Jawra.] LXXV. RUBIACE.E. (J. D. Hooker.) 141 



-or rosy tube. Corolla-throat with a few hairs. Anthers sessile, base subentire. 

 Stigma rather large, with short diverging arms. Fruit not seen. 



*** Calyx-teeth equalling or 'shorter than the ovary. 



f Cymes long-peduncled, peduncles 2 in. long or more, often inclined or pen- 

 -dulous, cymes brachiate in all. See also under (sp. 25 to end). 



12. I. elong-ata, Heyne in Wall. Cat. 6131 ; glabrous except the hairy 

 flowers, leaves petioled elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate or oblanceolate, peduncles 

 4-8 in. with 2 sessile leaves below the middle, cymes brachiate, calyx-teeth 

 subulate equalling the ovary, corolla-tube very slender ^ in., lobes very small 

 short oblong, throat naked. G. Don Gen. Syst. iii. 571. I. pedunculata, Dalz. 

 in Hook. Kew Journ. iii. 121 ; Dalz. 8f Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 113. 



The CONCAN and CANARA ; from Bombay to Kurg, Heyne, &c. 



A shrub ; branches slender, smooth. Leaves 6-9 by 2|-4 in., membranous, pale 

 when dry, narrowed into a petiole ^-1 in., the pair on the peduncle 1-4 in. more 

 oblong with rounded or cordate bases ; stipules broadly ovate, cusp slender. Cyme 

 4-5 in. diam. ; peduncle strict, glabrous, branches 1-3 in., and pedicels pul 

 flow^^fascicled, pink ; bracts and bracteoles subulate. Calyx-teeth subacut 

 cent. Corolla with spreading hairs or glabrate, limb % in. diam. Filaments ve 

 Stigma small, simple or cleft. Fruit (not seen by me) smooth, slightly 2-lol 



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nibesceni; 

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13. I. spectabilis, Wall. Cat. 6133; quite glabrous, or calyx pufo'iu- 

 lous, leaves petioled elliptic-oblong obtuse or acute, peduncles 6-10 in. witli--^ 

 sessile leaves below the middle, cymes brachiate, calyx-teeth subulate shorter 

 than the ovary, corolla-tube very slender - in., lobes linear, mouth naked. 

 G. Don Gen. Syst. iii. 572 ; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 22. 



AREACAN to TENASSERIM, frequent, Wallich, &c. 



An evergreen tree. Leaves 5-8 by 2-3 in,, varying in form, equally rounded at 

 both ends or tapering towards the tip or base, membranous or coriaceous, pale when 

 dry, the pair on the peduncle occupying the same position as in /. elongata ; rarely^Ffc 

 similar pair occurs at the base of the peduncle, or several upper pairs are sessile or 

 cordate ; petiole ^-g- in. ; stipules short, cusp compressed subulate. Ci/mes and bracts 

 as in /. elongata but glabrous, the. flowers looser and the corolla-lobes much larger 

 and longer, nearly ^ in. long. Filaments slender; anthers very long. Fruit size of 

 .a pea, globose or didymous. 



14. X. pendula, Jack in Mai. Misc. i. 11 ; quite glabrous, leaves petioled 

 large linear-oblong or -ovate or -oblanceolate obtuse, cymes pendulous brachiate, 

 peduncle 2-7 in. naked, calyx-teeth shorter than the ovary obtuse, corolla-tube 

 very slender 1-1 in., lobes linear-oblong, mouth naked. * DC. Prodr. iv. 487 ; 

 Wall. Cat. 6127. Pavetta pendula, Miq. Fl. Lid. Bat. ii. 269. 



PENANG, Wallich, Phillips, Maingay (Kew Distrib. 842) ; MALACCA, Griffith (Kew 

 Distrib. 2991). 



A shrub 3-4 ft. ; branches slender for the size of the foliage, smooth. Leaves 

 "8-12 by 2-5 in., coriaceous, pale, sometimes whitish beneath, narrowed to the base; 

 nerves slender, about 12 pair ; petiole |-f in. ; stipules broad, cusp long. Peduncle 

 3-8 in., slender, with sometimes a small pair of oblong sessile leaves near the base; 

 cyme 4-6 in. diam. ; flowers red, not fascicled; bracts and bracteoles minute, filiform. 

 Anthers sessile. Stigma small, entire or cleft. Fruit not seen. 



15. I. diversifolia, Wall. Cat. 6146 ; glabrous, leaves petioled linear- 

 oblong or -lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate obtuse, upper pair often sessile, cymes 

 brachiate, peduncle 3-6 in. very slender, calyx-teeth triangular shorter than the 

 ovary, corolla-tube slender A in., lobes linear obtuse, mouth naked. Kurz For. 

 FL ii. 22. 



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