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Saprosma. 

 Hydnophytum, 



pendulous from a columella ; seeds compressed, 

 the testa membranous ; foetid climbing shrubs ... 46, Paederia. 

 Corolla^lobes valvate in bud ; stamens usaally 4, 

 but sometimes 5 to 7, inserted near mouth of the 

 corolla ; ovules cuneate, anatropous j drupe with 2 

 or more pyrenes : — 



Flowers axillary and terminal, solitary or in 

 small fascicles ; anthers 4, sab-sessile : — 



Oalyx-limb dilated, unequally 4- to 6-lobed ; 

 drupe with 2 pyrenes ; foetid terrestrial 

 shrubs ... ... ... ... 47. 



Calyx-limb truncate ; drupe with 2 pyrenes j 

 epiphytes with tuberous honey-combed stems 48. 

 Flowers solitary, capitate or fascicled, axillary 

 or terminal : — 



Flowers solitary ; calyx with 4 rather long 

 lobes ; stamens 4 to 7 j creeping herbs often 

 with cordate leaves ... ... ... 49, Geophila, 



Flowers numerous, in heads surrounded by 



many large thick involucres; calyx-limb 



entire ; style-arms 2; stamens 4 or 5 ... 50. Cephaelis, 



Flowers in axillary fascicles or condensed 



cymes, calyx-limb 3- to 6-fid or entire and 



truncate ; stamens 4 to 6 ; style-arms 3 to 9 : 



leaves distichous, not cordate; pyrenes 3 to 9 51. Lasianthf». 



Flowers in terminal (rarely axillary) corymbose 



or panicled, rarely capitate, never involucrate 



cymes : — 



Calyx-limb short, 4- or 5-toothed ; corolla- 

 tube usually long and curved ; seeds orbicu- 

 lar, very concave on the ventral surface ,,, 52. Chasalia. 

 Calyx-limb short, 4- to 6-toothed ; corolla- 

 tube usually short, straight ; seeds plano- 

 convex ... ... ... ... 53. PSYCHOTRIA.* 



31. CoELOSPERMUM, Blume. 

 Scandent glabrous shrubs ; the youDg branches often compressed. 

 Leaves coriaceous, elliptic, oblong or obovate, with few and indistinct 

 nerves ; stipules short, broad, connate below, acute or bifid at the apex, 

 caducous and leaving an annular scar on the branch. Flowers in 3-6- 

 flowered panicled umbels. Calyx-tuhe short, campanulate or hemis- 

 pheric ; the limb membranous, truncate or obscurely lobed, sometimes 

 deciduous. Corolla coriaceous, clavate in bud, funnel-shaped or salver- 

 shaped ; the limb with 4 or 5 linear-oblong or lanceolate, sub-acute, 

 patent or reflexed lobes longer than the tube, in bud valvate, the edges 

 and apices often recurved. Stamens 4 or 5, on the throat of the corolla ; 



* The descriptions of the species of this genus will be printed in No. 16 of the 

 present series of papers. 



