28 RUBIACEZ. 
9. Deppea umbellata, Hemsley, Diag. Pl. Nov. pars altera, P. 31. (Tab. 
XXXVIII. figg. 1-6.) | 
Ramis teretibus gracillimis junioribus puberulis, foliis petiolatis membranaceis puberulis lanceolatis 
vel ovatis acuminatis, floribus tetrameris minimis pedicellatis umbellatim cymosis, cymis pedun- 
culatis axillaribus foliis multoties brevioribus ebracteatis, pedunculis pedicellisque fere filifor- 
mibus, corolla rotata, capsula turbinata 8-costata, seminibus minutis, testa laxa. 
Frutex, ramis teretibus, gracillimis, junioribus puberulis. Folia petiolata, membranacea, plus 
minusve puberula, et subtus in axillis venarum sepe barbata, lanceolata vel ovata, 24-34-pol- 
licaria, longe acuminata, obtusiuscula, basi cuneata, petiolo gracili, 3-12 lin. longo; stipule 
parvee, decidue. Flores tetrameri, pedicellati, umbellatim cymosi; cyme axillares, pedicellate, 
3-6 lin. longe, pedunculis pedicellisque filiformibus ; calycis tubo 8-costato, dentibus obtusis 
vel acutis ; corolla rotata, 3 lin. diametro, segmentis ovato-oblongis, obtusis; filamenta brevia ; 
anthere magne. Capsula turbinata, costata, circiter 1 lin. diametro, dentibus calycinis 
coronata; semina minuta, testa laxa. 
Sout Mexico, Orizaba (Botteri, 894 in part; Bourgeau, 2428); Mirador (Lieé- 
mann, 64). Hb. Kew. . 
EXPLANATION OF TAB. XXXVIII. Free. 1-6. 
Fig. 1, flowering branch, natural size ; 2, a flower; 3, ditto, fully expanded; 4, ovary; 5, anther, 
front view ; 6, anther seen from behind: all enlarged. 
10. Deppea, sp. ? 
SouTH Mexico, Colipa (Liebmann, 139, 140). Hb. Kew. 
11. Deppea, sp. ? 
South Mexico, Sierra de San Pedro Nolasco (Jurgensen, 586). Hb. Kew. 
21. LIMNOSIPANIA. 
Limnosipania, Hook. fil. in Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 1050; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 53. 
Four herbaceous species, inhabiting Tropical America from Panama through Colombia 
to Guiana and Brazil. 
1. Limnosipania palustris, Hook. fil. in Hook. Ic. Pl. sub tab. 1050. 
Sipania palustris, Seem. Bot. Voy. ‘ Herald,’ p. 136. 
PANAMA, in meadows (Seemann, 347).—CotomsBia. Hb. Kew. 
Tribe VI. HEDYOTIDE. 
Hedyotidee, Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. pp. 8, 13. . 
Herbs or, more rarely, shrubs. Twenty-six genera, several of them very numerous 
in species. ; 
