762 LXIV. RUBIACE^. 



11. WEBERA, Schreb. 



(After G. H. Weber.) 



(Styloeoryne, W. and Am. and others, not of Gav.) 



Calyx-limb short, truncate or 5-toothed, deciduous. Corolla-tube cylindrical ; 



lobes 5, imbricate (usually contorted) in the bud. Anthers nearly sessile, more 



or less exserted. Ovary 2-celled with several ovules in each cell, attached to a 



peltate placenta. Fruit a globular berry. Style long, slightly thickened upwards, 



undivided. Seeds angular, without any or with a very thin pulp. — Shrubs or 



trees, without thorns. Stipules solitary on each side, pointed, with a broad base 



but not united. Flowers not usually numerous, in broad terminal cymes or 



corymbs. 



The species are scattered over tropical Africa, Asia, and the S. Pacific Islands. The Australian 

 species is apparently endemic, although very closely allied to a common one in the S. Pacific. — 

 Benth. 



1. W. Ballachiana (after J. Dallachy), F. v. 21.: Benth. Fl. Austr. iii. 412. 

 A tree of 20 to 80ft. (Dallachy). Leaves petiolate, oval elliptical or oblong, 

 acuminate, narrowed at the base, often 6 to Sin. long. Flowers very numerous 

 in a terminal triohotomous corymb shorter than the leaves. Calyx very small, 

 the limb short, cup-shaped, obscurely toothed. Corolla-tube slender, about 5 

 lines long ; lobes oblong, less than half the length of the tube ; anthers linear. 

 Style very long. 



Hab.: Albany Island, IF'. Hill; Rockingham Bay, Dallachy. 



In fruit and foliage the species is indistinguishable from the common 11'. satnbucina (Pavettu, 

 DC, Styloeoryne, A. Gray) of the Fiji and other Pacific Islands, and the specimens have a 

 similar tendency to dry black ; the only difference I can detect is in the corolla-tube fully twice 

 as long, but this appears to be constant. — Benth. 



Wood close-grained and light-coloured. — Bailey's Gat. Ql. Woods No. 239a. 



12. RANDIA, Linn. 



(After Isaac Rand, F.R.S.) 



(Styloeoryne, Cav., vot of others ; Griffilhia, TF. and Am.; Cupia, DC; Gynopachys, Bl.) 



Calyx-limb tubular campanulate or annular, truncate toothed or lobed. 



Corolla-tube cylindrical, short or long, rarely dilated at the top; lobes 5, 



imbricate (usually contorted) in the bud. Anthers nearly sessile, included in 



the tube or exserted. Ovary 2-celled, with several, usually numerous, ovules 



in each cell, attached to a fleshy peltate placenta. Style with 2 thick stigmatic 



lobes or entire. Fruit succulent, indehiscent, often crowned by the calyx-limb. 



Seeds several, iinmersed in the fleshy or pulpy placenta. — Shrubs or rarely trees, 



often, especially in species not Australian, armed with opposite axillary thorns. 



Stipules interpetiolar, solitary on each side, pointed, with a broad base but not 



united, often deciduous. Flowers in axillary cymes or clusters, or solitary at the 



summit of short branches or tufts of leaves. 



A considerable genus, dispersed over the tropical regions of the New and the Old World. 

 Unarmed. 

 Leaves large, sessile, lanceolate. Calyx long, cylindrical, enclosing the 



corolla-tube, strigose-sericeus. Corolla-lobes lanceolate 1. A', liirta. 



Leaves on very short petioles, sometimes whorled, always long, either 

 very nai'row or broad with distant oblique nerves. Calyx hirsute, 



tube short. Fruit reddish, resembling a gooseberry 2. R. cliartacea. 



Leaves on longer petioles than the last, ovate-lanceolate. Calyx ciliate, 

 tube campanulate, 5-toothed. Corolla-tube turgid ; lobes 5, oblique, 



falcate. Fruit small, globular . . 'A. B. Bmthamiana 



Leaves large, oblong, chartaeeous. Cymes of few large flowers. Calyx 

 truncate. Corolla-tube oblong; lobes oblong, 6 lines long. Fruit 

 oval, often 2in. long 4. jj. Fitxalani. 



