86 Lxxv. EUBiACEiE. (J. D. Hooker.) [^Silvianthusir 



pedicelled flowers J in. long. Corolla pubescent. Capsules ^ in. diam., broader than 

 long, much contracted at the tip, base flattened ; lobes 4, stellately spreading. Seeds- 

 reticulata.^ A. very remarkable species. 



28. SXXiVIAXTTXUS, Sook.f. 



A glabrous brftnched sknib. Leaves broad, irregularly tootbed ; stipules 0". 

 Flowers rather large, purplish, in. subsessile dense-flowered opposite axillary 

 cyljies ; bracts oblong, obtuse. Calyx-tvhe obconic ; lobes 5, rarely 4, subfolia- 

 ceous, unetqual, enlarging after flowering, persistent. Corolla funnel-shaped^ 

 tube hairy within ; lobes 5, short, orbicular, papillose, induplicate-valvate witli 

 plaited sinuses. Disk large, conic. Stamens 2 in the corolla-tube, filamentsi 

 short ; anthers linearTobldng. Ovary 2-celled ; style long, stigma spindle-shapedi;; 

 ovules many, on globose placentas attached to the septiun. F^it fleshy, 2-celled^. 

 dehiscing from the top to the base between the calyx-lobes into 5 valTes, and! 

 exposing the many-seeded placentas. Seeds rather large, imbricate, obliquely 

 oblong, testa spongy ; embryo minute, in fleshy albumen. 



I. S. bracteatus, Sook. f. le. Ft. t. 1048. Psychotria, IFall. Cat, 

 8367. 



SiLHET and Cachab, He Silva, Griffith, Sec. 



Stem stout, 2-3 ft., branched, woody. Leaves 6-10 in.^ elliptic, acuminate, mem- 

 branous ; petiole 1-3 in. Cymes 1-2 in. diam., broader in fruit. Corolla J in. long, 

 white. Fruit ^ in. diam., crowned with the enlarged membranous or subcoriaceous 

 calyx-lobes. 



Tbibh Y. ntVSSJBKOTiSB. 



29. MVSSZBHDA, Linn. 



Shrubs or undershrubs, rarely herbs, erect or climbing. Leaves opposite or 

 3-nately whorled ; stipules solitary or in pairs between the petioles. Floicers 

 yellow scarlet or rarely white, in terminal cymes ; bracts and bracteoles decidu- 

 ous. Calyx-tube oblong or turbinate ; lobes 5, usually deciduous, one frequently 

 forming a large petioled white or coloured leaf. Corolla tubular, funnel-shaped 

 above, tube usually silky, throat villous ; lobes 6, valvate in bud with everted 

 margins. Stamens 5, on the throat of the corolla or lower down, filaments very 

 short ; anthers linear. Ovary 2-celled ; style filiform, stigmas 2 linear ; ovules 

 numerous, on peltate fleshy placentas. Ben-y fleshy and areolate at the top, 

 many-seeded. Seeds minute, testa pitted; embryo minute, in dense fleshy 

 albumen. — Disteib. Species about 40, tropical African, Asiatic, and Polynesian. 



It is a very difficult thing to assign limits to the species of this genus, and more 

 so to define them, 



' Flowers solitary ; calyx-teeth all similar, none white and leaf-like. 



1. K. uniflora, Wall. Cat. 6264 ; hairy, stem very slender prostrate audi 

 ascending, leaves small ovate subacute or obtuse, flowers solitary, calyx hirsute- 

 teeth subulate equalling the ovary, corolla hairy, tube slender, lobes Iwge oblong 

 lanceolate. Acranthera uniflora, Kurz in Joum. As. Soc. 1872. ii. 312 ; 1877» 

 ii. 160. 



Mabtaban and Tenasserqi ; at Tavoy, Gomez ; Moulmein, 'Parish, &e. 

 Stem 6-10 in., simple or branched, terete. Leaves subsessile or petioled, 1-1^ in., 

 with Eoattered hairs on both surfaces. Flowers sessile or peduncled, terminal or axil? 

 laiy. Corolla nearly 1 in. long, and as much across the subacute membranous lobes, 

 white. Berry ellipsoid, hirsute, with a few calyx-teeth remaining. 



