~70 ICONES PLANTARUM. 
Puate 1088. 
BRACHYTOME WALLICHII, Zook. /. 
RUBIACER. 
Br rachytome, Hook. f. gen. nov.— Flores polygamo-dioici, eum pedicello 
non articulati. Calycis tubus oblongus ; limbus cupularis, obscure 5-den- 
Stamina fauce corolle inserta, inclusa, filamentis brevissimis ; anthere 
metho dorso affix, lineari-oblonge, utrinque obtuse 2-lob tice dehis- 
centes, in fl. 9 valde imperfe isc rvus, annularis, in 
: in 
ularis, major. Ovarium 2-loculare; stylus filiformis, 
brevis, stigmatis lobis breviter oblongis se suleatis ; ovula numerosis- 
sima, placentis s septo peltatim affixis inserta, non immersa. Bacca parva, 
ellipso idea, 2-locularis, polysperma. Semina horisoutalia, conferta, pulpo non 
immersa, cuneata compressa, nna een reticulata, albumine carnoso 5 em- 
ryO parvus, su ubey lindricus.—Frutex v. arbuscula glaberrima, ramulis gra- 
cilibus teretibus, Volia opposita, fildioaces, petiolata, oblongo-lanceolata, 
caudato-acuminata, siccitate subtus irbeie ea. Stipule nila eps triangu- 
lares, acuminate. Flores parvi, in cymas graciles paniculatas dispositi ; cyme 
ex axilla folii non evoluti orte, hine quasi oppositifolie ; pedicelli graciles, 
basi minute bracteolati ; corolla ie 
B. Wallichii, Hook. /. sp. unica. 
Has. East Sones, Khasia Mountains, alt. 3-5000 ft., De Silva (Wall. 
Cat. n. 8464 and 8466), @ riffith, Hook. f and Thomson ; Eastern Himalaya, 
Darjeeling and Bhotan, alt. 56000 feet, Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 2787). 
x Vv. arbuscula glaberrima, ramulis teretibus suberectis, — seepe 
Il. ran 
nervisque numerosis subtus prominulis. Stipule intrapetiolares, subconnate, 
late res Bs. copa persistentes. Cyme axillares, breves, effusee, multi- 
nage Seats sce pedunculis pedicellisque gracilibus, bracteis 
nutis, “Fl. parvi, % poll. longi. Calycis baste ee us. Co- 
vols subeylindrica, | lineolato-punctata. 1. feem. majores, longiores, } poll. 
longi. — Calycis_tubus elongato-ovoideus, Corolla sabiifandibulifornais. 
Bacce \onge peaiodl latee, fere 1 % poll. Din leeves, ovoiderr. Semina dense 
congesta, compressa, subcuneata, angulata 
A very distinct genus of Gardeniee, allied - —— but very distinct in 
the fruit and form of the corolla.—J. D. Hoo 
, we. I, — — > - same, with the corolla laid open. 3. acme = 
ovary. erry. 5. Transverse section of ditto. 6. 
Vertical pag of aitte s—all Bete 
Senate etna as ne gual, 
