rubiacej:. 423 



Sub-gonus Lucix^A, DC. 



Corolla-limb 4-partc(l. Stamem 4. Scamlent slirubs. 



* Calyx truncate. 

 M. TETRANDRA, Jack. Tenasserira. 



As preceding, but leaves glossy on both siiles, the uet-venation prominent. 



** Calyx -i-toothed. All jiarts glabrous. 



31. (Renivt;llia) speciosa, Bth. et H. f. Upper Tenasserim. 



Calyx sulcate. Flower-heads by threes in a pedunelod poor braehiatc terminal 

 cyme. 



+ + Seeds free, not inclosed in distinct pyrenes. 



VANG VERIER. 



Ovary many-celled, the cells irith a solitary pendulous ovule attached above the middle 

 or near the apex of the cells. Fruit a drupe, the putamen 1 to many-celled. Albumen 

 usually fleshy. Radicle superior. 



A Corolla valvate. Ovule attached laterally or below the summit of the cell. 

 Y.VNGUEEiA, Commerson. 

 Stigma discoid. Ovary usually 5-celled. 



+ Unarmed. 



* V. EDULis, Yhl. Chittagong (cultivated). 



V. Commersonii, Desf. 



All parts glabrous. Stigma mitre-shaped. 



X X Armed with opposite sharp npines. 

 V. SPINOSA, Eoxb. Promo. 



All parts glabrous. Berries about an inch thick. 



V. PUBESCENS, Kz. Ava to PcgU. 



All softer parts (also the corolla) pubescent. Berries up to J inch thick. 



Plectronia, Linnmus. 



Ovary 2-c(>llcd, the stigma capitate, oblong or mitre-shaped. Drupe didymous or 

 occasionally almost 1 -celled by abortion. 



* Pyrenes quite smooth, triangular and almost heeled. 



P. (Camhr-m) GLADR.V, Bl. Tropical forests of the Pegu Tlange, 



Canthium recurvum, Wall. Tenasserim and the Andamans. 



Unarmed, glabrous. Flowers in dichotomous elongate-branched cymes. 



* * Pyrenes more or less icrinkled and tubereled, rounded on the bach. 

 + Unarmed shrubs or trees. 



P. (CAXTiiirsi) iiiDYMUM, Gacrtu. Tenasserim. 



Canthium umbellatum, Wight. 

 C. spirostylum and lucidulum, Jliq. 



All parts glabrous and glossy. Flowers eymose. 



Two different sjiecies may really bo included in the above synonymy. Canthium 

 oliganthim, Mi([., and Canthium umbelliyerum, Miq., Ann. llus. Lugd., arc both referable 

 to Canthium lucidum, llook. and Arn. (Kuiz). 



P. (Caxtuicm) CtRacilipes, Kz. Tropical forests of the Andamans. 



Branchlets and nerves of leaves pubescent. Flowers on long capillary pedicels, 

 solitary or paired. Much resembling Vangueria Miqueliana, but diii'ers in the absence 

 of spines, in its larger leaves, and iu the ilili'erent fruits. 



