.J)-iplo82)ora.'] LXXV. EUBIACE^. (J. D. Hooker.) 123 



-cup. Calyx-tube short; limb truncate or 4-5-lobed or toothed. Corolla-tube 

 short, cylindric or bell-shaped ; lobes 4-5, spreading, twisted in bud. Stamens 

 4-5, filaments short or long ; anthers oblong or linear, often recurved. Ovary 

 2- rarely 3-celled ; style short or long, branches linear or oblong ; ovules 2-3 in 

 each cell, placentas on the septum. Berry ovoid or globose. Seeds few in each 

 cell, imbricate, testa various ; embryo small. DISTKIB. Species 6 or 8 tropical 

 Asiatic and Malayan. 



SECT. I. Eudiplospora. Bracteoles connate, sheathing the pedicel and 

 base of the ovary. 



1. Z>. sing-ularis, Korth. in Ned. Kruidk. Arch. ii. 201 ; glabrous, leaves 

 elliptic or oblong acuminate, flowers fascicled, calyx deeply 4-lobed, fruit globose. 

 Kurz For. Fl. ii. 50, in part. PVangueria palembanica, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat., 

 l; 544. Kubiacea, Wall. Cat. 8299, 8321. 



KHASIA MTS. ; at Mamloo, alt. 3-4000 ft., J. D. H. $ T. T. PEGU and TENAS- 

 SERIM; Amherst, Wallich. Moolget, Gallatly. DISTRIB. Sumatra, Banka, Borneo. 



A small tree. Leaves pale when dry, 3-7 by 1^-2 in., coriaceous, shining ; petiole 

 short; stipules triangular, acute, tip not setaceous. Pedicels 3-4-nate, sheathed by 

 the short imbricating bracts, which form a cup round them. Calyx-teeth enlarged 

 after flowering. Corolla-tube | in., throat villous ; lobes j~j in., linear-oblong. Fruit 

 fin. diam., smooth, calyx-limb persistent; pericarp very thick. Seeds 8-10, broad 

 much compressed. 



SECT. II. Discospermum. Bracteoles very small, not sheathing, connate 

 or free. 



* Stipules acuminate, point not long and setaceous. 



2. D. apiocarpa, Dalz. in Hook. Keiv Journ. ii. 257, and in Bomb. Fl. 

 120 (Discospermuni) ; glabrous, leaves ovate- or elliptic-lanceolate obtusely 

 acuminate, calyx-limb truncate minutely 4-toothed, corolla-tube very short, 

 fruit sessile ellipsoid subglobose or obovoid. Discospermum apiocarpum, Bedd. 

 Fl. Sylv. t. 223 ; Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 40. 



WESTERN PENINSULA ; on the Ghats from the Concan southwards, ascending to 

 5000 ft. 



A small tree. Leaves pale when dry, 3-7 by 1^-3 in., coriaceous ; petiole ^-- in.; 

 stipules triangular, acuminate, tip not setaceous. Flowers fascicled, subsessile. 

 Corolla-tube in., throat glabrous, lobes oblong. Stamens in $ much exserted. 

 Fruit f in. long, crown conical within the narrow calyx-limb. Seeds few. 



3. D. sphaerocarpa, Dalz. in Hook. Keiv Journ. ii. 257, and in Bomb. 

 Fl. 120 (Discospermum) ; glabrous, leaves elliptic-lanceolate obtuse or acute, 

 calyx-limb 4-lobed, corolla- tube very" short, fruit pedicelled globose. Discosper- 

 mum sphaerocarpum, Bedd. Fl. Sylv., For. Man. 134, 3, excl. syn. 



WESTERN PENINSULA, or the Ghats from Bombay southwards. 



A small tree. Leaves 2-6 by 1-2| in. ; petiole \-\ in. ; stipules short, acute, tip 

 not setaceous. Flowers fascicled, shortly pedicelled. Calyx-teeth obtuse, ciliolate. 

 Corolla-tube shorter than the calyx-teeth, throat glabrous, lobes ^ in. Filaments very 

 short. Fruit f in. diam., calycine areole raised. Seeds few, vertically imbricate, 

 much compressed. 



4. Z>. Dalzellii, Thin. Enum. 158 (Discospermum) ; glabrous, leaves 

 elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate obtuse, calyx-limb 4-lobed, corolla-tube of 

 elongate cylindric, fruit globose subsessile. 



CEYLON ; central province, alt. 1-3000 ft. 



Very similar to D. sph&rocarpa, and reduced to it by Beddome (For. Man. 134, 3} , 



