Wendlawlia.'] LXXV. RUBIACE.E. (J. D. Hooker.) 41 



Branches rather slender. Leaves 3-4 by -f in., narrowed into the short petiole, 

 coriaceous, not shining, midrib strong, nerves about 8 pair very slender; stipules per- 

 sistent. Panicle leafy below. Flowers rather crowded, often pedicelled. Corolla- 

 tube slender, in. ; lobes almost orbicular, small. Anthers shortly exserted. Stigma 

 shortly clavate, entire or 2-fid. A very distinct species. 



14. W. pendula, DC. Prodr. iv. 412; branches and inflorescence pubes- 

 cent, leaves 3-nately whorled sessile ovate or ovate-lanceolate obtusely acumi- 

 nate puberulous on the nerves beneath, stipules small very shortly triangular, 

 panicle small, calyx glabrous, teeth lanceolate about equalling the tube. Wall. 

 Cat. 6275. 



NIPAL, Wallich ; Pemmi river, alt. 4000 ft., J. D. H. 



A shrub, branches slender. Leaves 3-4 by I? If in., thin, shining and reticulated 

 above, base rounded or subacute, nerves 6-7 pair, petiole hardly any; stipules very 

 inconspicuous. Panicle 4-6 in. long, branches stout. Flowers rathered clustered, often 

 pedicelled. Corolla-tube in., slender, lobes oblong. Stamens shortly exserted; 

 stigma clavate. A most distinct species. 



13. GREENE A, W. # A. 



Shrubs. Leaves opposite or whorled in threes ; stipules various. Fl-owers 

 small, white, sessile in terminal panicled scorpioid cymes, bracteoles slender or 0. 

 Calyx-tube globose ; lobes 4-5, subulate or ovate, persistent, one longer than 

 the others. Corolla funnel-shaped, tube long, glabrous within ; lobes 4-5, twisted 

 in bud. Stamens 4-5 in the corolla-throat, filaments short ; anthers linear, 2-fid 

 at both ends. Ovary 2- rarely 3-celled : style filiform, stigmas 2 linear revolute ; 

 ovules numerous on peltate placentas adnate to the septum. Capsule small, 

 globose, 2-celled, septicidally 2-valved, valves with separable endocarp, placentas 

 at length free many-seeded. Seeds falcate, or subcubical, or angled, testa nar- 

 rowly winged ; embryo club-shaped in fleshy albumen. DISTKIB. Species 5 or 6, 

 Burmese and Malayan. 



1. Cr. Jackii, W. 8f A. Prodr. 404; inflorescence and leaves beneath 

 softly tomentose or villous, leaves oblanceolate obtusely acuminate, stipules 

 large, flowers close-set. Rondeletia corymbosa. Jack in Mai. Misc. i. 4. R. 

 spicata, Wall, in Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. Carey 8? Wall. ii. 139. Wendlandia ? 

 corymbosa, Wall. Cat. 6276; DC. Prodr. iv. 413; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 75. 

 W.? spicata, DC. I.e. 412. 



MALAYAN PENINSULA, from Tenasserim to Singapore, Jack, &c. 



An evergreen shrub. Leaves membranous, 8-20 by 1^-6 in., puberulous or 

 glabrate above, narrowed into the very short petiole; nerves 20-30 pair, slender; 

 stipules very variable in length and breadth, ^-1 in., acute. Panicle subsessile, 

 primary branches 3-chotomous, ultimate 2-chotomous ; bracteoles filiform. Corolla- 

 tube | in., hairy, twice as long as the 4 ovate lobes. Capsule -| in. diam., pubescent. 



2. G-. Wig-htiana, W. $ A. Prodr. 404 ; inflorescence puberulous, leaves 

 elliptic-lanceolate or oblanceolate acuminate glabrous except sometimes the 

 midrib beneath, stipules with long subulate points, flowers separate. Wt. Ic. t. 

 1151. Wendlandia? Wightiana, Wall. Cat. 6277; G. Dm Gen. Syst. iii. 520. 

 W. secunda, Gr iff. Notul. 266 ; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 75. Guettarda, sp. Wall. Cat. 



TENASSERIM, Gomez, &c. BIRMA, Griffith. 



A shrub or small tree. Leaves much like those of G. Jackii, but glabrous with 

 longer petioles and fewer nerves ; stipules usually suddenly contracted to a long point. 

 Panicles sessile or long- or short-peduncled, branches very slender. Corolla-tube in., 

 puberulous, thrice as long as the 4-5 ovate lobes. Capsules puberulous. 



