ia 
418 LXI. RUBIACEX. [Scyphiphora, ` 
spurious dissepiment into 2 superposed ones, with one ovule in each, the 
upper ovule erect, the lower one pendulous. Style filiform, with 2 shot ` 
hort. Flowers in small pedunculate De cym | 
'The genus consists of a single species, extending from SE over the Indian Archipelago. ` 
1. S. hydrophylacea, Gertn.; DC. Prod. iv. 577. A shrub of sè- -. 
veral feet, quite glabrous, the young ‘shoots resinous. éi: obovate, very ` 
Si narrowed into a rather long petiole, 14 to nearly 3 in, long, coriaceous 
smooth and shining. Cymes dense, very shortly eens Corolla-tube ` 
14 to nearly 2 lines long, hairy inside at the orifice; lobes -ovate-oblong, ` 
rather obtuse. Drupe oblong, crowned by the ca alyx-limb, longitudinally ` 
ribbed and furrowed, 3 to 4 lines long. Albumen present but very scanty. ` 
— Epithinia Malayana, Jack. ; DC. Prod. iv. 478. 
eensland. Alban Tslan W. Hill 
me Ve t Ceylon, ef the islands of the Aire 
and of the Malaya P ng The figures and descriptions of Gsertner, Fr. 
and of A. Rich in m. Soc. Hist. Nat. v. 159. t. 14, are incorrect in wis ae 
The only accurate: nc? of the structure of the ovary and fruit I am aware of is that ` 
A. Gray, Not. Rub, 19. 
dach crc apa en Eege e 
12. ANTIRRH ZA, Juss. | 
Calyx-limb 4-lobed. Corolla-tube slender; lobes 4, imbricate in the bud. 
Anthers included in the tube.. Ovary 2-celled, with i eere pele e 
each cell. Style filiform with 2 short linear engen obes. Fru E^ 
the nucleus e separating into 2 1-seeded pyrenes. Seeds of Guella 4 
—Shrubs or trees. Stipules interpetiolar, acuminate, deciduous. er d 
often polygamous, sessile on the branches of a forked ie or the fem E. 
solitary, on axillary peduncles. E 
The genus comprises several species from the Mauritius and Madagascar ; ] 
from Sumatra, and it may possibly include the ere from the Sandwich KO 
n by A. Gray. The Australian "e appears to be endemic, but I — - perhaps 
red ap toed of NE it with Korthals’ Æ. strigosa from Sumatra. The gen ong and : 
closely alli the one hand to deent and on the other to Greta 4 
rules. la. d 
tenuiflora , F. Muell. Herb. A shrub or tree, glabrous CH 1 
young parts silly-pubescent. Leaves oval-elliptical, ie e n ger 
: , the underst? - 
into a petiole, 3 to 6 in. long, membranous, glabrous s above pur. 
often sparingly pubescent. Peduncles axillary, forked, with sever hort and 
ong the hija Calyx cena T line long, the lobes sho 
lla 
gr = lobes ovate, si line. Fruit e seen. 
ensland. Rockingham Bay, Dadlachy. 
13. GUETTARDELLA, Champ. d 
Calyx-limb deeply 4- to 6-lobed Corolla-tube slender; limb AT: 
lobed, imbricate in the bud. Anthers included in the tube. Ovary ^^ 
