760 LXIV. RUBIACE^. [Antirrhaa. 



Leaves obovate to oblong, very obtuse, rarely above often less than lin. long, 

 smooth and shining. Drupe blackish, ovoid or oblong, about 3 lines long, 

 usually 5 or 6-oelled or separating into as many pyrenes 2. A. putaminosa. 



Leaves obovate-lanceolate, 2 to Sin. long, lin. broad, pale-green on the 

 under side. Drupe 3 to 5 lines long, 4-oelled or separating into 4 pyrenes 8. A. myrtoides. 



1. A., tenuiflora (flowers slender), F. v. M. Herb.; Benth. Fl. Austr. iii. 418. ' 

 A shrub or small tree, glabrous or the young parts silky-pubescent. Leaves 

 oval-elliptical, acuminate, narrowed into a petiole, 3 to 6in. long, membranous, 

 glabrous above, the under side often sparingly pubescent. Peduncles axillary, 

 forked with several sessile flowers along the branches. Calyx scarcely 1 line 

 long, the lobes short and spreading. Corolla white, nearly glabrous ; the slender 

 tube between 4 and 5 lines long ; the lobes ovate, about 1 line. Anthers sessile, 

 linear, hidden in the mouth of the corolla or scarcely exserted. Style with the 

 2 stigmatic lobes 2 lines long. Drupe ovate, 4-a,ngular, often compressed, nearly 

 ^in. long ; pericarp red ; putamen hard, 4-angular (not separating into pyrenes, 

 F. V. M.j ■ 



Hab.: Many of the tropical scrubs. 



2. A> putaminosa (having putamen), Benth. and Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. 100. 

 A small tree with a grey bark ; much-branched, slender, glabrous, or the young 

 parts silky-pubescent. Leaves from obovate to oblong, very obtuse, narrowed 

 into a short petiole, rarely above lin. long and mostly smaller, smooth and 

 shining. Peduncles slender, axillary, bearifig either 1 or a cyme of 3 to 7 

 yellowish flowers. Calyx-lobes small, obtuse. Corolla-tube very slender, about 

 2 lines long, silky pubescent ; lobes 4 to 6, very obtuse, about I line long and 

 broad. Drupe ovoid or oblong, blackish, about S lines long, glabrous, the 

 putamen hard, 5 or 6-celled, or separating into as many pyrenes. — Bobea putami- 

 nosa or Timonius putaminosus, F. v. M. Fragm. iv. 92 v. 212 ; Ouettardella 

 putaminosa, Benth. Fl. Austr. iii. 419. 



Hab.: Eookhampton, Tliozet. 



Wood of a light-yellowish colour ; quite equal to Box ', the grain is close and should prove 

 suitable for engraving. — Bailey's Gat. Ql. Woods No. 244. 



3. A. myrtoides (Myrtle-like), F. v. M. Fragm. ix. 114, Guettarda (sect. 

 Amtiirhma) myrtoides. A shrub, almost glabrous. Leaves obovate-lanceolate, 2 

 to Bin. long and about lin. broad, the under side pale-green ; lateral nerves thin, 

 widely patent, shortly decurrent upon the petiole. Stipules scarcely exceeding 1 

 line, silky outside, deltoid-lanceolate, soon deciduous. Peduncles 1 to \\xa. long, 

 slender. Bracts on the pedicel under the flower, minute. Flowers 1 to 3, 

 some shortly pedicellate, the others sessile. Calyx 1 line long, with 4 minute 

 teeth. Corolla 4 to 5 lines long ; tube cylindrical, not bearded at the throat ; 

 lobes ovate, slightly silky. Anthers sagittate-linear, sessile. Style subulate, 

 glabrous, 1\ line long ; stigmatic lobes 2, minute, setaceous. Drupe 3 to 5 lines 

 long, ovate-globular, separating into 4 pyrenes. 



Hab.: Bookingham Bay, J. Dallachy (F. v. M.) and other tropical parts. 



18. TIMONIUS, Eumph. 



(From Timon or Aytimon, the name of a species in Amboyna.) 



(Polyphragmon, Desf.) 



Calyx-limb truncate or irregularly toothed. Corolla-tube cylindrical ; lobes 4 



or more, short, thick, obtuse, with a central rib prominent inside, the margins 



more or less imbricate in the bud. Anthers included in the tube. Ovary 



(normally 5 to 10- celled with several ovules to each cell) divided by spurious 



dissepiments between the ovules into very numerous 1-ovulate cells, superposed 



