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RUBIACEiE. XXVII. MUSSJENDA. 



ated, tapering at the base, on short petioles, hispid from villi 

 on both surfaces ; petioles, young branches, and peduncles 

 very villous ; stipulas linear-lanceolate, cuspidate, very villous ; 

 corymbs trichotomous, terminal : calyx villous : segments linear : 

 the large, foliaceous segment petiolate, elliptic, yellow. J? . S. 

 Native of Penang. Flowers yellow. 

 Villous Mussaenda. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



7 M. SUMATRE'NSIS (Roth, nov. gen. et spec. p. 158.) leaves 

 elliptic, tomentose on the under surface, as well as the petioles 

 and branches ; corymbs terminal ; bractea-formed leaf of calyx 

 roundish, pubescent, reticulately veined. Tj . S. NatiVe of the 

 East Indies. 



Sumatra Mussaenda. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



8 M. ACUMINA'TA (Blum, bijdr. p. 986.) leaves lanceolate, 

 acuminated at both ends, pubescent on the mid-rib On both 

 sides ; corymbs terminal, trichotomous, pubescent ; lobes of 

 calyx linear, acuminated : one of which is drawn out Into an 

 elliptic-oblong leaf. T? . S. Native of Java, at the head of 

 the river Tjikundal, on Mount Cede. 



4cuminated-\ea.ved Mussaenda. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



9 M. HISPIDA (D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 139.) leaves oval, 

 acuminated, pilose ; branchlets hispid ; pedicels and calyxes 

 very bristly ; stipulas lanceolate ; segments of calyx ovate, 

 acute : one of which is petiolate, ovate, acuminated, hispid on 

 the petiole and villous on the nerves. I? . G. Native of Ni- 

 paul, at Narainhetty. The lobes of the corolla are rounded 

 and mucronate. It comes near to M. frondbsa, but the 

 leaves of that species are canescent from tomentum beneath, and 

 the segments of the calyx are linear and elongated. 



Hispid Mussaenda. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



10 M. ERYTHROPHY'LLA (Schum. pi. guin. p. 116.) branches 

 velvety from short soft down ; leaves ovate, cuspidate, pubes- 

 cent above, and villously tomentose beneath ; stipulas villous, 

 deciduous ; corymbs terminal, trichotomous, villous ; calycine 

 segments subulate : one of which is large, petiolate, ovate- 

 acuminated, and very villous; tube of calyx hispid. I?. S. 

 Native of Guinea, where it was collected by Thonning. The 

 bractea-formed calycine segments are 4-5 inches long, and 2 inches 

 broad, S-nerved, and of a reddish colour. Corolla hardly twice 

 the length of the calyx. Habit of M. frondbsa, under which 

 name it was received from Puerari. 



Red-leaved Mussaenda. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. ' 



11 M. LUTEOLA (Delil. in Caill. pi. afr. p. 65. t. 1. f. 1. 

 Caill. voy. t. 62.) leaves almost sessile, ovate-lanceolate, acute, 

 nerved, and tomentose beneath ; stipulas twin on each side, 

 lanceolate-subulate ; corymbs terminal, trichotomous ; calycine 

 teeth subulate : one of which is often petiolate, oval, and acute. 

 J; . G. Native of Arabia, on the mountains of Hadie and 

 elsewhere ; and about Singue in Nubia. Ophiorhlza lanceolata, 

 Forsk. aegypt. arab. p. 42. Manettia lauceolata, Vahl, symb. 

 1. p. 12. Mussae'nda lanceolata, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 705. but 

 not of Poir. The bractea-formed calycine leaf is yellowish, as 

 well as the flowers. Corolla an inch long, slender. 



leftow-bractead Mussaenda. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



12 M. ISERTIA'NA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 371.)'leaves elliptic, 

 on short petioles, and are as well as the branches glabrous ; 

 flowers disposed in corymbose panicles ; peduncles and corollas 

 clothed with canescent villi ; bractea-formed calycine lobes 

 large, roundish, and glabrous. I? . S. Native of Guinea, where 

 it was collected by Isert. M. macrophylla, Schum. pi. guin. 

 118. but not of Wall. 



Isert's Mussaenda. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



13 M. AFZE'LII; every part of the shrub is villous; leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate : having the veins clothed with rusty hairs 

 beneath, as well as the petioles ; corymbs panicled, crowded ; 

 bractea-formed calycine segment large, white, and villous ; cap- 



sules villous. Ij . S. Native of Sierra Leone, by the sides of 

 rivulets, among other bushes. Flowers yellow. 

 Afzelius's Mussaenda. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



14 M. PUBE'SCENS (Ait. hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 1. p. 372.) 

 leaves ovate-oblong, acuminated, pubescent on the nerves ; 

 stipulas twin on each side, subulate ; corymbs terminal ; caly- 

 cine lobes subulate : one of which is petiolate, ovate, and acute ; 

 corolla with a slender tube, and acute lobes. ^ . G. Native of 

 China, where it is called Cum man fa. M. pubescens, Sims, 

 bot. mag. 2099. Lodd. bot. cab. t. 451. but not of Humb. et 

 Bonpl. Corollas small, yellow, clothed with adpressed down on 

 the outside. The branches are rather scandent, and the bractea- 

 formed calycine segments are white. 



Downy Mussaenda. Fl. May, Sept. CJt. 1805. Sh. 3 to 4 ft. 



15 M. VARIOLOSA (Wall. cat. no. 6259.) branches and pe- 

 duncles hispid and warted ; leaves elliptic-lanceolate, hispid 

 from stiff" hairs on both surfaces, as well as on the petioles ; 

 corymbs trichotomous, terminal ; the large foliaceous segments 

 of the calyx roundish, mucronate, triple-nerved, somewhat cor- 

 date and somewhat cuneated at the base, white ; fruit roundish, 

 not crowned, warted ; calycine teeth short. Tj . S. Native of 

 the East Indies, at Amherst, Chappedong, and Tavoy. 



Warted-fruhed Mussaenda. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



16 M. CORYMBO'SA (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 226.) leaves oblong, 

 pointed, and are as well as the branches smooth ; corymbs ter- 

 minal, smooth ; stipulas cordate at the base, and cuspidate at 

 the apex ; calycine segments setaceous : the bractea-formed one 

 ovate-lanceolate ; lobes of corolla ovate, acute, fj . S. Native 

 of Ceylon, Malabar, and other parts of the East Indies. The 

 bractea-formed calycine segment is white, and the border of the 

 corolla orange-coloured, but greenish underneath. In some 

 parts of India the white floral leaves are brought to table as an 

 esculent herb. 



Corymbose-flowered Mussaenda. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



17 M. MACROPHY'LLA (Wall, in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 228.) 

 branchlets beset with soft silky hairs ; leaves ovate, acuminated, 

 pubescent ; stipulas broad-ovate, bifid, acuminated and recurved 

 at the apex ; corymbs terminal, trichotomous, very pilose, on 

 short peduncles ; calycine segments foliaceous, broad, oblong- 

 lanceolate ; bracteas large, very hairy. f? . S. Native of Ni- 

 paul, on the mountains of Chundugiri and Nagarjoon. Branches 

 tetragonal, brown. Leaves green above and pale villous be- 

 neath. Stipulas nearly twice as long as the petioles. Corymbs 

 shorter than the uppermost pair of leaves. There are generally 

 3 floral leaves in each corymb, which are snow white, and 2-3 

 inches long. Bracteas large under each division of the inflo- 

 rescence. Flowers large, orange-coloured, hairy outside. Ber- 

 ries dark purple, hairy, size of a marrowfat pea. 



Long-leaved Mussaenda. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



18 M. WALLI'CHII ; leaves long, elliptic, tapering much to 

 both ends, acuminated, quite glabrous ; corymbs glabrous, tri- 

 chotomous, terminal ; the large petiolate calycine leaflets gla- 

 brous, triple-nerved, white, acuminated ; fruit roundish, crowned 

 by the calycine segments, which are linear. ^ . S. Native 

 of the East Indies, at Tavoy and Rangoon. M. longifolia, Wall, 

 cat. no. 6258. but not of Lam. 



Wallich's Mussaenda. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



19 M. INCA'NA (Wall, in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 229.) shrub 

 hoary in every part from adpressed soft hairs ; leaves ovate- 

 oblong, almost sessile, white beneath ; stipulas broad at the 

 base, lanceolate at the apex, adpressed ; corymbs terminal, ses- 

 sile, faciculate, few-flowered; braeteas linear-subulate; bractea- 

 formed segment of the calyx large, ovate, petiolate, and acu- 

 minated. 17 . G. Native of Nipaul, towards Gosaingsthan. 

 Root simple, slender. Stem about the thickness of a goose 

 quill, undivided, though seldom with 1 or 2 slender alternate 



