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LXI. RUBIACEiE 



\_Hymenoclictyon 



less than twice tlie length of calyx-lobes. Capsules ^ in., refiexpd, on pedicels I in. 

 long. 3. H. obovatum, Wall. ; Wight Ic. 1. 1159 ; Bedd. PI. Sylv. t. 219. Karwai, Mar. ; 

 Telia Mala Kai, Tan-^. Western Ghats, from Bombay sonthwardb. L. ellii^tio or 

 obovate, fl. nearly sessile in slender spikes which are arranged in terminal erect panicles. 

 Calyx hirsute, teeth nearly as long as the short corolla-tube. Capsules erect. 



Pic. 155. — Hymenodictyon excelsum, Wall. Fr. PI. J. 



Hymenopog'oii parasiticus, Wall. PL As. Bar. t. 227. Outer Himalaya from Garhwal 

 eastwards 5-8,000 ft. Khasi hills. Pegu Yoma at 3,000 ft. (Kurz). Yunnan. A 

 small epiphytic shrub, 1. oblanceolate, blade narrowed into pet. J-l in long, sec. n. 

 15-18 pair. PL corymbose with large leafy reticulated white bracts, corolla white, 

 iJ-2 in. long, capsule crowned with the linear calyx-lobes. 2. H. assamicus, Hook. f. 

 Assam, sec, n. 30-40 pair, corolla | in» 



9. CINCHONA, Linn.; Brandis T. M. 264 



Evergreen siirulbs or trees, bark bitter, coppicing ireely, stipules deciduous. 

 M. pentamerouSj scented^ in terminal panicles, calyx pubescent, limb 5-dentate, 

 persistent. Corolla tubular, pubescent outside, lobes valvate in bud, edge 

 fringed with soft hairs. Ovary 2-celled, style slender with 2 short obtuse 

 brancbes, papillose inside. Capsule 2-celled 2-valved, dehiscing septicidally 

 from the base, seeds numerous peltate, the broad wings with irregularly 

 lacerated edge, albumen fleshy. Species 80-40; Andes of Sou.th America 

 from Venezuela (10^ N.L.) to Bolivia {19^ S.L.). Of the numerous species and 

 varieties cultivated iu India it must suffice to mention the following :- 



1, C. officinalis, Linn. (0. Condccmineay Humb. et BonpL). Ecuador on the east side 

 of the Andes 6-9,000 ft. Cultivated chiefly on the Nilgiiis, does not thrive in Sikkim 

 li. glabroxiB, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, acute or shortly acuminate, blade 3--6, pet. 

 1-1| in. long, sec. n. 8-10 pair, hairy pits in their axils. Fl. red, in short corymbiform 

 compound cymes, terminal and axillary, corolla-tube densely silky with white aj^pressed 

 hairs, slightly pentagonal, J-| in. long, capsules ovoid-oblong, |-| in. long. The bark 

 of stems contains fiom 1*75 to 10-6 % ot Quinine. (M. N. Eeimeis, Les Quinquinas de 



