Pcederia.] lxxv. eubiacej!. (J. D. Hooker.) 197 



M-uif subglohose, pyrenesnot separating from a filiform carpophore. 



7. P. tomentosa, Blume Bijd. 968; glabrous or sparsely pubescent, 

 leaves opposite petioled ovate or lanceolate acute or acuminate, base rounded or 

 cordate, calyx^teeth very short, fruit subglobose, pyrenes not winged. DC. 

 Prodr. iv. 471 ; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 76. P. barbulata, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd. 

 Bat. 255. P. foetida, Benth. Fl. Hongk. 162. Psederia sp., Griff. Notvl. iv. 

 268 ; Ic. PL Asiat. t. 479, f. 4. 



From the Eastbbn Himalaya and Khasia Mts., ascending to 6000 ft. to Singa- 

 POBE. — DisTRiB. Malay Islands, S. China, Japan. 



Leaves 2-4 by l-2i in., above glabrous or sparsely hairy, beneath glabrous pubes- 

 cent or subtomentose ; petiole 1-3 in. Panicle as in P.fcetida, but branches usually 

 shorter and the ultimate often scorpioid with secund sessile flowers. Calyx and 

 corolla as in- P. fottida^ Fruit ^-\ in. diam., with 2 orbicular much compressed 

 pyrenes. 



?8.. P. linearis, Hook. /..; glabrous, very slender, leaves opposite sub- 

 sessile narrowly linear acute, calyx-testh minute, corolla pubescent. 



Tenasseeim ; at Mergui, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 2911). 



Branches- shining. Leaves 2-3 by ^ in., nerves very obscure ; petiole ^ in. or less. 

 Panicles spreading, broad; branches very slender,.repeatedly trichotomous; brafteoles 

 minute, flowers remote, often on long, pedicels, like those of P. foetida. Fruit 

 (unripe)' subglobose, glabrous, ^in. diam. — This is probably allied in the fruit to P. 

 tomentosa. 



EXCLUDED SPECIES. 



p. eecheva, Soxh. Hort. Bevg. 15; Fl. Ind. i. 684; DC. Prodr. iv. 471, appears 

 from Roxburgh's drawing to be Ixora rcGurua, Kurz. 



P. eeecta, Soxb.-Eort. Beng. 15 ; Fl. In,d. i. 685 ; DC. Prodr. iv. 471, is probably 

 a Psychotria. 



84. ■aATXXI.TOTSIA, Soxb. 



A hispid pubescent or glabrate erect 3-chotomously branched undershrub, 

 foetid when bruised, branches terete. Leaves opposite, petioled, nerves many, 

 stout ; stipules intrapetiolar, short, acute, persistent. Flowers small, in broad 

 terminal 3-chotomously branched panicled or subumbellate cymes, white or 

 blue, sweet-scented, bracteate and bracteolate. Calyx-tuhe ovoid ; limb of 4-5 

 subulate persistent segments. Corolla funnel-shaped, tube long; lobes 4-5, 

 short, valvate; Stamens 5, inserted in the corolla-throat, filaments short subu- 

 late; anthers obovate-oblong, obtuse. Ovary 5-furrowed, outer coat almost 

 free from the 5-celled inner coat ; style filiform, arms 5 linear ; ovules 1, basal, 

 erect in each cell. Capsule 1-celled from the absorption of the septa, 5-valved 

 at the top, 6 (or fewer-) -seeded. Seeds 3-quetrous, outer coat of testa reticu- 

 late 3-valved at the base, inner thick ; cotyledons cordate induplicate, radicle 

 inferior. 



1. K. suaveolens, Roxh. Hort. Beng. 15 ; Fl. Ind. i. 564 ; DC. Prodr: 

 iv. 462; Brand. For. Fl. 278; BeSd. Fl. Sylv. Anal. Gen. 134/12, t. 17, f. 3. 

 H. scabra, Don Prodr. 137; DC. I. c. H. mysorensis, W. ^ A. Prodr. 423; 

 Dalz. Sf Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 115. H. propinqua, Dene.in Jacq. Voy. Bat. t. 91.. 

 Lasianthus tubiflorus, Blume Bijd. 999. Spermadictyon suaveolens, So.vb. Cor. 

 PI. t. 236; Wall. Cat. 6239; Bot. Peg. t. 348. S. azm'eum, Wall.. in Roxb. Fl. 

 Ind., ed. Carey 8f Wall. ii. 225;- Co<."6240; Bot. Reg. t. 1235.. 



Teopical and Subtropical Himalaya and the Salt Bange, alt. 2-5000 ft., from 

 Kashmir to Bhotan. Oenteal India and the Western Peninsula, ascending to. 

 4000 ft. from Marwar and Behar southwards to Mysore on- dry- rocky hills. — Distrib; ■ 

 China (probaoly introduced). 



