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tris. About 20 species, in Tropical and Hastern Asia, Australia and 
the Pacific Islands. 
Leaves subcoriaceous, 2—4 cm. long, 1—1°5 em. broad; 
inflorescence terminal, under | cm. long .. .. J. W. VIRIDIFLOBA. 
Leaves submembranous, 3—9 ecm. long, 1:5—3 cm. 
broad ; inflorescence axillary, 1—2 em. long or more 2. \\S. CANDOLLEANA. 
Leaves membranous, 5—13 ecm. long, 2°5—4°5 cm. 
broad; inflorescence termfnal, very short Sen SVEN ED TeRayete 
1. WIKSTR@MIA VIRIDIFLORA, Meissn. in Denkschr. Regensb. Bot. 
Geselisch. III. 206 (1841). A glabrous shrub; branchlets slender, 
dark brown, inner bark fibrous. Leaves opposite or subopposite, 
decussate, subcoriaceous; oblong or obovate, rounded at apex, 
cuneate at base; both surfaces reddish-brown when dry; 2—4 cm. 
long, 1—1°5 cm. broad; main nerves about 8—10 pairs, oblique, 
slender. irregular and often branched; petiole very short, 1—2 mm. 
long. Flowers in short few-flowered terminal spikes or fascicles, 
scarcely | cm. long. Perianth-tube 5-10 mm. long, glabrous, 
greenish-yellow. contracted at the mouth; lobes rounded, 2 mm. 
long, spreading. Disk of 2 or 4 slender scales, scarcely 1 mm. long, 
united in pairs. Drupe 6—7 mm. long, ovoid, scarlet. Seed acute 
at both ends; cotyledons thick. Meissn. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 2. 546; 
Benth. Fl. Hongk. 297; Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. I. 1. 897; Prain Beng. 
Plants 906. W. indica, C. A. Mey. in Bull. Acad. Sc. Petersb. I. 357 
(1843) var. viridiflora, Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. V. 195. Daphne viridr- 
flora, Wall. Cat. 1049. Diplomorpha? viridiflora, C. A. Mey. l.c. 
358. 
Kepau: Langkawi small islands, Curtis 3693!. PuNnane: 
Government Hill, Curtis 1426!; at Balik Pulau, Ridley 8023!; on 
hills, Deschamps!. Singapore: Lobb. 326!.—Duistris. India, 
Burma, Philippines, China. 
2, WIKSTR@MIA CANDOLLEANA, Meissn. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 544 
(1857). A shrub (Wray, Curtis, etc.) or small tree reaching 4—6 m. 
in height and 5—-7°5 cm. diam. of stem (Kunstler); branches slender, 
dark, with fibrous bark; branchlets slender, terete, dark brown, 
enlarged at the nodes. Leaves submembranous, opposite; ovate or 
elliptic-ovate or lanceolate, long acuminate at apex, acute or obtuse 
at base; upper surface dull, reddish-brown when dry, lower paler ; 
margins recurved; 3-9 em. long, 1:-5—3 cm. broad; main nerves 
8—12 pairs, irregular, prominent beneath, often branched; secondary 
nerves many, similar to the main nerves; reticulation rather obscure; 
