524 
scattered hairs above, but more crowded on the nerves beneath, 
and on the petioles; umbels pedunculate, terminal, subtrifid ; 
flowers pentamerous, at length secund. ©. S. Native of Java, 
in mountain woods in humid places. Stem 4-6 inches long. 
Leaves 4-6 along each stem. 
Borrage-like Argostemma. PI. 4 foot. 
6 A. monta‘num (Blum. mss. ex D. C. prod. 4. p. 418.) stem 
tomentosely hairy, ascending; leaves ovate, acuminated, ciliated, 
petiolate, beset with scattered hairs above, and with bristle- 
like hairs on the nerves beneath; umbel terminal, pedunculate, 
bracteated, 5-6-flowered.—Native of Java. Pomangium mon- 
tanum, Blum. mss. Stem branched a little, 3-4 inches long. 
Leaves 10-12 on each stem, disposed in nearly equal distant 
pairs. Peduncles hardly longer than the leaves. 
Mountain Argostemma. PI. } foot. 
7 A. vaucirLo'rum (Blum. mss. ex D. C. prod. 4. p. 418.) 
stem creeping at the bottom, but branched, and rather scabrous 
above ; leaves petiolate, ovate, acute, tapering a little at the 
base, hairy ; umbels pedunculate, shorter than the leaves, ter- 
minal, subtrifid, few-flowered. h. S. Native of Java, on 
Mount Salak in shady places. Leaves 16-20 on each plant, 
membranous, pale beneath. Flowers white, smaller than those 
of the preceding species. 
Fen-flowered Argostemma. PI. 4 foot. 
8 A. unrrLORUM (Blum. mss. ex D. C. prod. 4. p. 418.) stem 
creeping below, clothed with hairy pubescence ; leaves opposite, 
very unequal, one of which in each pair hardly exceeds a sti- 
pula in size, the other is lanceolate, with an unequal base, rather 
pilose ; peduncle terminal, 1-flowered. ©. S. Native of Java, 
in woods on the higher mountains. 
One-flomered Argostemma. PI. creeping. 
Cult. For culture and propagation, see Ophiorhiza, p. 523. 
The species are all remarkable in their appearance. 
RUBIACEHX. LXXII. Sprrapicuis. 
LXXII. SPIRADI'CLIS (from ozeipa, speira, a spire, and 
éuxdee, diclis, valves with folding doors; in allusion to the valves 
being divided into 2 parts, and also twisted at the apex). Blum. 
bijdr. p. 975. D. C. prod. 4. p. 418. 
Lin. syst. Pentándria, Monogýnia. Calyx with an oblong 
turbinate tube, and a 5-toothed limb. Corolla with a short 
tube, and a 5-parted spreading limb. Stamens 5, inclosed. 
Style girded by 4 glands; stigma 2-lobed in the throat. Capsule 
oblong, crowned by the calyx, 2-celled, 2-valved ; valves bipar- 
tite, at length twisted. Seeds numerous, angular.—This genus 
is nearly allied to Tala, with the tufted habit of Nertèra. 
Leaves opposite, ovate, rather undulated, glabrous. Spikes ter- 
minal and lateral, few-flowered. Flowers small, secund, each 
furnished with one bractea. 
1 S. cæsritòsa (Blum. l. ¢.)—Native of Java, at the foot of 
Mount Salak in humid places. 
Tufted Spiradiclis. Pl. tufted. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Tila below. 
LXXIII. TULA (like the rest of Adanson’s names this is 
also probably without a meaning). Adans. fam. 2. p. 500. Juss. 
mem. mus. 6. p. 885. Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 25. D.C. 
prod. 4. p. 418. 
Lin. syst. Pentándria, Monogynia. Limb of calyx 5-toothed. 
Corolla with an oblong tube, and a 5-cleft blunt toothed curled 
limb. Anthers inclos-d. Capsule 2-celled ; cells many seeded. 
—A small procumbent branched tufted herb. Leaves reniform, 
petiolate. Pedicels axillary, short, 1-flowered. This genus was 
alone known to Feuillée, and is therefore very doubtful. Habit of 
Nertéra, .but differing in the flowers being pentamerous, and in 
the cells of the fruit being many seeded ; it is perhaps, however, 
only that genus badly described. 
LXXIII. Tura. 
LXXIV. Dentetta. LXXV. Deprea, &c. 
1 T. Avansontt (Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 355.) Y.G. 
Native of Peru, on rocks by the sea-side. Soldanélla facie, 
Feuill. obs. 3. pt. 2. p. 63. t. 44. 
Adanson’s Tula. Pl. tufted. 
Cult. A mixture of loam, peat, and sand will be a good soil 
for this little plant; and it may either be increased by cuttings 
planted in sand under a hand-glass, or by seeds. The pot in 
which it is grown should be half filled with sherds. 
LXXIV. DENTE’LLA (a dim. of dens, a tooth; the lobes or 
segments of the corolla are furnished with a small tooth on each 
side). Forst. gen. p. 26. t. 13. Lam. ill. t. 118. D. C. prod. 4. 
p- 418. Juss. mem. mus. 6. p. 385.—Oldenlandia species, Lin. 
—Hedyatis species, Lam. 
Lin. syst. Pentdéndria, Monogynia. Calyx with an ovate- 
globose tube, and a 5-cleft limb. Corolla funnel-shaped, 5-cleft ; 
lobes furnished with a small tooth on each side; throat hairy. 
Anthers 5, inclosed, almost sessile. Style short; stigmas 2, 
thick. Capsule almost indehiscent, nearly globular, 2-celled, 
crowned by the limb of the calyx. Placentas fleshy, prominent 
on both sides within the cells. Seeds small, ovate.—A creeping 
tufted marsh annual herb. Stems filiform, glabrous. Leaves 
oblong, glabrous, ciliated at the base, as well as the petioles. 
Stipulas small, acute. Pedicels axillary, alternate, 1-flowered, 
short. Fruit hispid. Flowers small, white. : 
1 D. re'pens (Forst. 1. c.) ©. F. Native of the East Indies, 
as in Java, Coromandel, Timor, Luconia, New Caledonia, &c., 
in humid shady places along the banks of rivers, and on the mar- 
gins of rice fields. Blum. bijdr. p. 990. Roth. nov. spec. 139. 
Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 159. Cham. et Schlecht. in Linnea. 4. p 
150. Hedydtis répens, Lam. ill. no. 1424. Oldenlandia repens, 
Lin. mant. p. 40. but O. rèpens of Burm. fl. ind. according to 
his herbarium is nothing but Péplis Pértula—Rumph. amb. 6. 
t. 170. f. 4. Flowers small, in the divisions of the branchlets. 
Creeping Dentella. Fl. July. Clt. 1802. Pl. creeping. | 
Cult. ‘The seeds require to be sown on a gentle hot-bed in 
spring; and the plants when of sufficient size may be planted 
out into a moist shady situation in the open ground. 
LXXV. DE’PPEA (named after M. Deppe, who has col- 
lected and sent home many plants from Mexico). Cham. et 
Schlecht. in Linneea. 5. p. 167. D.C. prod. 4. p. 618. i 
Lin. syst. Tetrándria, Monogýnia. Teeth of calyx 4, trian- 
gular. Corolla somewhat rotate, quite glabrous; lobes a 
tic. Anthers 4, linear, exserted ; filaments very short. pile 
longer than the stamens; stigma thicker than the style. Vap 
sule membranous, elliptic, crowned by the calycine teeth he 
neath the vertex, 2-celled; cells 1-seeded, with a loenher 
dehiscence. Seeds fixed to the middle dissepiment.—A epic 
shrubby plant, with a woody root, and reddish inner T : 
Leaves petiolate, elliptic, acuminated at both ends, rather p! we 
above and on the margins. Stipulas triangular, abate . 
Cymes terminal and axillary, pedunculate, of 3 or 4 branc m 
Flowers yellow. Habit, fruit, and capsule of Hedydits, but t 
cells are 1-seeded as in the tribe Spermacocee. RE 
1 D. eryruroruiza (Cham. et Schlecht. 1. c. p. 168.)—Nati 
of Mexico, in shady places near the Hacienda de la Laguna. 
hydyotidea, D. C. prod. 4. p. 618. 
Red-rooted Deppea. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Dentélla above. 
Sverre II. HEDYO'TE (this tribe contains ny 
agreeing with Hedydtis in important characters). D. C: pa 
p- 419. Stipulas resembling a sheath on both sides, and en 
in many bristles at the apex. 
LXXVI. HEDYO'TIS (from jéuc, hedys, sweet, 
wrog, ous olos, an ear; the leaves are oval, soft, and firm, 
and ove 
from 
