378 LXI. RUBIACEiE [Webera 



pound cymes which frequently are pubescent. Corolla-lobes as long as tube, 

 puberulous within. Berry glabrous, dull green, finally- black, calyx-teeth 

 persistent or deciduous, seeds 4-10, albumen horny, cells of embryo filled with 

 oil. 



Chanda district, Centr. Prov. Peninsula both on the West and East side, common. 

 Pegu Toma, rare. PI. March-July. — Ceylon, very common from the coast to 7,000 ft. 

 Java. 2. W. pallida, Pranchet MSS. Mandaw byu, Burin. Upper Burma in ever- 

 green forest 2-3,000 ft. (Smales). Yunnan 2,500-5,000 ft. (Henry, Abbe Delavay). An 

 evergreen tree, attaining 60 ft., 1. coriaceous glabrous, oblong-lanceolate, blade 6-9, 

 pet. f— 1J in. long, sec. n. 10-14 prominent, arching. PI. 4- or 5-merous, yellow, cymes 

 compressed terminal and from the axils of the uppermost 1., pubescent, trichotomous,. 

 but ramifications frequently alternate. Pree portion of calyx-tube campanulate, teeth 

 short. Pr. a yellow drupe, seeds 4-6, albumen horny. 3. W. monosperma, Wight et 

 Arn. ; Wight Ic. t. 317 (Stylocoryne). Courtallum. Cymes glabrous, corolla-tube 

 glabrous outside, lobes J in. Berry white, 1-seeded. 



(&) Corolla hairy outside. 



4. W. odorata, Boxb. Assam, Khasi hills. Manipur. L. membranous, cymes large, 

 corynibiform, bracts linear, corolla-tube J—J in. long, shorter than the linear lobes. 

 5. W. disperma, Hook. f. Khasi hills. Berry 2-seeded. 6. W. pumila, Hook. f. 

 Khasi hills. A dwarf shrub, branches crooked, 1. rigid, lanceolate 1-1J in. long, fl. 

 white, in small compact hirsute cymes. 



B. Webera proper. One ovule in each cell. 



7. W. Kurzii, Hook. f. — Syn. Ixora weberifolia, Kurz P. PI. ii. 18. Andamans. 

 Nicobars, common. A small evergreen glabrous tree, 1. elliptic-lanceolate, blade 5-7, 

 pet. J in. long, cymes sessile, or nearly so, terminal, trichotomous, fl. ebracteolate, pedi- 

 celled, white, corolla glabrous outside, throat woolly, seeds deeply excavate centrally, 

 testa coriaceous. 8. W. lucens, Hook. f. — Syn. Coffea alpestris, Wight Ic. t. 1040 and 

 C. grtimelioides, Wight Ic. t. 1041. West side of the Peninsula from Mangalore south- 

 wards. Quite glabrous, 1. lanceolate or oblanceolate 2—4 in. long, narrowed into a very 

 short petiole, corolla-tube J in. long, shorter than the linear lobes, glabrous outside, 

 pubescent inside. Berry 2-seeded. 9. W. canarica, Hook. f. Ghats of South Kanara,. 

 Nilgiris, Cochin, Travancore, evergreen forests 2,000 ft., 1. lanceolate or oblanceolate, 

 blade 5-7, pet. j in. long, cyme terminal, with stout minutely puberulous branches, 

 1-2 pair of minute bracteoles on calyx below fl., calyx-lobes triangular acute, corolla 

 1-1J in. long glabrous outside, tube inside hairy, anthers \ in. long linear, style hairy. 

 10. W. nilagirica, Hook. f. Similar to 8, but 1. membranous pubescent beneath, corolla 

 f-f in. long, style glabrous. 11. W. campaniflora, Hook. f. Chittagong, 1. elliptic- 

 lanceolate, glabrous above, rough beneath with minute stiff hairs, blade 4-12, pet. 

 \— § in. long. Cymes nearly sessile, hirsute, bracts lanceolate, persistent, calyx hirsute, 

 teeth longer than ovary, corolla § in. long, from a short tubular base widened into a 

 large campanulate limb. 12. W. Helferi, Hook. f. Tenasserim. Cymes pedunculate, 

 branches slender, calyx-teeth subulate shorter than ovary. Corolla-tube slender § in. 

 long, lobes broad, much shorter than tube. 



13. W. compactiflora, Brandis (Ixora compactiflora, Kurz F. PI. ii. 17). Donat pass 

 2,000 ft. on the Thaungyin side (D.B. April 1859), 1. glabrous, elliptic acuminate, blade 

 4-5, tapering into a strong pet. J-J in. long, cymes forming a dense head 1 in. diam. 

 at the end of branchlets, calyx-teeth broad oblong obtuse with a wide membranous 

 edge, corolla-tube J in., the lobes as long as tube, style glabrous. This, like 10, is. 

 anomalous, on account of the glabrous style. 



Byrsophyllum tetrandrum, Hook, f . Bedd. PI. Sylv. t. 326. Gardenia tetrandra, Bedd. 

 PI. Ind. Or. t. 20. Travancore Ghats. A small glabrous tree, 1. very coriaceous, 

 elliptic, obtuse, blade 2-5, narrowed into pet. -J-1 in. long, stipules large, deciduous. 

 PI. polygamous, tetramerous, terminal, white, tinged with rose, corolla-tube 1 in., 

 lobes J in. long, twisted in bud, anthers included. Berry f in. diam., seeds numerous, 

 flat, imbricate, immersed in pulp. 



16. GARDENIA, Linn. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. 115. 



Shrubs or trees, generally resinous, wood whitish, close-grained. Stipules 

 more or less connate round the stem within the petioles, often early decid- 

 uous. Calyx-limb produced beyond the ovary. Corolla-tube cylindrical or 



