Diplospora.'] lxxv. eubucej!. (J. D. Hooker.) 123 



cup. Calyx-tvhe short; limb truncate or d-S-lolied or toothed. Corolla-tube 

 •short, cylindric or bell-shaped ; lobes 4-6, spreading, twisted in bud. Stamens 

 -4r-5, filaments short or long ; anthers oblong or linear, often recurved. Ovary 

 2- rarely 3-celled ; style short or long, branches linear or oblong ; ovules 2-3 in 

 ^ach cell, placentas on the septum. Berry ovoid or globose. Seeds few in each 

 -cell, imbricate, testa various ; embryo small. — ^Distbib. Species 6 or 8 tropical 

 Asiatic and Malayan. 



Sect. I. Eudiplospora. Bracteoles connate, sheathing the pedicel and 

 'base of the ovary. 



1. D. sing'ularis, Korth. in Ned. Kruidk. Arch. ii. 201 ; glabrous, leaves 

 -elliptic or oblong acuminate, flowers fascicled, calyx deeply 4-lobed, fruit globose. 



Kwz For. Fl. ii. 50, in part. PVangueria palembanica, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat., 

 Swppl. 644. Kubiacea, WcM. Cat. 8299, 8321. 



Khasia Mts. ; at Mamloo, alt. 3-4000 ft., J. D. H. ^ T. T. Pegtj and Tenas- 

 SEEiji; Amherst, Wallich. Moolget, Gallatly. — Disteib. Sumatra, Bauka, Borneo. 



A small tree. Leaves pale ■when dry, 3-7 by l|-2 in., coriaceous, shining ; petiole 

 short; stipules triangular, acute, tip not setaceous. Pedicels 3-4-nate, sheathed by 

 the short imbricating bracts, which form a cup round them. Calyx-teeth enlarged 

 after flowering. Corolla-tube | in., throat villous ; lobes ^g in., linear-oblong. Fruit 

 fin. diam., smooth, calyx-limb persistent; pericarp very thick. Seeds 8-10, broad 

 much compressed. 



Sect. II. Siscospermum. Bracteoles very small, not sheathing, connate 

 ■ or free. 



* Stipules acuminate, point not long and setaceous. 



2. D. apiocarpa, Bab. in Hooh. Kew Journ. ii. 257, and in Bomb. Fl. 

 120 (Discospermum) ; glabrous, leaves ovate- or elliptic-lanceolate obtusely 

 acuminate, calyx-limb trimcate minutely 4^toothed, corolla-tube very short, 

 fruit sessile ellipsoid subglobose or obovoid. Discospermum apiocarpum, Bedd. 

 Fl. Sylv. t. 223 ; Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 40. 



Westeen Peninsula ; on the Ghats from the Concan southwards, ascending to 

 .5000 ft. 



A small tree. Leaves pale when dry, 3-7 by 1^-3 in., coriaceous ; petiole |-f in.; 

 .stipules triangular, acuminate, tip not setaceous. Flowers fascicled, subsessile. 

 Corolla-tithe ^ in., throat glabrous, lobes oblong. Stamens in $ much exserted. 

 Fruit f in. long, crown conical within the narrow calyx-limb. Seeds few. 



3. D. spbaerocarpai Dale, in Hooh. Kew Journ. ii. 257, and in Bomb. 

 Fl. 120 (Discospermum^ ; glabrous, leaves elliptic-lanceolate obtuse or acute, 

 calyx-limb 4-lobed, corolla-tube very short, fruit pedicelled globose. Discosper- 

 mum sphserocarpum, Bedd. Fl. Sylv., For. Man. 134, 3, excl. syn. 



Westeen Peninsula, or the G-hats from Bombay southwards. 



A small tree. Leaves 2-6 by li-2J in. ; petiole J-J in. ; stipules short, acute, tip 

 not setaceous. Flowers fascicled, shortly pedicelled. Calyx-teeth obtuse, ciliolate. 

 Corolla-tiibe shorter than the calyx-teeth, throat glabrous, lobes ^ in. Filaments very 

 short. Fruit f in. diam., ealycine areole raised. Seeds few, vertically imbricate, 

 jnuch compressed. 



4. D. Dalzellii, T/iw. Enum. 168 (Discospermum) ; glabrous, leaves 

 -elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate obtuse, calyx-limb 4-lobed, corolla-tube of ? 

 elongate cylindiic, fruit globose subsessile. 



Ceylon ; central province, alt. 1-3000 ft. 



Very similar to D. spharocarpa, and reduced to it by Beddome (For. Man. 134, 3) , 



