3s i: LXI. RUBIACE.E [Jlorniclojysis 



Morindopsis capillaris, Iviir/:. Fpper Burma. Pegu Teiiasserim, on river hiiiks 

 ami in damp }tlacp'^. Canibo'lia. An HVPr<rrPHn ^lirub or small tree, 1. ^I'H^y, riguUy 

 but tliiulv coiiaceous, lawpolate or elliptu", almost sos&ilf-, stipules ovatp, pprsi^t^nt 

 Fl. small, wliiio, M^ir,sile, (Ikk-'Iou^, totramwou>. <^ in small, usually fow-iid heads, 

 supported by Ntitl' liupai' subulate bracts on supra-axillarr, otten opposite, slender or 

 enpillarr pednnele^, Ubuallv J -2 in. loni^. ? solitary or in subsessile fe\r-fld heads 

 0\nrv 2-eellpd, ovules numeions on peltate placentas. Berry cylindriCj 1 in. long, 

 crooned by tbe per^itoteut calyx-teeth. 



Hyptiantliera stricta, AV. ei A, Subhimalayan tract from Ivumaon eastwards. 

 Nindhaur Valley (I). B. 1880). Oudh forests. Sikkim to 8,000 ft. Khasi hills, 

 rhittao'ong. Yunnan An aromatic evergreen shrub or small tree, wholly glabrous, 

 I. shining^, lanceolate, blade 3-6, pet. \ in. long. Fl. small, white, 4-5-nierous, bracteo- 

 late, sessile in opposite axillary fascicles, corolla-tube short, hairy within, style short, 

 bifid, branches erect hispid, o%mles pendulous, 6-10 in each cell. Seeds imbricate, 

 angular, testa thick fibrous and plaited, embr^^o small. 



Petunga Eoxburghii, DO. (Ilf/pohafhrtim rncemosinn, Ivurz). Chittagong. Lower 

 Burma near sti earns and in swamp forests. An evergreen shrub, 1. lanceolate, blade 

 2-5, pet. }. m. long, stipules broad, caducous. Fl. 4~merous, white, almost sessile, in 4 

 rows, on axillar}" sessile or shoitly pedunculate spikes, corolla funnel-shaped, throat 

 villous, beiry stalked, orange-yellow. 



18. DIPLOSPORA, DC. ; M. Brit. Ind. iii. 122. 

 (Included under Tricalysia, A. Eich.y in Engler nnd Prantl iv. 4. 81.) 



Evergreen shrubs or trees, petioles short, stipules triangular, acuminate or 

 ■with a long setaceous point. PL small, polygamous, bracteolate, in axillary 

 fascicles or short cymes. Corolla-tube short, lobes 4 or 5, twisted in bud. 

 Ovary 2-, rarely 3-celled, style bifid, ovules 2-3 in each cell. Berry 2-celled, 

 seeds flat, imbricate. Species 10. India and the Malay Archip. 



A. Stipules acuminate. 



1. B. singulaxis, Korth. Kliasi hills. Cachar. Pegu Yoma, eastern slopes. Tenasserim. 

 Indian Archip. A middle-sized tree, xebinous and entirely glabrous, the stem fluted, 

 L. coriaceous, shining, elliptic, blade 3-7, petiole J-J in. long. PL 4-merous, greenish- 

 white, in dense axillary clusters, pedicels with several pairs of bracts, connate at base 

 and sheathing. Oalyx deeply lobed, corolla-tube J in., lobes linear. Fr. J in. diamt. 

 crow^ned by the persistent calyx-limb. Seeds 8-10. 2. D. apiocarpa, Hook.f.; Bedd. PL 

 Sylv. t. 223. — Syn. Discosper7iut?ii axnoccirpum^ Dalz. ; Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 40, Western 

 Grhats from the Konkan southwards, above 2,500 ft. A middle-sized or large resinous 

 tree, petioles J-f in., fl. 4-merous, cream coloured, scented, male and bisexual on different 

 trees, bracts not sheathing, calyx-teeth minute, fr. ellipsoid, sessile. 3. D. splisero- 

 carpa, Hook. f. Western Ghats. Similar to 2, but calyx-teeth longer, obtuse, ciliolate, 

 fr. globose, | in. diam , on bracteolate pedicels | in. long. 



B, Stipules with long setaceous points. 



4. B. confusa, Hook. f. Tenasserim. Glabrous, fl. minnte, in small axillary heads, 

 calyx truncate. 5. B. pubescens, Hook. 1, Mergni. Similar, bnt pubescent. 6. B. 

 Griffithix, Hook f , Upper Burma, a small shrub, L oblanceolate, cymes spioiform %-% in. 

 long. 7. B, Kursfii, Hook. f. tfrophyllum hiloculare, Kvltz. Hills east of Toungoo at 

 2,000 ft. A small evergreen tree, 1. membranous, elliptic-lanceolate, sec n. arching 

 4-6 pair, tertiary nerves numerous, slender, horizontal. FL minnte, sessile, in axillary 

 clusters, fr. orange, J in. diam,, 3-4 black seeds in each cell. 



ScypMpliora hydropliynacea, Gsertn. j Bedd. Manual 134-3 t. xxix. fig, 5. Mangrove 

 swamps of the Andamans, of the Karnatik coast (rare), Ceylon, the Malaj^ Peninsula 

 and New Caledonia. A small evergreen glabrous tree or shrub, much like Lumnitzera. 

 L. coriaceous, obovate, blade 2-3, narrowed into petiole J~l in. long. FL white, 4- or 5- 

 merous, corolla-tube oylindric | in. long, throat hairy, anthers exserted, ovary 2-celled, 

 2 superposed ovules in each cell, style bifid, branches linear, obtuse. Drupe nearly 

 cylindric, with 8-10 prominent ribs, pyrenes crustaceous 4-5-ribbed. Lumnitzera has 

 alternate L and a l-celled ovary» 



