RUBIACE®. CCVII. Carrosma. 
panulately turbinate, with a short broad tube, a naked throat, 
and 4-7 acute lobes (f. 110. b. ¢.). Stamens 4-7 (f. 110. #.). 
Style almost divided to the base into 2 parts; the divisions fili- 
form, very long, pilose (f. 110. c.), and exserted. Berry nearly 
ovate, pulpy, containing 2-3 indehiscent, bony nuts (f. 110. 
f) Seeds flat on one side, and convex on the other: one in 
each nut. Albumen hard, fleshy. Embryo with an inferior 
radicle, and foliaceous cotyledons.—Glabrous shrubs, natives of 
Australia. Leaves opposite, oval-oblong. Stipulas interpetiolar, 
solitary on both sides, permanent. Flowers axillary and ter- 
minal, solitary or few together on the same peduncle, bibrac- 
teolate at the base, sometimes male by abortion. Fruit of 
Coffea. Stigma of Anthospérmum. 
1 C. mRTE'LLA (Labill. nov. 
holl, 1. p. 70. t. 95.) leaves ob- 
long, cuspidate ; peduncles sim- 
ple; flowers 3-5 together, axil- 
lary or terminal, hermaphrodite ; 
anthers inclosed ; styles very 
long, hairy. h. G. ‘Native at 
Cape Van Dieman. (F. 110.) 
Hairy Caprosma. Sh. 8 feet. 
2 C. rætIDíssma (Forst. prod. 
no. 138.) peduncles simple ; 
flowers solitary; anthers exsert- 
ed. h. G. Native of New Zea- 
land. Leaves opaque. Herb 
very fetid. 
Very-fetid Caprosma. Shrub. 
3 C. ro'crwa (Forst. prod. no. 
138.) leaves ovate, acuminated at both ends; peduncles axillary, 
Compound ; flowers sub-capitate; anthers exserted. h. 
Native of New Zealand.—C. lucida, Geertn. fil. carp. 3. p. 17. 
t. 182, is probably distinct from Forster’s plant, and even ap- 
pears to belong to a different genus, as the fruit is said to be a 
unilocular, 8-seeded berry. 
Shining-leaved Caprosma. Shrub. 
4 C. CUSPIDIFÒLIA (D. C. prod. 4, p. 578.) leaves oval, at- 
tenuated at the base, and ending in a spine-formed point at the 
apex; flowers axillary, few, fasciculate, almost sessile. p. 
G. Native of Australia, at the Strait d’Entrecasteaux. The 
flowers are probably dioecious, as in a specimen we examined 
they were all female. Limb of calyx nearly entire. Lobes of 
Corolla 4-7, linear, striated by 3 parallel nerves. Anthers 1-3 
at the top of the tube. Style solitary? very hairy, elongated. 
erry ovate, 2-celled, crowned by the calyx. Stipulas trian- 
gular, acuminated, 
Cusp-leaved Caprosma. Shrub. 
Cult, For culture and propagation, see Phyllis. 
FIG. 110. 
CCVIII. PHY’LLIS (guddov, phyllon, a leaf; the leaves are 
the chief beauty of the shrub). Lin. gen. no. 323. Gertn. 
fruct, 1. p. 128. t. 25. Juss. mem. mus. 6. p. 870. A. Rich. 
mem. soc. hist. nat. Par. 5. p. 140. t. 12. f.3. D: C. prod. 
P-578.—Nobula, Adans. fam. 2. p. 145.—Bupleuroides, Boerh. 
—Valerianélla, spec. Dill, 
IN. syst. Pentdndria, Digy'nia. Calyx with an obovate, 
compressed tube, and an obsolete limb. Corolla witha short tube, 
and a 5-lobed spreading limb. Stamens 5. Anthers sessile at 
the throat. Style almost wanting. Stigmas 2, Capsule obovate, 
Compressed, narrow at the apex, divisible into twol-seeded parts, 
or nuts, ex Gertn. which hang from the central filiform axis, 
i in the genus Knóxia, or as in umbelliferous plants, ex Rich; 
ut according to others there is no central axis, Seeds erect, 
conforming to the mericarps. Albumen fleshy. Embryo erect, 
dorsal, with a filiform radicle, and cordate foliaceous cotyledons, 
CCVIII. Pays, 
CCIX. Garorina. CCX. Anruospermum. 635 
—Glabrous shrubs, with terete branches. Leaves opposite, or 
3-4 in a whorl, acuminated. Stipulas membranous, adnate to 
the petioles, and cleft into many filiform bristles. Panicles ter- 
minal, compound. Flowers small, greenish white, but changing 
to brownish as they fade, According to Cruse, ex Linnæa. 6. 
p. 20. the fruit is shining, and the nuts are fixed by the base, 
not hanging from a central filiform axis. 
1 P. nostra (Lin. spec. p. 333.). h.G. Native of the Ca- 
nary Islands.— Dill. elth. p. 405. t. 299. f. 386. Panicles many- 
flowered. Leaves large. 
Var. B, pauciflora (D. C. prod. 4. p. 579.) peduncles 1-3- 
flowered, shorter than the leaves. h. Native of the Canary 
Islands. P. pauciflora, A. Rich. mem. soc. hist. nat. par. 5. 
p. 141. : 
Noble Bastard Hare’s-ear. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1699. Shrub 
2 to 3 feet. 
Cult. A mixture of loam, peat, and sand is a good soil for 
this shrub ; and cuttings root freely, if planted in a pot of sand, 
with a hand-glass over them. 
CCIX. GALOPI'NA (the meaning of this word is not given 
by the author). Thunb. diss. nov. gen. 1. p. 3. Juss. mem. 
mus. 6. p. 371. Cruse, rub. cap. p. 18. A. Rich. mem. 
soc. hist. nat. par. 5. p. 140. D.C. prod. 4. p. 579.—Asthos- 
pérmum, spec. Thunb. prod.—Phyllis, spec. Schlecht. and 
Cruse. 
lin. syst. Tetrándria, Digy'nia. Flowers hermaphrodite. 
Calyx with an obovate tube, and a very minute, nearly equal 
limb. Corolla subrotate, 4-parted, almost cleft to the base. 
Stamens 4, inserted in the bottom of the corolla. Anthers ob- 
long. Styles 2, very short, each ending in a Jong hairy stigma. 
Fruit obovate, rather didymous, somewhat compressed from the 
back, and elegantly and gyrosely warted on the back, composed 
of two I-seeded, indehiscent mericarps, joined by a concave 
commissure, but at length separating from each other.—A gla- 
brous herb, with the habit of Circe‘a. Stem rather angular from 
2 elevated lines which run from the stipulas, branched. Leaves 
opposite, 1 to 3 inches long, ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, taper- 
ing into the petioles, paler beneath, with serrulately-scabrous 
margins. Stipulas trifurcate. Peduncles terminal and axillary, 
the whole forming a large terminal, trichotomous panicle, which 
is nearly a foot in diameter. Flowers small. Fruit dark 
brown. 
1 G. crrcmoipes (Thunb. 1. c.) %.? ©.? G. Native of 
the Cape of Good Hope. Anthospérmum Galopina, Thunb. 
prod. p. 32. Phyllis Galopina, Schlecht. and Cruse, in Linnea. 
6. p. 20. 
pe Nightshade-like Galopina. PI. 2 feet. 
Cult. See Phillis above for culture and propagation. 
CCX. ANTHOSPE’RMUM (from av6oc, anthos, a flower, 
and oeppa, sperma, a seed). Lin. gen. no, 1164. Juss. gen. 
178. Gertn. fil. carp. 3. p. $7. t. 195. Crus. rub. cap. p. 1. 
A. Rich. mem. soc. hist. nat. par. 5. p. 138. D. C. prod. 4. p. 
579. Schlecht. and Cruse, in Linnea. 6. p. 7.—Tournefortia, 
Ponted. epist. 11. ex Gartn.—Ambraria, Heist. but not of 
Cruse. 
Lin. syst. Tetra-Pentandria, Digy'nia, or Dice'cia Tetra-Pen- 
téndria. Flowers dioecious or hermaphrodite. Calyx with an 
obovate tube, and a 4-5-toothed deciduous limb (f. 110. a.). 
Corolla funnel-shaped, with a short tube, and a 4-5-parted limb 
(f. 110. b.); lobes linear or ovate-lanceolate, revolute, valvate 
in estivation, Stamens 4-5, inserted in the base of the tube of 
the corolla (f. 110. c.) Anthers oblong, sub-tetragonal, ex- 
serted. Styles 2, very short, connate? ending each in a long 
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