Wehera.'] lxxv. EUBiACEiE. (J. D. Hooker.) 107 



small sessile few-flowered pubescent, flowers shortly pedicelled ebracteolate at 

 the base, calyx obconic, teeth short broad, corolla-tube cylindric much longer 

 than the short lobes, style glabrous, stigma very slender. ? Pavetta nilagirica, 

 JBedd. Fl. Sylv., For. Man. 134/8. 



NiLGHEEEY Mts. ; Sispaia Ghat and Peria Peak, Wynaad, Beddome, G. Thomson. 



Branches stout. Leaves 4-9 by lJ-24 in., greenish when dry, glabrous above; 

 petiole ^ in,, stout ; stipules shortly triangular. Cymes 1 in., and buds similar to 

 those of W. canarica, but the branches more puhescent, and the calyx-teeth more 

 prominent. Corolla (seen in bud only) more resembling a Pavetta than a Webcra, as 

 5o the very slender styles with the stigma not thickened or fusiform at all, and the 

 sessile anthers ; but the flowers are 6-merous, It is probably a 5-merous Pavetta, 

 and possibly a form of the protean P. indica. 



20. VT. Helferi, Hook. f. ; branches slender glabrous, leaves elliptic-lan- 

 ■ceolate or oblanceolate caudate-acuminate membranous glabrous, nerves 10 pau', 

 peduncle long slender glabrate branches pubescent, flowers pedicelled ebracteo- 

 late at the base, calyx-teeth subulate shorter than the tube, corolla puberulous, 

 tube slender much longer than the short broad lobes. Ixora Helferi, Kurz in 

 Journ. As. iSoc. 1872, ii. 316 ; For. Fl. ii. 17. 



TENASSEmM, Heifer. 



Leaves 6-8 by 1^2 in., blackish when dry, narrowed into the short petiole; sti- 

 pules ovate, acuminate, glabrous. Peduncle 4-6 in., inclined or drooping; cyme 

 brachiate, branches slender ; bracts linear-subulate, or the lower pair leafy. Flowers 

 pedicelled. Calyx-teeth subulate. Corolla-tube § in. ; lobes broadly oblong, j the 

 length of the tube ; throat glabrous. Style fusiform, slender ; stigma shortly exserted, 

 •slender, fusiform. Ovules 1 in each cell. 



43. BVRSOFH-K-X.X.1J3Z, JECook. f. 



Glabrous shrubs or small trees ; branches robust, terete. Leaves very_ coria- 

 «eous ; stipules large, deciduous. Floivers large, dioecious, white or pink, in 

 terminal few-fld. corymbs or fascicles ; bracteoles small, scale-like. Calyx-tube 

 (pi $ ) hemispheric ; limb short, cupular, persistent. Corolla coriaceous, tube 

 long, throat campanulate, mouth contracted, atHous ; lobes oblong, obtuse, 

 twisted in bud. Stamens 4-6, on the mouth of the corolla ; anthers sessile, 

 linear-oblong, included. Ovary 2-ceUed ; style filiform, stigma spindle-shaped 

 •or stigmas 2 acute cohering; ovules numerous, immersed in fleshy placentas 

 adnate to the septum. Berries ovoid or globose, 2-celled, many-seeded. Seeds 

 oblong, flattened, imbricate in 2 series, immersed in pulp. — Disteib. 2 Indian 



1. B. ellipticum, Hook.f. in Gen. PL ii. 83 ; leaves elliptic or elliptic- 

 obovate cuspidate, flowers 4-6-merous, stigma 2-lobed. Oofiea ? elliptica and 

 Stylocoryne elliptica, Thw. Enum. 154 and 421 ; Sedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 96. 



Ceylon, at no great elevation, Thwaites. 



A small tree, dark brown when dry. Leaves 4-7 by 2-3 in., sometimes obovate ; 

 petiole very stout, ^1 in. ; stipules convolute, oblong, acute. Peduncles 1-3, ^J in. 

 Calyx small, truncate. Corolla white ; tube slender, ^1 in. ; lobes J in. Ba-ries 1 

 in. diam., globose, about 10-seeded. 



2. B. tetrandrum, Hook.f. in Gen. PI. ii. 83 ; leaves obovate or elliptic- 

 oblong, tip rounded, flowers 4-merous, stigma entire. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 326. 

 Gardenia tetrandra, Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 20. 



Teavancoke Mts., alt. 6000 ft. ; Athraymallay, Captain Davidson. 



A shrub or small tree, dark brown when dry. Leaves 3-8 by 1^-2 in., shining 



