Unearia] LXI. RUBIACEJil 371 



seeds witli wings I in. long. Havilancl in Jonrn, Linn. Soc. xxxiii. 78 transposes 1 and 2, 

 calling tlie large-fld. sp. V. pedicel lata. 3. IT. ovalifolia, Boxb.— Sjm. U. acida, Roxb. 

 Merirni. Malay Penins. and Arcliip. Branclilets and I. nearly glabrous, 1. ovate or 

 e]li])tic, blade 2-3, pet. \ in. long. Peduncle gradually narrowed from a broad often 

 woodv base, uij])er part or the whole slender. Pedicels generally shorter than calyx, 

 calyx-lobes broad, nearly orbicular, corolla pubehcent. Capsule slender. 



B. M. sessile or subsessile; bracteoles 0, petiole short, under \ in. 



4. U. macrophylla, Wall— Syn. V, sesnlifoVia^ Eoxb. ; Kurz P. PI. ii, 69. Bhutan, 

 As^am, Ivhasi hills, Manipur, Cachar. Lower Burma, Kurz, A large climber, 

 branchlets, petioles, underbide ot 1. and pieduncles rusty pubescent, 1. 4-6 in. long, 

 see . n. 6-8 pair. Peduncles slender, 1-1 } in. long, calyx lobes linear, as long as tube, corolla 

 hirsute outside Capsule | in. long, pedicel as long as or longer than capsule. 5. U, 

 ferrea, DC. Mergui. Malay Peninsula. L. 8-4 in., sec. n. 6-9 pair, calyx-lobes filiform, 

 densely hairy, corolla glabrous. 6. U. Gambir, Eoxb. Malay Penins. Cultivated in 

 India . Branchlets and 1. glabrous, 1. coriaceous, shining, stipxiles entire. PL pubescent, 

 corolla-lobes white, silkj^ Capsule glabrous, fubiform, % in. long, pedicels shorter than 

 capsule. Yields the Gambler of commerce, used in tanning and dyeing. 



C. M. and capsules sessile or nearly so, bracteoles usually present, filiform. 



7. U. pilosa, Eoxb. ; Ku.rz P. Fl. ii. 70. Vern. Baisi kara^ Nep. 



A large evergreen straggling and climbing slirnb, branchlets, petioles, under- 

 side of 1. and peduncles tawny hairy, 1. ovate, acuminate, blade 4-5 in. long, 

 petiole very short. Peduncles gradually narro^ved from a stout base. Calyx 

 hirsute, lobes linear, longer than tube, corolla j^ellow, f in. long, slightly 

 hairy. Capsule ^-^ in. long, nearly sessile, slightly hairy, ribbed, crowned 

 by the linear calyx-lobes. 



Outer hills and vallej^'s from Kumaon eastwards, ascending in Sikkini to 5,000 ft. 

 Assam, Garo and Khasi hills. Chlttagong. Burma, Upper and Lower. PL April- 

 June. 8. v. sessilifructus, Roxb. Nepal, Sikkim, to 5,000 ft. Bhutan. Assam. Khasi 

 and Naga hills. Cachar, Chittagong. Lower Burma. A large climber, 1. glabrous, 

 shining above, pale beneath, blade 8-5, petiole J- J in. long. Peduncles slender, 1-1| in. 

 long, often forming terminal panicles, calyx-lobes short, obtuse, corolla pale yellow. 

 Similar and closely allied is 9. U. Isevigata, Wall. Khasi and ISFaga hills. Tenasserim. 



8. HYMENODICTYON, Wall. : Fl. Brit, Ind. iii, 35. 



Trees or shrubs, bark bitter, wood soft. Stipules glandular-serrate, deciduous. 

 PL pentamerous, in spikes or panicles witli a few large foliaceous reticulate 

 persistent bracts, corolla-lobes short, valvate, anthers linear or oblong, fila- 

 ments short, attached to tlie back of a broad connective. Ovary 2-celled, style 

 filiform, long exserted, stigma spindle-shaped. Capsule 2-valved, dehiscing 

 loculicidally, seeds numei'ous, imbricate, winged at both ends, the lower wing 

 bifid. Species 4-5, tropical Asia and Africa. 



1. H. excelsum, Wall. : Wight Ic. t. 79.— Syn. H. tJiyrsiflorum^ Wall.,* 

 Kurz F. PL ii. 72 ; H, utile, Wight ; Bedd. FL Sylv. t, 219 fig, A. ; Cinchona 

 excelsa^ Eoxb. Cor. PL t. 106. Vern. Barfhua^ Kangra ; Bhatdan, Bhurkulj 

 Knkurkatj Hind.; JDondro^ Guz. : Bhorsal, Mar.; Pottaka^ TeL; Kttsan, 

 Burm. 



A large deciduous tree, L elliptic, blade 4-10, narrowed into petiole 2-4 in, 

 long. M. pedicellate, white, fragrant, in dense cylindrical compound racemes 

 in terminal drooping panicles, with linear or lanceolate bracts as long as or 

 longer than fl., corolla tube slender, more than three times the length of calyx- 

 lobes. Capsules |-1 in., on recurved pedicels 4~| i^i. long, 



Subhimalayan tract, frequent in the Sal forest, also in Savannahs, from the Bavi 

 eastwards. Behar, Central Provinces. Deciduous forests of the Peninsula and Burma, 

 Upper and Lower. PL June- Aug. — Cochinchina, Tonkin. Java. 2, H. flaccidinn, 

 "Wall PL As. Ear. 1. 188. Subhimalayan tract and outer valleys, ascending to 5,000 

 ft., from Grarhwal eastwards. Khasi hills. Yunnan, PL nearly sessile, fasciculate 

 in simple drooping axillary spikes, bracteoles minute, shorter than calyx, each spike 

 with one long-pedunculate floral leaf on the peduncle. Corolla glabrous, tube short, 



