CAPRIFOLIA. CXXVII. RUBIACEAE. 



tiolata, opposita v. rarissimc verticillata, bisti 

 pnlata. Stipulae variae, ntinc inter se et a 

 foliis omnino distinctae, ntinc inter se liberae 

 sed foliis adnatae, nitnc contiguae diversorurr 

 foliorum inter se plus minns connatae (inter 

 petiolares integrae v. bitidae), nunc ejnsdem 

 fblii inter se concretae (intrafoiiaceae), nnnc 

 omnes inter se coadunatae (intrafoliaceae 

 ginantes), nunc basi connatae et apice multise- 

 tae v. in ligulas foliis omnino consimiles ex 

 pansae, folia verticillata, gemmae axillaris de 

 fectu a foliis veris distinguenda , simulantes. 



Flores hcrmaphroditi v. rarissime abortu 

 iiniscxuales, regulares v. interdum subirregu 

 lares, varic dispositi, saepitis cymosi v. pani 

 ctilati, nunc capitati, inter se distincti v. basi 

 connati. 



Calyx tubo cnm ovario connato, forma va- 

 rio , limbo supero v. semisupero , tubuloso v 

 partito, nunc integerrimo tritncato , nunc bi 

 sexfido v. dentato, in fructtt persistente v. de 

 cidtto aut obsoleto. 



Cobolla summo calycis tubo inserta, ga- 

 mopetala, e petalis 4_G, varie inter se coali- 

 tis, rotata, infundibiiliformis, liypocraterimor- 

 pha v. campanulata , intus glabra v. ad faucem 

 saepius pilosa, limbo quadri-sexfldo, regulari 

 v. interdtim vix subirregtilari, lobis aestivatione 

 valvatis v. contorto-irobricatis. 



Stamina corollae tubo, plerumquc ad fatt- 

 cem , rarius demissitts v. prope basim inserta, 

 ejusdem lobis numero acqualia et alterna , ra- 

 rissime (in Opercularieis) pauciora, exserta 

 v. inclusa. Filamenta flliformia v. subulata, 

 saepius brcvissima v. subniilla, libera v. raris- 

 sime inter se coalita. Antherae introrsae, 

 biloculares , erectae v. incumbentes, loculis 

 appositis v. parallelis, longittidinaliter dthis- 

 centibus, distinctae v. rarissime coalitae. 



Ovarium inferum, c carpidiis duobus v. 

 pluribus conflatum, rarissime c carpidio unico 

 constaus, disco epigyno carnoso, vario, ur- 

 ceolari v. pulviniformi, nunc obsoleto corona- 

 tum. Ovula nunc in loculis solitaria, c basi 

 erecta v. ex apice pendula, aut saepius medio 

 angulo centrali peltatim inserta, rarius gemina 

 collateralia v. fortassis etiam superposita, nune 

 in placentis e loculoriim angtilo centrali plttri- 

 ma , adscendentia , pendula v. subhorizontalia, 

 v. peltatim inserta, anatropa v. atnphitropa. 

 Styltis simplex; stigma bifidum v. interdum 

 loculortim numero plurifidum , iobis distinctis 

 v. inter se cohaerentibus. 



Fructus capsularis, baccatus v. drupaccns, 

 apice nudus, umbilicatus v. saepius calycis lim- 

 bo persistente coronatus, bi-pliirilocularis, ra- 

 rissime abortu unilocttlaris , loculis mono-po- 

 lyspermis, indehiscens v. varie apertus. 



Semina situ varia, erecta, inversa, hori- 

 zontalia v. peltata, dutn solitaria sacpius dorso 

 convcxa et facie plana , dum plura pleruinqiiu 

 compressa et membranaceo-marginata , tcsta 

 laevi v. rugosa. Albumcn dense camosiim, 

 cartilagineum v. corneum, rarissime parcum v. 

 subnullum, solidum v. interdum testac plicis 

 subruminatum. 



Embryo orthotropus v. homotroptis, recttis 

 v. curvatiis, nnnc in axi albuminis v. subdorsa- 

 lis, fere seminis longitudine, nuncin basi albu- 

 minis brevissimus. Cotyledoncs nunc se- 

 micylindricae angtistae, nunc latae, saepissime 

 foliaceae. Kadicula plus minus Ionga, teres 

 v. interdum incrassata, umbilico proxima v. 

 parallela, directione supera v. saepius infcra. 



Rubiaceae ob stirpium plurimarum in- 

 signes virtutes , radicum nempe in aliis tincto- 

 rias, in aliis emeticas, purgativas et diureticas, 

 corticis febrifugas, albummisque in quibusdain 

 praeclarc tonicas, oeconomis mcdicisqtic im- 

 primis celebratissimae, maximo numcro in rc- 

 gionibus intertropicis iitriusque hcmispliaerii 

 gignuntur, in America imprimis copiosac ct 

 nobiles, extra tropicos, imprimis polyspcnnae 

 rarae. 



SUBOBBO I. COFFEACEAE. Ovula 

 in loculis solitaria v. rarissime gemina. Fruc- 

 tus loculi monospermi v. rarissime dispcrmi. 



TKIRIS I. OPEKCULARIAE Jussieu 

 in Annal. Mus. IV. 418. X. 3SS. Flores 

 hcrmaphroditi, pltires inter se in capituliiiii con- 

 creti. Corollae tubiilosae, tri-quinqucfidae. 

 Stamina 1 — 5, imo corollae tubo inserta. 

 Ovaria unilocularia, uniovulata, ovulo crecto, 

 anatropo. Stylus brevissimus; stigmata 2, 

 elongato-filiformia. Fructus connati, dcmnm 

 dehiscentes Herbae v. suffrutices australa- 



; foliis oppositis, stipulis utrinoue binis, 

 distinctis v. connatis, floribus in capitula pau- 

 ciflora, pedicellala et umbellata, r>. sessilia el 

 in capitulum generale coadunata collectis. 



:*<»!>«. r.mia v SOLJND. C a p i t n 1 a tri- 



ira, florcs tubis calycinis inter se connatis, caly- 



m coinmunem, turbinato - rampanulatiim, tubo 



stato, limbo snpero, breviter et obtusc septeni- 



icemlobo formantibus, axi centrali triqaetra inter 



tlores transeunte in discum epigynum comniuncm 



planum efTuso. Corollae disco epigyno impoii- 



tae, tubuiogae, limbi breviter tri -quiuquendi Iobis 



erectis. Stamina 1 5, imo corollae tnbo inserta, 



exserta v. rarius inclnsa; fiiamenta filiformia, 

 antherac lineares, erectae. Ovaria intra caly- 

 is communis tubum cnadunata, unilocularia, nnio- 

 ulata. Ovula e basi locnlorum erccta, anatropa. 

 Stylus brcvissimus; stiRmata 2, elongalo tili- 

 forinia, hispidnla, crure altero saepius breviore v. 

 interdum obsoleto. Syncarpium coriaceuin, ca- 

 lycis commnnis limbo coronatam, trilocalare, tri- 

 spermum, disco epigyno cum axi centrali opercn- 

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