Saprosma.) LXXV. RUBIACEZ. (J. D. Hooker.) 193 
3. S. fragrans, Bedd. Fl. Sylv., For. Man. 194/11; glabrous, leaves 
shortly petioled elliptic obtusely acuminate, flowers in small axillary and ter- 
minal cymes, calyx-teeth broadly triangular. Serissa fragrans, Bedd. Ic. Pl. 
Ind. Or. t. 14. 
NinaugRRY Mrs, on the western slope; and Tinnevetty Hrirrs, alt. 2000 ft., 
Beddome. 
" Ferd when crushed” (Bedd.). Branches smooth, ultimate compressed. Leaves 
3-4 by 15-2 in., green when dry, membranous; petiole 4-3. in. ; stipules entire or 
toothed, Cymes small, rarely } in. long, few-flowered, trichotomous; bracts minute. 
Flowers very odorous. Calyx cupular. Corolla 4 in. Style-arms 2 linear, short. 
Fruit ellipsoid, 1-seeded. 
-4, S. scabridum, Bedd. FI. Sylv., For. Man. 134/12; branches scabrid, 
leaves long-petioled elliptic acuminate, base acute, petiole and midrib scabrid, 
flowers terminal sessile, calyx hairy, teeth 4 linear-lanceolate. Serissa scabrida. 
Thw. Enum. 151. 
Cryton ; near Ratnapoora, Thwaites. 
Leaves 2-3 by $-1} in.; petiole } in. ; stipules connate, scabrid, aristate-fimbriate. 
—This I have not seen. The character is taken from Thwaites, who had but one 
specimen, without flowers or ripe fruit. 
Secr. I]. Dysodidendron.  Peduncles 1-3-flowered.  Anthers with 
filaments. Seeds usually 2, plano-convex. Leaves opposite. 
5. S. ceylanicum, Bedd. FI. Sylv., For. Man. 134/12; glabrous, leaves 
shortly petioled elliptic or lanceolate acuminate, peduncles axillary and ter- 
minal 1—3-flowered slender, calyx-teeth 4 triangular. Dysodidendron ceylani- 
cum and Wightii, Gardn. in Cale. Journ. Nat. Hist. vii. 2, 3.  Serissa cey- 
lanica, Thw. Enum. 150. S. Wightii, Bedd. Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 15. Lasian- 
thus foetens, Wight in Cale. Journ. Nat. Hist. vi. 517. 
WEsTERN Pxntnsura; on the Ghats, alt. 3-6000 ft., from Malabar southwards in 
moist woods, Wight, Ae, Cxy1on; in forests of the central province, alt. 3-6000 ft., 
Walker, Are, 
A shrub or small tree, fetid when bruised; branches pale, smooth, ultimate 
compressed. Leaves 4-5 by 1-2 in., sometimes oblanceolate, green when dry, mem- 
branous; petiole j;-$ in.; stipules connate, toothed. Pedwncles 3-14 in.; bracts 
and bracteoles minute. Calyx-tube obconie, glabrous. Corolla } in., purple. Style- 
arms 2, short, linear. Fruit 3 in., obovoid, obtuse, * bright blue, very fetid” ( Bedd.). 
Seeds plano-convex. 
Secr. III. 'Triadicla. Flowers in corymbose cymes. Anthers subsessile. 
Seeds ellipsoid. Leaves often 3—4-nately whorled. 
6. S. ternatum, Hook. f. in Gen. Pl. ii. 131; glabrous, leaves 3-nately 
whorled petioled elliptic or lanceolate acuminate, cymes axillary solitary or 
fascicled, flowers corymbose, calyx-teeth 4-6 triangular. Kurz For. Fi. ii. 99. 
Peederia ternata, Wall. Cat. 6248, and in Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. Carey $ Wall. ii. 
520; DC. Prodr. iv. 471. Serissa ternata, Kurz Andam. Rep. App. A. 40. 
Mephitidia, sp., Griff. Notul. iv. 267; Ic. Pl. Asiat. t. 476. 
Eastern HrwALAYA; Mishmi and Bhotan mts, Griffith. Kuasia Mrs., alt. 
2-3000 ft., De Silva, &c. Burma, Griffith. ANDAMAN ISLANDS, Kurz. 
Branches pale or dark, smooth, rather stout, ultimate angled. Leaves 4-10 by 
1-3} in., rather coriaceous, greenish when dry, midrib and petiole (1 in.) sometimes 
scaberulous ; veins often straight and parallel, as in Lasianthus; stipules 4 in., lance- 
olate with needle-like points, glabrous or pubescent. Peduncles 1-11 in., with bristles 
at its base, bracts and bracteoles small lanceolate; pedicels } in. Calyx glabrous, 
shortly campanulate. - Corolla 4 in., pubescent, white, Style-arms 2, linear. Fruit 
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