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B. Ovule solitary in each cell 
Shrubs. Ovary 5-celled. 
Flowers each half-enclosed in a tubular involucre 
formed of 2 partially united bracts 
Flowers not enclosed in an involucre 
Herbs. Ovary 2-celled. 
Leaves opposite. Calyx-teeth 4 . 
Leaves whorled. Calyx-teeth none. 
Corolla 5-lobed. Fruit succulent 
Corolla 4-lobed. Fruit dry .... 
10. Leptodermis. 
9. Hamiltonia. 
11. Spermacoce. 
12. Rubia. 
13. Galium. 
1. STEPHEGYNE. From the Greek stephos (poetical for Ste- 
phanos), a crown, and gyne, a woman ; referring to the structure 
of the stigma.— -Tropical Asia and Africa. 
Stephegyne parvifolia, Korth. ; FI. Br. Ind. iii. 25. A pubes- 
cent or nearly glabrous tree. Leaves opposite, shortly stalked, 
ovate or orbicular, 2-6 in. broad ; stipules large, obovate, soon 
falling off. Flowers small, numerous, pale yellow, crowded in 
globose heads 1 in. diam. Calyces coherent ; tube short ; limb none 
or minute. Corolla glabrous, funnel-shaped ; tube long ; lobes 5, 
short, acute. Stamens 5, inserted at the mouth of the corolla-tube, 
filaments very short. Ovary 2-celled ; style long, slender, far- 
protruding ; stigma cylindric, cap-like ; ovules many in each cell. 
Capsule ovoid, nearly - in. long, ultimately opening by 2 valves ; 
seeds numerous, minute. 
Sutlej valley ; May-July. — Throughout India, ascending to 4000 ft. — 
Burmah. 
2. HYMENODICTYON. From the Greek hymen , skin or 
membrane, and dictyon, a net ; referring to the membranous, net- 
veined wing of the seeds. — Tropical Asia and Africa. 
*Hymenodictyon excelsum, Wall. ; FI. Br. Ind. iii. 35. A tree, 
all parts more or less pubescent. Leaves opposite, stalked, ovate 
or orbicular, 4-10 in. ; stipules large, oblong, soon falling off. 
Flowers very numerous, small, fragrant, white, sometimes tinged 
with green, crowded on the spike-like, erect branches of terminal 
panicles. Calyx 5-toothed. Corolla funnel-shaped ; tube long ; 
lobes 5. Stamens 5, inserted at the mouth of the corolla-tube, 
filaments very short. Ovary 2-celled ; style slender, long, far- 
protruding ; stigma ovoid ; ovules many in each cell. Capsule 
stalked, recurved, oblong-ovoid, § in., ultimately opening by 2 
valves ; seeds numerous, small, the seed-coat extended outwards 
in a membranous wing deeply split at the base. 
Throughout India as far west as the Ravi, ascending to 5000 ft. ; June, 
July. — Java. 
