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Psychotriec.] LXXXIV. RUBIACEJE. 131 
superne nitida, nervis numerosis impressis arcuatis, subtus tomentella, petiolo robusto. 
Stipule utrinque solitari;, magn:e, alzeformes, oblique inserts, lineari-oblongse, obtusc, 
crasse coriaceze, lineato-nervosse, persistentes. Flores minuti, in cymas axillares densis- 
sime conferti, ebracteolati. i 
Species 1, M. Maingayi, Hook. f., Malaces incola. 
278. Saprosma, Blwme, Bijdr. 9060. (Dysosmia, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 325. ^ Dysodi- 
dendron, Gardn. 4n Cale. Jowrn. Nat. List. vii. 56.)—Calycis tubus obconicus ; limbus 
dilatatus v. subcampanulatus, 4-lobus v. inzequaliter 4—6-dentatus v. -lobatus, persistens. 
. Corolla campanulata v. infundibularis, fauce villosa; limbi lobi 4, breves, obtusi, 
induplieatim valvati, marginibus planis v. crispatis. Stamina 4, fauci coroll inserta, 
filamentis brevibus v. 0 ; anthercz dorso prope basin affixz, lineares, j-exsertz. Discus 
hemisphowriecus. Ovarium 2-loculare ; stylus filiformis, ramis 2 inclusis ; ovula in loculis 
solitaria, e basi erecta, anatropa. Fructus obovoideus oblongus ellipsoideus v. globosus, 
2-pyrenus, pyrenis crustaceis, endocarpio cartilagineo v. crustaceo. |Semina erecta, plano- 
convexa, facie ventrali non exsculpta, subovoidea, testa membranacea, albumine carnoso ; 
embryo axilis, dimidium seminis z:equans, cotyledonibus late ovatis v. cordaüs foliaceis, 
radicula elongata tereti truncata infera hilo proxima.—Frutices s:epissime glabri, 
contusi fostidissimi, ramulis compressis. Folia opposita, rarius 3-natim verticillata, 
breviter petiolata v. sessilia, membranacea, ovata v. lanceolata. Stipule interpetiolares, 
latz, 1-3-euspidatz, decidus. Flores parvi, sessiles et congestij v. in pedunculis 
axillribus v. terminalibus solitarii v. 9-ni, albi, basi bracteolati, bracteolis connatis. 
' Drupa parva, purpurea. : 
Speeies ad 8, Asie tropicz incole; JBedd. le. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 14 ad 17 (Serissa) Genus in 
séetiones 3 facile divisum. 
1. Saprosma. Folia opposita. Flores dense congesti. Calycis s 4—5-dentatus. Antherze 
sessiles, incluse. Fructus ovoideus v. subglobosus, calycis limbo coronatus, l-spermus, endocarpio 
. ehartaceo. Semen ellipsoideum. Includenda sunt S. arboreum et S. fruticosum, Bl. S. dispar, 
Hassk, S. Indicum, Dalz. aliaque. Walp. Hep. vi. 45; Amm.1i. 702; v. 110. Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. 
ii. 302 ; et in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iv. 269. 
2. Dysodidendron. Folia opposita. Flores pedicellati. Calycis limbus 4-dentatus. Antherze 
filamentis suffultze. Fructus obovoideus, calycis limbo coronatus, sepius 2-pyrenus, pyrenis cru- 
staeeis. Semina plano-convexa. LasrawTH:I sect. Dysosmia, Korth.in Ned. Kruidk. Arch. ii. 224. 
Sxnissa, Thw. Enwn. Pl. Zeyl. 150, non Comm. 
3. Triadicla, Folia ternatim vertieillata. Flores pedieellati. Calycis limbus inwqualitor 
4—6-dentatus, Antherc subsessiles, j-exsertz.  Diseus conieus. JDrupaellipsoidea, disco apieulata, 
infra verticem limbo calycis éineta, l-sperma, endocarpio tenuiter erustaceo. Semen ellipsoideum, 
facie ventrali obseure exsculpta. Species 1, Bengalic orientalis et ins. Andaman incola. JPaederia 
ternata, Wall. Cat. Herb. Ind. 6248, et in Roxb, Fl. Ind. ed. Carey; ii. 517. 
279. xitosantbes, Blwme Bijdr. 994, et in Flora 1825, 129 (Lithosanthes).— Calyx 
minutus, tubus oblongus; limbus 4-dentatus. Corolla urceolata, fauce villosa ; limbi 
brevis lobi 4, patentes, valvati. Stamina 4, coroll: fauci inserta, filamentis brevissimis ; 
antherz dorso affixz, lineares, incluss.  Diseus carnosus. Ovarium 4-loculare ; stylus 
brevis, stigmate subcelavato apice 4-dentato dosis "dign in loculis solitaria, e basi 
erecta, anatropa, Fructus succulentus, obovoi tus, inflatus, 1-locularis, sub- 
4-pyrenus, funiculo spongioso, pyrenis crustaceis basi axi centrali affixis 1-spermis. 
Semina albuminosa; embryo erectus, incurvus, cotyledonibus brevissimis compressis 
acutis, radicula elongata clavata incurva.—Frutex v. arbuscula, trunco erecto, coma 
globoso-deplanata, habitu Phyllanthi, ramulis hirtellis. Folia parva, opposita, disticha, 
breviter petiolata, elliptica v. subtrapeziformia, mucronata, costa subtus strigillosa. 
Stipule. . . Flores minuti, ad apicem pedunculi gracilis axillaris subbini, pedicellati ? 
pedicellis basi bracteolatis, : 
fpecies 1, Jave incola. DC. Prod, iv. 460. Mig. Fl. Ind. Dat, ii. 311. Descriptio fructus e 
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