77. BUBIACE.E. [10. Diplospora. 



liaiiy, inserted by their backs to the tube and nearly included. Disc 

 a pulvinate ring*. Ovary 2-celled Avith very short stout villous style 

 find 2-cleft stigma. Ovules 4-10 in each cell on a pendulous placenta. 

 Fruit baccate small. Seeds 4-5 in each cell, ang-led, Avith a charac- 

 teristic fibrous testa. 



1. H. stricta, W. ^- A. 



A shrub or small tree attaining- 20 ft. Avith sharply 4-angled or 

 compressed liorizontal decussate branches and spreading- lanceolate, 

 oblong or linear-oblong acuminate glabrous often undulate leaves 3- 

 6" by • 75-1 -5" g'lossy both sides. Flowers small Avliite sessile with a 

 corolla only •1-'17" long with broadly ovate lobes. Berries globose- 

 oblong- -25 --3" diam. crowned by the persistent calyx. 



Not com moil. Puviieah and North Champaraii, attaining 20 ft. near streams! 

 Cool valley.s in Singbhnm ! Ravines in the Santal P. ! Mayuvbhanj, near streams 

 in the mountains ! Fl. April-May. Fr. Feb.-Mai-ch. Kvergreeu. 



When arboreous trunk slender with slightly grooved bark. Leaves slightly 

 pubescent on nerves beneath when young, often caudate, base rounded or cuiieate, 

 sec. n. 5-7 slender, other nerves obscure. Petiole •25-*o". Stipules acuminate 

 persistent hairy. Bracts lanceolate hairy '08", bracteoles much smaller. Calyx 

 with hypanthiuni '1" long with narrow-lanceolate teeth. Corolla- tube shorter 

 than calyx, haiiy behind the anthers. Flesh of berry very viscous. 



10. DIPLOSPORA, DC. 



Trees or shrubs Avith short-petioled distichoiis leaves. FloAvers in 

 fascicles or short cymes axillary or from leafless axils, Avhite or 

 greenish, sometimes polygamo-diojcioxxs, bracts free or (in our species) 

 connate in a cup. Hypanthiuni short, calyx 4-5-lobed or truncate. 

 Corolla-tube short, petals 4-5 spreading, twisted in bud. Stamens on 

 the mouth of the tube, anthers exserted oblong or linear. Ovary 2- 

 celled. Disc sometimes large swollen. Ovary 2-celled, style Avith 2 

 linear or oblong stigmas (or branches). Ovules 2-7 in each cell, on 

 the septum. Fruit baccate Avith 3-7 2-seriate imbricate seeds in each 

 cell. 



1. D. singularis, Korth. 



A straight glabroxis tree attaining 3 ft. girth Avith pale broAvn com- 

 pressed t'A'igs, bifarious oblong or ell.-oblong acuminate or caudate 

 leaves 4-6"o" shining both sides Avith petiole •3-"6". Flowers sub- 

 sessile in A'ery short-peduncled capitate cymes mostly from the leaf- 

 scars, involucrate Avith 4-connate bracts and the base of the short 

 peduncle also sheathed by a smaller Avhorl. Corolla green salver- 

 shaped Avitli scarcely exserted tube, petals "3" oblong acute soon 

 spirally tAvisted. Fruit on short Avoody bracteate pediincles •7-*8" 

 diam. globose areolate at top. Seeds 4-7 in each cell flattened oblong, 

 •25" long. 



Evergreen jungles, Mais of Purl ! F], April-Maj'. Fr. Dec.-Feb. 



Bark smooth, somewhat striate, grey. Blaze pale brov\ni, then yellowish or tlesli- 

 coloured, darkening on exposure. L. paler beneath, base acute or cuneate, sec. n. 

 3-6 slender, their axils often gland-pitted and hairy round the gland. Stipules 

 triangular Avith a long acuminate tip. Cyme of about 4. groups of 3 fls. and a 

 terminal one. Calyx tubular-campanulate •12", tube sometimes 2-cleft; lobes 4, 

 half as long as persistent tube, broad. Upper part of corolla-tube and base of 

 petals villous. Fil. short, anthers erect linear. 



Distrib. : Chittagong, Burma and Malay Peninsula to Borneo. 



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