Webera.'] LXXV. ECBIACE^:. (J. D. Hooker.) 107 



small sessile few-flowered pubescent, flowers shortly pedicelled ebracteolate at 

 the base, calyx obconic, teeth short broad, corolla-tube cylindric much longer 

 .than the short lobes, style glabrous, stigma very slender. ? Pavetta nilagirica. 

 Sedd. Fl. Sylv., For. Man. 134/8. 



NILGHERUY MTS. ; Sispara Ghat and Peria Peak, Wynaad, Ecddome, G. Thomson. 



Branches stout. Leaves 4-9 by 1^-2^ in., greenish when dry, glabrous above; 

 petiole in., stout ; stipules shortly triangular. Cymes 1 in., and buds similar to 

 those of W. canarica, but the branches more pubescent, and the calyx-teeth more 

 prominent. Corolla (seen in bud only) more resembling a Pavetta than a Webera, as 

 do the very slender styles with the stigma not thickened or fusiform at all, and the 

 sessile anthers ; but the flowers are 5-merous. It is probably a o-merous Pavetta, 

 .and possibly a form of the protean P. indica. 



20. W. Helferi, Hook. f. ; branches slender glabrous, leaves elliptic-lan- 

 ceolate or oblanceolate caudate-acuminate membranous glabrous, nerves 10 pair, 

 peduncle long slender glabrate branches pubescent, flowers pedicelled ebracteo- 

 late at the base, calyx-teeth subulate shorter than the tube, corolla puberulous, 

 tube slender much longer than the short broad lobes. Ixora Helferi, Kurz in 

 Journ. As. Soc. 1872, ii. 316 ; For. Fl. ii. 17. 



TENASSERIM, Heifer. 



Leaves 5-8 by 1^-2 in., blackish when dry, narrowed into the short petiole; sti- 

 pules ovate, acuminate, glabrous. Peduncle 4-6 in., inclined or drooping; cyme 

 brachiate, branches slender ; bracts linear-subulate, o.r the lower pair leafy. Flowers 

 pedicelled. Calyx-teeth subulate. Corolla-tube in. ; lobes broadly oblong, the 

 length of the tube ; throat glabrous. Style fusiform, slender ; stigma shortly exserted, 

 slender, fusiform. Ovules 1 in each cell. 



43. BYRSOPHYLLUZVX, Hook. f. 



Glabrous shrubs or small trees ; branches robust, terete. Leaves very coria- 

 ceous ; stipules large, deciduous. Flowers large, dioecious, white or pink, in 

 terminal few-fld. corymbs or fascicles ; bracteoles small, scale-like. Calyx-tube 

 (of $ ) hemispheric ; limb short, cupular, persistent. Corolla coriaceous, tube 

 long, throat campanulate, mouth contracted, villous ; lobes oblong, obtuse, 

 twisted in bud. Stamens 4-6, on the mouth of the corolla ; anthers sessile, 

 linear-oblong, included. Ovary 2-celled ; style filiform, stigma spindle-shaped 

 or stigmas 2 acute cohering'; ovules numerous, immersed in fleshy placentas 

 adnate to the septum. Berries ovoid or globose, 2-celled, many-seeded. Seeds 

 oblong, flattened, imbricate in 2 series, immersed in pulp. DISTRIB. 2 Indian 

 species. 



1. B. ellipticum, Hook.f. in^Gen. PI. ii. 83 ; leaves elliptic or elliptic- 

 obovate cuspidate, flowers 4-6 T merous, stigma 2-Jobed. Coflea ? elliptica and 

 Stylocoryne elliptica, Thw. Enum. 154 and 421 ; JBedd. Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 96. 



CEYLON, at no great elevation, Thivaites. 



A small tree, dark brown when dry. Leaves 4-7 by 2-3 in., sometimes obovatc ; 

 petiole very stout, ^-1 in. ; stipules convolute, oblong, acute. Peduncles 1-3, ^-f in. 

 Calyx small, truncate. Corolla white ; tube slender, |-1 in. ; lobes i in. Berries 1 

 in. diam., globose, about 10-seeded. 



2. B. tetrandrum, Hook.f. in Gen. PL ii. 83 ; leaves obovate or elliptic- 

 oblong, tip rounded, flowers 4-merous, stigma entire. JBedd. FL Sylv. t. 326. 

 Gardenia tetrandra, Bedd. Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 20. 



TEAVANCOKE MTS., alt. 5000 ft. ; Athraymallay, Captain Davidson. 



A shrub or small tree, dark brown when dry. Leaves 3-5 by l-2 in., shining 



