22 RUBIACEZ. 
acuminata, obtusa vel acutiuscula, basi attenuata, petiolo 2-4 lin. longo; stipule 3-6 lin. 
longze, obovato-spathulate, mucronate. Flores sericei, mediocres, numerosissimi, corymbosi, 
subsessiles ; corymbi terminales, densi, ampli, subhemispherici ; bracteze et bracteolz lineares ; 
calycis lobi inzquales, oblongo-obovati, 3} lin. longi ; corolle tubus circiter 4 lin. longus, 
sursum leviter et sensim ampliatus, extus pubescens, intus glaber, limbus lobis patentibus, 
circiter 2 lin. longis, subquadrato-oblongis, obtusis, supra farinosis, os nudum ; ovarium 
sericeum. Capsula subglobosa, ad 3 lin. diametro, polysperma ; semina irregulariter angulata, 
reticulato-tuberculata. 
GuateMALa (Skinner). Hb. Kew. 
We have seen only one specimen of this, in which the style is about half as long as 
the corolla-tube, and the stamens are inserted just within the throat. 
16. Rondeletia nicaraguensis, érst. 
‘Ramis teretibus puberulis, foliis brevissime petiolatis oblongis coriaceis supra hirsutiusculis 
violaceo-viridibus subtus villosiusculis pallidis, cymis lateralibus parvis contractis, calycis 
laciniis tubo longioribus acutiusculis, corolle pentamerz villosissime tubo supra medium 
ampliato. Folia 2 poll. longa, 14 poll. lata, petiolis 2-3-linearibus, nervis primariis distinctis 
parallelis, secundariis vix ullis. Stipule 3-4 lin. longe acuminate hirsute. Corolle 5 lin. 
longe.”—Cirsted in Vidensk. Meddel. 1852, p. 21. 
Nicaracua, Segovia (Zirsted); Panama (Henke). 
We have not seen any specimens of this species. 
17. Rondeletia nitida, Hemsley, Diag. Pl. Nov. pars altera, p. 29. 
Ramis gracilibus, foliis discoloribus subtus incanis supra nitidis lanceolatis, stipulis ovato-lanceo- 
latis longe acuminatis, floribus cymoso-paniculatis cano-ramentaceis tetrameris, paniculis 
paucifloris, calycis lobis izqualibus orbiculari-oblongis, corollz tubo cylindrico, lobis orbicu- 
laribus undulatis, ore nudo. 
Frutex, ramis teretibus, gracilibus, glabris. Folia petiolata, anguste lanceolata, 2—4-pollicaria, 
utringue valde acuminata, vix acuta, margine recurva, discoloria, supra nitida, infra inter 
nervos secundarios distantes incana, petiolo 2-3 lin. longo; stipule ovato-lanceolate, acumi- 
nat, ad 2 lin. longe. Flores (rosei, Linden) cano-ramentacei, mediocres, cymoso-paniculati, 
breviter pedicellati; panicule terminales, pauciflorz, bracteis linearibus obtusis munite ; calycis 
lobi inzequales, orbiculari-oblongi, }~2 lin. longi; corolla tubus cylindricus, circiter 6 lin. 
longus, intus basin versus sparse pilosulus, limbus lobis patentibus, orbicularibus undulatis, os 
nudum; ovarium parvum, subglobosum ; ovula numerosissima. 
South Mexico, Chiapas (Linden, 1660; Ghiesbreght, 728). Hb. Kew. 
The flowers are dimorphic, those of Linden’s specimen having a style as long as the 
tube of the corolla and the stamens attached about halfway down; whilst in Ghies- 
breght’s specimen the style is less than half the length of the tube and the stamens 
are attached near its summit. Both forms appear to be fertile; but there are no 
mature seed-vessels. 
(18. Rondeletia odorata, Jacq. Amer. p. 59, t. 42. 
R. speciosa, Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1893, is a native of Cuba, and also of Mexico, ac- - 
cording to DC. Prodr. iv. p. 408 ; but we have only seen Cuban specimens. | 
