Damnacanihus,'] lxxv. eubiaceje. (J. D. Hooker.) 159" 



half as long. Fruit ^ in. diam. — Griffitli's is the only Indian specimen I hare seen, 

 and no further hahitat is given than Mishmi. Considering the confusion in -whicli 

 Griifith's collections were when received at Kew, the locality may he douhtful, and 

 the specimen a Garden one : it is an extensively cultivated plant, but being Chinese, 

 may be indigenous in Mishmi. ' 



72. FRXSiaJ!I.TOnXERXS, Thwaites. 



Shrubs with compressed 4-gonous branches. Leaves opposite ; stipules 1-2- 

 cnspidate. Flotoers unisexual, in axillary and terminal fascicles, white. Calyx~ 

 tube of (J small, turbinate; of 5 larger, cupular, persistent. Corolla-tube 

 cyUndric, throat glabrous ; lobes 4-6 spreading, valvate in bud. Stamens 4-5,, 

 in the corolla-tube ; filaments short ; anthers linear, included. Ovary 2-celled ;, 

 style filiform, branches 2 free or united ; ovules 1 attached above the middle- 

 of the septimi in each cell. Berry small, 1-2-celled, 1-2-seeded. Seeds sub- 

 globoae, peltate, ventrally excavated, testa membranous ; embryo small, coty- 

 ledon reniform, radicle inferior. — Disieib. 2-3 species, tropical Indian and 

 Malayan. 



1. P. albidifiora, Tlno. in Hooh. Kew Journ. viii. 268, t. vii. ; Enum.. 

 154, 421 ; leaves elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate shining. Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. 

 t. 93 ; and Anal. Gen. t. 29, f. 4. CoiFea tetrandra, Itoxb. Fl. Ind. i. 538 ^ 

 Wall. Cat. 6242; DC. Prodr. iv. 499; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 28. Rubise, Wall. 

 Cat. 8470. 



Khasia Mts., ascending to 4000 ft., and southwards to Malacca. Ceyloit,. 

 ascending to 4000 it. — Distrib. Malay Archipelago. 



An evergreen tree or shrub ; branches slender, 4-gonous ; bark yellow, polished. 

 Leaves pale when dry, 3-5 by 1-1 4 in., coriaceous ; nerves slender ; petiole ^-1 in. ;. 

 stipules triangular, acuminate. Flowers subumbellately fascicled, rarely in pedunded' 

 axillary umbels, pedicels filiform, ^-1 in., ebracteolate. Calyx-limh truncate. Corolla- 

 white, tube f-1 in. ; lobes linear-oblong. Fruit globose, -} in. diam. 



2. P. Fergusonii, Thw. mss. ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv., For. Man. 134/10 ; very 

 similar to P. albidi/lora, but leaves rather larger, pedicels shorter all terminal 

 and more numerous and the corolla much less fleshy. 



Ceylon, near Colombo. 



The above is all the information I have as to this species, except an observation' 

 by Beddome, that " the imbrication of the corolla-lobes is easily seen in this species."" 

 In reference to this point, Beddome also says in the generic character, " Corolla-lobes 

 subimbricate (or valvate ?)." Finding the corolla to be strictly valvate in P. albidi- 

 Jlora, as Thwaites first described it, I suspect P. Fergusonii may not be congeneric. 



73. CCEX.OSFERSE'UM, Blume. 



Scandent glabrous trees or shrubs ; branchlets compressed. Leaves opposite ;: 

 stipules connate, rarely free. Flowei-s in terminal cymose thyrsoid or paniclei 

 cymes, white or yellowish, often scented. Calyx-tube short ; limb short, per- 

 sistent. Corolla coriaceous, funnel- or salver-shaped ; lobes 4-5, narrow,; 

 spreading or reflexed, valvate. Stamens 4-5, on the throat of the corolla,. 

 filaments filiform; anthers versatile, exserted, slender. Ovary 2 or 4-celled;. 

 style filiform, branches 2 short or long ; ovules 1 in the 4-ceUed, geminate ini 

 the 2-celled ovaries, pendulous. Drupe globose, with 2-4 pyrenes. Seeds erect. 

 — DlSTEiB. Species 4-5, Malayan and Australian. 



1. C. scandens, Blume Bijd. 994; leaves broadly elliptic acuminate- 

 coriaceous. DC. Prodr. iv. 468. 



