588 
ules on each fe flowers bisexual er unisexual: corolla 
rotate or funnel-shaped : -estivation valvular: styles 2, distinct 
or more,or- less concrete : stigmas capitate : fruit composed of 
2 indehiscent 1-seeded mericarps : albumen horny. 
GENUS L. RUBIA. 
Tetrandria Monogymia. Sex: Syat:- 
Deriv, From Ruber, red, in allusion to the colour of the roots, 
Gen. Cuan. Calyx-tube ovate-globose : limb scarcely any: co- 
Yolla 4-5- partite; rotate : stamens 4—5, short: ‘stytes short: fruit, 
baccate, didymous, somew hat globose, fleshy and juicy. 
tho ee ee 
(1) R. corpirotia. (Linn. ) 
Ident. “W. & A. prod.-J. p. 442.—Dee. prod. EV. p. 588. 
“Sgn. R. Munijista, Roxb. f. Ind, I. p. 374.— R. Munjith, 
Desv. Journ. Bot. 1. p. 207. ; 
Engrav.. Wight’s leon, t. 187.—III. IT. t. 128. bis, f. 1 
’ Spec. Cuan. Herbaceous: stem 4-angled, rough with prickles 
on the angles: leaves in fours; long-petioled, oblong or ovate, acu- 
minated, more or less cordate, 3-7-nerved; the margins middle 
nerve and triquetrous petioles rough with minute prickles : panicles 
in the upper axils peduncled, gichatonads: bracts small, opposite, 
not forming an involucre: flowers usually 5-cleft, white. 
Neilgherries. Dindigul. Mahableshwur. Khasia mountains, 
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vende i. GALIUM. 
' 
‘Seinen Monogynia. Ser: Syst: 
Deriy. From Gala, milk, as some of the species are used for 
eurdling milk. : 
Gen. Cuar. Herbaceous branched plants: Jeaves with the sti- 
-pules forming a verticil : calyx-tube ovate-globose or oblong. with 
scarcely any limb?" corolla 4-partité, ‘rotate: stamens and styles 
short: fruit didymous, roundish, dry, compused of 2 indehiscent’ 1- 
seeded mericarps. 
(1) 6. ASPERIFOEIUM. ( Wall.) 
_ Ident. W. & A. prod. I. p. 442.—Roxb. fl. Ind. (Ed. Wall.) 
“]. p. 381.—Dee. prod: 1V. p. 598. 
Sya.- G. parvifloram, Pon. prod. fl. Nep. p. 133, 
Engrav. Wight’s UL. IL. t. 128. bis. f. 2. 
