120 LXXV. RUBIACE2E. (J. D. Hooker.) 



G. CUNEATA, Br. ; jKwrr ^<?r. 1?Y. ii. 41 : "a small glabrous tree, branches silvery, 

 spines few solitary or paired 1-2 in., leaves subsessile obovate-cuneate obtuse thickly 

 coriaceous, flowers 2-3-nate white turning yellow rather small, calyx pubcrulous, teeth 

 5 linear-lanceolate with a pair of minute ones in each sinus, corolla subrotate in. 

 diam., tube as long as calyx, throat bearded, lobes obovate obtuse, fruit globose size 

 of a wood-apple smooth." Ava. 



G. DASTCARPA, Kurz For. Fl. ii. 42 ; "a deciduous tree, spines straight sharp, soft 

 parts villous pubescent, leaves 1-2 in. obovate-oblong obtuse or acute coriaceous 

 retrorse-pubescent above, villous pubescent beneath, petiole very short, flowers solitary 

 sessile on thick wart-like branchlcts, fruit globose corticate size of a small apple vel- 

 vety crowned with the tubular calyx-limb." Forests of Upper Tenasserim ; Promo, 

 not unfrequent, Kurz. 



G. PTTBESCENS, Both Nov. Sp. 151 ; DC. Prod)', iv. 383 ; W. & A. Prodr. 396 ; tho 

 description is insufficient to refer this to any genus, and, according to W. & A., it is 

 certainly not a Gardenia. 



G. CARIXATA, Thw. Enum. 159 (C. P. 1655 in part); specimens imperfect, leaves 

 sessile elliptic tips rounded, fruit ellipsoid obscurely 5-ribbed, endocarp rather thick 

 woody, placentas 3. Ceylon, Batticaloa, Gardner. This may be a form of G. coro- 

 naria, with 3 placentas and obscure ribs. 



G. LATIFOT.IA, 77m'. Enum. 421 (C. P. 3617) ; this has the winged calyx-limb of Cr. 

 carinata, but not so strongly, and the fruit is more globose ; it may be a form of 

 G. latifolia (the calyx being a very variable character). Ceylon, near Colombo, W. 

 Ferguson. 



48.* HYPOBATHRUZK, Blume. 



49. PETTING A, DC. 



Glabrous shrubs j branches slender, strict, terete. Leaves petioled, narrowed 

 at both ends ; stipules triangular or oblong-ovate. Flowers small, in axillary 

 spikes, 2-bracteolate, white. Calyx-tube ovoid ; limb minute, 4-toothed, persis- 

 tent. Corolla funnel-shaped, throat villons ; lobes 4, spreading, twisted in bud. 

 Stamens 4 ; anthers subsessile, linear, connective thickened at the tip. Ovary 

 (often incompletely) 2-celled ; style filiform, branches linear hairy ; ovules 2-8, 

 pendulous from the top of each cell. Berry small, 2-celled. Seeds imbricate ; 

 testa thick, grooved and plaited : cotyledons linear. DISTEIB. 4 or 5, Bengal 

 and Malay. 



1. P. Rozburg-hii, DC. Prodr. iv. 399; stipules deciduous, spikes 

 glabrous elongate, berry subglobose. P. inicrocarpa, DC. 1. c. P. variabilis, 

 Ilassk. in Flora, 1845, 2'32. Iligginsia inicrocarpa, Blume Bijd. 988. Spicillaria 

 Leschenaultii, A. Hick, in Mem. Hist. Nat. Paris, v. 252. Ptandia racemosa 

 and polysperma, Roxb. Ilort. Bong. 15 ; Fl. Incl. i. 525, 527. R. polysperma, 

 DC. 1. c. 389. Hypobathruin racemosuni, Kurz For. Flor. ii. 61. Rubiacea, 

 Wall. Cat. 8302, 8312. 



EAST BENGAL (Suckshmee-pcora), Hamilton ; SILHET, WalHch ; CHITTAGONG, Eox- 

 Irtirgli: PEGU, McClelland; TKNASSERIM and the NICOBAK ISLDS., in swamp forests, 

 Kur~, &c. ; MALACCA, Griffith. DISTRIB. Java, Borneo. 



An evergreen shrub, 3-8 ft. Leaves 2-5 by |-1^ in., brown when dry, thinly 

 coriaceous; petiole % in.; stipules broad, caducous, with an axillary ring of brown 

 hairs. Spikes sessile or short-peduncled, 1-2 in., erect spreading or recurved. Flowers 

 % in. long. Berry globose or shortly ellipsoid, pedicelled, orange-yellow. Griffith's 

 Malacca specimen has smaller very shining leaves. 



2. P. long-ifolia, DC. Prodr. iv. 399 ; stipules persistent, spikes densely 

 pubescent very short. Iligginsia longifolia, Blume mss. 



* This genus is introduced into the Key (p. 19) becauso it most probably occurs 

 in the Malayan Peninsula, though it is as yet unrecorded. 



