)rvwrf/fl)(rf/rt.] LXlV. RUBIACE^. 74*7 



si. W. psychotrioides (Psychotria-like), A'. -. M. I /<■/. Sat. viii. 178. 

 Leaves rather large, ovate to elongate-lanceolate, somewhat acuminate, almost 

 membranous, narrowed into a short petiole, glabrous above, pale beneath, the 

 veins hairy, stipules deltoid, short-pointed, fugacious ; cymes in a terminal diver- 

 gently branched panicle, densely clothed with short, appressed, brownish-grey 

 hairs. Flowers iuibvicate in bud, quite small, 5-merous ; bracts minute; narrow- 

 semilaneeolate ; calyx-lobes roundish-deltoid, very short ; tube of the corolla 

 almost entirely enclosed, inside glabrous, turgid ; lobes membranous, venulous, 

 about as long as the tube ; anthers almost sessile, ovate-ellipsoid, broadest towards 

 the base and there slightly bilobed, their ajjcx minutely bidenticular, dehiscence 

 introrse ; style never much elongated ; stigmas very short ; epigynous disk beset 

 with minute hairs ; fruit small, the 4-valved summit alone emerging, ovate- 

 globular, slightly compressed ; placentas inserted about the middle of the dissepi- 

 ment ; seeds numerous, very minute, shining brown, somewhat oblique-ovate, 

 angular, reticular-foveolate. — Oldenlandiit psychotrwirles, ¥. v. M. Vict. vi. 54. 



H»b.: Russell Eivei-, 11'. Snijer (F. ». M.) 



u. DENTELLA, Forst. 

 (Corolla-lobes toothed.) 



(Lippaya, Endl.) \ 



Calyx-limb tubular, 6-lobed, persistent. Corolla-tube somewhat dilated 

 upwards; lobes 5, usually 2 or 3-toothed, induplicate-valvate in the bud. 

 Anthers included in the tulje. Ovary 2-celled, with several ovules in each cell, 

 iittached to a placenta arising from near the base. Style with 2 linear stigmatic 

 lobes. Capsule globular, crowned by the calyx-liinb, 2-celled, scarcely dehlStient. 

 Seeds more or less angular. — Prostrate herb. Stipules interpetiolar, entire or 

 oiliate. Flowers solitary, sessile in the axils or forks. 



The genus is limited to a single species found in Malayan Islands and Polynesia as well as in 

 Australia. 



1. S. repens (creeping), Furst.: DC. I'nxl. iv. 419; Ijnith. Fl. Amtr. m. 

 406. Stems from a perennial stock, prostrate or creeping, sometimes very small, 

 forming dense patches of 1 or 2in., sometimes extending to 1 or 2ft., glabrous or 

 hirsute with transparent almost scarious hairs. Leaves from ovate or oblong 

 obtuse and petiolate to lanceolate or linear and acute, under ^in. and often under 

 ^in. long. Stipules short and scarious. Flowers sessile in the axils of the leaves 

 or in the forks of the branches. Calyx- tube nearly globular, f to ^ line diameter, 

 usually very hispid ; limb tubular, membranous, nearly 2 lines long, divided to 

 about the middle into linear lobes. Corolla 2 to 3 lines long, the lobes shorter 

 than the tube. Anthers linear. Capsule about 1^ line diameter, hispid with 

 long transparent hairs. — W, and Am. Prod. 405 ; Lippaya telephioides, Endl. 

 Atakta, 13 t. 13. 



Hab.: Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, li. Brown ; Dawson River, F. v. Mueller ; Port 

 Curtis, M'Gillivraij ; Wide Bay, Bidwill ; Moreton Bay, C. Stuart. Not uncommon in the 

 colony. 



6. HEDYOTIS, Linn. 



(From the sweet-scented flower, and the leaves of some species being 



ear-shaped.) 



Calyx-limb of 4 (very rarely 5) persistent teeth or lobes. Corolla- tube short 

 or slender, of 4 (very rarely 5) lobes, valvate in the bud. Anthers usually 

 exserted from the tube. Ovary 2 (rarely 3 or 4) celled, with several ovules in 

 each cell, attached to placentas arising from near the base. Style entire or with 

 2 (rarely 3 or 4) stigmatic lobes. Capsule globular or ovoid, sometimes more 



