Girenea] LXL RUBIACEiE 375 



12. GREENEA, Wight et Arn. ; M. Brit. Ind, iii. 41. 



Evergreen bjiriibs, 1. opposite or wliorlecl ia threes. M. 4-5-meroiis, small, 

 white, sessile in terminal panicles consisting of scorpioid cymes. Calyx-tnbe 

 globose, lobes persistent slightly nneqnal, ovary 2-cellecI, style filiform, stigmas 

 2, linear, involute. Capsule septiciclally 2-valYed, seeds 8, narrowly winged. 

 Species 5-6, Eastern Penins. and Mala}^ Arcliip. 



1. a WigMiana. W. et A. Wight Ic. IIGI.—Syn. Wendlamlta secimcla, Griff. 

 TenasbBrim An evergreen shrub, 1. nipmbranons, oblauceolate, glabrous above, 

 somotimes slightly hairy on midrib bb'noath, blade 6-10, pet. 1 m. long, stipules con- 

 tracted into a long point. Fl. nn.merous, clos^ set, hairy, corolla \ in. long, tub^ S 

 tiiUHs the length ot lobes. 2. G. Jackii, Wight et Arn.— Syn. Wendlandia corijmloha, 

 DO. Mergui. Malay Peninsula. Braiichlets, petioles, underside of 1. and mfloresoenca 

 softly tomentose, corolla-tube twice the length of lobes. 



13. HEDYOTIS, Linn.; PL Brit. Ind, iii. 49. 



Herbs or small shrubs, sometimes climbing. L. usually opposite ^ PL 

 tetramerous, small, white or lilac, in c impound cymes, mostly terminal, 

 corolla campanulate or funnel-shaped, lobes valvate in bud. Ovary 2-celled, 

 style filiform, stigma 2-fid. Species 80, chiefiy in tropical Asia. A few only 

 of the more striking species can be mentioned here. 



A. Scandent, stipules connate into a short truncate 2-cuspidate cup. 



1. H. scandens, Roxb. Nepal. Sikkini Terai to 6,000 ft. Assam, IGiasi hills, 

 Manipur. Chittagong. A soft-wooded glabroub climber, branches terete, 1. lanceo- 

 late 3-5 in. long, fl. greenish-white, cax)sule splitting sspticidally into 2 many-seeded 

 cocci, the top raised and protruding between the calyx-teeth. 



B. Erect, stipules connate, pectinate. 



2. EL stylosa, Bob. Brown ; Wight Ic. 1027. Nilgiris, Palni and Travancore hills, 

 A large shrub, stem deeply grooved, the furrows often nearly reaching the centre, 

 1. glabrous lanceolate, blade 1-2, pet. ^ in., stipules hairy. Corolla white, lobes 

 lanceolate, hairy within. 3. H. articularis, Rob. Brown ; Wight Ic. t. 1028. 

 Mlgiris A small rigid shrub, 1. glabrous, sessile, rigid, stipules glabrous, calyx-tube 

 produced beyond the ovary, lobes short. 



Silvianthus "bracteatus, Hook. f. Silhet, Cachar. Khasi and Naga hills, Manipur. 

 A glabrous unarmed shrub, 1. membranous, elliptic or elliptiG-lanceolate, irregularly 

 toothed, blade 5-8, pet. 1-2 in. long. Fl. large in densa, nearly sessile axillary 

 bracteate cymes, calyx purplish-green, lobes 5, tjblong, foliaceous, persistent and 

 enlarged after flowering. Corolla white, funnel-shaped, tube J in. long, ha»iry within^ 

 lobes 5, short, orbicular. Stamens 2, inserted half way down the corolla-tube, ovary 

 2-celled, ovules numerous. I'r. red, a fleshy 5-valved capsule. Seeds large imbricate j 

 testa spongy. 



14. MUSSiKNDA, Linn.; M. Brit. Ind. iii. 80. 



Shrubs or undershrubs, fl. pentamerous, in terminal compound cymes^ 

 rarely solitary. Some of the outer fi. of each cyme usually with one calyx- 

 lobe enlarged, foi-ming a large petioled white or coloured leaf, Corolla tubular^ 

 widening upwai^ds, usually silky outside, throat villous, lobes valvate in bud. 

 Ovary 2-celled, stigmas 2 linear, ovules oo. Berry many-seeded. Speciea 

 30-40, tropics of the Old World and Polynesia. 



A. Calyx-teeth deciduous. 



1. M. frondosa, Linn.; Wight 111. t, 124; Bedd. Manual t. xvi. f. 3- 

 Vern. Ywcthla, Burm. 



