178 LXXV. RUBIACER. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Geophila. 
Drupe fleshy, pyrenes 2, plano-convex. Seeds plano-convex, not grooved ven- 
trally; embryo basal, minute, radicle inferior.—DrsrRrB. Species 8 or 10 
tropical. 
l. G. reniformis, Don Prodr. 136; pubescent, leaves orbicular deeply 
cordate, umbels 1—3-flowered peduncled. DC. Prodr. iv. 537; W. & A. Prodr. 
430; Wt. Ic. t. 54; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 111. G. diversifolia, DC. Le: 
Wall. Cat. 8325. Psychotria herbacea, Linn.; Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 533. Cephaelis 
herbacea, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc, 1877, ii. 140,—Rheede Hort. Mal. x. t. 21. 
Smuer and Kunasa Hiris, Roxburgh, De Silva. Tenasserim and ANDAMAN 
Israwps, Griffith, Kurz. Western Peninsula; or the Ghats from the Conean south- 
wards. CxyLon, common,—Disrris, Malay Archipelago, S. China, Polynesia, Tropical 
Africa and America. 
Stems a foot or less long. Leaves 2-1] in. diam., more or less pubescent; petiole 
1-8 in.; stipules ovate, obtuse. Peduncle 1-13 in.; bracts subulate-lanceolate. 
Calyx-teeth herbaceous, persistent. Corolla 4-4 in., glabrous, Fruit small, globose, 
purple. 
78. OEPHA ELIS, Swartz. 
Characters of Psychotria, but flowers in involucrate heads, ovary rarely 8-4- 
celled. Albumen equable.—DistR1B. Species 70, all tropical. 
The cultivation of Ipecacuanha (Cephelis Ipecacuanha, Rich.), an American plant, 
has been introduced into India, but with hitherto scanty success. 
l. C. Griffithii, Hook. f.; leaves long-petioled oblanceolate acuminate, 
nerves 16-20 pair glabrous beneath, stipules 1 in. diam., heads sessile, bracts 
orbicular connate. 
Matracca, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 3032), Maingay (928). 
Branches (or stem?) as thick as the little finger. Leaves 12-16 by 3-5 in., 
brownish when dry, narrowed into a petiole often 3 in. long, coriaceous; stipules 
very coriaceous, orbicular, upper half withered and discoloured. Head 1-2 in. diam, ; 
bracts like the stipules. Calyx-teeth obtuse. Corolla } in., glabrous, throat villous. 
Fruit 4 in. long, obovoid-oblong, 4-angled, crowned by the tubular calyx-limb; 
pyrenes with a broad dorsal rib, ventrally concave. Seed very thin, pyrene dorsally 
ridged.—The more numerous nerves and sessile large heads distinguish this from 
the closely allied Malayan C. stipulacea, Bl. 
2. C. cuneata, Korth, in Ned. Kruidk, Arch. ii, 248; leaves very nar- 
rowly oblanceolate acuminate, nerves quite glabrous beneath, stipules 1 in. 
diam., heads stoutly peduncled, bracts connate, Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 311, 
Mazracca, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 3085), Maingay (929). 
Stem simple, as thick as a goose-quill or less. Leaves 6-12 by }-14 in., mem- 
branous, greenish when dry, narrowed into very long petioles; nerves very variable 
in number, ascending; stipules small, much withered and discoloured. Heads } in. 
diam. ; peduncle stout, simple, 2-4 in.; bracts connate in a coriaceous cup; flowers 
smaller and fewer than in C. Griffithii. Calya-teeth rounded. Fruit 4-4 in. long, 
almost globose, very fleshy, calyx-limb inconspicuous; pyrenes and seeds as in C. 
Griffith. 
70, LASIANTHUS, Jack, 
Shrubs, often foetid; branches terete, compressed at the nodes. Leaves 
opposite, distichous, usually caudate-acuminate with arching nerves and close- 
set transverse veins, which are simple or forked or branched and reticulate ; 
stipules interpetiolar, broad, rarely narrow, Flowers small, in axillary rarely 
peduncled often bracteate clusters, cymes or heads. Calyx-tube short; limb 
