178 Lxxv. BUBIACEJ). (J. D. Hooker.) ^GeopMla. 



Drwpe fleshy, pyrenes 2, plano-convex. Seeds plano-convex, not grooved ven- 

 trally; emfcyo basal, minute, radicle inferior. — ^Disibib. Species 8 or 10 

 tropical. 



1. G. reniformis, Han, Prodr. 136 ; pubescent, leaves orbicular deeply 

 cordate, umbels 1-3-flowered peduncled. DC. Pi-odr. iv. 637 ; W. ^ A. Prodr. 

 436; Wt. Ic. t. 54; Dtdz. ^ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 111. G. diversifolia, DC. I. c. ; 

 Wall. Cat. 8325. Psychotria herbacea, lAnn. ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 533. Gepbaelis 

 herbacea, Km-z in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, ii. 140. — Rheede Sort. Mai. x. t. 21. 



SiLHET and Khasia Hills, Boxbwrgh, Be Silva, Tenassbrim and Andaman 

 Islands, Griffith, Kv/rz. Western Peninsula ; or the Ohats from the Concan south- 

 wards. Ceylon, common. — Disteib. Malay Archipelago, S. China, Polynesia, Tropical 

 Africa and America. 



Sterna a foot or less long. Leaves f-lj in. diam., more or less pubescent ; petiole 

 1-3 in. ; stipules ovate, obtuse. Pedtmcle J— 1^ in. ; bracts subulate-lanceolate. 

 Cah/x-teeth herbaceous, persistent. Corolla ^-J in., glabrous. Fruit small, globose, 

 purple. 



78. CEFKAEZ.IS, Swartz. 



Characters of Psychotria, but flowers in involucrate heads, ovary rairely 3-4- 

 ceUed. Albumen equable. — Distrib. Species 70, all tropical. 



The cultivation of Ipecacuanha {CepTuelis Ipecacuanha, Rich.), an American plant, 

 has been introduced into India, but mth hitherto scanty success. 



1. C. Crriffitliii, Sooh. f. ; leaves long-petioled oblanceolate acuminate, 

 nerves 16-20 pair glabrous beneath, stipules 1 in. diam., heads sessilis, bracts 

 orbicular connate. 



Malacca, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 3032), Maingay (928). 



Branches (or stem?) as thick as the little finger. Leaves 12-16 by 3-5 in., 

 brownish when dry, narrowed into a petiole often 3 in. long, coriaceous ; stipules 

 very coriaceous, orbicular, upper half withered and discoloured. Read 1-2 in. diam. ; 

 bracts like the stipules. Calyx-teeth obtuse. Corolla ^ in., glabrous, throat villous. 

 Fruit ^ in. long, obovoid-oblong, 4:-angled, crowned by the tubular calyx-limb ; 

 pyrenes with a broad dorsal rib, ventraUy concave. Seed very thin, pyrene dorsally 

 ridged. — The more numerous nerves and sessile large heads distinguish this from 

 the closely allied Malayan C. stipulaeea, Bl. 



2. C. cuneata, Korth. in Ned. Kruidh. Arch. ii. 248 ; leaves very nar- 

 rowly oblanceolate acuminate, nerves quite glabrous beneath, stipules j in. 

 diam., heads stoutly peduncled, bracts connate. Miq. Fl. Ind. Sat. ii. 311. 



Malacca, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 3085), Maingay (929). 



Stem simple, as thick as a goose-quill or less. Leaves 6-12 by f-1^ in., mem- 

 branous, greenish when dry, narrowed into very long petioles ; nerves very variable 

 in number, ascending ; stipules small, much withered and discoloured. Heads ^ in. 

 diam. ; peduncle stout, simple, 2-4 in. ; bracts connate in a coriaceous cup ; flowers 

 smaller and fewer than in C Griffithii. Calyx-teeth rounded. Fruit ^-f in. long, 

 almost globose, very fleshy, calyx-limb inconspicuous; pyrenes and seeds as in C. 

 Griffithii. 



79, Z.ASIAMTKVS, Jack, 



Shrubs, often foetid; branches terete, compressed at the nodes, Leaves 

 opposite, distichous, usually caudate-acuminate vyith arching nerves and close- 

 set transverse veins, which are simple or forked or branched and reticulate ; 

 stipules interpetiolar, broad, rarely narrow. Flowers small, in axillary rarely 

 peduncled often bracteate clusters, cymes or heads. Calyx-tuhe short; limb 



