Mandia.] lxxv. rdbiack^. (J. D. Hooker.) 113 



11. B. Wallicbii, Hooli. f. ; glatrous, suTascandent, unarmed, tranches 

 rol)ust rough, leaves elliptic-lanceolate acuminate, cymes solitary on the branches 

 «.xiUary sessile, bracts caducous, flowers very small glabrovis, corolla-tube much 

 shorter than the lobes, berries many-seeded. Rubiacea, Wall. Cut. 8445, 8466. 

 Griffithia, sp. 11, Hei-b. Ind. Or. H. f. Sr T. 



Bhotan, Griffith ; Silhet and Khasia Mts., alt. 1-4000 fl., Be Silva ; Chittagong, 

 X D. St. ^ T.T.\ PEGn, KuTS ; Tenasseeim, Heifer, &e. — Distrib. Yunaii, Java. 



. A tree ; branches flexuous (as if twining), very stont, with rough soft red-brown 

 bark. Leaves 4-9 by lJ-21 in., brown when dry, smooth, coriaceous, shining above, 

 narrowed at the base ; petiole \-\ in., stout ; stipules broadly ovate-lanceolate, sheath- 

 ing, coriaceous. Oymcs from the upper axil of each branch ; branches spreading, 

 stout in fruit, ebracteate or with a few caducous triangular bracts. Flowers shortly 

 pedicelled. Calyx turbinate, minutely toothed. Cm-oUa \ in. diam. Stigma entire. 

 Berry globose, |-| in. diam. Seeds peltate, smooth ; albumen uniform. 



12. R. rug^ulosa, Thw. Enum. 169 (jGriffithia) ; glabrous, climbing, un- 

 :armed, leaves elliptic obtuse or obtusely acuminate, cymes several on each branch 

 leaf-opposed, bracts large subpersistent, corolla-tube much shorter than the lobes, 

 mouth pubescent, berries several-seeded. Stylocoryne, sp. Wall. Cat. 8406. 



Western Peninsuia ; on the Ghats, from the Concan southwards, ascending to 

 4000 ft., HJeyne, Wight, &c. Ceylon ; Ambagamowa, Saifragan and Galle districts, 

 not common, Champion, Thwaites. 



A large climbing shrub with stout pendulous branches. Leaves 3-7 by IJ-S in., 

 •sometimes lanceolate, rarely acute, coriaceous ; nerves very strong ; stipules broad, 

 ■coriaceous, acute, 2-glandular at the base within (Thwaites). Cymes with a short 

 stout peduncle, glabrous or puberulons; branches very stout, spreading; bracts 

 <:oriaceous, obtuse, often connate in pairs. Mowers pedicelled. Calyx hemispheric, 

 glabrous or puberulous ; teeth very variable, acute or obtuse. Corolla l-| in. diam., 

 white ; tube and lobes quite glabrous. Berries size of a pea. Seeds rugose. 



Var. speciosa; flowers ij in. diam. Griffithia speciosa, Bedd. lo. PI. Ind. Or. 8, 

 •t. 37. — South Canara to Travancore, Beddome. — I see nothing but the size of the 

 ■flower to distinguish this from E. rugidosa. Though stated to be found over so great 

 an area, I have seen no specimens. 



13. B. CaudoUeana, W. §• A. Prodr. 399 ; erect, unarmed, branches 

 very stout, leaves long-petioled obovate or orbicular obtuse glabrous pubescent 

 ■or velvety beneath, cymes subterminal axiUary or from naked nodes, corolla 

 silky externally, lobes much longer than the tube, berries several-seeded. E. 

 <;orymbosa, W. ^ A. I. c. R. deccanensis, Sedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. 67, t. 137. 

 Rubiacea, Wall. Cat. 8293. 



Western Peninscxa ; Nagur Hills, Mysore, Wight ; Nallay MaUay Hills, near 

 Kurnook, Beddome. 



A small tree with naked woody branches and rough bark. Leaves 1-3 in., some- 

 times nearly as broad, glabrous above, beneath softly velvety or glabrous or with 

 axillary tufts of hairs, dark brown when dry; petiole J-lj in.; stipules broadly 

 ovate. Cymes sessile, branches spreading; bracts caducous. Ccdyx-tiibe glabrous, 

 ■campanulate ; limb produced, much dilated, teeth subulate. Corolla 5 in. diam. ; 

 lobes broadly oblong, glabrate within. Stigma globose. Berries § in. diam., globose, 

 with a small elevated areole ; pericarp thin, crustaceous and shining within. Seeds 

 numerous, small, imbedded in pulp, compressed, quite smooth. 



Sect. V. Anisophyllea. Unarmed shrubs or trees -with unequal pairs 

 of leaves. Cymes axillary, tomentose or silky. Corolla densely silky or tomen- 

 tose, tube equalling or exceeding the lobes. Berry large, endocarp woody, many- 

 seeded. (Fruit unknown in R. silcMmensis.) 



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