152 Lxx. RUBiACE^ (hiern). [Vaiigueria. 



emarginate (the uppermost ones sometimes narrowed) at the base, 

 membranons or at length chartaceous, glabrate or with scattered short 

 hispid hairs on the midrib, paler beneath, very shortly petiolate, 1^2 

 by -^-1 in. ; lateral veins about 4 pairs, inconspicuous ; stipules apicu- 

 late'from a broad base, small. Flowers ^ in. long (when expanded), 

 solitary or two together ; pedicel shorter than the flower ; peduncle 

 axillary, slender, puberulous, 4-f in. long, bibracteolate at the top. 

 Calyx turbinate, truncate, glabrous. Corolla glabrous outside ; throat 

 bearded ; lobes 6 or 8, lanceolate, caudate-acuminate. Anthers exserted. 

 Ovary 3-4-celled ; stigma 3-4-lobed, capitate, exserted ; lobes imbri- 

 cated. Fruit ^ in. long, 3-4-ribbed and -celled. 



nrile Iband. Djur-lantl, Schweipfiirth / 'Sia,mn\n,ra-\and, Schweinftirth I 



12. V. tetraphylla, Scliweinf. mss. in herh. A puberulous 

 shrub, 20 feet high. Branches opposite, roundly foursided, spinous, 

 sub-scandent, patent, dull-reddish ; spines patent, subulate tapering 

 from a robust base, ^1 in., decussate or opposite to a short spine-like 

 branchlet, supra-axillary. Leaves crowded on the abbreviated lateral 

 shoots, opposite, pseudo-verticillate in fours, oval, rounded or obtuse at 

 apex, wedge-shaped or obtuse at the base, chartaceons, ciliolate, of the 

 same yellowish green on both sides when dry, 1-1-^ by ^-J in. ; lateral 

 veins about 4 pail's, inconspicuous ; petiole ^-i in. hispidulous ; stipules 

 apiculate from an ovate base, small. Flowers 4-5-merous, iV~8 ^^• 

 long on short hispidulous pedicels, a few together, in very abbreviated 

 axillary clusters, precocious. Calyx-teeth small, subulate, spreading, 

 glabrous. Corolla hispidulous outside ; throat bearded ; lobes lanceolate, 

 acute. Anthers subsessile, exserted. Ovary 5-4-celled; stigma ex- 

 serted, sulcate. 



Wile ]bancl. Djur-land, Schwcinfurth .' 



Habit of V. spinosa, Roxb,, but differs by the hairy surface of the corolla. 



ol. PADOGIA, Schweinf. ; Bcnth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. Ill 

 (excl. syn.). 



Calyx-tube campanulate or turbinate ; limb truncate or 5-10-den- 

 tate or 5-lobed, small or not large, persistent. Corolla funnel-shaped 

 or subcylindrical, exceeding the calyx ; tube short or rather long, 

 straight or arching, more or less hairy inside ; throat not densely 

 bearded ; lobes 5-7, reflexed, ovate or lanceolate, valvate in aestivation, 

 slightly induplicate near the tip, more or less apiculate at the back. 

 Stamens 5-7, inserted at the mouth of the corolla ; anthers oblong or 

 lanceolate, glabrous, sessile or subsessile. Disk cushion-like, glabrous 

 or hispid. Ovary (2-) 3-5-celled ; style erect, glabrous, equalling the 

 corolla or moderately exserted ; stigma coroniform or hat-shaped, 

 lobuled at the tip, lower margin free ; ovules solitary, anatropous, 

 pendulous from below the apex. Drupe composed of 3-5 (or by abor- 

 tion 1) bony or crustaceous pyrenes. Seeds pendulous ; testa mem- 

 branous ; albumen fleshy, uniform ; embryo straight or somewhat 

 curved, I'adicle short superior. — Erect unarmed herbaceous under- 



