RUBIACEÆ. CLXIII. Poryozus. 
Stipulas very short, rounded, acuminated on both sides, ex Vahl ; 
but in the specimen collected at Porto-Rico by Ryan, the sti- 
pulas are connate a little way at the base, and bidentate at the 
apex; both are, however, probably the same species. 
. Frelich’s Coussarea. Shrub. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Zxdra, p. 574. 
CLXIII. POLYO'ZUS (from mov, poly, many, and ooc, 
ozos, a branch; in reference to the shrub, which is much 
branched). Lour. coch. p. 74. exclusive of the first species. D.C. 
prod. 4. p. 494. Blum. bijdr. p. 947,—Polydzus, A. Rich. 
mem. soc, hist. nat. Par, 5. p. 183.—Ixéra species, Poir. 
Lin. syst. Tetra-Pentandria, Monogynia. Calyx with a 
turbinate tube, and an obsoletely denticulated deciduous limb. 
Corolla with a cylindrical tube, a villous throat, and 4-5 spread- 
ingly reflexed lobes, which are longer than the tube. Anthers 
4-5, alternating with the lobes of the corolla, hardly exserted. 
Style short ; stigma bifid. Ovarium crowned by the disk. 
Berry drupaceous, nearly globose, 2-celled, naked at the apex ; 
cells contaming 1 pyrena each. Pyrenz excavated on the inside, 
and gibbous on the back, coriaceous, 1-seeded. Albumen carti- 
laginous, Embryo minute, erect.—Small glabrous trees, natives 
of Asia and the Mauritius. Leaves opposite. Stipulas inter- 
petiolar. Cymes trichotomous, axillary, and terminal.—This 
genus ts nearly allied to /xdra, but differs in the tube being 
shorter than the corolline lobes, and in the limb of the calyx being 
deciduous. It is also nearly allied to Bacdnia, but differs in the 
stigma being bifid. 
l P. rancrora‘ra (Lour. coch, p- 75.) leaves lanceolate, 
petiolate; racemes terminal, compound; flowers tetramerous 
and tetrandrous. h. G. Native of China, about Canton. 
Branches diffuse. Flowers reddish. 
Lanceolate-leaved Polyozus. Shrub 4 feet. 
2 P. acumina'ra (Blum. bijdr. p. 948.) leaves oblong-lanceo- 
ate, very much acuminated; racemes axillary; flowers tetra- 
pratt and tetrandrous. h. S. Native of the western part 
b Java, on the mountains. Branchlets compressed. Stipulas 
road, short. Flowers small, corymbose; corymbs in the axils 
of the Superior leaves on short peduncles. 
Acuminated-leayed Polyozus. Shrub. 
3 P. vatiro'tra (Blum. bijdr. p. 948.) leaves elliptic-oblong, 
acute at both ends; flowers pentamerous and pentandrous. h. 
Native of the island of Nusa-Kambanga, near Java. 
Broad-leaved Polyozus. Shrub. 
t Doubtful species. 
tolte gMADERASPATA'NA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 495.) leaves pe- 
sear o E hardly acute at the base, and rather 
Seb at the apex; corymbs terminal, trichotomous ; 
Hes aoe and pentandrous. k. S. Native of the 
idee n ihe about Madras. Stipulas broad, short, _acuminated, 
i eris Leaves coriaceous, those of the flowering branches 
hak rt ong and 14 broad, standing on petioles about half an 
Madras Polyozus. Shrub. 
ne BARBA'TA (Smith, in Rees’ eycl. vol. 26. under Pavétta,) 
S anceolate-oblong, acute, smooth ; panicles brachiate, di- 
lot S smooth; tube of corolla one-half shorter than the 
bes, which are 5, and beset with bristles in the mouth. h. S. 
E of the island of Hominoa, in the East Indies. Leaves 
o a foot long, and 2 inches broad. Stigma cylindrical, 
Per rom the tube of the corolla being shorter than the 
es, and the flowers being pentamerous and pentandrous, it is 
Probably a true species of Polydzus. 
Bearded Polyozus, Shrub. 
VOL. 111, 
CLXIV. Grumiea. CLXV. Rutipea. 577 
N. B. P. bipinndtus (Lour. coch. p. 75.) should be excluded 
from the present order altogether, from the bipinnate leaves, but 
its true place is unknown. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Jxdra, p. 574. 
CLXIV. GRUMTLEA (from grumula, a little heap; in 
reference to the albumen, which is grumose). Geertn. fruct. 1. 
p. 138. t. 28. f. 2. D. C. prod. 4. p. 495.—Grunilea, Poir. 
suppl. 2. p. 857.—Grumilia, Du Theis, Gloss. bot. p. 210. 
Liv. syst. Penténdria, Monogijnia. Calyx with an ovate 
tube, and a 5-toothed limb. Corolla, stamens, and style un- 
known. Berry crowned by the calyx, ovate-globose, rather 
coriaceous, 2-celled, rarely 3-celled. Seeds solitary in each 
cell, plano-convex or angular. Albumen rather cartilaginous, 
grumose from chinks and fissures. Embryo erect, small, rather 
curved, and nearly dorsal, with lanceolate cotyledons.—This 
genus is hardly known, but from the albumen it comes very near 
to Rutidea ; and to Psychétria from the form of the fruit. 
1 G. nigra (Gertn. fruct. 1. p. 138. t. 28. f. 2.) berry 
smooth; teeth of calyx on the top of the fruit, conniving and 
rounded. h.S. Native of Ceylon, where it is called Hogdala. 
Berries black. 
Black-berried Grumilea. Shrub. 
2 G. psycnorrioipes (D. C. prod. 4. p. 495.) berry striated 
lengthwise, crowned by the short tubular truncate limb of the 
calyx. h.S. Native of the western coast of Africa, in Casa- 
mancia at Itou, where it was collected by Leprieur and Perrottet. 
Shrub glabrous. Leaves petiolate, elliptic, cuneated at the base, 
acute at the apex, shining. Stipulas solitary on both sides, lan- 
ceolate, deciduous. Flowers unknown. Fruit 5-6 together at 
the tops of the branches, sessile, almost capitate, black, ovate, 
2-celled. Seeds ruminated as in Annona. 
Psychotria-like Grumilea. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see /xdra, p. 574. 
CLXV. RUTI'DEA (from purte, rutis, a wrinkle ; in allusion 
to the wrinkled albumen). D. C. diss. 1807. ined. with a figure, 
ann. mus. hist. nat. Par. 9. p. 219. prod. 4. p. 497. Juss. mem. 
mus. 6. p. 878. A. Rich. mem. soc. hist. nat. Par. 5. p. 179.— 
Rytidea, Spreng. 
Lix. syst. Penténdria, Monogynia. Calyx with a globose 
tube, and a small 5-parted limb: lobes ovate. Corolla funnel- 
shaped, with a terete tube, which is dilated at the apex, and 5 
spreading oval lobes. Anthers 5, sessile in the throat of the 
corolla, exserted, oblong, but shorter than the lobes of the 
corolla. Style clavate at the apex ; stigmas 2, combined, indi- 
cated only by a furrow. Berry nearly dry, globose, crowned by 
the vestiges of the calyx, 1-celled, 1-seeded. Seed globose, um- 
bilicate at the base, wrinkled on the outside. Albumen large, 
grumose, cartilaginous. Embryo oblique, terete.—Shrubs, 
natives of India and Africa. Branches terete, hispid while young. 
Leaves opposite, on short petioles, hispid on the nerves and 
petioles. Stipulas twin on both sides, combined to the middle, 
subulate at the apex. Spikes racemose, interrupted, terminal ; 
flowers disposed in almost sessile opposite fascicles. Bracteas 
and calyxes hispid. Corollas glabrous, becoming black on dry- 
ing, but probably white in the recent state. 
1 R. parvirro’ra (D.C. 1. c.) branches, petioles, and nerves 
of leaves on the under surface, rather hispid; leaves elliptic-ob- 
long ; spikes terminal, formed of interrupted fascicles of flowers; 
fruit glabrous. h.S. Native of Sierra Leone, where it was 
collected by Smeathmann; and of Casamancia near Itou, where 
it was collected by Leprieur and Perrottet. 
Small-flowered Rutidea. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 
2 R.? mo'txus (Blum. ex D. C. prod. 4. p. 495.) every part 
of the plant is clothed with soft hairy tomentum; leaves elliptic- 
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