124 LXXV. RUBIACEJE. (J. D. Hooker.) [Diplospora. 



but the leaves .ire smaller and more obtuse, the corolla-tube of the female much 

 longer, and the globose fruit has the pericarp thicker than the cell. Thwaites 

 describes the fruit as 1 in. cliam. ; in the dried specimens it is in., and many-seeded. 



5. X>. erythrospora, Thw. Enum. 158 (Discospermum) ; glabrous, leaves 

 obovate or elliptic, tip rounded or narrowed, calyx-limb truncate subentire, 

 corolla-tube very short, fruit very small peduncled globose. 



CEYLON ; Ambagamowa district, alt. 5000 ft., Thwaites. 



Leaves 3-5 by l- 2 in., greenish when dry, coriaceous; petiole \-% in. ; stipules 

 triangular, acuminate. Flowers in small cymes ; bracteoles minute, triangular. 

 Corolla yellow, throat hairy, lobes oblong. Filaments of $ exserted. Ovary -cells 

 each with 3-4 ovules. Fruit in. diam., pericarp thin. Seeds 1-5, compressed; 

 testa red, thick. 



6. D. malaccense, Hook.f.; glabrous, slender, leaves elliptic obtusely 

 acuminate thinly coriaceous narrowed into the slender petiole, nerves 5-6 pair 

 slender, flower $ clustered $ solitary shortly pedicelled, bracteoles 0, calyx- 

 lobes 4 rounded. 



MALACCA, Griffith. 



Branches slender, pale brown. Leaves 3-4 by 1^-2 in., pale brown when dry, 

 paler beneath, opaque, veins obsolete ; petiole % in. ; stipules triangular, acuminate. 

 Flowers very small, $ sessile ; $ shortly pedicelled, with 2 tubercles on the 

 pedicel in the position of bracteoles. Corolla-tube funnel-shaped, rather longer than 

 the glabrous lobes, hairy within. Anthers erect, sessile, exserted. Style of ? 

 glabrous, thickened above the middle, arms rather long, stout. Ovary cells 2-3- 

 ovuled. 



f * Stipules with long setaceous points. 



7. D. eonfiisa, Hook. f. ; glabrous, leaves elliptic obtusely acuminate,, 

 flowers sessile in dense fascicles, stipules with long setaceous points, calyx 

 truncate, corolla-tube very short, throat villous, fruit sessile. D. singularis, 

 Kurz For. Fl. ii. 50, in part. 



' TENASSERIM; at Mergui, Griffith (KewDistrib. 2798), Kurz. 



An evergreen tree. Leaves 3-5 by 1^-2^ in., pale when dry, opaque; petiole |-^ 

 in. Flowers almost capitate, very small. Corolla-lobes about equalling the tube. 

 Filaments short. Fruit not seen. 



8. X>. pubescens, Hook. f. ; branches petioles and nerves beneath 

 pubescent, leaves elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate obtusely caudate-acuminate, 

 stipules with long setaceous points, calyx obscurely 4-lobed, corolla-tube short,, 

 throat villous. ? Watt. Cat. 8297 q. v. 



TESASSERIM ; at Mergui, Griffith, Heifer (Kew Distrib. 2799). 



Branches very slender. Leaves 5-8 by 2-3 in., pale when dry, base obtuse or 

 rounded ; petiole very short ; stipules g in. long, base triangular, gradually tapering 

 to the bristle-like point. Flowers in small axillary heads, black when dry, as are 

 the very young leaves. Fruit not seen. A very distinct species. 



9. D. Griffith!!, Hook. f. ; glabrous, leaves oblanceolate abruptly acumi- 

 nate membranous, stipules with setaceous points, cymes subspicate, calyx 

 obscurely toothed, corolla-throat glabrous. 



BIRMA; near Tselow on the Irawaddi, . Griffith. 



A shrub 3 ft. high. Leaves 5-7 by lf-2^ in., pale greenish when dry, much 

 narrowed into the short petiole ; stipules deciduous. Cymes g f in., sometimes 

 shortly peduncled, dense-flowered, glabrous ; bracteoles minute, triangular. Calyx 

 minute. Corolla-tube and lobes short. Anthers sessile. Fruit not seen. 



