Pederia,] RUBIACE#. 577 
432, Hamiltonia Roxb. 
A hispid, erect, 3-chotomously branched undershrub, usually 
fetid when bruised; branches terete; leaves opposite, petioled ; 
stipules intrapetiolar, short, acute, persistent. Flowers small, in 
broad, terminal, 3-chotomously branched, panicled or subumbellate 
cymes, sweet-scented; bracts lanceolate ; 
: it 
lobes short, valva Stamens 5, adnate to corolla-throat ; fila- 
_ Inents short, ease anthers obovate-oblong, obtuse. Carpels 
- connate in a 5-celled ovary, the outer layer of the commo 
7 almost free from the inner; ovules basal, erect, i 
on style filiform; stigmatic arms 5, linear. 
: et capsule, 1-celled from absorption of septa. 
3 cornered ; testa reticulate, valvate at base; tegmen thick ; 
; oath with cordate, induplicate cotyledons. 
Paro ONIA SUAVEOLENS Rox xb; F. I. i. 554; ¥. B.A 
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Behar: Chota Nagpur ‘ 
A small shrub, 4-12 et high. Kol. Kudia. 
433. Pederia Linn. 
Slender, twining shrubs, foetid when bruised ; branches terete, 
; kas’ leaves opposite, rarely ternate, abled stipules intra- 
: 26. ar, triangular, deciduous. [lowers in axillary and 
: -chotomously branched, panicled cymes 5 bracteoles present or 
oe t. Sepals connate in an ovoid or turbinate calyx-tube ; b 
‘toothed, persistent. Petals 4 or 5, connate in a 
, fae shaped, pubescent tube, with se or hairy throat ; 
it often 3- toothed. 
s0 = very short ; 
_- 2, capillary, tw tea. Fruit ae or globose ; epicarp 
i i ar or oblong, dor- 
= ee sed, membranous oF ifs 7 pyrene. See 
‘ compressed penn testa thin, adnate to the pyrene; 
ns large, thin, leafy, cordate. 
