36 liXxv. KUBiACEJ). (J. D. Hooker.) [Hymenodiciymi.- 



branous, narro-wed into a petiole 1-3 in., nerves 7-10 pair; stipulea broad, recurved, 

 usually glandular-serrate. Panicles large, pubescent often drooping; floral leaves 

 long-petioled, 3-S in., strongly nerved. Flowers small, white, pedicelled, clustered. . 

 Cah/x j^ in. Corolla ^ in. Capsules on thick decurved pedicels, | in. long, ellipsoid. 



2. K. flaccidum, TFall. in JRoxb. Fl. Ind., ed. Carey S/- Wall. ii. 152 ; 

 C<a. 6115 A. 0.; Tmt. Fl. Nap. t. 22; PI. As. Bar. ii. 81, t. 188; leaves 

 elliptic abruptly acuminate glabrous or puberulous only on the nerves beneath,- 

 racemes apiciform nearly simple, capsules deflexed. Brand. For. Fl. 268. 



Temperate Himaiata, alt. 3-6000 ft., from Garwhal to Bhotan frequent. Khasia 

 Mrs., alt. 4-5000 ft. 



A deciduous tree, with ashy bark, young often epiphytic. Leaves 5-8 by 3-6 in.,, 

 narrowed into the petiole of 1-4 in., nerves 7-8 pair; stipules broadly obovate 

 oblanceolate or ovate, glandular-serrate. Eacevies 4-10 in., pubescent, curved, dense- 

 flowered ; peduncle 1-3 in. ; floral bracts as in H. excelswm, white, convex. Flowers 

 subsessile, white. Cahfx ^ in. Corolla about twice as long. Capsides ^ in. long, 

 ellipsoid. 



3. K. obovatum, WaU. in Roxh. Fl. Ind., ed. Carey ^ Wail. ii. 153 ; 

 Co*. 6116; leaves elliptic or broadly obovate abruptly acuminate glabrous or- 

 pubescent beneath, racemes spiciform, capsules erect. W. S^ A. Prodr. 392 ; 

 Wt. Ic. t. 1159; Balz. Sf Gibs. Bomh. Fl. 117; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 219; Brand.. 

 For. Fl. 268. 



Westben Peminsuxa, from Bombay to Travancore, on the G-hauts, frequent. 



In its extreme form, with broadly obovate leaves, from the southern part of the 

 Peninsula, this looks very different from H. flaccidum; but specimens from the- 

 Concan almost unite them ; but both specimens from the Bababoodan bills, with 

 elliptic leaves, and Wight's figured from Coimbatore, with broadly obovate ones,, 

 have erect capsules, which I have not observed in any specimen of H. flacdd/wm. The 

 differences in the length, &c., of the anthers and filaments are probably sexual. 



11. X.T7CUX.IA, Sweet. 



Shrubs. Leaves petioled; stipules cuspidate, deciduous. Flowers rosy or- 

 wHte, in terminal many-fld. corymbs, odorous ; bracteoles deciduous. Calyx- 

 lobes 5, elongate, unequal, linear-oblong, deciduous. Corolla salver-shaped, 

 tube long ; lobes 5, simple or with 2 calli at the base, imbricate in bud. Sta- 

 mens 5, in the tube of the corolla, filaments very short ; anthers linear. Ovary 

 2-celled ; style slender, stigmas 2 linear included ; ovules many, on 2 revolute 

 longitudinal placentas in each cell. Capsule almost woody, septicidally 2- 

 valved, many-seeded. Seeds minute, imbricate upwards, testa rough winged 

 toothed ; embryo minute in fleshy albumen. — Disieib. 2 Indian species. 



1. Ii. gratissima, Sweet Brit. Fl. Gard. t. 146; leaves oblanceolate- 

 lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate acuminate, nerves usually spreading, inflorescence 

 pubescent, corolla-lobes without interposed tubercles. Kwz For. Fl. ii. 71 • 

 Hook. Bat. Mag. 3946. Cinchona gratissima. Wall, in Roxh. Fl. Ind ed 

 Carey ^ Wall. ii. 154 ; Tent. Fl. Nap. t. 21 ; Cat. 6117 A. Musssenda Luculia' 

 Ham. in Bon Prodr. 139. *■ 



Temperate Himaiata, from Nipal to Bhotan, not frequent, alt. 4-6000 ft., 

 WalUch, &c.- DisTKiB. Ava (Kwrz). 



A spreading shrub, 10-16 ft.; branches lenticellate. Leaves membranous or 

 coriaceous, 6-9 by 2-4 in., very variable in breadth, sometimes pubescent beneath, 

 acuminate, narrowed into the petiole ; nerves 9-12 pair. Corymbs sometimes 8 in' 

 diam , very many flowered ; flowers 3-nate, pink, shortly pedicelled. Calyx-tube A in.,' 



