RUBIACEAE. 255 CA NT Hl CM. 



§ 2. Armatae, pcntantlrae, 



9. Canthium RheedÜ dc. Fruticosum, spinis supraaxillaribus, ramu- 

 lis liirsutis, folia brevissiincjrctiolataovatavel ovatoOanceolata.supra 

 lucida, subtus in axillis vcnarum barbata, 1 — 2 poll. longa, pedun- 

 culi axillares brevissimi fasciculato-pauciflori, fioresbreviterpedicel- 

 lati, calyx minute 5-dentulus,corollaealabastrum acurninatum, tubus 

 brcvi-campauulatus, laciniae acuminatae, stamina 5, stigma mitrae- 

 forme,bacca obovoiclea compressa. Canthium Rheedii BC. Prodr. I c. 

 p. 474. W. et Arn. Prodr. Lp. 426. Ilassk.Flor. bot. Zeil. 1845, 

 p. 229. — Tjerus Kara Rhecde Hort. Mal. V./?. 73, tab. 37. — Var. 

 testib. w. et arn. foliis ovato-lanceolatis subtus parce pilosulis, vel e 

 basi leviter cordata ovato-lanceolatis glabris. In spcc. jav. teste cl. 

 iiassk. folia forma etiam ludunt, subrotunda, ovato-oblonga, oblonga 

 vel elliptico-lanceolata ; spinae e vagina stipulacea, il. saepesolitarii. 



Ceylon. Voor-Indië. Java (hassk.). — Toemboeng 

 kanjoet of Tjoetjoe kaliageh sund. 



1 0. Canthium horridam bl. Frutex, ramuli tetragoni, juniores 

 cum petiolis nervisque subtus fasce villosule pubescentes, spinae op- 

 positae, folia brevi-petiolata ovata vel elliptica acuta vel subacumi- 

 nata, senilia subtus flavescentia, supra scaberula, pubera, 2—] poll. 

 longa, costulis paucis subtilibus prominulis, flores axillares pauci bre- 

 viter pedicellati, singuli bracteolis 2 coalitis suffulti, calycis tubus 

 subturbinatus, limbus dilatatus distanter acute 5-dentulus, dentibus 

 puberis, corollae tubus suburceolato-ventricosus, extus glaber, iutus 

 pilosus, faux nuda, limbi 5-partiti laciniae aestivatione acute conni- 

 ventes, lanceolatae acutae apice puberae, sub anthesi divaricato-sub- 

 reflexae, antherae ovatae fauci inscrtae, filamentis brevibus, exsertae 

 deflexae, baccae abortu monopyrenae,pyrenaesubreniformeslignosae. 

 Canlhium horridum BL Bijdr. p. 906. DO. Prodr. IV. «.474. 

 Hassk in Flora bot. Zeil. 1845, p. 222. - Uypiianlhera rham- 

 noides ZolL et Morilz. Syst. Verseichn.p.GO.— Bondisia horrida 

 Korlh. in Ned, Kruidk. Arch. IL p. 236. 



Java, in de bergstreken (relxw, dl., kortii., hassk.), in I3an- 

 joemas (horsfield). Sumatra, in Benkoelen, Padang (kortii.). — 

 Toemboeng kanjoet litjin sund. op Java. 



11. Canthium SCandens bl. Scandens, spinae divaricatae aut re- 



