384 LXI. KUBIACE^E [Morindopsis 



Morindopsis capillaris, Kurz. Upper Burma. Pegu. Tenasserim, on river banks 

 and in damp places. Cambodia. An evergreen shrub or small tree, 1. glossy, rigidly 

 but thinly coriaceous, lanceolate or elliptic, almost sessile, stipules ovate, persistent. 

 PI. small, white, sessile, dioecious, tetranierous. 6" in small, usually few-fid. heads, 

 supported by stiff linear subulate bracts on supra-axillary, often opposite, slender or 

 capillary peduncles, usually 1-2 in. long. ? solitary or in subsessile few-fid. heads. 

 Ovary 2-cilled, ovules numerous on peltate placentas. Berry cylindric, 1 in. long, 

 crowned by the persistent calyx-teeth. 



Hyptianthera stricta, W. et A. Subhimalayan tract from Kurnaon eastwards. 

 Nindhaur Valley (D. B. 1880). Oudh forests. Sikkirn to 3,000 ft. Khasi hills. 

 Chittagong. Yunnan. An aromatic evergreen shrub or small tree, wholly glabrous, 

 1. shining, lanceolate, blade 3-6, pet. J in. long. PI. small, white, 4-5-merous, bracteo- 

 late, sessile in opposite axillary fascicles, corolla-tube short, hairy within, style short, 

 bifid, branches erect hispid, ovules pendulous, 6-10 in each cell. Seeds imbricate, 

 angular, testa thick fibrous and plaited, embryo small. 



Petunga Roxtmrghii, DC. (Sypobathrum racemosum, Kurz). Chittagong. Lower 

 Burma near streams and in swamp forests. An evergreen shrub, 1. lanceolate, blade 

 2-5, pet. J in. long, stipules broad, caducous. Fl. 4-merous, white, almost sessile, in 4 

 rows, on axillary sessile or shortly pedunculate spikes, corolla funnel-shaped, throat 

 villous, berry stalked, orange-yellow. 



18. DIPLOSPORA, DC; Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. 122. 

 (Included under Tricalysia, A. Rich., in Engler nnd Prantl iv. 4. 81.) 



Evergreen shrubs or trees, petioles short, stipules triangular, acuminate or 

 with a long setaceous point. Fl. small, polygamous, bracteolate, in axillary 

 fascicles or short cymes. Corolla-tube short, lobes 4 or 5, twisted iu bud. 

 Ovary 2-, rarely 3-celled, style bifid, ovules 2-3 in each cell. Berry 2-celled, 

 seeds flat, imbricate. Species 10. India and the Malay Archip. 



A. Stipules acuminate. 



1. D. singularis, Korth. Khasi hills. Cachar. Pegu Yoma, eastern slopes. Tenasserim. 

 Indian Archip. A middle-sized tree, resinous and entirely glabrous, the stem fluted, 

 L. coriaceous, shining, elliptic, blade 3-7, petiole J-J in. long. PL 4-merous, greenish- 

 white, in dense axillary clusters, pedicels with several pairs of bracts, connate at base 

 and sheathing. Calyx deeply lobed, corolla-tube J in., lobes linear. Fr. J in. diamt. 

 crowned by the persistent calyx-limb. Seeds 8-10. 2. D. apiocarpa, Hook, f . ; Bedd. Fl. 

 Sylv. t. 223. — Syn. Discospermum apiocarpum, Dalz. ; Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 40. Western 

 Ghats from the Konkan southwards, above 2,500 ft. A middle-sized or large resinous 

 tree, petioles J— § in., fl. 4-merous, cream coloured, scented, male and bisexual on different 

 trees, bracts not sheathing, calyx-teeth minute, fr. ellipsoid, sessile. 3. D. sphasro- 

 carpa, Hook, f . Western Ghats. Similar to 2, but calyx-teeth longer, obtuse, ciliolate, 

 fr. globose, § in. diam., on bracteolate pedicels J in. long. 



B. Stipules with long setaceous points. 



4. D. confusa, Hook. f. Tenasserim. Glabrous, fl. minute, in small axillary heads, 

 calyx truncate. 5. D. pubescens, Hook, f., Mergui. Similar, but pubescent. 6. D. 

 Grimthii, Hook f., Upper Burma, a small shrub, 1. oblanceolate, cymes spiciform J-j in. 

 long. 7. D. Kurzii, Hook. f. Urophyllum biloeulare, Kurz. Hills east of Toungoo at 

 2,000 ft. A small evergreen tree, 1. membranous, elliptic-lanceolate, sec. n. arching 

 4-6 pair, tertiary nerves numerous, slender, horizontal. Fl. minute, sessile, in axillary 

 clusters, fr. orange, J in. diam., 3-4 black seeds in each cell. 



Scyphiphora hydrophyllacea, Geertn. ; Bedd. Manual 134-3 t. xxix. fig. 5. Mangrove 

 swamps of the Andamans, of the Karnatik coast (rare), Ceylon, the Malay Peninsula 

 and New Caledonia. A small evergreen glabrous tree or shrub, much like Lumnitzera. 

 L. coriaceous, obovate, blade 2-3, narrowed into petiole J-l in. long. Fl. white, 4- or 5- 

 merous, corolla-tube cylindric J in. long, throat hairy, anthers exserted, ovary 2-celled, 

 2 superposed ovules in each cell, style bifid, branches linear, obtuse. Drupe nearly 

 cylindric, with 8-10 prominent ribs, pyrenes crustaceous 4-5-ribbed. Lumnitzera has 

 alternate 1. and a 1-cslled ovary. 



