.Paveita.'] LXXV. RUBIACEVE. (J. D. Hooker.) 151 



branches very short and sessile, flowers densely crowded, calyx puberulous, 

 teeth very short, corolla glabrous, tube in. Ixora subcapitata, Wall. Cat. 

 6160. 



JYNTEA HILLS (east of the Khasia), Gomez. 



Possibly a form of P. indica ; if so a very distinct one, having the cymes con- 

 tracted into a head; the leaves are 4-6 by 1| 2 in., and quite like those of P. indica. 



3. P. humilis, Hook. f. ; stem low simple or forked very robust hispidly 

 hirsute above, internodes very short, leaves oblanceolate caudate-acuminate 

 glabrous above pubescent beneath, cymes terminal sessile very short subcapitate, 

 flowers densely crowded, calyx truncate or teeth very short obtuse, corolla 

 glabrous, tube in. 



MALACCA, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 3007), Maingoy (855). 



Stem 1-2 ft. high, as thick as a goose-quill, suberect, rooting below, bark white; 

 nodes with the cupular remains of coriaceous stipules. Leaves crowded, 5-7 by 1-2 

 in., narrowed into a short or long petiole, greenish when dry. Cymes about 1 in. 

 diam. The habit of this plant differs entirely from that of P. indica. 



4. P. hispidula, W. 8f A. Prodr. 431 ; leaves glabrous or pubescent 

 beneath narrowly or broadly lanceolate oblanceolate or elliptic membranous, 

 cymes open, branches spreading, flowers pedicelled, calyx-teeth very shortly 

 triangular, corolla-tube 1 in., glabrous. 



- WESTERX PENIXSULA, or the Grhats from the Concan southwards. CEYLON, central 

 province, alt. 3-5000 ft., Walker, &c. 



There is little to distinguish this from some of the forms of P. indica but the 

 usually much larger yellowish flowers, the more prominent calyx-teeth, and style 

 often thickened towards the middle of the exserted portion. The specific name is 

 badly chosen, as there is nothing hispidulous about it; the stigma described as 

 slightly hispid is quite glabrous. 



VAR. 1 ; leaves lanceolate and oblanceolate nearly glabrous above softly pubes- 

 cent beneath Hack when dry. Courtallan and Quilon, Wight. Beddo/nc (FL Sylv. 

 For. Man. 131/7) includes this under P. tomentosa, and keeps var. siphonantha as a 

 different species. 



VAR. 2. siphonantha ; leaves lanceolate and elliptic-lanceolate acuminate black 

 when dry. P. siphonantha, Dalz. in HooJc. Kcw Journ. ii. 133 (sp.); Dalz. $ Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 112; Bedd. FL Sylv. For. Man. 134/8. Canara, Dalzell. 



VAR. 3. zeylanica; leaves obovate or oblanceolate brownish pale when dry 

 glabrous or sparingly pubescent beneath, cyme branches more robust and flowers 

 larger, corolla-lobes sometimes | | in. long obtuse or acute. Ceylon. 



VAR. 4. an (/ list i folia ; glabrous, leaves very narrowly lanceolate 4-6 by ^- in. 

 almost black when dry. P. angustifolia, Thw. Enum. 156 ; Bedd. Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 

 99 ; FL Sylv., For. Man. 134/8. Ceylon ; banks of streams in the central province. 



5. P. breviflora, DC. Prodr. iv. 491 ; glabrous, black when dry, leaves 

 elliptic-obovate or oblanceolate acute or acuminate, cymes sessile or shortly 

 peduncled small glabrate open brachiate, branches short stout, calyx cupular, 

 teeth triangular, corolla glabrous, tube longer than the linear-oblong lobes, stvle- 

 thick shortly exserted. Wight Ic. t. 1035 ; Bedd. FL Sylv. For. Man. 134/7" 



NILGHERRY HILLS; alt. 7000 ft., in woods, Leschcnaidt, &c. 



A bush, branches stout with yellow bark. Leaves 2-3 by f-1 \ in., narrowed into 

 the petiole, shining above, with sometimes a few scattered hairs beneath; petiole 

 -! in. Cymes 1 in. diam., branches glabrous or pubescent; lower stipular bracts 

 large, membranous. Calyx-teeth hirsute or glabrous. Corolla glabrous, rather fleshy, 

 ^ in. diam. Stigma clavate, obtuse. Seeds subglobose with a narrow ventral slit 

 opening into a large cavity. This has quite the habit and short style of a Webera, 

 but the stipular bracts and 4-merous flowers are those of Pai'dta : it resembles 

 W. luccns, but is distinguished at once by the glabrous style. 



