472 RUBIACEZH. III. Apa. IV. Breonta. 
1 A. GLOBIFIÒRA (Salisb. par. FIG. 84. 
lond. t. 115.) leaves lanceolate ; 
peduncles shorter than the leaves. 
h.G. Native of China. Nat- 
clea Adina, Smith, in Rees’s 
eycl. vol. 24, Lindl. bot. reg. 
t. 895. Sims, bot. mag. 2613. 
Lodd. bot. cab. 1284. (f. 84.) 
Globe-flowered Adina, FI. 
July, Aug. Clt. 1804. Shrub 
3 to 4 feet. 
2 A. pepuNcuLa‘ris (D. C. 
prod. 4. p. 349.) leaves obovate- 
lanceolate; peduncles twice the 
length of the leaves. h. G. 
Native of China. Naztclea adi- 
noides, Lindl. bot. reg. p. 895. 
Peduncular Adina. FI. July, Aug. Clt.? 
Cult. 
Shrub. 
The culture and propagation of the species of Adina 
are the same as those of Naziclea, p. 469, but do not require 
so much heat. 
IV. BREO'NIA (this name is not explained, but is perhaps so 
called after some botanist of the name of Breon). A. Rich. mem. 
soc. hist. nat. par. 5. p. 290. D.C. prod. 4. p. 620. 
Lin. syst. Pentandria, Monogiynia. Calyx with a 5-parted 
limb, and truncate sub-cuneated lobes. Corolla with a terete 
tube, and a flat, spreading, 5-lobed limb: having the lobes oval- 
lanceolate. Stamens half exserted, inserted in the throat of the 
corolla. Style very long, exserted ; stigma bipartite, with the 
lobes approximate. Ovarium 2-celled; cells 7-8-ovulate ; ovu- 
las fixed to the membranous placentas, which haag from the axis. 
Fruit somewhat crustaceous, indehiscent.—A tree. Leaves 
opposite, very large. Stipulas connate. Flowers disposed in 
axillary, solitary, globose heads, which stand on long peduncles ; 
each peduncle girded by a beaked involucrum, which at length 
bursts on one side and falls off.—This genus is nearly allied to 
Naiiclea, but probably referrible to Sarcocephalee, by the fruit 
being indehiscent. 
1 B. Mapaeascarte’nsis (A. Rich. l.¢.). h. S. Native of 
Madagascar. 
Madagascar Breonia. Tree. 
Cult. See Naúclea, p. 469. for culture and propagation. 
V. LECANA’/NTHUS (from Xexarn, lecane, a bowl, and 
av@oc, anthos, a flower ; in reference to the cup-like involucrum 
under the head of flowers). Jack, mal. misc. vol. 2. ex Wall. 
in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 319. A. Rich. mem. soc. hist. nat. par. 
5. p. 293. D.C. prod. 4. p. 620. 
Lin. syst. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Limb of calyx cam- 
panulate, dilated, coloured, divided irregularly. Corolla with a 
short tube, and a 5-lobed limb, which is valvate in æstivation. 
Anthers large, inserted in the tube of the corolla. Style bifid ; 
stigmas linear, thick. Ovarium 2-celled; cells many-seeded ; 
placentas semi-cylindrical or convex, central. The rest un- 
known.—A radicant shrub, with tetragonal stems, with 2 of the 
angles more prominent than the other 2. Leaves opposite, on 
short petioles. Stipulas ligulate. Flowers pale red, disposed 
in terminal, dense, globular heads; each head involucrated by 
a salver-shaped involucrum.—This genus is nearly allied to 
Jaúclea. 
1 L. ervsr’scens (Jack, l. c.). h. S. Nativeof Singapore. 
Leaves on short petioles, ovate-lanceolate, acute at both ends, 
about 8 inches long. The involucrum which surrounds each 
V. LEcANANTHUS. 
VI. Srevensta. VII. Courarga. 
head of flowers is entire and cup-shaped. Flowers sessile. 
Ovarium crowned by a prominent nectareal ring. 
Reddish-flowered Lecananthus. Shrub. 
Cult. See Naúclea, p. 469. for culture and propagation. 
Susrrize If, CINCHO‘'NE® (shrubs and trees agreeing 
with Cinchina in important characters). D. C. prod. 4. p. 349. 
—Cinchòneæ and Manettièæ, Cham. et Schlecht. in Linnea. 
4, p. 178. Flowers on longer or shorter pedicels, not seated 
on a globose receptacle, as in those of the first subtribe. (f. 86. 
f. 88. f. 89.) 
VI. STEVE'NSIA (in honour of Edward Stevens, who 
rendered important services to St. Domingo, while he was consul 
of the United States there). Poit. ann. mus. 4. p. 235. t. 60. 
Gertn. fruct. 3. p.99. t. 197. Juss. mem. mus. 6, p. 389. 
but not of Neck. . $ 
Lin. syst. Pentándria, Monogynia. Calyx with a sub- 
globose tube, girded at the base by an unequally 4-lobed a è 
lucel; limb biparted, deciduous: having acute lobes. Corolla 
salver-shaped, with a short tube and a spreading bluntly 6-7- 
parted limb. Anthers 6-7, sessile in the throat of the ge 
Stigma bilamellate. Capsule globose, areolate at the apex, eit 
pubescent in the areola, 2-celled, containing 2 cocculi, whic 
are separable from the calyx: one of them only peace 
Placentas central, connecting the margins of the valves. Seeds 
minute, numerous, oval, winged a little, rather pubescent 
at the apex. Embryo straight in the fleshy albumen: pra: 
the radicle turned towards the hylum.-- A much branched shrub, 
native of St. Domingo ; having the branches clothed with re 
Leaves oval, white beneath, finely reticulated. Stipulas joine 
into a short sheath. Flowers axillary, solitary, white, on short 
pedicels, girded by 4 concrete bracteas, forming a kind of invo 
lucel to each flower. 
1 S. suxrro‘r1a (Poit. 1. e.). 
near La Vigie du Cap Francais. 
Box-leaved Stevensia. Shrub 10 to 12 feet. : 
Cult. See Naticlea, p. 469. for culture and propagation. 
h.S. Native of St. Domingo, 
VIL. COUTA'REA (this name is not explained by Dn 
Aubl. guian. 1. p. 314. t. 122. Juss. gen. 202. mem. Eae 
p. 388. Gærtn. fr. 3. p. 79. t. 194. D. C. prod. 4. p- ° 
—Portlandia species, Schreb. . binately 
Lix. syst. Hexándria, Monogynia. Calyx with a turbi ae 
oblong tube, and a 6-parted limb: having the segments rose 
late. Corolla large, funnel-shaped, with a short tube, an o sa 
nical ventricose throat, and a bluntly 6-lobed limb. mere i 
inserted at the bottom of the throat; anthers linear, muc a 
serted. Stigma furrowed. Capsule coriaceously dan 
obovate, compressed, 2-celled ; valves bifid at the See Ges 
centas spongy, at length nearly free. Seeds compressed, fleshy 
girded by a membranous margin. Embryo long, edge 
albumen: having a centripetal radicle, and flat cotyle ee 
South American trees. Leaves ovate, acuminated, ily trifid 
petioles; stipulas broad, short, acute. Peduncles ee yo 
axillary, and terminal. Flowers white, sometimes septam 
This genus comes very near to Portlandia. leaves gla- 
1 C. serciòsa (Aubl. guian. 1. p- 304. t. 122.) Pa 
brous on both surfaces; peduncles trifid, 3-fowere c senne, 
broad, funnel-shaped. h. S. Native of Guiana, Cayenne 
Island of Trinidad, and Carthagena, and between arpas hee 
La Guayra, among bushes. Lam. ill. t. 157. lara 1. 
andra, Jacq. amer. 63. t. 182. f. 20. Swartz, fl. ind. 11 large, 
p- 385. The tree is much branched at the top. Corolla 
purple. ex Aubl. 
Showy Coutaria. 
Clt. 1803. Tree 25 feet. 
