370 LXI. RUBIACE.E [Stephcgyne 



PL t. 52; Wight 111. t. 123; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t, 34. Vera. Kaim, Ecrtamb, 

 Karma, Hind. ; Kalamb, Mar. ; Mundi, Gond ; Battaganapa, Tel. ; Eadaba, 

 Kan. ; Tein, Teinthe, Burin. 



A large deciduous tree, trunk short, often irregularly shaped and buttressed, 

 bark smooth, dark patches of old exfoliating scales leaving exposed the inner 

 light-coloured bark. Leaves glabrous or pubescent, very variable in shape and 

 size, ovate or obovate, often nearly orbicular or oblong, blade 2-7, pet. i-1^ in. 

 long, stipules obovate, early deciduous. Fl. heads white or pale yellow, 1 in. 

 diam. to the end of stigma, single or in cymes of three heads, the terminal 

 head sessile or on a short peduncle, the 2 lateral on peduncles 1-2 in. long, 

 supported by foliaceous bracts narrowed into a slender pet. \ in. long. 

 Bracteoles numerous, linear, hairy at apex. Free part of calyx-tube short, 

 truncate or indistinctly 5-toothed, concave portion of stigma often 2-fid. 

 Seeds with a thin hyaline wing at both ends, generally bifid at the lower end. 



Foot and outer tills of the North-West Himalaya, from the Bias eastwards, ascend- 

 ing to 4,000 ft. Behar, Centr. Prov. Common in both Peninsulas, often gregarious, 

 particularly in moist places, combs made of the wood. PI. Jan. -Aug., leafless for a 

 short time in spring. — Ceylon dry region. A remarkable variety with small oblong 

 obtuse 1. in Upper Burma. 2. S. tutmlosa, Hook. f. ; Bedd. Manual t. xxix. ; Ic. PI. 

 Ind. t. 18. Cochin, Kambakum Hill D. B. jSTov. 1881. Ceylon. A small tree, 1. mem- 

 branous, pubescent beneath, elliptic-obovate, shortly acuminate, base rounded, blade 

 4-6, pet. J-l in., stipules 7-11-nerved, A-J in. long. PL heads pink or purple, bracteoles 

 shorter than capsules, free part of calyx tubular, persistent, half the length of the 

 ribbed capsule. 



3. S. diversifolia, Hook. f. — Syn. Nauclea rotundifolia, Roxb.; Kurz F. 

 FL ii. 67. Vern. Bingah, Lower, Hnawthein, Upper Burma. 



A deciduous middle-sized or large tree, 1. generally pubescent beneath, broad- 

 ovate, often from a cordate base, blade 3-10, petiole often stout, pubescent, 

 \-l\ in. long. Fl. heads greenish-white, f-1 in. diam., in ample terminal 

 trichotomous cymes, with or without leafy bracts, bracteoles glabrous, apex 

 thick and blunt, free portion of calyx short, deciduous, capsules ribbed, seeds 

 winged at both ends. 



Chittagong. Andamans. Upper and Lower Burma. PL Sept.-Jan. Java. Philip- 

 pine islands. 



7. UNCARIA, Schreb. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. 28. 

 Ourouparia, Aubl. ; Schumann in Engler u. Prantl iv. 4. 57. 



Climbing shrubs with axillary tendrils (sterile peduncles), stipules usually 

 bifid, peduncles not enlarged into a receptacle, axillary, often hard and woody 

 after flowering. Pedicels usually lengthen out in fruit. Fr. a capsule, 

 dehiscent septicidally, seeds with two long narrow wings at the ends, one 

 bifid. Species 36, 2 in tropical America, 1 in tropical Africa, the rest from 

 India to Japan and Queensland. 



A. Fl. and capsules piedicelled, bracteoles 0, petiole - 1 — 1 in. long. 



1. U. sclerophylla, Roxb. — Syn. U. ferruginea, DC. ; Kurz F. Fl. ii. 69. 



A large evergreen climber, branchlets stout, quadrangular as well as petioles, 

 underside of L, peduncles, bracts, pedicels, calyx and capistdes rusty-pubescent. 

 L. coriaceous, shining above, elliptic or ovate, blade 4-6, pet. -i-1 in. long. 

 Peduncles axillary, single, 2-4 in. long, with a whorl of 6 acute bracts \ in. 

 long, in the upper part. Fl. pedicelled, free part of calyx i in., constricted 

 above ovary, lobes lanceolate. Corolla 1 in. long, densely grey silky outside. 

 Capsule 1 in., crowned by the persistent calyx, pedicel l^in. long. Seed with 

 ^vings i in. long. 



Eastern slopes of the Pegu Yoma. Tenasserim. PL R. S. Malay Penins. and Archip. 

 2. U. pedicellata, Roxb. Tenasserim. Andamans. Malay Peninsula and Archip. to 

 INew Guinea. Differs by smaller fl., free portion of calyx J, corolla f-1, capsule A-f in., 



