RUBIACE^ 6l 



Flowers rose or yellowish-white, in dense or open cymose 

 panicles peduncled in the upper leaf axils or terminal. 

 Calyx small with 5 teeth. Corolla tubular below, with 

 5 spreading lobes very hairy on the margins. Anthers 

 linear attached to the middle of the tube. Fruit a 

 capsule splitting open from the base upwards. Seeds 

 numerous. 



Species about 30 in the Andes of South America. 



The two commonest species planted and found scattered in 

 hedges, etc., are — 



C. Icdgeriana Moens ; " Yellow bark." Leaves small, 

 elliptic, rather leathery, and red underneath. Flowers 

 golden. Capsule short, almost globular. This is the one 

 richest in the alkaloid from which quinine is prepared. 



C. succirubra Pav. ; '' Red bark." Leaves thin up to 

 12 by 9 inches, calyx and corolla red. Capsule long. 



WENDLANDIA. f.b.i. 75 xii. 



Shrubs or small trees. Leaves opposite or in threes. 

 Flowers small in dense thyrsoid terminal panicles, white 

 or rosy. Calyx small. Corolla funnel-shaped with 4 or 5 

 spreading lobes, inbricate in bud. Stamens as many. 

 Ovary interior two-celled. Fruit, a small round capsule, 

 with many seeds. 



Species about 20 in tropical Asia. 



Wcndlandia notoniana Wall, F.B.I. iii 40, XII II. 

 Sometimes only a herb, but also with thick woody base, 

 and even a small tree. Leaves three at a node, 3 to 5 by 

 I to 2 in., entire, glabrous on the upper side, pubescent 

 on the lower ; with 6 to 10 pairs of nerves and fine reti- 

 culation between. Panicle, and young parts generally, 

 pubescent. Flowers white or pinkish, t. 355. 



On the lower downs, about 6,000 feet, common. 



Nilgiris: Pykara, Coonoor, etc., Pulneys: Shembaganur. 



