196 LXXV. RUBIACE^:. (J. D. Hooker.) [Pcederia. 



nately whorled petioled broadly oblong upper lanceolate acuminate, cyme- 

 branches whoiied, calyx-limb truncate, corolla glabrous. DC. Prodr. iv. 471. 



MALACCA, Maingay (Kew Distrib. 885). 



Very similar to P. fcetida, except in the characters indicated, and the much nar- 

 rower panicles with short (\-\ in.) stouter branches. 



3: P. calycina, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1873, ii. 74 ; For. Fl. ii. 76 ; 

 leaves opposite long-petioled cordate-ovate or -lanceolate acuminate hispidulous 

 especially beneath, calyx-lobes lanceolate subfoliaceous, fruit broadly ellipsoid 

 compressed, pyrenes with a very narrow black thickened margin. P. fcetida, 

 Wall. Cat. 6247 E. 



TENASSERIM ; at Tavoy, Wallich. 



Branches glabrous. Leaves 4-5 by lf-2 in., very membranous, deeply cordate 

 with the sinus open and lobes incurved; petiole 1-2 in.,'hispidulous. Flowers not 

 seen. Fruit \^ in., shining, about twice as long as the stellately spreading calyx- 

 lobes. Wallich's specimens are the only ones I have seen. 



4. P. lanug-inosa, Wall. PL As. Ear. ii. 52, t. 165 (not Wall. Cat. 

 7293) ; petioles and panicles scurfily tomentose, leaves opposite long-petioled 

 all broadly ovate-cordate acuminate scaberulous above woolly beneath, panicle 

 with the branches short stout, fruit large compressed ellipsoid with erect calyx- 

 teeth, pyrenes black with a broad pale wing. P. macrocarpa, Wall. Cat. 7292; 

 G. Don Gen. Syst. iii. 561. 



RANGOON ; at Pegu, Wallich. MARTABAN ; at Moulmein, Parish. 



Leaves 4-6 by 2| 4| in., rather coriaceous, dull greenish when dry above, buff 

 beneath, the upper not narrower; petiole 2 4 in. Panicles elongate; branches | ^ 

 in., opposite; bracts subulate or triangular-lanceolate. Corolla f in. long, pink, 

 woolly within. Fruit f in. long, pale-brown, puberulous, the very short obtuse teeth 

 erect and girding the base of the conical disk. 



5. P. Wallichii, Hook. f. ; petioles and panicles finely pubescent, leaves 

 opposite petioled ovate-cordate the upper much narrower scabrid above woolly 

 beneath, panicles with slender branches, flowers subcapitate, fruit small broadly 

 ellipsoid compressed with broadlv triangular reflexed calyx-teeth. P. lanu- 

 ginosa, Wall. Cat. 7293, in part (not of PI. As. Rar.} ; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 76. 



TENASSERIM ; Atran river, near the hot wells, Wallich, Heifer. 



Leaves 5-6 by 2^-3 in., dull green above when dry, buff beneath, rigid, and 

 clothed with short rigid hairs, base deeply cordate with incurved lobes, upper not 

 half the breadth of the lower ; petiole stout, 1-1^ in. Panicles long, slender, branches 

 and flowers pubescent and with short spreading hairs ; flowers in small heads about 

 ^ in. diam. Corolla ^ in. Fruit (young) broadly ellipsoid, nearly orbicular, \ in. 

 diam. I suspect that Kurz's P. lanuginosa includes this and the true plant ; ho 

 describes the leaves as sometimes ovate-lanceolate, which is not the casein Wallich's 

 lanuginosa (macrocarpa of his Cat.), and states that it is common in mixed forests 

 from Burma to Teuasserim. 



6. P. pilifera, Hook. f. ; branches petioles and panicles clothed with 

 long spreading hairs, leaves opposite subhastately-lanceolate acuminate scaberu- 

 lous above woolly beneath, calyx-teeth triangular-lanceolate, fruic orbicular 

 compressed, pyrenes black with a broad pale wing. Wall. Cat. 7293, in part. 



TENASSERIM ; Atran river, Wallich. 



Hat it of P. lanuginosa, but differing widely in the long spreading hairs that 

 clothe those parts which in that plant present a close short soft pubescence. Fruit 

 \ in. diam., pale, shining, the broad short calyx-teeth sharply retiexed. 



