii. 50, in part. 
Texasserim ; at Mergui, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 2798), Kurz. 
An evergreen tree, Leaves 8-5 by 14-24 in., pale when dry, opaque; petiole 1-4 
in. Flowers almost capitate, very small. Corolla-lobes about equalling the tube. 
Filaments short. Fruit not seen. 
8. D. pubescens, Hook. f.; branches petioles and nerves beneath 
pubescent, leaves elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate obtusely caudate-acuminate, 
stipules with long setaceous points, calyx obscurely 4-lobed, corolla-tube short, 
throat villous. ? Wall. Cat. 8297 q. v. 
TENASsERIM; at Mergui, Griffith, Helfer (Kew Distrib. 2799). 
Branches very slender. Leaves 5-8 by 2-3 in., pale when dry, base obtuse or 
rounded; petiole very short; stipules 4 in. long, base triangular, gradually tapering 
to the bristle-like point. Flowers in small axillary heads, black when dry, as are 
the very young leaves, Fruit not seen,—A very distinct species. 
9. D. Griffithii, Mook. f.; glabrous, leaves oblanceolate abruptly acumi-. 
nate membranous, stipules with setaceous points, cymes subspicate, calyx 
obscurely toothed, corolla-throat glabrous, 
Tea: near Tselow on the Irawaddi, Griffith, 
A shrub 3 ft. high. Leaves 5-7 by 13-24 in., pale greenish when dry, mucli 
narrowed into the short petiole; stipules deciduous. Comes 4-2 in. sometimes 
shortly peduncled, dense-flowered, glabrous; bracteoles minute, triangular. Caly 
minute. Corolla-tube and lobes short. Anthers sessile. Fruit not seen, 
