Stylocoryne.'] RUBiACEiE. 157 



smaller than that of S. Wehera, and pubescent outside, the oblong lobes longer 

 than the tube. Style long and linear, more thickened than in the last species. 

 Berry globular, 3 lines diameter, with about 12 to 14 seeds in each cell. — 

 Cupia mollissima. Hook, and Arn. Bot. Beech. 192. 



Scarce, in the Happy Valley woods, on Mount Victoria, and near the Buddhist Temple, 

 Cham^pion. Also on the adjoining continent, but not known out of S. China. 



10. DIPLOSPORA, DC. 



Calyx-limb short, 4-toothed or truncate. Corolla-tube short, lobes 4, spread- 

 ing, imbricate in the bud. Anthers exserted. Style with 2 stigmatic lobes. 

 Ovary 2-celled, w^th 2 or more ovides attached laterally to a small peltate 

 placenta. Fruit a globular beriy. Seeds solitary or few in each cell. — 

 Shi'ubs. Stipules 1 on each side, pointed, with a broad base. Flowers in 

 axillary clusters or close cymes. 



A small genus, confined to tropical Asia. 



1. D. viridiflora, DC. Prod. iv. 477 ; BentJi. inKew Journ. Bot. iv. 195. 

 An unarmed shrub, with the habit of CantJiiiim, or of some Randias, glabrous 

 in every part. Leaves oval-oblong or nearly lanceolate, usually 2 to 4 in. 

 long, coriaceous and shining, on a short petiole. Flowers clustered in short 

 dense axillary cymes of a pale straw-Colour, varying from 3^ to 5 lines dia- 

 meter. Anthers almost sessile in some specimens, with filaments nearly as 

 long as themselves in others. Ovules usually 2 in each cell. Bemes red,' the 

 size of a pea. — Gardenia dapJmoides, Hance in Walp. Ann. ii. 796. 



Common on Victoria Peak, Champion ; in the Happy Valley woods and at Little Hong- 

 kong, Wilford; also Wright. On the adjacent continent, but not known out of S. China. 

 Although the number of ovides is variable, I find, in by far the greater number of flowers 

 that I have opened, 2 to each cell as described by Lindley. I have seen, however, as many 

 as 4, and Col. Champion had counted 6 to each cell, whilst from a memorandum of A. Gray's 

 to one of "Wright's specimens, I find he had seen only 1. In other flowers of the same spe- 

 cimen there were the normal 2 to each cell." 



11. PAVETTA, Linn. 



Calyx-limb smaU, 4-toothed. Corolla-tube slender, lobes 4, imbricate in 

 the bud. Style exserted, slender, entire or the stigmatic lobes not spreading. 

 Ovary 2-ceUed, with 1 ovule in each cell peltately attached to the centre of 

 the partition. Berry slightly drupaceous, globular, 2-celled. Seeds attached 

 by their flat face. — Shrubs or small trees. Stipules solitary on each side, 

 pointed, with a broad base. Flowers in terminal corymbs. 



A genus of several African, S. Asiatic, or Australian species, scarcely differing from Ixora, 

 with which some botanists unite it. 



1. P. indica^ Linn.; W. and Arn. Prod. M.Penins.i. ^^1; WigJU^Ic. 

 ^.148. A tall shrub or small tree, glabrous or slightly pubescent, the speci- 

 mens turning black in drying. Leaves stalked, oval-oblong or almost lan- 

 ceolate, acute or acuminate, 3 to 4 in. long, narrowed at the base. Corymb 

 loosely trichotomous, sessile above the last leaves. Calyx about 1 line long, 

 with minute teeth. CoroUa-tube about 6 lines long ; the lobes oblong, about 

 2|- lines, white or pale-green. Berries globular, 2 or 3 lines diameter. 



