Webera
(named in honour of George Henry Weber, 1752-1828, Professor at Kiel, and author of various Floras). SYNS. Ceriscus, Chomelia (of Linnaeus), Stylocoryne (of Wight and Arnott), Tarenna, Wahlenbergia (of Blume). ORD. Rubiaceae. A genus comprising about forty species of stove trees and shrubs, inhabiting tropical Asia, Polynesia, Africa, and (one species) Australia. Flowers in terminal, corymbiform cymes, sessile and bibracteolate at the ovary, or pedicellate and bracteolate on the pedicel; calyx tube ovoid or turbinate, the limb five, rarely four, cleft or parted; corolla funnel-or salver-shaped, with five, rarely four, narrow, spreading or reflexed lobes, twisted in bud; stamens five, rarely four, on the mouth of the corolla; filaments short or wanting. Leaves opposite, petiolate, often oblong-lanceolate; stipules triangular-ovate, usually deciduous. Only one species calls for description here. For culture, see Vangueria.
W. corymbosa (corymbose). fl. white, faintly odorous; corolla 1/3in. to 3/4in. in diameter, the tube broad, about equalling the lobes; cymes variable in size. Summer. l. elliptic-or oblong-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, 3in. to 8in. long, shining above, often glaucous beneath; petioles short, stout. India. A glabrous shrub or small tree. (B. R. 119.)