94 LXXV. RUBIACE.E. (J. D. Hooker.) [Leucocodon. 



in the bottom. Calyx-tube subglobose ; limb cylindric, irregularly split, per- 

 sistent. Corolla funnel-shaped, throat glabrous; lobes 5, thickly coriaceous, 

 valvate in bud. Stamens 5, inserted in the tube ; anthers sessile, linear, in- 

 cluded. Ovary 2-celled ; style filiform, stigmas 2 linear thick ; ovules crowded 

 on broad peltate placentas. Seeds compressed, boat>-shaped, testa thick striate ; 

 embryo minute, in fleshy albumen. 



1. Zi. reticulatum, Gardn. in Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. vii. 5 ; Thiv. JSnum 

 138 ; Sedd. Ic. PL 2nd. Or. t. 94. 



CEYLON ; central province, alt. 3-5000 ft., Walter, Gardner, &c. 



Branches stout. Leaves 3-4 by 1| 1^ in., dark brown when dry, elliptic-lanceo- 

 late, acute, opaque above, shining and reticulate beneath; petiole ^-1 in. Involucre 

 shortly stoutly peduncled, lin. long by 2 across the lobed mouth, sides much folded* 

 Corolla l-| in. Berries % in. diam., white. 



33. POLVSOLENIA, 7/ooA-. /. 



An erect glabrous undershrub ? with a flexuous stem leafy towards the top. 

 Leaves membranous; stipules large, erect, 3-fid or torn, persistent. Floivers in 

 solitary terminal peduncled heads, sessile or pedicelled; peduncle naked or 

 involucrate about the middle by torn stipular bracts ; bracteoles 3-fid, Calyx- 

 tube short, limb short, 5-fid. Corolla pubescent, tube slender funnel-shaped 

 above, throat villous ; lobes 5, short, valvate in bud. Stamens 5, inserted below 

 the throat, filaments short ; anthers linear, included. Ovary 2-celled ; style 

 filiform, stigmas 2 short dilated ; ovules very many, on oblong tumid peltate 

 placentas. Fruit unknown. 



1. P. Wallicliii, Hook. f. in Gen. PL ii. 68. Morinda sp., Watt. Cat. 

 8424. 



KHASIA MTS., Gomez ; CACHAB, Keenan. 



Stem cylindric, woody, simple or branched, glabrous or pubescent above. Leaves 

 3-5 in., brown when dry, lanceolate, acuminate, narrowed into a petiole, | 1 in., 

 pubescent; nerves many, slender; stipules - in. Heads % in. diam., tomentose ; 

 peduncle 2-3 in., slender, pubescent ; bracts few, irregular, ovate or linear-oblong ; 

 flowers subsessile. Calyx-lobes broadly ovate. Corolla 1-1 J in. long, tube very 

 slender pubescent, lobes obtuse. In the absence of fruit the position of this genus 

 remains doubtful. 



34. TRZSCZADXA, Hook. f. 



A glabrous twining shrub, branches stout. Leaves softly coriaceous, nerves 

 few ; stipules short, broad, shortly connate below, acute or 2-toothed, caducous, 

 leaving an annular scar. Flowers white, scented, in 3-6-flowered panicled or 

 ternate peduncled terminal umbels ; bracts and bracteoles (perhaps caducous). 

 Calyx-tube campanulate ; limb membranous, cupular, 5-toothed, ciliate, de- 

 ciduous. Corolla coriaceous, funnel-shaped ; tube short, hairy within ; throat 

 glabrous ; lobes 5, lanceolate, valvate in bud, with incurved tips. Stamens 5, 

 on the throat of the corolla, filaments filiform ; anthers slender, versatile, ex- 

 serted. Ovary 2-celled; style filiform; stigmas 2 linear-lanceolate; ovules 2 

 or more in each cell, sunk in a fleshy placenta adnate to the septum. Fruit 

 unknown. 



1. T. truncata, Hook. f. in Gen. PL ii. 69. Webera truncata, Eoxb. 

 FL 2nd., cd. Carey $ Wall. ii. 538. Stylocoryne truncata, Wall. Cat. 8403. 

 (Aipia truncata, DC. Prodr. iv. 394. Pseudixora truncata, Mia. FL 2nd. Sat. 

 ii. 210. 



