156 RUBIACE/E. [Ratidia. 



oblong, near 3 lines long, very spreading or reflexed, pubescent outside with 

 minute appressed hairs. Stigma linear, much exserted. Berries small, glo- 

 bular. Seeds several, ovoid, compressed or angular, immersed in the pulpy 

 placenta. — Webera densiflora, Wall., in Eoxb. ¥1. Ind. ed. Car. ii. 536. Cupia 

 densiflora, DC. Prod. iv. 394. Stylocoryne densiflora, Wall., Catal. n. 8404 ; 

 Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. ii. 206. Gynopachys attenuata, Korth. in Kruidk. Arch. ii. 

 182? Gynopachys oblongata, Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. ii. 221, and probably the 

 Rubiacea, WaU. Catal. n. 8455 and 8456. 



Hongkong, Champion. A single specimen, in very young bud, which on a careful com- 

 parison appears to me to belong to this species, although I do not feel certain of its identity. 

 I have described it from Penang and Sumatra specimens, where it appears common, extend- 

 ing northward at least to Tavoy. Although it is difficult to draw a very marked line between 

 Randia and Stylocoryne, this species appears to me to have much more the calyx, and espe- 

 cially the fruit, as well as the habit and inflorescence of the former than of the latter genus. 

 It has probably been referred to Stylocoryne on account of the style, the stigmatic thickened 

 portion of which is longer and thinner than in most Randias. It however is so different in 

 shape in the different species that it cannot be taken even as an artificial generic distinction. 

 The true Stylocorynes have the habit and inflorescence of Pavetta, the seeds numerous, very 

 angular, not immersed in an almost fleshy rather than pulpy placenta, but surrounded by a 

 very thin pulp, scarcely perceptible when dry. 



9. STYLOCORYNE, Cav. 



Calyx-limb short, 5-toothed, deciduous. Corolla-tube cylindrical; lobes 5, 

 imbricate in the bud. Anthers nearly sessile, more or less exserted. Style 

 long, slightly thickened at the top, undivided. Ovary 2-celled, with numerous 

 ovules in each cell, attached to a peltate placenta. Fruit a globular berry. 

 Seeds angular, without any or with a very thin pulp. — Shrubs or trees, with- 

 out thorns. Stipules solitary on each side, entire, pointed, with a broad 

 base. Flowers usually numerous, in terminal broad cymes or corymbs. 



A genus of several species, dispersed over tropical Africa, Asia, and Australia. 



Leaves, stems, and corymbs glabrous 1. S. Webera. 



Leaves, stems, and corymbs softly pubescent 2. S. mollissima. 



1. S. Webera, A. Rich. ; W. and Am. Prod. i. 401 • Wight, Ic. t. 309 

 and 584. An evergreen shrub or small tree, quite glabrous, the specimens 

 almost always turning black in drying. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 3 or 4 in. long, contracted at the base into a petiole of 2 to 4 lines. Stipules 

 usually forming at the base a complete sheath within the petioles. Corymb 

 trichotomous, shorter than the leaves. Calyx about 1 line long, with a short 

 5-toothed limb. Corolla glabrous, the tube about 1^ lines long; the lobes 

 oblong, near twice as long. Style linear, scarcely thickened. 



In the Happy Valley, scarce, Champion, Hance, Wright. Widely distributed over India 

 and the Archipelago, and apparently variable in the density of the panicle and size of the 

 flowers ; but it would require a further examination of several allied forms to fix the limits 

 of the species. The Hongkong specimens have all rather slender and very glabrous flowers. 



2. S. mollissima, Walp. Rep. ii. 517 ; Benth. in Kew Journ. Bot. iv. 195. 

 A shrub or small tree, resembling in many respects the 8. Webera, but softly 

 and densely pubescent in every part. Leaves from ovate-lanceolate to oblong 

 or lanceolate, acutely acuminate, 3 or 4 in. long. Corymb often pedunculate. 

 Calyx very tomentose, the limb scarcely shorter than the tube. Corolla rather 



