540 RUBIACE&. XC. SABICEA. XCI. OLOSTYLA. XCII. AXANTHES. XCIII. UROFHYLLUM. XCIV. HAMELIA. 



Schwenkfeldia umbellata, Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 55. t. 200. 

 f. 2. Flowers white. Berries white, roundish. 



Umbellate-fiowered Sabicea. Shrub cl. 



9 S. PU'MILA (Bartl. in herb. Haenke, ex D. C. prod. 4. p. 

 440.) stem herbaceous, glabrous ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, gla- 

 brous, ciliated with silky down ; stipulas subulate ; heads pedun- 

 culate, axillary, few-flowered, glabrous. Native of Peru, on the 

 mountains about the Guanocco. 



Dwarf Sabicea. PI. cl. ? 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Oldstyla below. 



XCI. OLO'STYLA (from oXoe, holos, entire, and 

 stylos, a style ; the style is undivided;. D. C. prod. 4. p. 440. 

 Stylocorina, Labill. sert. caled. p. 47. but not of Cav. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx with an ovate 

 tube, and a very short 5-toothed limb. Corolla sub-rotate, 

 with a short tube, which is pilose inside, and a 5-lobed limb ; 

 lobes valvate in aestivation, linear-lanceolate, with inflexed edges. 

 Stamens 5, inserted in the throat of the corolla ; anthers linear, 

 exserted. Style clavate, undivided. Berry glabrous, crowntd 

 by the teeth of the calyx and urceolus, 4-celled ; cells many- 

 seeded. Seeds minute, elliptic, nestling in the pulp. A gla- 

 brous unarmed shrub. Leaves opposite, obovate-oblong, cori- 

 aceous, on short petioles. Stipulas broad, short, apiculated. 

 Flowers disposed in a terminal somewhat thyrsoid corymb. 

 This genus differs from Stylocoryna in the fruit being 4-celled, 

 not 2-celled as in that genus. 



1 O. CORYMBOSA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 440.). Jj . G. Native 

 of New Caledonia. Stylocorina corymbosa, Labill. sert. cal. 

 p. 48. Perhaps the same as Gardenia corymbosa of Rchb. icon. 

 exot. 2. p. 103. t. 106. 



Corymbose-fiowered Olostyla. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



Cull. A mixture of loam, peat, and sand will suit this shrub ; 

 and cuttings will root in sand under a hand-glass. It is a very 

 pretty shrub, and therefore worth cultivating. 



XCII. AXA'NTHES (from afar, axon, an axle-tree, and av- 

 0oc, anthos, a flower ; the flowers are disposed in axillary heads 

 or corymbs). Blum, bijdr. p. 1002. D. C. prod. 4. p. 440. 

 Wallichia, Reinw. cat. hort. buit. ex flora. 1825. p. 107. but 

 not of Roxb. nor D. C. Maschalanthe, Blum. herb, ex D. 

 C. 1. c. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Flowers hermaphrodite, 

 or dioecious by abortion. Calyx with an urceolate tube and 

 almost entire limb. Corolla rotate, with a short cylindrical tube, 

 which is furnished with 5 fascicles of hairs in the throat, and 

 spreading lobes. Stamens 5 in the hermaphrodite flowers, in- 

 serted in the throat of the corolla, hardly exserted. Ovarium 

 and style wanting in the male flowers, but the ovarium in the 

 female flowers is covered by a sulcate disk. Style short ; stigma 

 5-lobed : lobes at first connivent. Berry globose, crowned by 

 the permanent calyx, 5-celled, many-seeded ; placentas fleshy. 

 Seeds minute, beset with depressed dots.- Shrubs or trees. 

 Leaves opposite. Flowers disposed in axillary heads or cymes, 

 rarely in corymbs. 



* Flowers dioecious by abortion. 



1 A. MACROPHY'LLA (Blum, bijdr. p. 1002.) stem shrubby ; 

 ultimate branches rather tetragonal ; leaves oblong, much acu- 

 minated, acutish at the base, sinning above, but clothed with 

 adpressed silky down beneath ; heads of flowers axillary, sessile, 

 involucrated. ^ . S. Native of Java, in mountain woods. 



Long-leaved Axanthes. Shrub. 



2 A. TOMENTOSA (Blum. herb, and rass. ex D. C. prod. 4. 

 p. 440.) stem unknown ; branches geniculated, clothed with 

 velvety tomentum ; leaves oblong, much acuminated, glabrous 



above, but clothed with velvety tomentum on the nerves beneath 

 as well as on the petioles ; cymes pedunculate, axillary, (j . S. 

 Native of Pulo Penang. 



Tomentose Axanthes. Shrub. 



3 A. STRIGOSA (Blum, bijdr. p. 1002.) stem arborescent; 

 ultimate branches geniculated, strigose ; leaves oblong, attenu- 

 ated at both ends, glabrous above, but rather strigose on the 

 veins beneath ; flowers on short peduncles, crowded, axillary, 

 tj . S. Native of Java, on the mountains of Seribu. 



Strigose Axanthes. Tree small. 



4 A. ARBOREA (Blum. 1. c.) stem arborescent ; branches terete, 

 glabrous ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminated at both ends, 

 glabrous ; cymes pedunculate, axillary. Ij . S. Native of 

 Java, on the higher mountains, in woods. Wallichia arborea, 

 Reinw. cat. hort. buit. p. 11. ex Blume. 



Arboreous Axanthes. Tree. 



5 A.TIMORIE'NSIS (D. C. prod. 4. p. 441.) stem unknown; 

 branchlets terete, and are as well as the petioles villous ; leaves 

 oblong, acuminated at both ends, glabrous above, but clothed 

 with adpressed villi beneath on the veins ; cymes axillary, pe- 

 dunculate, bifid. Pj . S. Native of the Island of Timor. 

 Calyx downy. Corolla clothed with strigose villi on the out- 

 side. 



Timor Axanthes. Tree. 



* * Flowers hermaphrodite. 



6 A. CORYMBOSA (Blum. 1. c.) stem arborescent ; ultimate 

 branchlets somewhat tetragonal, puberulous ; leaves glaucous, 

 oblong-lanceolate, much acuminated at both ends, shining above, 

 but downy beneath as well as the corymbs, which are axillary, 

 fj . S. Native of Java, on the top of Mount Burangrang. 



Corymbose-fiowered Axanthes. Tree. 



Cult. See Hamelia, p. 542. for culture and propagation. 



XCIII. UROPHY'LLUM (from ovpa, oura, a tail, and 

 <j>v\\oi>, phyllon, a leaf ; the leaves terminate in very long taper 

 points). Jack and Wall, in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 184. D. C. 

 prod. 4. p. 441. Wallichia, Roxb. ined. but not of others. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx with an ovate 

 tube, and a short, campanulate rather 5-cleft limb. Corolla 

 funnel-shaped, with a bearded throat and a 5-parted limb ; the 

 lobes ovate, and valvate in aestivation. Stamens 5, shorter than 

 the limb ; anthers linear. Stigma thick, 5-lobed. Ovarium 

 crowned by a glandular disk. Berry globose, 5-celled ; cells 

 many-seeded. Seeds minute, shining, marked by pentagonal 

 pores, as in Pomalium. Erect shrubs. Leaves on short pe- 

 tioles, oblong-lanceolate, ending each in a very long taper point. 

 Stipulas oblong, acute, deciduous. Peduncles axillary, short, 

 bearing verticillate heads of flowers. Bracteas numerous, acute, 

 surrounding the heads of flowers. Corollas greenish. 



1 U. VILLOSUM (Jack and Wall. 1. c.) shrub villous ; branches 

 terete ; calyx 5-lobed. J? . S. Native of Pulo Penang. 

 Branches as well as the veins of the leaves densely clothed 

 with soft hairs. Leaves shining above and villous beneath, 10 

 inches long. 



Villous Urophyllum. Shrub. 



2 U. GLA'BRUM (Jack and Wall. I.e.) shrub glabrous ; branches 

 tetragonal ; calyx almost entire. Tj . S. Native of Pulo Pe- 

 nang, where it is called Loda Utan by the Malays. Leaves 

 about 6 inches long. 



Glabrous Urophyllum. Shrub. 



Cull, See Hamelia, p. 542. for culture and propagation. 



XCIV. H AMELIA (so named in honour of Henry Louis du 

 Hamel du Monceau, the celebrated author of several valuable 





