374 LXI. RUBIACEJ:! [WemUandta 



B. L. usually opposite, corolla-tube twice the length of lobes or longerj 

 usually slender. 



4. W. paniculata, DO. Vern. Tagyin^ Sagym, Upper Burma. 



A small tree, 1. usually rough above through the raised roots of fallen hairs, 

 softly pubescent beneath witn long hairs, stipules broad-ox-bicular or reniform 

 or oblong-obtuse, the upper part usually reflexed. M. sessile, white or greenish- 

 white, scentless, in large hairy terminal panicles, calyx supported l3y one or 

 two linear hairy bracts as long as itself. Calyx hairy, lobes as long as or 

 shorter than tube, corolla funnel-shaped, lobes half the length of tube or less. 

 Anthers exserted. 



Assam, Kliasl hills. Manipiir. Teiias&erim. Upper Burma (often on low ground). 

 Yunnan. Pei^ak. Fl. March-Axnul. 



5. W. tinctoria, DC. ; BrandisP. Fl. 269. Vern. Padhera^ Kuni. ; Tula- 

 lodhj Oudh ; Taung Sagyin, Upper Burma. 



A small tree, 1. smooth and glabrous above, more or less minutely pubescent 

 beneath, stipules erect, stiff, terminating in a subulate point or laterally com- 

 pressed appendage. FL yellowish-white, sessile, often supported by numerous 

 short bracts in dense fascicles, forming compact terminal panicles, ramifications 

 and calyx more or less hairy, calyx and corolla like 4, calyx often hirsute with 

 long hairs. Yaries in regard to hairiness, shape and size of leaves. 



SuWiimalayan tract and outer hills from Kumaon and Oudli eastwards, ascending 

 in Sikkim to 5,000 ft. Assam, Khasi hills. Chittagong. Beliar. Burma, Upper and 

 Lower (on hilly ground and in Eng forest). Fl. Jan.- March. Yunnan. 6. W. nitens, 

 Wall. Tenasserim, 1. coriaceoub, 'nearly glabrous, elongate-elliptic, obtuse, stipules 

 short erect, apiculate, calyx hairy, corolla slender, lobes short. 



7. W. glabrata, DC. ; Kurz F. Fl. ii. 74 Yern. Thitpyii^^ Burm. 



A small evergreen tree, entirely glabrous, L opposite, sometimes in whorls 

 of 3, elliptic-lanceolate, blade 4-G, narrowed into pet. {-1 in. long, stipules 

 small, erect, triangular. FL white, calyx glabrous, teeth minute, triangular. 



Nepal 4,000 ft, {Pater Hieronyimts). Mahenclragiri, G-anjam 4,500 ft. Eumpa hills, 

 Godavari 2,000 ft. (Gramble). Naga hills and Manipur 3-6,000 ft. Chittagong hills. 

 Shan hills. Upper Burma. Hills east of Toungoo 2-4,000 ft., often in evergreen forests. 

 Tenasserim. FL Feb.- April. — Tunnan, Java, Tonkin, Formosa. 8. W. coriacea, DO, 

 Nepal, Sikkim Terai and lower hills. Evergreen, quite glabrous, 1. coriaceous, sec. n. 

 very slender, stipules erect, triangular, calyx glabrous, teeth nearly as long as tube. 

 9. W. ligixstrina, Wall. Upper Burma. L. glabrous or puberulou.s on the nerves 

 beneath, stipules appressed, broadly triangular, cuspidate, calyx glabrous, teeth fili- 

 form, longer than tube. 10. W. glomerulata, Kurz. Mergui. L. membranous, glabrous, 

 narrow-lanceolate, narrowed into a very short petiole, stipules large, orbicular, re- 

 curved. Fl. large, J in. long, calyx hirsute, teeth much longer than tube. 



0. L. usually in whorls of B. 



11. W. Notoniana, Wall; "Wight Ic. 1033; Bedd. FL Sylv. t. 224 

 Vern. Thovara^ Mai. 



A. small tree, branchlets, petioles, underside of 1. and inflorescence hairy, 

 I usually in whorls of 3, elliptic-lanceolate, Made 3-6, narrowed into petiole 

 |-| in. long, stipules usually recurved, often 2-fid. Calyx hirsute, teeth as 

 long as tube, corolla-tube hairy within. 



"West side of the Peninsula, from the Konkan southwards. Fl. Feb.-June. Ceylon, 

 moist region. 12. W. Lawii, Hook, f . Eamandrug, Bellary. Bababudan hills. Branch- 

 lets slender, minutely pubescent, L glabrous above, minutely pubescent beneath, 

 stipules erect. Fl. generally pedicelled, in lax, softly hairy large pyramidal panicles. 

 Calyx hairy, lobes filiform, longer than tube. 13. W. angustifolia, "Wight. Oourtallum. 

 Entirely glabrous, 1. linear-lanceolate, midrib prominent, sec. n. slender, calyx-teeth 

 short, subu.late. 14. W. pendula, BG. Nepal, Manipur, Yunnan. Branchlets glabrous^ 

 1. often opposite, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, nearly sessile, slightly pubescent on the 

 nerves beneath. Calyx glabrous, teeth lanceolate, as long as tube. Corolla J in, long. 



