Vrophyllum 



LXI. RUBIACE.K. 



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villous. Free portion of calyx «-t 1 1 » — 1 i;i i ■• ■■ l.i n i •-. « orolla villous in tla- throat, lobes 



valvate. Ovules numerous. 2. U. glabrum. Wall. South Tenasserim. Malay Fenins. 

 and Archip., glabrous : only leafbuds and cymes pubescent, S. dioicous. 



Adenosacme longifolia, Wall. Outer Himalaya, aso'iicling to (j,i ft. from Kumaon 



eastwards. Assam, Khasi and Xulm hills. Cachar, Chittagong. Lower Burma. China. 



A small shrub, 1. membranous, lanceolate or oblanceolate, mor less pub scent, chiefly 



■ hi the underside, blade 1-11. pet. &-2in. long, stipules membranous, lanceolate-oblong, 



PI. in q pound trichotoi - cymes, dimorphic, (a i wil b short style, anthers inserted 



at the base of the shorl corolla-tube, (6) with long style and anthers inserted at the 

 mouth of the campanulate corolla-t ube. Calyx-tube no1 produced beyond the 2-celled 

 ovary, lobes I 6, as long as ovary, persistent. Corolla fleshy, lobes 1-6, valvate in bud. 

 Berries snow-white, ] in. dram. 2. A. stipulata, Hook. i. Easl Wpal. Sikkim 2-.~i.0i in 

 ft., stipules orbicular | I in. diam., berries glassy white. 3. A. Lawii, Hook. f. Xilgiris 

 anil Western Ghats, similar to 1 but ovary 5-6-celled. 



15. WEBERA, Schreb. ; PI. Brit. Ind. iii. 101. Tarenna, Ga-srtn. ; 

 Hiern in PI. Trop. Air. iii. SS : Chomelia, Linn.: Schumann in Engler 



u. Prant] iv. 4. 71. 



Unarmed shrubs or trees, usually drying black. Calyx-limb produced beyond 

 ovary. PL usually pentamerous, in terminal corymbiform compound cymes. 

 Corolla-lobes twisted in bud, anthers exserted. Ovary 2-celled, .style short, 

 usually pubescent, stigma spindle-shaped, ovules 1-2,. rarely numerous in each 

 cell. Drupe 1- or "2-celled, seeds few or one only, plano-convex with a deep 

 groove or concave. Species 30-40, tropical Asia and Africa. 



Pio. 156. Webero coryml osa. Will 



A. Stylocoryna, Cav. Ovules 2 or more Id each cell, 

 probably form a dost incl -onus. 



./ 1 i lorolla glabrous outside. 



I' 'i.'s should 



I. W. corymbosa, Willd. — Syn. W.asiatica, Bedd. Manual t. icvi, '_' : II". 

 ylomeriflora, Km/: Tarenna zeylanica, Ghsrtn. ; Stylocoryna Webera, \ 

 Rich. ; Wighl Ec. t. 309, 584. Vera. Kare, Mar.j Kommi, Tel.; Tereni, 

 Favatan, Tarn. 



A large evergreen Bhrub or small tree, usually quite glabrous, bark dark- 

 coloured, smooth. L. coriaceous, hard, ahiuing above, blade '■'• G, |«-t . "-" in. 

 long, stipules coriaceous. PL white, fragrant, in terminal trichotomous com- 



