Petwtga.'] LXXV. RUBIACE.K. (J. D. Hooker.) 121 



PENANO, PhiUips, WallicJi. DiSTmr,. Java. 



' Leaves 5-8 by 1^-2 ^ in., brown when dry, caudate-acuminate; petiole in.; 

 stipules broad, in. long, with a hairy keel ; axils hairy as in P. Roxburghii. Spikes 

 sessile or shortly-peduncled, ^ in. Fruit not seen. Leaves much longer, broader and 

 more acuminate than in P. Roxburghii, and spikes very different. 



3. P. venulosa, Hook. f. ; stipules persistent, spikes elongate glabrous, 

 berry pyriforin. Randia venulosa, Wall. Cat. 8301. 



PENANG and SINGAPORE, Wallich, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 2829) ; Main gay (911). 



Leaves 5-7 by 1|-2| in., caudate-acuminate, much more coriaceous than in P. Rox- 

 burghii and longifolia ;" petiole stout, \-^ in. ; stipules ^ in., keeled, oblong-ovate. 

 Spikes stout, 1-3 in., erect horizontal or deflexed. Berry ^ in. long, on a pedicel of 

 equal length. 



50. RIOXIXNZIOPSZS, HooTi.f. 



A small glabrous tree, branches rounded, ultimate compressed. Leaves sub- 

 sessile ; stipules broad, persistent. Flowers dioecious, small, white, in opposite 

 supra-axillary peduncled heads, or $ rarely solitary. Fl. <? : calyx-tube 

 hemispheric, 4-5- toothed. Corolla shortly campanulate, throat villous ; lobes 

 4-5, rounded, twisted in bud. Anthers 4-5, sessile, linear-oblong, acute. Disk 

 hemispheric. Style with 2 erect hairy arms. Fl. $ : calyx-tube oblong, 8- 

 grooved : limb cupular, 4-lobed, hairy within. Corolla and style of the $ . 

 Ovary 2-celled ; ovules many on peltate placentas. Berry elongate-oblong, 

 3-grooved, crowned by the calyx-limb, 2-celled, few- or many-seeded. Seeds 

 imbricated downwards, ovoid, acute at both ends. 



1. BE. capillaris, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1874, ii. 189; For. Fl. ii. 52. 

 Psilobiurn capillare, Kurz I. c. 1872, ii. 313. Morinda, Wall. Cat. 8433, 

 8434. 



PEGU and TENASSERIM, common, Wallich, &c. 



An evergreen tree, 25 ft. Leaves 3-6 by 1-2 in., polymorphous, brown when dry, 

 lanceolate oblong or elliptic, acute or acuminate, base acute rounded or subcordate ; 

 stipules ovate, acute. Peduncles of $ -3 in., often capillary, often opposite ; of $ 

 or very short, rarely long. Heads |-| in. diam. ; $ fl. in. ; ? larger; ovary 

 urceolate, crowned with the triangular ciliate calyx-teeth. Berry 1 in. Kurz, who 

 must know this genus well, reduces all the forms to one ; they differ, however, greatly 

 in length, breadth, and shape of leaves, and in the length of the peduncles. 



51. HYFTI ANTHER A, W. fy A. 



A glabrous shrub, branches terete. Leaves shortly petioled ; stipules trian- 

 gular, persistent. Flowers small, white, sessile in axillary fascicles, bracteolate. 

 Calyx-tube turbinate : lobes 5, acute, persistent. Corolla-tube short, hairy 

 within ; lobes 4-5, spreading, twisted in bud. Anthers 4-5, sessile, oblong, 

 obtuse, pubescent at the base and back. Disk annular. Ovary 2-celled ; style 

 short, included, branches large long erect hispid ; ovules 6-10 in each cell, pen- 

 dulous from its apex. Berry ovoid or globose. Seeds pendulous, imbricated, 

 compressed and angled, testa thick fibrous and plaited ; embryo small. 



1. K. stricta, W. $ A. Pro Jr. 399 ; Brand. For. Fl. 274. Randia 

 stricta, Eoxb. Hort. Beny. 15; Fl. Ind. i. 526; DC. Prodr. iv. 386. Macro- 

 cnemum strictum, Willd. in Roem. Sch. Syst. v. 6. Rondeletia stricta, Roth 

 Nov. sp. 140, excl. syn. ITypobathrum strictum, Kurz For. Fl. ii. 50. Rubiacea, 

 Wall. Cat. 8138 in party 8313, 8307. 



NOKTHEEN INDIA and BENGAL, from Oudh to Birma, common, especially in E. 

 Bengal, ascending the outer Himalaya and Khasia Mts. to 4000 ft. DISTKIB. Ava. 



