Order 63. Rubiacece. 147 



*P. hispidula (P. siphonantha, D.). Very like the last, but with 

 flowers usually much larger and yellowish. Parpuli Ghaut (D.). 



Webera, filaments short or none, stigma long. *W. corymbosa 

 (Stylocoryne Webera, D.), leaves oblong lanceolate, shining, flowers 

 small, white, in corymbs, corolla bearded in the mouth, stigma 10-rib- 

 bed, berry size of a pea. Kdre. 



Diplospora, flowers dioecious, calyx and corolla tube short. *D. 

 apiocarpa {Discospermum a. D.). Middle-sized tree, leaves ovate 

 elliptic, flowers small, sessile in the axils, stamens much exserted, 

 fruit pear-shaped with a circular ring below the top. *D. sphcerocarpa 

 (Discospermum s. D.), like the last, but the fruit round, fetid, 2-celled. 

 These two depend chiefly on Dalzell, who has " Ghauts, lat. 16." 



17. MOEINDA. 



1. M. tinctoria (M. citrifolia, D). A shrub or small tree, 

 branches 4-angled, leaves oval, shining, flowers white in short- 

 stalked heads, corolla lobes and stamens 5, fruit round or ovoid, 

 fleshy. Al, bdrtondi. 



" Cultivated and wild (?) throughout the hotter parts of India and 

 Ceylon" (H. ). Fields of it are cultivated in Khandesh and other 

 places, for the roots, from which a red dye is made. 



H. includes in this D.'s M. bracteata, which has heads of flowers 

 bracted, and calyx often with one long leafy lobe. (See Mus- 

 scenda.} 



2. M. citrifolia (M. tomentosa, D). A shrub or small tree, 

 most parts downy with handsome shining ovate leaves, flowers 

 few together, white, long-tubed, fragrant, fruit round and 

 smooth, size of an apple, showing the marks of the separate 

 berries of which it is composed. Ndgkura, aseti. 



The Konkan and elsewhere, often planted. 



If. strangely puts the fruit of this as one inch in diameter, though 

 it is described and figured as above by various authors. There ap- 

 pears to be much confusion between this species and the last, and 

 many varieties are found throughout India. The tree is very widely 

 spread. Captain Cook says that the fruit is eaten in the South Sea 

 islands in time of scarcity. At Sierra Leone it is called the brimstone- 

 tree, and attains a great size. 



(e) 18. HAMILTONIA. 



*H. suaveolens (H. mysorensis, D.). A small erect rigid 

 shrub, leaves oval lanceolate, flowers small, white or blue, calyx 

 teeth very variable, often with intermediate gland-tipped pro- 

 cesses, capsule very small, elliptical, seeds 3-sided. Gidisa, 

 gitsai, 



Caranjah and the Ghauts, pretty common (D. and #.). 

 H. calls this shrub 'fetid when bruised,' which seems scarcely 



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