74 i LXIV. RUBIACeJE. 



Tkibe XIV. SpermacoceSS. — Corolla-lobes valvate in bud. Ovary 2, rarely 3 to i-celled ; 

 style entire : stigma capitate or 2-fid, rarely style-arms elongate. Ovules attached to tlie septum 

 of the ovary, amjihitropous. Fruit small, dry, capsular or of 2 cocci, or eircumsciss at the 

 base. Seeds usually oblong, deeply grooved on the ventral face.— Herbs, rarely undershrubs. 

 Leaves opposite. Stipules usually setaceous. 



Fruit of 2 separable cocci, both or one only dehiscing veutrally 34. Spermacoce. 



Ovary 3-celled. Corolla-lobes usually 5, occasionally i . . . 35.*Eichari>sosia. 



Teibe XV. Cralieas.— Calyx-lobes valvate in the bud. Ovary i-celled ; style-arms 2 ; ovules 

 attached to the base of the septum.' Fruit of 2 small coriaceous or Aeshy indehiscent lobes. Seeds 

 peltate, usually hollowed ventrally. — Herbs. Leaves usually whorled, without stipules. 



Corolla nearly rotate, with scarcely any tube . . . . 36. Galium. 



Corolla funnel-shaped, with a distinct tube 37. Aspekula. 



1. SARCOCEPHALUS, Afz. 

 (Fruit-heads fleshy.) 



(Platanocarpus, Km-th.) 



Flowers densely packed in a globular head, the calyxes cohering. Corolla-tube 

 slender ; lobes 4 or 5, spreading, slightly imbricate in the bud. Anthers nearly 

 sessile at the mouth of the corolla-tube. Ovary 2-ceIled, with several linear 

 ovules in each cell inversely imbricate on a linear placenta, pendulous from the 

 top of the cell. Style much exserted, with 2 short stigmatic lobes. Fruits 

 connate in a dense globular mass, fleshy when fresh, hard when dry, but capsular 

 at the base. Seeds 1 or 2 in each cell, not winged. Albumen abundant. — Trees 

 or shrubs. Stipules interpetiolar, membranous, very deciduous. Flower-heads 

 solitary on terminal peduncles. 



The genus is spread over tropical Africa and Asia. 



Branches and leaves glabrous ... . . 1. 5'. cordatus. 



Branches and leaves velvety-pubescent . . . . . . . . 2. &'. Bartlingii. 



1. S> COrdatus (heart-shaped), Miq. Fl. hid. Bat. ii. 133 ; Benth. b'l. Austr. 

 iii. 402. Leichhardt Tree or Canary Wood. " Oolpanje," Mitchell River, 

 "Coobiaby," Cloncnn-j, Palnier : " Toka," Rockhampton, " Taberol," Cleveland 

 Bay, Thozet ; " Poan-ja," Cooktown, Rutli. A handsome tree, quite glabrous, 

 or very slightly pubescent. Leaves broadly ovate, obtuse, rounded, or 

 cordate at the base, from 4 or 5in. to twice that length. Stipules large, broad, 

 obtuse, very deciduous. Flowers yellow, in dense globular heads above lin. 

 diameter without the styles. Calyx-limb shortly campanulate, with 4 or 5 

 stipitate clavate gland-like lobes. Oorolla-tube slender, about 2 lines long ; 

 lobes about half that length, obtuse. Style very long, with a thick ovoid shortly 

 2-lobed stigma. Fruits united in a hard globular mass of above lin. diameter, 

 pitted and rough with the remains of the more or less succulent calyxes and 

 disks. Seeds either 1 oblong, or 2 superposed and truncate in each cell. — Nauclea 

 coadunata, Sm. in Rees Cycl. xxiv.; DC. Prod. iv. 344 ; N. undidata and 

 N. cordata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 508, 509 ; SarcocepJialus undulatus, Miq. Fl. Ind. 

 Bat. ii. 133. 



Hab.: A common tree in the northern scrubs. 



Tincture of the bark is somewhat fluoresqent ; may be used medicinally in cases where simple 

 bitters are indicated ; appears to be as useful as Calumba. Some commercial use, such as a 

 bitter for beer; might be made of this bark, which could be obtained in any quantity. When 

 dry it is extremely light and is apparently free from tannin. — T, Jj. Bancroft, M.B. 



Fruit eaten. Bark soaked in water produces vomiting and cure in cases of sore stomach. Roth. 



Wood of a dark-yellow colour, close-grained, soft, and having a strong musk-like odour when 

 fresh cut; useful both to the carpentor and cabinetmaker. The wood .also furnishes a good 

 dye.— Bailey's Cut. Ql. Kands No. 239. 



