a 
422 RUBIACE&. i SANTIA. 
rarely sheathing and truncated. Peduncles axillary, bifid, rarely again bifid. 
- Flowers sessile in the forkings of the peduncle, and unilateral upon its 
branches. 
* 1295. (1) G. speciosa (Linn. :) leaves ovate or obovate, often slightly cor- 
date at the base, obtuse at the apex, pubescent on the under side: stipules 
lanceolate, acuminated, deciduous: cymes peduncled, velvetty, much shorter 
than the leaf: flowers 4-9-cleft: calyx-limb deciduous: stamens 4-9: drupe 
depressed, marked by the traces of the calyx; cells of the nut curved.— 
Willd. sp. 4. p. 398 ; DC. prod. 4. p. 455 ; Spr. syst. 1. p. 789 ; Lam. ill. t. 154. 
f. 2; Roxb. fl. Ind. 1. p. 686 ; (ed. Wall.) 2. p. 521; Wall.! L. n. 6219; 
Wight! cat. n. 1824.—Cadamba jasminiflora, Sonner. voy. 2. t. 128.—Gar- 
denia speciosa, Roxb. in E. I. C. mus. tab. 33.—Jasminum hirsutum, Willd. 
sp. 4. p. 36.—Nyctanthes hirsuta, Linn. sp. p. 8.—Rheed. Mal. 4. t. 41, 48; 
Pluk. t. 397. f. A. 
“XVIL SANTÍA. W. & A: 
Calyx-tube obovate: limb short, with 5 long subulate teeth, two of them 
usually approximated or united at the base, the others distinct and distant. 
Corolla shortly hypocrateriform, shortly villous in the throat and along the 
lobes: tube about the length of the teeth of the calyx: lobes 5, oblong-pa- 
tent. Stamens 5: filaments very short: anthers exserted oblong. Ovary 
-erowned with a thick fleshy disk, 3- (or rarely 4-) celled, with one xat 
linear-oblong ovule in each cell. Style hairy, thicker upwards. Stigma ca- 
pitate, 3- (occasionally 4-) lobed. Drupe somewhat globose, crowned with 
the persistent erect teeth of the calyx, containing 3 (or occasionally and 
rarely 4) deeply rugose bony narrow-oblong slightly curved nuts. — Bet 
= somewhat terete, slightly curved. Albumen between fleshy and gelatinous, — 
enclosing the cylindrical embryo—Shrubby. Branches and young $ 
glabrous. Stipules triangular-acuminated, short, caducous, leaving à ring of 
hair. Leaves short-petioled, elliptic-oblong, shortly pointed, glabrous 07 the 
upper side, hirsute on the nerves on the under: nerves prominent on both 
sides; veins numerous, transverse, prominent particularly on the upper side. 
Peduncles axillary, short, hirsute bearing at their apex a few (3 or 4) flowers. 
Calyx and sometimes the corolla sprinkled with stiffish hairs. 
The leaves are unlike those of an . 4 ; inted : 
i y other Rubiaceg with which we are acquaintec 
it was sent formerly to Dr Walli vadit : t we believe 
noticed i hiat i lich as a doubtful Spermacoce, but is not We ™ 
1296. (1) S. venulosa. (W. & A.)— Wight! cat. n. 1953. 
We have lost our notes of the md leéndity: 3 
XVIII. EUPYRENA. JW.5 A—Pyrostria. Roxb. (not Comm.) - ee 
Calyx-tube obovate : limb small, persistent, 4-toothed, the teeth trianguta 
acuminated. Corolla infundibuliform, hirsute externally ; tube slender ; limb m 
4-cleft: sestivation valvular. Stamens 5: anthers linear, attached by the 
middle of their back to the throat of the corolla. Ovary 6-12-celled, with 
one ovule in each cell. Style shorter than the tube, filiform. Stigma smp $ 
(neither capitate nor cleft). Drupe globose, with 6-12 furrows, crowned at — 
the very apex with the teeth of the calyx, containing 6-12 dighiy Um — 
L-seeded bony distinct nuts. Seeds cylindric. Albumen fleshy.—Shrabs 0° 
small trees. Leaves shortly petioled. Stipules from a broad base. Peduncles 
