562 RUBIACEH. CXXXIX. Panera. 
Ternate-leaved Pzederia. Tree small. 
+ Species not sufficiently known. 
9 P.? Va‘tu-Ka'ra (Juss. mem. mus. 6. p. 381.) climbing ; 
branches terete, villously tomentose ; leaves broad-ovate, acute, 
somewhat cordate, rather pilose above, and rather woolly beneath ; 
corymbs axillary, many-flowered. h.. S. Native of Mala- 
bar. Rheed. mal. 7. p. 35. t. 18. Hondbessen, Adans, fam. 
2. p. 158. Berry globose, green, probably 1-seeded. Flowers 
5-cleft, according to the figure, but tetrandrous according to the 
description. 
Valli-kara Peederia. Shrub cl. 
10 P.? sessitirròra (Poir. suppl. 2. p. 449.) stems ascend- 
ing; leaves lanceolate, glabrous; petioles geniculated at the 
base; racemes rather longer than the leaves, brachiate, pani- 
cled; flowers sessile, sub-secund. h. S. Native of the 
Mauritius. Said to be allied to P. fe’tida, but is probably a 
species of Laugéria. 
Sessile-flonered Pederia. Shrub ascending. 
11 P. Braziria'na (D. C. prod. 4. p. 472.) leaves cordate- 
oblong, pilose beneath and on the branches; panicles terminal, 
much branched ; flowers pedunculate. h. S. Native of Brazil, 
in the province of Minas Geraes. Anthers inclosed. Berry 
dry, containing 2 pyrene. Pædèria erécta, Spreng. neu. entd. 
3. p. 34. but not of Roxb. 
Brazilian Pederia. Shrub 3 to 4 feet ? 
Cult. The species of Pedéria are free growers, and will 
thrive in any kind of rich light soil; and cuttings strike root 
readily in the same kind of soil, under a hand-glass. 
Tribe IX. 
COFFEA‘CEZ (this tribe agrees with the genus Cofféa in 
the fruit being baccate, and in containing 2 hard 1-seeded nuts). 
D. C. diss. 1806. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 352. 
exclusive of some genera. A. Rich, ex D.C. prod. 4. p. 472. 
—Psychotriaceze and Cephalideze, Cham. et Schlecht. in Linnea. 
4. p: 4. and p. 133. Fruit 2-celled (f. 105. A. f. 107. c); 
baccate, containing 2 l-seeded bony or crustaceous nuts (f. 107. 
d.), which are flat inside and usually marked by a furrow on 
the outside; rarely containing only 1 nut from abortion. Nuts 
adhering by the inner sides. Albumen horny.—Trees or shrubs. 
Leaves opposite. Stipulas inter-petiolar, with 2 on each side, 
which are either combined or distinct. 
Sus-rraiwe I, Correr`æ (this sub-tribe contains shrubs agree- 
ing with the genus Cofféa in having distinct flowers). D. C. 
prod. 4. p. 472—Psychotridceze, Cham. et Schlecht. 4. p. 4. 
Flowers distinct, not combined. 
CXL. AMARACA’RPUS (from apapa, amara, leading 
water, and xaproc, karpos, a fruit; probably in reference to the 
furrow on the outside of the pyrene or nuts). Blum. bijdr. 
p. 954. A. Rich, mem. soc. hist. nat. par. 5. p. 198. D.C. 
prod. 4. p. 472. 
Lin. syst. Tetrándria, Monogy'nia. Calyx with an oval 
tube and a 4-cleft unequal limb. Corolla funnel-shaped, with 
a villous throat and a deeply 4-cleft limb. Stamens 4, inserted 
in the throat of the corolla. Style 1; stigma 2-lobed. Drupe 
baccate, crowned by the calyx, containing 2 bony 1-seeded 
pyrene, which are furrowed a little on the back.—A small 
shrub, with downy branchlets. Leaves opposite, on short pe- 
tioles, lanceolate, glabrous above, paler beneath, and rather 
downy on the veins. Stipulas connate at the base, bifid at the 
apex, deciduous. Flowers small, solitary, in the axils of the 
leaves, rarely terminal, sessile, bracteolate at the base.—Habit 
and axillary inflorescence of this genus disagree with Psy- 
chétria. 
CXL. AMARACARPUS. 
CXLI. Damnacantuus. CXLII. Cantuivum. 
1 A. pupe’scens (Blum. bijdr. p. 954.). 
Java, and the Island of Nusa~-Kambanga. 
Pubescent Amaracarpus. Shrub. $ 
Cult. See Coffea, p. 584. for culture and propagation. 
h. S. Native of 
CXLI. DAMNACA/NTHUS (from dapvaw, damnao, to con- 
quer, axav@oc, acanthos, a spine; in reference to the strong 
opposite thorns). Geertn. fil. carp. 3. p. 18. t. 182. D. C. 
prod. 4. p. 473.—Canthium species, ex Juss. Rich. — 
Lin. syst. Pentándria, Monogy'nia. Calyx with a globose 
tube, and a small 5-toothed permanent limb. Corolla, stamens, 
and style unknown. Berry globose, 2-celled, crowned by the 
calyx. Seeds solitary in the cells, and fixed to the bottom of 
the cells. Albumen cartilaginously fleshy. Embryo very mì- 
nute, seated in the base of the albumen, with a short inferior 
radicle.—An Indian shrub, furnished with opposite spines, but 
the leaves and flowers are hardly known.—This genus is nearly 
allied to Canthium, but differs in the seeds being fixed to the 
bottom of the cells, not to their tops, and in the embryo being 
small. The Spina spinàrum of Rumph. amb. cited by Gaertner, 
for this plant has nothing to do with Rubiacee, in the leaves being 
alternate and serrated, and is therefore referrible to Stigmardta 
Janghidmas; but perhaps the Oxycantha Javanica, Rumph, 
amb. 7. t. 19. f. 3. is a species of Damnacdnthus or Canthium. 
1 D.U'xvicus (Geertn. fil. 1. e.). h. S. Native of the East 
Indies. Carissa spinarum, Thunb. in litt. to Geertn. 
Indian Damnacanthus. Shrub. ice 
Cult. For culture and propagation, see Chiocécca, p. 569. 
CXLII. CAN’THIUM (Canti is the Malabar name of one of 
the species). Lam. dict. 1. p. 602. Juss. gen. p. 204. me 
mus. 6. p. 380. Gertn. fil. carp. 3. p. 93. t. 196. Roxb. fl. 
ind. 2. p. 169. Blum. bijdr. p. 966. D. C. prod. 4. p. 473. 
but not of Labill. nor Lindl.—Cánthium species, A. Rich, mem. 
soc. hist. nat. par. 5. p. 187.—Gardénia species, Lin. fil— 
Webéra species, Schreb. : : 
Lin. syst. Tetra-Pentdndria, Monogy'nia. Calyx with an 
ovate tube, and a short 4-5-toothed limb. Corolla with a short 
tube, a bearded throat, and 4-5 spreading lobes. Anthers EAk 
inserted at the throat, hardly exserted. Style filiform, S 
serted ; stigma undivided, thick, ovate-globose, or o i 
Berry globose, or didymous, fleshy, crowned by the ca yo 
teeth, 2-celled. Seeds solitary in each cell, inserted towar 
the apex, inverted, incurved. Albumen fleshy. Emi aoe 
tral, with a long superior radicle.—Asiatic or African s ie 
with spinose or unarmed branches. Leaves opposite, ra Pe- 
coriaceous. Stipulas interpetiolar, solitary on both sides. 
duncles axillary, short, many-flowered. 
Sect. I. Evca’xturum (from eu, well or good, and cdnthium ; 
this section is supposed to contain the true species of the ot i 
D. C. prod. 4. p. 473. Mature fruit 2-celled, terminated Vy 
an umbilicus. 
* Unarmed shrubs, with pentandrous flowers.. 
1 C. Corxt'Lra (Cham. et Schlecht. in Linnea 4. b ts) 
branches unarmed; peduncles, calyxes, and petioles vi Ge 
leaves oval, obtuse at the base, acute at the apex, rather v1 wr 
on both surfaces ; peduncles bifid ; cymes dense, many Renae 
h.S. Native of Senegal. Pavétta Cornélia, Reichb. in 
fl. seneg. exsic. no. 21. Fruit unknown. Flowers white. 
Cornelia Canthium. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. ae 
2 C. suscorva’rum (D. C. prod. 4. p. 473.) unarmed ; le aa 
ovate, rather cordate, acutish, downy beneath, as well as ae 
branches ; peduncles bifid, cymose, many-flowered ; fruit 5 re 
compressed and rather cordate. h.S. Native of Senegal, 
