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LXI. RUBIACE.E 



Fl. in axillary and terminal fascicles or umbels 



calyx-limb truncate Prismatoheris (p. 393). 



Fl. in a terminal thyrsus, calyx-limb truncate . Collc-spermum (p. 393). 



XI. Psychotriece. — Ovules solitary, radicle inferior, corolla-lobes valvate, ovules basal 

 erect, fr. a drupe or berry. 



Ovary 2-celled, fl. in terminal trichotomous cymes. 



Corolla-tube short, straight, seeds plano-convex . 27. Psychotria. 

 Corolla-tube slender, curved, seeds concave, cup- 

 shaped ......... 



Corolla-tube short. A small epiphytic shrub 

 Corolla bell- or funnel-shaped, cymes often few-fld., 



ramifications and peduncles slender . . .28. Saprosma. 

 Ovary 4-9-celled, fl. in axillary clusters or short 



cymes, 1. distichous, tertiary n. parallel . . 29. Lasianthus. 



Chasalia (p. 395). 

 Hydnophytum (p. 395). 



1. SARCOCEPHALUS, Afzel.; Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. 22. 

 Shrubs or trees. Fl. heads single, on bracteate, mostly terminal peduncles, 

 braeteoles 0. Ovaries confluent. Fl. 4- or 5-merous without bracteoles, 

 corolla narrow-tubular, lobes imbricate in bud. Stamens inserted in the 

 mouth of the corolla-tube, style long-exserted, stigma fusiform, ovary 2-celled, 

 ovules numerous. Fr. a globose, fleshy syncarpium, seeds not winged. Species 

 13, from tropical Africa to New Guinea. 



1. S. Missionis, Haviland, in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxiii. 32. — Syn. 

 Nauclea Missionis, Wall. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. 27. 



A small tree, 1. glabrous, shining, elliptic-lanceolate, blade 3-6, narrowed 



Fig. 153. — Sarcocephalus cordatus, Miq. 



