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hairy stigma (f. 110. f.g.) Fruit composed of 2 easily-sepa- 
rated, indehiscent, 1-seeded mericarps, which are a little com- 
pressed at the raphe, and joined together by a flattish commis- 
sure. Albumen sub-cartilaginous. Embryo dorsal, erect.— 
Small shrubs or herbs, natives of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Stems branched. Leaves linear or lanceolate, small, opposite or 
verticillate. Stipulas adhering to the petioles at the base, drawn 
out into a tooth in the middle. Flowers axillary, sessile, verti- 
cillate or opposite, rarely panicled, small, furnished each with 
2-3 bracteas at the base, usually dioecious. The male flowers 
are always smaller than the female ones. 
* Flowers dioecious, sessile in the axils of the leaves. 
1 A. Bercrainum (Cruse, rub. cap. p. 8.) leaves linear-lanceo- 
late, 3 in a whorl, imbricated, and connately perfoliate, ciliated ; 
flowers pentandrous, disposed in a verticillate spike. h. G. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Stem branched, terete or 
obsoletely angular, glabrous at the base, but clothed with long 
white hairs above. Leaves pale green, having the margins and 
keel ciliated with long white hairs, half an inch long. Whorles 
3-flowered. 
Bergius’s Amber-tree. Shrub 1 foot. 
2 A. 4 rmi6ricum (Lin, spec. 1511.) leaves linear- lanceolate, 
3 in a whorl, glabrous; stipulas simple, short, acute; flowers 
tetrandrous, disposed in verticillate spikes; mericarps elliptic, 
clothed with white tubercles, crowned by the calycine teeth. h. 
G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, Crus. rub. cap. p. 10. 
Geertn. fruct. 3. p. 195. Lin. hort. cliff. t. 27.—Pluk. alm. t. 
183. f. 1.—Ambraria Heistéri, Walth. hort. t. 9. Stem much 
branched, downy above. Leaves shining above, and whitish 
beneath, 2-3 lines long. Male flowers brownish, and the female 
ones green. 
Ethiopian Amber-tree. 
2 to 3 feet. 
3 A. sparuta’rum (Spreng. neu. entd. 3. p. 45. syst. 1, p. 
399.) leaves opposite, linear-spatulate, bluntish; flowers axil- 
lary, sub-verticillate; mericarps oblong, warted; branches 
twiggy, erectly spreading, downy. h.G. Native of the Cape 
of Good Hope, Cruse, rub. cap. p. 9. and p. 13. A. Æthiópi- 
cum, var. 2, oppositifolium, Schlecht. and Cruse, in Linnea. 6. 
p- 10. It differs from 4. Athidpicum in the opposite, linear- 
spatulate leaves, and in the more loose habit. A. Athiépicum, 
var. y, Ecklonianum, Schlecht. and Cruse, in Linnæa, 6. p. 10. 
does not appear to differ much from this species. 
Spatulate-leaved Anthospermum. Shrub 2 feet. 
4 A. criia‘re (Lin. spec. 1521.) leaves opposite, lanceolate, 
acute, ciliated ; stipulas short, simple ; flowers axillary, tetran- 
drous ; mericarps obovate, glabrous, shining, destitute of the 
calycine limb, . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, 
Geertn. fil. carp. 3. p. 195. Cruse, rub. cap. p. 9. and p. 13. 
A. galioides, Rchb. in Spreng. syst. 4. p. 338.—Pluk. mant. t. 
344. f. 5. Stem usually decumbent, much branched; branches 
angular, downy. Leaves glabrous, and green above, but white 
beneath, connate at the base. Lobes of the corolla hairy out- 
side. Anthers white.—The A. galioides, Rchb. differs from this 
in the leaves being rusty beneath. 
Ciliated-leaved Amber-tree. Shrub decumbent. 
5 A. Lanceo.a‘tum (Thunb. prod. 32. fl. cap. p. 157.) leaves 
opposite, lanceolate, acute, glabrous, spreading; stipulas pro- 
foundly bifid; flowers axillary, sub-verticillate, tetrandrous, and 
often pentandrous ; mericarps ovate-oblong, glabrous. p. G. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope, Cruse, rub. cap. p. 12. A. 
herbaceum, Lin. fil. suppl. p. 440. Stem procumbent, glabrous, 
brownish purple. Branches sub-tetragonal, purplish, downy at 
the apex. Leaves an inch long, connate at the base, paler be- 
neath, and whitish. Habit of Galium. 
Fl. June, July. Clt. 1692. Shrub 
RUBIACEA. CCX. ANTHOSPERMUM. 
CCXI. Amsraria. 
Lanceolate-leaved Amber-tree. Shrub procumbent. 
6 A. nirtum (Cruse, rub. cap. p. 11.) leaves opposite, lanceo- 
late, acute, ciliated while young, hairy at the base; stipulas sim- 
ple, subulate, hairy ; flowers axillary, pentandrous; mericarps 
unknown. h. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, on 
mountains. A. rubiaceum, Rchb. in Spreng. syst. 4. p. 388. 
A. lanceolatum, Sieb. fl. cap. no. 90. A. hirsdtum, D. C. prod. 
4. p. 580. Stem purplish brown, branched, beset with white 
hairs about the axils of the leaves. Branches purple, hairy. 
Leaves an inch long, connate at the base. Stipulas hairy, of a 
shining green colour above, but whitish beneath. 
Hairy Amber-tree. Shrub 1 foot. 
7 A. sca‘srum (Thunb. prod. 32. fl. cap. p. 158.) leaves 
opposite, linear, somewhat trigonal, acuminated, having the mar- 
gins and keel scabrous ; stipulas simple, very short; flowers 
axillary, pentandrous. h. Gs Native of the Cape of Good 
Hope, on the mountains, Stem decumbent at the base, branched 
a little. Branches aggregate, twiggy, cinereous at the base, and 
rather scabrous at the apex, leafy. Leaves 4 to 1 inch long, 
connate at the base. 
Scabrous Amber-tree. Shrub 4 decumbent. 
* * Flowers dioecious, panicled. 
8 A. panicuza‘tum (Cruse, rub. cap. p. 9. and p. 15, t 1l 
f. 2.) leaves opposite, linear-subspatulate ; stipulas short, sim- 
ple; flowers panicled, tetrandrous ; mericarps glabrous, with 3 
ribs. h. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Stem 
fuscescent, branched from the base ; branches downy. Leaves 
glabrous, bluntish, pale on the lower surface, hardly 1 an inch 
long. Panicle terminal, narrow, elongated. Fruit crowned by 
the calycine teeth. 
Panicled-flowered Amber-tree. Shrub 1 to 14 foot. 
*** Flowers hermaphrodite. 
9 A. Licutensteinm (Crus, rub. cap. p. 15.) leaves opposite, 
linear, keeled, glabrous, ciliated; stipulas simple, ciliated ; 
flowers axillary, verticillate; mericarps hairy. k. G. Native 
of the Cape of Good Hope. : 
Roem. et Schultes, syst. 3. p. 281. Stem branched, glabrous 
at bottom, and downy at top. Branches naked at the base. 
Leaves connate at the base, mucronate. Flowers tetrandrous- 
Lichtenstein’s Amber-tree. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
10 A. spermacdcreum (Rchb. in Spreng. syst. I 
leaves opposite, oblong-lanceolate, with scabrous margins; z 
pulas entire ; flowers axillary, solitary, pedicellate, pentandrou ; 
calyx 5-toothed. Yy.G. Native of the Cape of Good mee: 
Stem herbaceous, flexuous, rather angular, branched, par 
but downy at the apex. Leaves connate at the base. Stipu 
pilose, cleft into bristles. 
Spermacoce-like Amber-tree. PI. 1 foot. 3 
Cult. See Phyllis, p. 635. for culture and propagation- 
4, Pp: 338.) 
stl- 
CCXI. AMBRA'RIA (a name formerly applied to the pams 
Anthospérmum by Heister, and is probably derived from si 
Ambra, in Madagascar). Cruse, rub. cap. p. 16. t. J. £ i 
D. C. prod. 4. p. 580. but not of Heister. A. Rich. mem. $ 
hist. nat. Par. 5. p. 139. t. 12. f. 2. 
Lin. syst. Dice'cia, Tetréndria. € 
same structure as those of Anthospérmum, but differs fro ; 
genus in the capsule being 3-celled, the intermediate cell yae 
and the lateral ones 1-seeded. The rest as in Anthospermnn. a 
1 A. u’rta (Cruse, rub. cap. p. 17. t. 1. f. 2.) leaves : : 
whorl, connately perfoliate; fruit tomentosely hairy. d from 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Shrub much branche fi 
the base, hairy at the top. Leaves linear, subtriquetrou 8 : 
brous, connate at the base, with the margins aad keel cil 
Flowers dioecious, of the 
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