634 RUBIACEA. CCIII. Hypropuinax. 
corom. 3. p. 30. t. 233. fl. ind. 1. p. 380. 
Gertn. |. e. Flowers of a lilac colour. 
peplotdes, but larger (f. 109.). 
Sea-side Hydrophilax. Pl. creeping. 
Serissus anceps. 
Habit of Arendria 
+ A species not sufficiently known. 
2 H. Mapacascarte’nsis (Willd. herb. ex Roem. et Schultes, 
syst. 3. p. 527.) leaves lanceolate, acute, sessile, closely imbri- 
cated, sheathed; flowers terminal.—Native of Madagascar, 
where it was collected by Commerson. 
Madagascar Hydrophilax. Pl. creeping. 
Cult. This plant should be grown in a pot filled with small 
gravel, and watered from time to time with salted water. It 
will be easily increased by separating the rooted stems, or by 
seeds. 
CCIV. SCYPHI’PHORA (from cxugoc, skyphos, a bowl or 
cup, and ¢epw, phero, to bear; application not evident). Geertn. 
fil. carp. 3. p. 91. t. 196. Blum. bijdr. p. 955. A. Rich. mem. 
soc. hist. nat. par. 5. p. 159. t. 14. f. 1. D. C. prod. 4. p. 577.— 
Hydrophilax species, Juss. 
Lin. syst. Tetrándria, Monogynia. Calyx with an ovate 
tube, and a short tubular truncate nearly entire limb. Corolla 
funnel-shaped, having the tube hairy inside, and the limb with 4 
lanceolate spreading segments. Stamens 4, exserted; filaments 
short; anthers incumbent inwardly. Stigma bifid, with approxi- 
mate lobes. Drupe baccate, crowned, 8-furrowed, containing 2 
bony oblong 1-seeded pyrenz or nuts, which are flat inside, and 
furrowed on the back. Albumen fleshy. Embryo central, 
erect, with oblong cotyledons, and a somewhat incurved radicle. 
—A shrub native of the Moluccas. Leaves opposite, veinless. 
Flowers subcorymbose, axillary. 
1 S. nypropwita'cea (Geertn. and Blum. 1. c.). 
tive of the Moluccas, by the sea side. 
herb. 
Hydrophilax-like Scyphiphora. Shrub. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Hydrophi'lax above. 
h.S. Na- 
Hydrophi'lax, Banks, 
‘ 
CCV. PLO’CAMA (from Aoxapoc, plokamos, bent or twisted 
hairs; in reference to the numerous slender, pendulous branches). 
Ait. hort. kew. ed. 1. p. 292. Geertn. fil. carp. 3. p. 196. 
Juss. mem. 6. p. 371. A. Rich. mem. soc. hist. nat. Par. 5. p. 
161. D. C. prod. 4. p. 577.—Placoma, Pers. ench. 1. p. 210.— 
Bartlingia, Rchb. in flora 1824. p. 241. icon. exot. 1. t. 11. but 
not of Brongn.—Plécoma and Bartlingia, Spreng. syst.—Plécoma 
and Placoma, Gmel. syst. 
Lin. syst. Penta-Hexdndria, Monogynia. Calyx with an 
ovate-globose tube, and a small sinuately toothed limb. Co- 
rolla campanulately funnel-shaped, 5-cleft, rarely 6-cleft. -An- 
thers inserted between the lobes of the corolla, sessile at the 
throat, linear. Stigma thickish, slightly 2-lobed, or undivided. 
Fruit almost baccate, areolate at the apéx, and crowned by the 
small inflexed calyx, 2-3-celled. Endocarp membranous. Seeds 
solitary in the cells, erect, with thin albumen. Embryo 
with a terete radicle, and flat cotyledons.— A small, glabrous, 
much-branched shrub, with the branches terete, slender, and 
pendulous. Leaves linear-filiform, opposite. Stipulas com- 
bined, with the petioles short, bluntly toothed, membranous. 
Flowers solitary or by threes in the axils of the upper leaves, 
and on the tops of the branches, white, on short peduncles. 
1 P. pe’nputa (Ait. l. c.) h. G. Native of the Canary 
Islands. Placoma péndula, Poir. suppl. 4. p. 441. Bartlingia 
scoparia, Rchb. icon. exot. t. 11. and Plácoma péndula, Rchb. 
p with a good description and figure. Habit of Gàlium. 
aves 2 inches long. 
CCIV. SCYPHIPHORA. 
CCV. Procama. CCVI. Purorta. CCVII. Caprosma, 
Clt. 1772. Shrub 2 feet. 
See Serissa, p. 633. for culture and propagation. 
Pendulous Plocama. 
Cult. 
CCVI. PUTO RIA (from putor, rankness; in reference to the 
smell of the leaves when bruised). Pers. ench. 1. p. 524. A. Rich, 
mem. soc. hist. nat. Par. 5. p. 160. D.C. prod. 4. p. 577.— 
Aspérula species, Lin. fil.—Sherardia species, Cyr—Pavétta 
species, Cyr.—Ernddea species, Smith. 
Lin. syst. Pentdndria, Monogy'nia. Calyx with an ovate 
tube, and a short tubular, 5-toothed limb. Corolla salver- 
shaped, with a long terete tube, a glabrous throat, and 4 spread- 
ing, acutish lobes. Filaments of stamens short, rising from the 
top of the tube of the corolla, hardly exserted. Anthers oblong- 
linear, ex Rich. Stigma bifid. Berry nearly dry, ovate-oblong, 
umbilicate, 2-celled. Seeds oblong, solitary in the cells.— Shrubs 
stiff. Leaves opposite, fetid when bruised, oblong-linear, ob- 
tuse. Stipulas solitary on both sides. Flowers sessile on the 
tops of the branches, in fascicles. Habit of Daphne Gneòrum, 
1 P. Cara‘srica (Pers. l. c.) stem shrubby, much branched; 
branches clothed with velvety down; leaves oblong, obtuse, 
smoothish ; stipulas solitary on both sides. R. F. Native of 
Calabria, Candia, Syria, Atlas, Sicily, &c. on calcareous rocks. 
Aspérula Calabrica, Lin. fil. suppl. p. 120, L’Her. stirp. nov. l. 
p. 65. t. 32. Sherardia foe’tida, Lam. dict. 4. p. 326. Pavétta 
foetidissima, Cyr. pl. neap. 1. p. 8. t. 1. Ernddea montana, 
Sibth. and Smith, fl. graec. t. 143. Guss. fl. sic. 1. p. 169. Lo- 
nicéra Sicula, Ucria, pl. add. p. 249. ex Guss. Sherardia fæti- 
dissima, Cyr. char. 69. t. 3. f. 7. Pavétta foetidissima, Cyr. neap. 
fasc. 1. t. 1. Flowers red. Habit of Aspérula. Leaves pale 
beneath, scabrous on the edges and keel. 
Calabrian Putoria. Fl. July. Clt. 1820. Shrub 1 to 1 foot. 
2 P.? I’npica (D. C. prod. 4. p. 577.) stem berba 
sparingly branched, rather radicant at the base ; branches hisp! 
from villi; leaves ovate, acute, villous; stipulas twin on bot 
sides, subulate. 2%. F. Native of the East Indies, on the Nel- 
lighery mountains, in humid places, where it was collected ra 
Leschenault, who has called it Aspérula from habit, in his her x4 
rium. Style exserted, divided at the apex into 2 thickish, gi 3 
short stigmas. The flowers are much like those of the se 
species, but the fruit being unknown, the genus to which it pro 
perly belongs is still doubtful. 
Indian Putoria. Pl. 4 to 1 foot. ‘ best 
Cult. A mixture of chalk, sand, and peat will be the bes 
soil for the species of Putdria ; and they may be readily increase 
by cuttings or seeds. 
Tribe XI. 
ANTHOSPE RMEG& (the plants contained in this tribe a 
with the genus Anthospérmum in particular characters). C ai 
et Schlecht. in Linnea. 3. p. 309. A. Rich, mem. soc. hist. ee 
Par. 5. p. 136. D. C. prod. 4. p. 578. Flowers dice Hi 
hermaphrodite. Corolla rotate (f. 110. b.). Styles separa’ i 
the base, ending in an elongated, hispid, or plumose sepa 
each (f. 110. c.). Fruit constantly of 2 indehiscent, Le 
mericarps or nuts (f. 110. g. f.), which are easily ae 
at maturity. Albumen fleshy.—Small shrubs or herbs. au 
opposite or verticillate. Stipulas small, 1-3-toothed, adna 
both sides of the petioles. ild boat, 
CCVII. CAPRO’SMA (from xazpoc, capros, a y fetid 
and osun, osme, a smell; in allusion to the species having a ea 
smell). Forst. gen. t. 69. Lam. ill. t. 186. and 854. Juss. ae 
mus. 6. p. 381. A. Rich. mem. soc. hist. nat. Par. 5. P+ 
D. C. prod. 4. p. 578. : 
Lin. syst. Tetra-Hepténdria, Digy'nia. Calyx with m por’ 
tube, and a 5-7-lobed short limb (f. 110. a.). Corolla 
