RUBIACEZ. , 25. 
(6-8 poll.) spiciformes terminales et laterales dispositz ; calycis lobi oblongi, obtusi, inzequales, 
tubo longiores; corolle tubus tenuis, cylindricus, 4-5 lin. longus, intus glaber, limbus lobis 
-parvis, rotundatis, undulatis, os nudum. Capsula glabrescens, subglobosa, circiter 2 lin. dia- 
metro; semina numerosissima, parva, angulata, punctulata. 
SoutH Mexico, San Pedro Nolasco &c. (Jurgensen, 806), Tabasco (Linden, 145), Tra- 
piche de la Concepcion (Liebmann, 70). Hb. Kew. 
Among the specimens at Kew are both long- and short-styled flowers. 
The following is an arrangement of the species of Rondeletia according to their 
affinities :— 
§ 1. Flores pentameri, corolle ore annulo cincto. 
R. panamensis et odorata. 
§ 2. Flores pentameri, corollz ore plus minusve villoso. 
A. Foliis oppositis. 
R. gratissima, roezlit, stenosiphon, amena, intermedia, cordata, ligustroides et 
nicaraguensis. 
B. Foliis ternatim verticillatis. 
f. strigosa. 
§ 8. Flores tetrameri, corolle ore nec annulo cincto nec villoso-barbato. 
A. Floribus plus minusve arachnoideo-pubescentibus cymosis, cymis seepissime in paniculas angustas 
elongatas spiciformes dispositis, interdum capitiformibus. 
R. villosa, laniflora, affinis, capitellata, gracilis, buddleoides, dubia, leucophylla, 
elongata et nitida. . 
B. Floribus glabris vel saltem haud arachnoideo-pubescentibus, inflorescentia varia, sed non anguste 
paniculata. 
R. jurgensent, scabra et linguiformis. 
18. ELZZAGIA. 
Eleagia, Wedd. Monogr. Cinch. p. 94; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 50. 
Three species of tall trees, inhabiting the Andes of Colombia and Peru, and Costa 
Rica. 
1. Eleagia auriculata, Hemsley, Diag. Pl. Nov. pars altera, p. 32. 
Ramis crassis tetragonis, foliis puberulis amplis late ellipticis basi auriculatis, floribus pedicellatis 
racemoso-paniculatis, paniculis amplis laxis, ramis lateralibus patentibus, corolla alte 5-partita 
squamuloso-barbata, segmentis recurvo-revolutis, filamentis infra medium squamuloso-barbatis, 
‘stylo bifido ramulis crassiusculis. 
Arbor, ramis ultimis crassis, tetragonis, puberulis. Folia brevissime petiolata, puberula, subcoriacea, 
ovato-elliptica vel fere obovata, suprema 5-7-pollicaria, basi auriculata, venis lateralibus paral- 
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