100 Lxxv. EUBiACEiB. (J. D. Hookei'.) [Scliixostigma. 



tose, leaves very large ovate-lanceolate or linear-oblong coriaceous caudate- 

 acuminate, stipules linear-lanceolate, cymes sessile or peduncled capitate and 

 flowers densely tomentose. DC. Prodr. iv. 441. 



Penang, WalUch, Maingay (Kew Distrib. 884) ; Singapoee, Lobh. 



Branches as thick as the little finger, cylindric. Leaves 6-12 by 2-4 in., tail 

 very slender l-lj in., pubescent, especially on the nerves beneath, green when dry. 

 Cymes ^-1 in. diam. ; bracts often exceeding the flowers, which are the largest of the 

 genus ; peduncle, if present, very stout. Berry \ in. diam., pubescent, crowned with 

 the calyx-teeth. 



39. SCHXZOSTXGiaA, Am. 



A. creeping' hirsute herb. Leaves membranous; stipules broadly ovate, 

 acute. Flowers 1-3 together, subsessile, axillary with 2 stipular bracts. Calyx- 

 tube obovoid : limb produced, throat hirsute ; lobes 5, lanceolate, unequal, per- 

 sistent. Coi-olla ftmnel-shaped, throat pubescent; lobes 6, ovate-lanceolate, 

 valvate in bud with incurved tips. Stamens 5, in the throat of the corolla, 

 filaments short ; anthers linear, half exserted. Ow«-y 5-7-celled ; style filiform, 

 stigmas 5-7 linear ; ovules crowded on placentas in the inner angles of the 

 cells. ' Merries ovoid, 6-7-celLed, many-seeded. Seeds minute, ovoid, festa 

 mucilaginous ; embryo clavate, in fleshy oily albumen. 



1. S. Ilirsutum, Am. in Ann. Nat. Hist. iii. 20; T/iw. Enum. 139; 

 Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 95. Rubiacea, Wall. Cat. 8463. 



Ceylon ; southern districts, ascending to 2000 ft., Walker, &c. 



Stem flexuous, extensively creeping and rooting, sending up short erect leafy 

 branches 4-8 in. high. Leaves lj-2i in., pale brown when dry, elliptic, acute, 

 hirsute on both surfaces, nerves slender ; petiole ^-^ in. ; stipules | in. Flowers 

 white, § in. diam. Berries the size of a small cherry. — Wallich's specimens are 

 marked as from Hb. Finlayson, but as Finlayson collected only in Siam and tho 

 Malay Peninsula (so far as is known) there is no doubt some error. 



40. X.ECANAITTKVS, Jack. 



A rooting small glabrous shrub, branches acutely 4^angled. Leaves petioled 

 stipules large. Flowers reddish, crowded in axillary sessile or pedimcled nod- 

 ding involucrate heads. Calyx-tube ovoid or turbinate ; limb obliquely cam- 

 panulate, unequally obtusely 2-4-lobed or 2-lipped, persistent. Cwolla funnel- 

 shaped ; tube inflated at the base ; lobes 5, thick, obtuse, bearded at the tip, 

 valvate in bud. Stamens 5, on the throat of the corolla, filaments short ; anthers 

 2-lobed. Disk urn-shaped. Ovary 2-celled ; style filiform, stigmas 3 linear or 

 oblong ; ovules numerous on spongy placentas attached to the septum. Fruit 

 membranous, 2-ceIled, mucilaginous within, many-seeded, placentas thick. 

 Seeds obtusely angled, testa thick smooth ; embryo small in fleshy albumen. 



1. Ii. erubescens. Jack in Mai Misc. ii. 83 ; Wall, in JRoxb. Fl. Ind., 

 ed. Carey S; Wall. ii. 319; Cat. 6224; DC. Prodr. iv. 620. Lecananthiis sp., 

 Griff. Notid. iv. 272. 



Singapoee, WalUch, Lobb ; Malacca, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 2784), Maingay (912). 

 — DisTBiB. Siimatra, Borneo. 



Stem a foot high, stout, brown when dry. Leaves 3-6 by 1-2 in., elliptic eUiptic- 

 ovate or linear-oblong, acuminate, opaque, nerves faint ; petiole short ; stipules J in., 

 ovate-lanceolate, acuminate. Heads f-1 in. diam. ; the foliaceous calyces imbricating; 

 peduncle or sliort, glabrous or puberulous; involucre small, lobed. Cailya; purplish, 

 limb enlarged in fruit. CoroUa- pink,— I know of but one species of this genus. 



