Saprosma.'] LXXV. RUBIACE^:. (J. D. Hooker.) 193 



3. S. fragrans, Bedd. Fl Sylv., For. Man. 134/11; glabrous, leaves 

 shortly petioled elliptic obtusely acuminate, flowers in small axillary and ter- 

 minal cymes, calyx-teeth broadly triangular. Serissa fragrans, Bedd. Ic. PI. 

 Ind. Or. i. 14. 



NILGHERRY M/TS., on the western slope ; and TINNEVELLY HILLS, alt. 2000 ft., 

 Beddome. 



"Foetid -when crushed" (Bedd.). Branches smooth, ultimate compressed. Leaves 

 3-4 by 1^-2 in., green when dry, membranous; petiole ^-^ in. ; stipules entire or 

 toothed. Cymes small, rarely in. long, few-flowered, trichotomous ; bracts minute. 

 Flowers very odorous. Calyx cupular. Corolla % in. Style-arms 2 linear, short. 

 Fruit ellipsoid, 1 -seeded. 



4. S. scabridum, Bedd. Fl. Syh., For. Man. 134/12; branches scabrid, 

 leaves long-petioled elliptic acuminate, base acute, petiole and midrib scabrid, 

 flowers terminal sessile, calyx hairy, teeth 4 linear-lanceolate. Serissa scabrida. 

 Thw. Enum. 151. I 



CEYLON ; near Eatnapoora, Thwaites. 



Leaves 2-3 by f-l^-in. ; petiole in. ; stipules connate, scabrid, aristate-fimbriate. 

 This I have not seen. The character is taken from Thwaites, who had but one 

 specimen, without flowers or ripe fruit. 



SECT. II. Dysodidendron. Peduncles 1-3-flowered. Anthers with 

 filaments. Seeds usually 2, plano-convex. Leaves opposite. 



5. S. ceylanicum, Bedd. Fl. Sylv., For. Man. 134/12; glabrous, leaves 

 shortly petioled elliptic or lanceolate acuminate, peduncles axillary and ter- 

 minal 1-3-flowered slender, calyx-teeth 4 triangular. Dysodidendron ceylani- 

 cum and Wightii, Gardn. in Cole. Journ. Nat. Hist. vii. 2, 3. Serissa cey- 

 lanica, Thw. Enum. 150. S. Wightii, Bedd. Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 15. Lasian- 

 thus foetens, Wight in Cole. Journ. Nat. Hist. vi. 517. 



WESTERN PENINSULA ; on the Ghats, alt. 3-6000 ft., from Malabar southwards in 

 moist woods, Wight, &c. CEYLON; in forests of the central province, alt. 3-6000 ft., 

 Walker, &c. 



A shrub or small tree, foetid when bruised; branches pale, smooth, ultimate 

 compressed. Leaves 4-5 by f-2 in., sometimes oblanceolate, green when dry, mem- 

 branous ; petiole ~-^ in. ; stipules connate, toothed. Peduncles \-\% in. ; bracts 

 and bracteoles minute. Calyx-tube obconic, glabrous. Corolla ^ in., purple. Style- 

 arms 2, short, linear. Fruit ^ in., obovoid, obtuse, "bright blue, very I'cetid" (Bedd.}. 

 Seeds plano-convex. 



SECT. III. Triad icla. Flowers in corymbose cymes. Anthers subsessile. 

 Seeds ellipsoid. Leaves often 3-4-nately whorled. 



6. S. ternatum, Hook.f. in Gen. PI. ii. 131 ; glabrous, leaves 3-nately 

 whorled petioled elliptic or lanceolate acuminate, cymes axillary solitary or 

 fascicled, flowers corymbose, calyx-teeth 4-6 triangular. Kurz For. Fl. ii. 29. 

 Psederia ternata, Wall. Cat. 6248, and in Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. Carey $ Wall. ii. 

 520; DC. Prodr. iv. 471. Serissa ternata, Kurz Andam. Rep. App. A. 40. 

 Mephitidia, sp., Griff. Notul iv. 267 ; Ic. PL Asiat. t. 476. 



EASTERN HIMALAYA; Mishmi and Bhotan mts., Griffith. KHASIA MTS., alt. 

 2-3000 ft., DC Silva, &c. BURMA, Griffith. ANDAMAN ISLANDS, Kurz. 



Branches pale or dark, smooth, rather stout, ultimate angled. Leaves 4-10 by 

 1-3^ in., rather coriaceous, greenish when dry, midrib and petiole (^ in.) sometimes 

 scaberulous ; veins often straight and parallel, as in Lasianthus; stipules | in., lance- 

 olate with needle-like points, glabrous or pubescent. Peduncles ^-1? in., with bristles 

 at its base, bracts and bracteoles small lanceolate; pedicels J in. Calyx glabrous, 

 shortly campanulate. Corolla ^ in., pubescent, white. Style-arms 2, linear. Fruit 

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