RUBIACEÆ. XCVIII. Paria. 
a foot long and 3 inches broad, pale beneath, Petioles 8-12 
lines long, a little longer than the stipulas. Corymbs much 
shorter than the leaves. 
Acuminated-leaved Brignolia. Shrub. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Hamélia, p. 542. 
XCVIII. PATIMA (altered from Patima-Rana, the name of 
the first species). Aubl. guian. 1. p. 196. t. 77. Juss. mem, 
mus. 6. p. 401. A. Rich. mem. soc. hist. nat. par. 5. p. 25. 
f,2. D.C. prod. 4. p. 444. 2 
Lin. syst. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx with an ovate 
tube, and a loose, entire, urceolate, tubular, somewhat penta- 
gonal limb, with a very short 5-toothed sinuated border. Co- 
rolla tubular, hardly dilated towards the apex, with a 5-parted 
limb; having the segments long-acuminated, and the inner sur- 
faces clothed with dense silky down. Stamens 5, inserted in the 
tube ; filaments short ; anthers cordate-oblong, inclosed. Style 
simple. Berry roundish, crowned by the limb of the calyx, 4-6 
but usually 5-celled; cells many-seeded. Seed very minute, 
fixed to a rather fleshy, 2-lobed, prominent trophosperm.— 
Small perennial, glabrous subshrubs. Stems straight, terete, 
simple. Leaves opposite, petiolate, ovate-oblong, acute at both 
ends. Stipulas solitary, short, broad, acute, permanent. Pe- 
duncles axillary, short, 1 or few-flowered. 
1 P. Gurane’ysis (Aubl. guian. 1. p. 196. t. 77.) leaves on 
long petioles ; pedicels numerous, 1-flowered, shorter than the 
petioles. 2%.S. Native of Guiana, in marshes. Leaves a foot 
long and 4 inches broad. Berries green. 
Guiana Patima. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 
2 P. Forsy'ruu (D. C. prod. 4. p. 444.) leaves hardly petio- 
late ; racemes few-flowered, longer than the petioles. h. S. 
Native country as well as the flowers unknown. This plant was 
received from Mr. Forsyth under the name of Patima Guia- 
nensis of Aubl. but differs from the plant of Aubl. in the cha- 
racters indicated. 
Forsyth’s Patima. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Hamélia, p. 542. 
XCIX. POLYPHRA’GMON (from zodv, poly, many, and 
peaypoc, phragmos, a dissepiment; there is a small transverse 
septum separating each seed). Desf. mem. mus. 6. p. 5. t. 2. 
Juss. mem. mus. 6. p. 399. D.C. prod. 4. p. 445. 
Lin. syst. Decdndria, Monogyjnia. Calyx with an ovate 
tube, and a short, permanent, entire, or 5-toothed limb. Co- 
rolla salver-shaped, bristly, with a terete tube, and a 10-parted 
limb: lobes elliptic-oblong. Stamens 10, inserted in the middle 
of the tube of the corolla; anthers linear, inclosed. Style 1, 
thickened, furrowed lengthwise ; stigmas 6-7 or more. Berry 
globose, 10-20-celled. Seeds oblong, disposed in 1 row in each 
cell, and as if they were imbricated, separated by small trans- 
verse dissepiments.—Shrubs. Leaves opposite, oval, lanceo- 
late, acuminated at both ends, clothed with adpressed silky 
down beneath. Stipulas deciduous. Peduncles short, axillary, 
1-flowered. 
1 P. sericeum (Desf. mem. mus. 6. p- 6. t. 2.) calyx quite 
entire. h.S. Native of the Island of Timor. 
Silky Polyphragmon. Shrub. 
: 2 P.? minus (A. Rich, diss. ex D. C. prod. 4. p. 445.) calyx 
5-toothed. k. S. Native country unknown. Erithalis uni- 
flora, Geertn. fil. carp. 3. p. 93. t. 196. f. 4. Perhaps this plant 
Is referrible to Timonius. 
Smaller Polyphragmon. Shrub. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Hamélia, p. 542. 
C. MORE'LIA (evidently called after some person of the 
name of Morel, of whom we know nothinz). A. Rich, mem. soc. 
hist, nat, par. 5. p. 23. D.C. prod. 4. p. 617. 
XCIX. POoLYPHRAGMON. 
C. Morria. CI. Tricarysra. CII. Corpiera. 548 
Lin. syst. Pentándria, Monogýnia. Limb of calyx mar- 
ginal, erect, nearly entire. Corolla short, tubular, with a 5- 
parted limb; segments lanceolate, spreading, imbricate in æs- 
tivation. Stamens 5, inserted in the throat, exserted; anthers 
linear. Style simple, thickened and fusiform towards the apex ; 
stigma bifid: lobes approximate. Ovarium 4-5-celled ; cells 
8-5-ovulate ; ovula fixed to the inner angle of the cell. Fruit 
rather fleshy, 4-5-celled; cells 2-3-seeded, crowned by the short 
neck of calyx.—A small glabrous tree, native of Senegal, with 
the habit of Bacdnia. Branches terete, cinereous, glabrous. 
Leaves opposite, elliptic, coriaceous, glabrous. Stipulas inter- 
petiolar, deciduous. Flowers axillary, racemose ; racemes some- 
what trichotomous. 
1 M. Senrcate’nsis (A. Rich. l. c.). h. S. Native of 
Senegal, where it was collected by Leprieur and Perrottet. 
Senegal Morelia. Shrub. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Hamélia, p. 542. 
Tribe VI. 
CORDIE‘REZ (this tribe contains plants agreeing with the 
genus Cordiéra in having baccate many-celled fruit, and in the 
cells being 1-seeded). A. Rich. mem. soc. hist. nat. par. 5. p. 
107. and 222. D.C. prod. 4. p. 445. Fruit baccate, of many 
l-seeded cells. This differs from Tribe Guettardacee in the 
fruit not containing pyrene, but true cells; and from Tribe Ha- 
meliée in the cells being 1-seeded, not many-seeded. 
CI. TRICALY'SIA (meaning unknown to us). A. Rich, 
mem. soc. hist. nat. par. 5. p. 224. D. C. prod. 4. p. 445. 
Lin. syst. Penta-Hexdndria, Monogijnia. Limb of calyx 
5-6-toothed, wide. Corolla with a shortish tube, a naked throar, 
and a 5-6-parted limb; segments narrow, spreading. Stamens 
5-6, inserted in the throat of the corolla, exserted ; filaments 
short; anthers linear. Stigmas 2, linear, shorter, somewhat 
recurved, exserted. Ovarium 2-celled ; cells biovulate; ovula 
collateral.—Shrub. Leaves opposite, linear-lanceolate, gra- 
dually tapering at the base, and joined by the broad, acuminated, 
entire stipulas. Flowers downy, almost sessile, crowded in the 
axils of the leaves. 
1 T. Ancote’ysis (A. Rich, ].¢.). h.S. Native of Angola, 
Angola Tricalysia. Shrub. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Hamélia, p. 542. 
CII. CORDIE‘RA (in honour of Niccolo Cordieri, a cele- 
brated French sculptor). A. Rich, mem. soc. hist. nat. par. 5. 
p- 230. t. 10. f. 2. D.C. prod. 4. p. 445. 
Lin. syst. Monoècia, Pentándria. Flowers unisexual. with 
the sexes on different branches. Male flower. Calyx cup- 
shaped, solid, with an entire limb. Corolla salver-shaped, with 
a long tube, which gradually tapers to the apex, and is a little 
incurved, coriaceous, shining, and as if it were horny; with a 
5-parted limb: having oblong acute lobes, and a very narrow 
naked throat. Stamens 4-5, inclosed, inserted in the middle of 
the tube; anthers rising from the bottom of the calyx. Styles 
only vestiges.—Female flower. Calyx sub-globose, adnate to 
the ovarium, with an entire marginal limb. Corolla straight, 
less attenuated at the apex than in the male flowers, with a 4-5- 
parted limb. Stamens small, abortive. Disk depressed in the 
middle. Stigmas 4-5, subulate. Berry globose, depressed, um- 
bilicate, fleshy, 4-8-celled ; cells 1-seeded. Seeds black, smooth. 
Albumen fleshy. Embryo parallel with the hylum, having a terete 
radicle, and subcordate cotyledons, which are the length of the 
radicle.-—Bushy shrubs, 4-5 feet high. Leaves opposite, elliptic, 
acuminated, glabrous; stipulas very acute, combined at the 
base. Flowers white, occupying the tops of the branches: 
male ones by threes, sessile, girded by 4 scale-formed brac- 
