270 RUBIACE2. 
Cymis axillaribus foliis brevioribus pluries dichotomis, 
florem dichotomum primaria scrotino, bracteis sub 0. Flori- 
bus parvis numerosis exalbo carneis. 
Calycis tubus compressus elongatus sub 8-lineatus ultra 
ovarium in limbum minuti 4-dentat. membranac. pro- 
duct. 
Cor. hypocraterif. 4-partita laciniis reflexis late ovatis, æsti- 
vatione leviter contort. throat very hairy, tubo calycis limbo 
duplo longiore. 
Stam. fauci inserta, reflexo-patenta exserta filam. brevia. 
Anth. dorso affix subsagittatz loculis pollinif. linearibus 
Pollen. ? 
Discus epigynus sub 8-lobus. 
Stylus rubescens exsertus, apice incrassato-bilobum, lobis 
sub divergentibus interne stigmatosis. 
Ovar. biloculare. Placenta loculi cujusque intrans centra- 
lis divergente bipart. ramulo supero ovulum erectum affigens, 
infero ovulum pendulum. ‘Tegument connata? Raphe $ 
completa, apex nuclei hilum prope. 
Fructus oblongo compresso 8-sulcato carinat, Epicarp. 
celluloso-spongiosum. Mesocarp. crasso in carinas product. 
album, indurat. Endocarp. osseum, vix separabili spontaneum 
in pyrenas duas, calycis limbo imulat. 
Semina szpe abortiva, situs et forma ovulorum, hec erect, 
hoc pendulum. a —— tenue, hinc rapbiger 
albumen carnosum, medioc 
Embryo orthotropus iis (radicula longiuscula hilum 
versus epectans) Cotyledones planiusculo. 
Has. In Rhizophoreis Pulo Bissar. Circa Singapore 
` vulgatem. 
Oss. It certainly has stipules, but the usual lamina is 
nearly abortive. 
- Wight and Arnot have mistaken, at least the situation of the 
vae po and their description of the stigma is incor- 
The fruit is iti drupaceous, 
