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axillary inflorescences are slKiil-peduiicled cymes with only 3 — 5 

 flowers, many times slioiter than the iea\'es. The terminal thyrsi 

 consist of but 2 — 3 internodes and cymes with few flowers and short 

 pednncles, and are also shorter than the higher leaves. 



In the remaining species of this second type botii the axillary and 

 the terminal inflorescences are ninltiHorons mnch branched, coryiri- 

 botis, with moderately long or very long stalks, while the terminal 

 panicles may consist of 5 inlernodes. 



^ 9. Floivei' and Seed. The calyx is now cnp-shaped, only 

 superficially emarginate with 4 — 5 very short pointed teeth, now 

 divided into nearly free sepals down to or almost down to the base, in 

 which case the limb is not sharply separated from the ovary; in a 

 third more freqnent case cleft to the middle or a little farther. To 

 characterise the genns it is therefore of no value, bnt of great value to 

 determine the species. F'or all species mention should be made of 

 the "intestinal gland papillae", (Darmdrüsen papillen: Soi.e- 

 reder), which are placed at the inside alternate with the lobes or 

 teeth, and resemble those which the Rnbiaceae always bear at the 

 inside of the stipules and are sure to occur on their calyces more 

 frequently than appears from literature 



The corolla which is contorted in aestivation, but without 

 externally visible torsion, is trumpet-shaped and reminds us of species 

 o{ Randia and Tarenna, having a quiuquepartite limb and as in the 

 case of Randi(( the lelative lengths of tube and limb, though not 

 always constant in the same individual, is when the a\'erage is 

 considered, a means of distinguishing the species. 



The following average lations wei'e found : Tube many times as 

 long as the lobes [Lindenia-type), 3 — 6 cms. long: C. Hammil. 

 Tube twice as long as the lobes: C. Janotoskll. Tube about the 

 same length as the lobes or a little shorter: most of the species. 

 Tube about half the length of the lobes: 6'. Grifithii, C. fvscescens 

 and C. lutescens. A peculiarity is, that the tube which is usually 

 cylindrical and equally wide along its whole length, shows a sudden 

 inflation above the middle in two species, C. (rrijfithii and C. 

 Janoivskii, which for the rest are farthest apart on account of the 

 length of the corolla tube. 



The internal hairy covering of the corolla tube is also of some 

 interest. Only in 3 species C. Haimni, C. olacifovmis, C. favescens, 

 the interior of I lie corolla tube and the filaments are glabrous. In 

 the other species, where the filaments are covered in front with 

 long furry hairs directed downwards, this hairy covering continues 



