HYDROPHYLAX. RUBIACEÆ. 441 
Stigma bifid. Berry somewhat globose, 2-celled, 2-seeded, crowned with the 
limb of the calyx.—Shrubby, almost entirely glabrous with the exception of 
the young shoots : branches whitish. Leaves somewhat sessile, opposite, and 
often fascicled in the axils, giving out a disagreeable smell when bruised. 
Stipules connate with the petioles, with a few rigid spinescent bristles. 
Flowers somewhat fascicled, terminal, white. 
* 1356. (1) S. fætida (Comm.)—Comm. in Juss. gen. p. 209 ; DC. prod. 4. 
p. 575; Spr. syst. 1. p. 1565 Roxb. fi. Ind. 1. p. 579; (ed. Wall.) 2. p. 268 ; 
Wall.! L. n. 6226 ; Wight ! cat. n. 1368.—Dysoda fasciculata, Lour. Coch. (ed 
Willd.) 1. p. 181 (descr. of fruit bad).—D. fætida, S«/isb.—Lycium Japoni- 
cum, Thunb. Jap. t. 17.—L. foetidum, Linn. suppl. p. 150.—L. Indicum, Retz, 
obs. 2. p. 12.—Buchozia coprosmoides, L’ Her. 
We have specimens before us from China, the Madras herbarium, Mauri- 
tius (Sieb. fl. mixta, No. 210), and the island of St Vincent's, but we suspect 
it to be cultivated everywhere except in China or Japan: Roxburgh, indeed, 
says expressly that it was introduced into the gardens in India from China. 
XXXIIL. HYDROPHYLAX. Linn. f.; Lam. ill. t. 76. f. 1.—Sarissus, 
Gertn. fr. 1. t. 25. 
Calyx-tube ovate, angled : limb 4-partite, persistent ; segments acute, erect. 
Corolla somewhat fleshy, widely infundibuliform, tubular and cylindrical be- 
low, then much widened and campanulate, with a dense ring of moniliform 
hairs on the inside at the base of the campanulate portion, 4-lobed. Stamens 
4: filaments exserted, decurrent from between the lobes of the corolla to the 
ring of hairs: anthers oblong. Ovary crowned with a fleshy disk. Style 
perforating the disk, filiform, the length of the tube of the corolla. Stigma 
obtuse, divided by a slight furrow with 2 lobes. Fruit oblong, fleshy, when 
dry somewhat corky, compressed, acutely 4-angled, with smaller interme- 
diate ribs or angles on the sides, crowned with the calycine segments, 2- 
celled. Seeds solitary in each cell (one of them usually abortive), oblong. 
Albumen hard: embryo erect.—Herbaceous, glabrous, with long creeping 
terete stems, throwing up terete leafy branches. Leaves opposite, obovate- 
oblong, sharp, fleshy. Stipules combined with the petioles into short trun- 
cated entire or toothed cup-shaped sheathes. Flowers axillary, sessile, soli- 
tary or in pairs, pinkish. 
1357. (1) H. maritima (Linn.)—Linn. f. suppl. p. 126; DC. 4. p. 516 ; 
Spr. E p p. 410; us Gon 3. 1. 295; righ 9187 (ed: Wall.) 1. 
p.980; Wall! L. n. 6205; Wight! cat. n. 1369.—Sarissus anceps, Gertn. 
+ pd 118. £. 25.——Sand-hills along the'sea coast of Coromandel and 
alabar. 
TRIBE VIIL—SsTELLAT. Ray; Cham. and Schlecht. 
Flowers bisexual or rather unisexual. Corolla rotate or infundibuli- 
form : lobes valvate in estivation. Styles 2, either distinct almost from 
the base, or more or less concrete. Stigmas capitate. Fruit composed 
of 9 indehiscent l-seeded meriearps. Seed-coat scarcely distinguish- 
able from the pericarp and calyx-tube. Albumen horny.—Shrubs or 
usually herbaceous plants. Leaves opposite, bearing buds in their axils, 
