RUBIACEZ. CXLV. Marauisia. 
3 P. me pia (A. Rich, |. c.) leaves oval, very blunt, gradually 
attenuated at the base; stipulas ending in long points, caducous; 
cymes hardly pedunculate, simple, few-flowered ; fruit deeply 
emarginate, didymous. h.S. Native of Madagascar. 
Intermediate Psydrax. Shrub. 
4 P. ancustiro'tia (A. Rich. 1. c.) leaves linear, acutish at 
the apex, gradually attenuated at the base; stipulas lanceolate, 
caducous ; cymes hardly pedunculate, 3-5-flowered ; fruit small, 
heart-shaped, didymous. h.S. Native of Madagascar. 
Narrow-leaved Psydrax. Shrub. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Chiocécca, p. 569. 
CXLV. MARQUISIA (evidently called so after some person 
Bae Bane eae, who is unknown to us). A. Rich. mem. 
» hist. nat. Par. 5. p. 192. D.C. . 4, p. .—Canthi 
ee Lavi p prod. 4. p. 477.—Canthium 
Lix. syst. Penténdria, Monogy'nia. Calyx with an ovate 
tube, and a short acutely 5-parted limb. Corolla with a short 
tube, a glabrous throat, and 5 oblong spreading bluntish lobes, 
which are longer than the tube. Anthers 5, ovate, sessile at 
iy throat of the corolla. Style filiform, length of tube; stigmas 
-6. Berry ovate, fleshy, 2-celled, crowned by the calyx. Seed 
a pyrenæ solitary in the cells, erect, convex on the outside, but 
re and furrowed inside——A glabrous shrub, with spinose 
ranches. Leaves on short petioles, opposite, lanceolate, small, 
attenuated at both ends. Stipulas small, solitary on both sides, 
oe to the petioles. Pedicels axillary, solitary, 1-flowered, 
i exed, calyculated by 4 small combined bracteas under the 
pat. Flowers small. This genus differs from Cánthium in 
s € stigma being divided into many lobes, and in the seeds rising 
rom the bottom of the cells, not from the top. 
-s M. BILLARDIE'RII (A. Rich. 1. c.) b.G. Native of Van 
Roe s Land. Canthium quadrifidum, Labill. nov. holl. 1. p. 
ee t. 94, A very spinose shrub, very variable in habit, having 
e branches sometimes loose and elongated, and sometimes short 
and crowded. Pedicels rising each from a sheath. 
La Billardier’s Marquisia. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Chiocécca, p. 569. 
CXLVI. NESCI’DIA (from nescio, to be ignorant; the fruit 
oe unknown the genus is very doubtful). A. Rich. mem. soc. 
ist. nat. Par, 5. p. 192. D.C. prod. 4. p. 477. 
Shays Syst. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Limb of calyx hardly 
tidy quite entire. Corolla with a short tube, a naked throat, 
PE a 5-cleft limb; segments incumbent, bluntish. Stamens 5, 
oe in the throat, almost sessile, inclosed. Anthers linear, 
0 e. Style short; stigmas 2, linear, acute, joined face to face. 
varium 2-celled; ovula solitary in the cells, fixed to the mid- 
Te dissepiment, Seeds unknown.—A glabrous shrub, native of 
= lauritius. Leaves opposite, petiolate, like those of a 
es coriaceous, scarcely acute. Stipulas short, interpetiolar. 
gta axillary, solitary, girded by a bidentate calyculous at 
ay ase.—This is a doubtful genus from the fruit being un- 
nown, but it has the habit of Myonima. 
oe Myrtiro'Lia (A. Rich. l. c.) kh. S. Native of the 
Mauritius, 
Myrtle-leaved Nescidia. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 
Cult. See Chiocécca, p. 569. for culture and propagation. 
i CXLVII. DIPLO'SPORA (from durdooc, diploos, double, 
a aropa, spora, a seed; in reference to the cells of the fruit 
Lindt 2-seeded). D. C. prod. 4. p. 477.—Cánthium species, 
; ‘ones Syst. Tetrdndria, Monogy'nia. Calyx with an obovate 
ube, a very short subcampanulate 4-toothed limb. Corolla 
CXLVI. Nescipia. 
CXLVII. Dirrospora. CXLVIII. Erruma, &c. 565 
with a wide tube, which is shorter than the lobes, a pilose throat, 
and 4 ovate fleshy spreading lobes. Anthers 4, sessile at the 
throat, semi-exserted. Style length of the tube; stigma bifid. 
Ovarium 2-celled; cells 2-seeded; ovula collateral, ascending. 
Fruit and seeds unknown.—A glabrous shrub, native of China, 
with tetragonal branches. Leaves opposite, petiolate, oblong- 
lanceolate, acuminated at both ends. Stipulas solitary on both 
sides, ovate, acuminated, permanent. Flowers axillary, crowded, 
almost sessile, yellowish-green, calyculate by combined bracteas 
at the base. This genus agrees with Lpithinia in the cells of the 
ovarium being biovulate, but differs in the ovula being col- 
lateral, not one on the top of the other. 
1 D. viriprrto'ra (D. C. prod. 4. p. 477.) h. G. Native of 
China. Cánthium dùbium, Lindl. in bot. reg. t. 1026. 
Green-flowered Diplospora. Fl. July. Clt. 1824. Shrub 3 
to 4 feet. 
Cult. See Chiocócca, p. 569. for culture and propagation. 
CXLVIII. EPITHI'NIA (from ex, epi, upon, and 6vy, thin, 
the seashore; the shrub grows among mangroves on the sea- 
shore). Jack, in mal. misc. 1. no. 2. p.12. D.C. prod, 4. 
p- 477. 
Lin. syst. Tetrandria, Monogy‘nia. Limb of calyx cylin- 
drical, scarcely 4-toothed, permanent. Corolla tubular, with a 
4-parted spreading acute limb, and a villous throat. Stamens 
4, exserted; anthers linear. Style exserted; stigma bifid. 
Berry 8-furrowed, containing 2 oblong 2-seeded pyrenæ. Seeds 
placed one above another.—An Indian shrub. Leaves oppo- 
site, petiolate, obovate, smooth, almost veinless. Stipulas want- 
ing? Peduncles axillary, dichotomous, many flowered, with a 
solitary flower in the fork. Flowers white.—This genus is said 
to be allied to Maldnea, but differs in the cells of the fruit being 
2-seeded, and from all other Rubiaceous plants in the want of 
stipulas. 
1 E. Maraya`na (Jack, l.c.) h. S. Native of the islands of 
Malacca, Singapore, in marshes among mangroves. 
Malay Epithinia. Shrub. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Chiocécca, p. 569. 
CXLIX. SIDERODE’NDRON (from cônpoc, sideros, iron, 
and devépov, dendron, a tree; in reference to the hardness of the 
wood of the trees). Schreb. gen. no. 691. Vahl, ecl. amer. 1. 
p. 10. Juss. mem. mus. 6. p. 374. A. Rich. mem. soc. hist. 
nat. Par. 5. p. 183. t. 16. f. 3. D.C. prod. 4. p. 478.—Sider- 
oxyloides, Jacq. amer. p. 19. 
Lin. syst. Tetrándria, Monogy'nia. Calyx with a subglobose 
tetragonal tube, and a very small 4-toothed limb. Corolla with 
a long terete tube, which is hardly widened at the apex, a gla- 
brous throat, and 4 oval roundish bluntish spreading lobes. 
Anthers 4, sessile in the throat of the corolla, oblong, hardly ex- 
serted, one-half shorter than the lobes of the corolla. Style 
bifid at the apex, length of the corolla. Berry dry, nearly glo- 
bose, naked at the apex, 2-celled, 2-seeded. Seeds convex on 
the outside, concave inside, and furnished with a circular areola 
as in Baconia. Albumen cartilaginous. Embryo unknown.— 
Glabrous hard-wooded trees, natives of South America. Branches 
terete, but tetragonal when young, as well as the pedicels. Leaves 
opposite, oval-oblong, acute, rather coriaceous, petiolate. Stipu- 
Jas solitary on both sides, apiculated by a short point. Peduncles 
axillary, trifid or trichotomous. Flowers rose coloured on the 
outside, and white inside. This genus is nearly allied to Coffea. 
1 S, rrirto’num (Vahl, ecl. 1. p. 10.) peduncles twin, axil- 
lary, 3-flowered. h.S. Native of the islands of Montserrat 
and Martinico, where it is called bois de fer or iron-wood. S. 
férreum, Lam. ill. p. 282. Sideroxyloides férreum, Jacq, amer, 
