182 RUBIACEAE, ? [ Paederia. 
funnel-shaped, glabrous at the throat, 5—6-lobed, the tube enc long, 
the lanceolate, greenish, finally reflected lobes 3’.. Anthers 11/2", oblong- 
obtuse, on filaments of the same length, exserted. Style much exserted, 
—15” long, with bidentate or bifid stigma. Drupe as before, ovoid, 
5“ long and 4” broad, the two pyrenae with 3 dorsal ribs and protruding 
lateral angles, chartaceous. Seed plano-conyex, emarginate at the apex 
— a bifureating longitudinal sulcus on the ventral face and a semilunar slit 
in the interior, at the base of sung lies the small embryo — exactly as in 
Straussia. — Wawra, l. ¢. p. 
Kauai! in the woods of Waimea. <A highly ornamental tree (Kn.). 
10. PAEDERIA, L. 
Calyx-limb par 5—4-toothed, persistent. Corolla oe broad, 
with 5—4 short lobes, which are valyate and folded in the Anthers 
linear-oblong, subsessile, enclosed. Style with 2 linear ee branches. 
Ovary 2-celled, with 1 erect anatropous ovule in each cell. Drupe rather 
dry, the thin fragile rind soon seceding from the pyrenae, which are or- 
bicular or ovate and dorsally Nepal Seeds with fleshy albumen, 
testa adhering to the endoca yo large, “with cordate 
broad cotyledons and a short inferior dale: — Stem twining, terete. 
Stipules one on each side. Cymes loosely dichotomous or trichotomous, 
axillary or in a terminal panicle 
A small genus, almost limited to tropical Asia. 
Tl. P. foetida, L. — DC. Prod. IV, 471. — A tall glabrous twiner, 
woody at the base. Leaves on petioles of 1—1'/2', ovate or lanceolate, 
2—3' X 1—1!/2', membranous. Stipules short triangular. Cymes axillary, 
compound, generally secund, 1'/2—2'/2’ long, the common peduncle !/2—1', 
the median flowers page the lateral on pedicels of 1—11/2". Bracts 
inute. As cymes grow from the axils of many, often 12, pairs of leaves 
which gradually ting reduced to bracts, the inflorescence has the 
appearance of a long foliose panicle or thyrsus. Calyx less than 1”; 
with 5 short teeth. Corolla 3—4", white or pale pink, mealy-tomentose 
outside, hirsute on the inside of the entire tube, the small spreading 
limb marked with a starlike pink spot. Anthers inserted below the 
middle of the tube, hidden between the hairs. Style as long as the tube, 
bifid to near the base into long filiform twisted branches. Berry globular 
or ovoid. — Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 162. — The leaves are fetid when 
bruised. 
Oahu! Kaliki, Nuuanu, Makaleha, rere introduced. Appeared first about the 
year 1854, in Kalihi, tering the birds have selon dag e seeds. A common plant of southern 
Asia, extending over most islands and coasts from Mauritius and Ceylon to Japan. 
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