<Coptosapelta.~\ LXXV. RUBIACE^J. (J. D. Hooker.) 35 



loculicidally 2--3-valved. Seeds many, peltate, imbricate, winged; embryo 

 straight in fleshy albumen. DISTKIB. Species 4, all Malayan. 



1. C. flavescens, Korth. in Ned. Kruidk. Arch. ii. 113; branches in- 

 florescence and leaves tieneath softly tomentose or glabrate, leaves elliptic 

 acuminate, calyx-limb short small, corolla tube silky lobes glabrous. Stylo- 

 coryne inacrophylla, Wall. Cat. 8405, excl. syn. Webera macrophylla, Roxb. . 



MALAYAN PENINSULA, from Tenasserim to Singapore and Penang, Porter, Griffith 

 (Kew Distrib. 2708), Maingay (Kew Distrib. 908). DISTRIB. Sumatra, Java, 

 Borneo. 



A shrub, branches terete. Leaves coriaceous, 3-4 by 2 in., shining above, green 

 when dry, nerves 3 or 4 pair prominent beneath ; petiole - in. Flowers 1 in. diam., 

 fragrant. Calyx-limb short, lobes oblong. Corolla-tube % in. ; lobes twice as long, 

 linear, obtuse. Capsule ^ in. diam. 



2. C. Griffith!!, Hook. f. Ic. PL t. 1089; branches inflorescence and 

 leaves beneath softly tomentose or glabrate, leaves elliptic or orbicular acumi- 

 nate, calyx-limb cupular, corolla-tube and lobes silky. 



MALACCA and SINGAPORE, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 2789), Maingay (Kew Distrib. 

 907). 



Very similar to C. flavescens in foliage, but more tomentose, calyx-limb larger 

 almost inflated, corolla-tube shorter and much broader, and together with the lobes 

 very silky ; fruit and seeds all larger. 



10. HYIKENODXCTYOX, Wall. 



Trees or shrubs with thick branches and bitter bark. Leaves petioled, 

 deciduous ; stipules deciduous. Flowers small, spicate ; spikes in axillary and 

 terminal nodding panicles with 1 or 2 large leafy reticulate persistent bracts. 

 Calyx-tube short; lobes 5-6, ovate or subulate, ' deciduous. CoroUa funnel- 

 or bell-shaped, glabrous within ; lobes 5, short, valvate in bud with everted 

 margins. Stamens 5, inserted below the throat, filaments short dilated up- 

 wards ; anthers linear. Ovary 2-celled ; style filiform, stigma spindle-shaped ; 

 ovules numerous, on cylindric placentas adnate to the septum. Capsule loculi- 

 cidally 2-valved, many-seeded ; placentas at length free. Seeds imbricating 

 upwards, testa broadly winged ; embryo small, in fleshy albumen. DISTRIB. 

 Species 4-5 tropical Asiatic and African. 



1. K. ezcelsum, Wall in Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. Carey $ Wall. ii. 149; 

 leaves ovate elliptic or almost orbicular abruptly acuminate finely pubescent on 

 both surfaces, stipules subentire, panicles large spreading compound. W. fy A. 

 Prodr. 392; Wt. Ic. t. 79; Dalz. 8f Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 117; Brand. For. Fl. 267. 

 H. thyrsiflorurn, Wall. 1. c. 151 ; Cat. 6114 and 6115 D. (flaccidum) ; Kurz 

 For. Fl. ii. 72. H. utile, Wight Ic. t. 1159 (letterpress) ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 130, 

 t. 219, A. only. H. obovatum, Wt. Ic. t. 80 (copied from Roxburgh). H. 

 Horsfieldianum, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 154. Cinchona excelsa, Roxb. Cor. 

 PL t. 106 ; Fl. Ind. i. 629. 0. thyrsiflora, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 15 ; Fl. Ind. 

 i. 530. 



Dry hills, base of the WESTERN HIMALAYA from Garwhal to Nepal, ascending to 

 2500 ft. ; throughout the DECCAN and Central India to the Anuamaliays ; and in 

 TENASSERIM and CHITTAGONG. DISTRIB. Java. 



A deciduous tree, 30-40 ft., with smooth bark. Leaves 4-10 by 3-5 in. ; mem- 



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