Stylocoryne^ rub] ace jE. 157 



smaller than that of S. Webera, and pubescent outside, the oblong lobes longer 

 than the tube. Style long and linear, more thickened than in the last species. 

 Berry globular, 3 lines diameter, with about 12 to 14 seeds in each cell. — 

 Cupia mollissima, Hook, and Arn. Bot. Beech. 192. 



Scarce, in the Happy Valley woods, on Mount Victoria, and near the Buddhist Temple, 

 Champion. Also on the adjoining continent, but not known out of S. China. 



10. DIPLOSPORA, DC. 



Calyx-limb short, 4-toothed or truncate. Corolla-tube short, lobes 4, spread- 

 ing, imbricate in the bud. Anthers exserted. Style with 2 stigmatic lobes. 

 Ovary 2-celled, with 2 or more ovules attached laterally to a small peltate 

 placenta. Fruit a globular berry. Seeds solitary or few in each cell. — 

 Shrubs. Stipules 1 on each side, pointed, with a broad base. Mowers in 

 axillary clusters or close cymes. 



A small genus, confined to tropical Asia. 



1. D. viridiflora, DC. Prod. iv. 477 ; Benth.inKew Journ. Bot. iv. 195. 

 An unarmed shrub, with the habit of Canthium, or of some Randias, glabrous 

 in every part. Leaves oval-oblong or nearly lanceolate, usually 2 to 4 in. 

 long, coriaceous and shining, on a short petiole. Mowers clustered in short 

 dense axillary cymes of a pale straw-colour, varying from 3£ to 5 lines dia- 

 meter. Anthers almost sessile in some specimens, with filaments nearly as 

 long as themselves in others. Ovules usually 2 in each cell. Berries red, the 

 size of a pea. — Gardenia dapknoides, Hance in Walp. Ann. ii. 796. 



Common on Victoria Peak, Champion ; in the Happy Valley woods and at Little Hong- 

 kong, Wilford; also Wright. On the adjacent continent, but not known out of S. Cbina. 

 Although the number of ovules is variable, I find, in by far the greater number of flowers 

 that I have opened, 2 to each cell as described by Lindley. I have seen, however, as many 

 as 4, and Col. Champion had counted 6 to each cell, whilst from a memorandum of A. Gray's 

 to one of Wright's specimens, I find he had seen only 1. In other flowers of the same spe- 

 cimen there were the normal 2 to each cell. 



11. PAVETTA, Linn. 



Calyx-limb small, 4-toothed. Corolla-tube slender, lobes 4, imbricate in 

 the bud. Style exserted, slender, entire or the stigmatic lobes not spreading. 

 Ovary 2-celled, with 1 ovule in each cell peltately attached to the centre of 

 the partition. Berry slightly drupaceous, globular, 2-celled. Seeds attached 

 by their flat face. — Shrubs or small trees. Stipules solitary on each side, 

 pointed, with a broad base. Mowers in terminal corymbs. 



A genus of several African, S. Asiatic, or Australian species, scarcely differing from Ixora y 

 with which some botanists unite it. 



1. P. indica, Linn.; W. and Arn. Trod. Fl. Penins. i. 431; Wight, Ic. 

 £.148. A tall shrub or small tree, glabrous or slightly pubescent, the speci- 

 mens turning black in drying. Leaves stalked, oval-oblong or almost lan- 

 ceolate, acute or acuminate, 3 to 4 in. long, narrowed at the base. Corymb 

 loosely trichotomous, sessile above the last leaves. Calyx about 1 line long, 

 with minute teeth. Corolla-tube about 6 lines long ; the lobes oblong, about 

 2£ lines, white or pale-green. Berries globular, 2 or 3 lines diameter. 



