RUBIACEA. yi 
4. Deppea floribunda, Hemsley, Diag. Pl. Nov. pars altera, p. 31, (Tab. 
XXXVIITI. fige. 7-10.) 
Glabrescens, novellis sparse puberulis, internodiis longiusculis, foliis pro genere magnis longe petio- 
latis membranaceis nitidis lanceolato-oblongis longe acuminatis basi valde attenuatis, floribus 
tetrameris pedicellatis cymosis, cymis amplis multifloris terminalibus axillaribusque, calycis tubo 
8-costato, corollz lobis ovato-oblongis obtusis quam tubus duplo longioribus, capsula clavato- 
pyriformi, seminibus minutis punctatis. 
Frutex glabrescens, ramis elongatis, internodiis longiusculis. Folia adulta glabra, petiolata, mem- 
branacea, nitida, lanceolato-oblonga, 3—6-pollicaria vel interdum longiora, longe acuminata, 
obtusiuscula, basi valde attenuata, petiolo 6-9 lin. longo, gracili ; stipule parvee cito decidue. 
Flores tetrameri, pedicellati, unilatere cymosi; cyme swpissime terminales, multiflore, ebrac- 
teate ; calyx puberulus, 1 lin. longus, tubo 8-costato, dentibus subinequalibus, triangularibus 
acutis vel obtusis, quam tubus brevioribus; corolla 3-4 lin. longa, segmentis ovato-oblongis, 
obtusis, quam tubus duplo longioribus ; stamina fauci tubi inserta. Capsula clavato-pyriformis, 
2 lin. longa; semina minuta, punctulata. 
Soura Mexico, Orizaba (Botteri, 937, 894, in part), Cordillera of Vera Cruz, 4000 feet 
(Galeotti, 7008), Chiapas (Ghiesbreght, 515). Hb. Kew. 
EXPLANATION OF TAB. XXXVIII. Free. 7-10. 
Fig. 7, flowering branch, natural size; 8, a flower, enlarged ; 9, the same laid open; 10, fruit, 
natural size. 
5. Deppea grandiflora, Schl. in Linnea, xix. p. 748. 
Souta Mexico, temperate region (Lezbold). 
6. Deppea obtusiflora, Benth. Pl. Hartw. p. 349. 
Choristes obtusiflora, Benth. Pl. Hartw. p. 63. 
Souta Mexico, Llano Verde (Hartweg), damp woods at 5000 to 6000 feet in the 
Cordillera of Oaxaca (Galeotti, 7005), Sierra de San Pedro Nolasco (Jurgensen, 360). 
Hb. Kew. 
7. Deppea pubescens, Hemsley, Diag. Pl. Nov. pars altera, p. 31. 
Pubescens, ramis teretibus, foliis ovato-lanceolatis, floribus tetrameris pedicellatis cymosis, cymis di-, 
trichotomis foliis equilongis ramulis filiformibus, calyce ecostato, corolla rotata 2-3 lin. 
diametro, capsula pubescente oblonga. 
Frutex, ramis teretibus. Folia petiolata, chartacea, ovato-lanceolata, 2-3-pollicaria, acuminata, 
obtusiuscula, basi cuneata, adulta utrinque pubescentia, venis lateralibus curvatis subtus con- 
spicuis, petiolo gracili, 3-9 lin. longo; stipule parve, triangulares, persistentes. Flores tetra- 
meri, pedicellati, cymosi; cyme di-, trichotome laxe, axillares terminalesque, foliis subsequi- 
longe, ramulis pedicellisque filiformibus ; calycis tubus ecostatus, dentes parvi, persistentes ; 
corolla rotata, 2-3 lin. diametro. Capsula oblonga, pubescens ; semina minuta, punctulata. 
Sour Mexico, Santa Gertrudis (Ziebmann, 65). Hb. Kew. 
8. Deppea tenuiflora, Benth. Pl. Hartw. p. 349. 
Sour Mexico, San Bartolo, Chiapas (Ghiesbreght). Hb. Kew. 
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