18 RUBIAC I 



Tribe II. Cinchonese .... Cinchona, Hymenopogon, Hy~ 



menodictyon aud Luculia. 



III. Rondeletieso .... Wendlandia. 

 IV. Hedyotideae .... Pedyotis, 

 V. Mussaendese .... Mussa?nda,Adenosacme,Myrio- 



neuron and Urophyllum. 



"VI. Gardeniese .... Byrsophyllum, Webera, Ran- 



dia, Gardenia, Hypobath- 

 rum, Petunga, Moi'in- 

 dopsis, Hyptianthera and 

 Diplospora, 



VII. Retiniphyllejie .... Scyphiphori . 

 VIII. Guettardeas .... Guettarda and Timonins. 

 IX. Vangueriese .... Plectronia and Vanaueria. 

 X. Ixorese ..... Ixora, Pavetta and Coffea. 

 XI. Morindeo? .... Morinda and Qynochihodes. 



XII. Psychotriese .... Psychotria, Ctiasalia, Lasi- 



anthus, Saprosma and 

 Hyd&opiytum. 



Pcederia, Hamiltonia and 

 Leptodermis. 



Sarcocephalus cordatus, Miq. ; Beddome t. 318 ; Kurz ii. 63 (Nauclea cordata, 

 Roxb, Fl. Ind. i. 508). Vern. Maoolet-tan-shay, Burin.; Bakmi, Cingh.,is a deciduous 

 tree of Burma and Ceylon, with a light, soft, perishable wood, weighing 23 to 34 Ibs. 

 per cubic foot. Beddorne says it is used for sandals, common furniture, doors and other 

 purposes. Cephalanihus naucleoides, DC. ; Kurz ii. 68, is a small tree of Upper 

 .Burma. Uncaria contains several scandent shrubs, U. pilosa, Roxb. PI. Ind. i. 520 ; 

 Kurz. ii. 70 ; Gamble 47. Vern. Baisi Tcara, Nep. ; KahuTcrile, Lepcha, is a straggling 

 shrub of Sikkim, Eastern Bengal and Burma, with large hooked sterile peduncles of the 

 shape of a buffalo's horn, and handsome globular flower heads. U. sessilifructus, Roxb. 

 Fl. Ind. i. 520; Kurz ii. 71; Gamble 47. Vern. Pinri, Lepcha, is a climber of 

 Sikkim, Eastern Bengal, Chittagong and Burma. Kurz gives also U.ferruginea, DC., 

 U. sessilifoUa, Roxb., and U. Icevigata, Wall, as climbing shrubs of l>urma ; while 

 U. Gambler, Hunter ; Roxb. Fl. Ind'. i. 517 ; Beddome cxxix., is a scandeut shrub of 

 Ceylon and the Malay Archipelago, whose leaves produce the astringent extract called 

 " Gainbier," or " Terra japonica," which is used for chewing with pan leaves and 

 areca nut in the same way as cutch in India, and of which large quantities are 

 prepared and used throughout the Malay Archipelago. 



Hymenopogon parasiticus, Wall. ; Kurz ii. 73 ; Gamble 47. Vern. Kurximla, Nep., 

 is an' epiphytic shrub of the North-East Himalaya and Burma. Luculia ffratis.it ma, 

 Sweet. Kurz ii. 71 ; Gamble 47. Vern. Dowari, Nep. ; Simlrangrip, Lepcha. is u large 

 shrub with handsome long-tubed pink flowers, found in the hills of Sildiim and iu 

 Upper Burma. Its leaves are used in dyeing. Weight 23 Ibs. (Wallich. No. 13). 



Hedyotis contains only small climbing shrubs. They are very numerous, aud 

 many of the specii-s are used in dyeing. 



Musscenda contains about 7 large shrubs remarkable for having one of the lobes of 

 the calyx enlarged into a membranous, usually white leaf. M.frondosa, Linn. ; Roxb. 

 Fl. Ind. i. 557 ; Beddome ex xi. ; Gamble 48. Vern. Asari, Nop ; Tmnherh, Lqu-ha ; 

 Maasenda, Ciugh., is a handsome shrub of the North-East Himalaya, InMigal, South 

 India and Burma, with yellow flowers and large white calycine le:it'. often oultivated in 

 gardens. M. macrophylla, Wall.; Kur/ ii. 57; Gamble IS, is a small tree of 

 second growth forest in the Sikkim Himalaya; also found iu the Andamans. Kurz 

 mentions 5 other species as occurring in Burma. Atlcii'ixacinc lonffifolia, Wall. ; Kur/ 

 ii. 54; Gamble 48. Vern. Pitamari, Nep., is a shrub of the North-East Himalaya and 

 Burma, remarkable for its pretty snow-white berries. Myrioncuron nutatm, R. Br. ; 

 Kur/ ii. 65, is a shrub of ChittatfOng. l7ri>/>/tyl/nnt cor.tains 3 shrubs or small (ivos of 

 Martaban and Tenasserim and 2 small lives >f Oylon. 



Byrwp&yllum Ivlrandnan, JJed.lume 1. :^i, is a small tree of the hills of Travan- 

 core. II i/i>nl><tt!irit ni rticcmosum, Kur/ ii. 51 (Ifii/i</iit raconosa, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 

 525) Vdii. I'lchui'ia. lien^., is a shrub nf Eastern Bengal and of the swauip forests of 

 Pi-git and Arra.;au. Petunga Roxlurnhii . 1HV Vern. J/inir. Beng.. is ti small tree of 



