36 RUBIACEA, 
Frutex vel suffrutex, ramis crassiusculis, glabris. Folia in apicibus ramorum conferta, subcarnosa, — 
subsessilia, late ovato-elliptica, 6-9-pollicaria vel ultra, acuminata, obtusa, basi valde attenuata, 
juniora plus minusve ferrugineo-puberula, venis lateralibus curvatis prominentibus. Flores 
tetrameri, glabri, pedicellati, in trunco ramisque infra folia cymoso-fasciculati; cymz breves, 
plurifloree, ramulis pedicellisque gracilibus, ebracteatz ; calyx vix 2 lin. longus, brevissime 
4-dentatus; corolla tubuloso-infundibuliformis, pollicaris, tubo sursum sensim ampliato, lobis 
ovatis, acutis, vix patentibus, circiter 2 lin. longis; stamina inclusa; stylus breviter exsertus ; 
ovarium 3-4-loculare, loculis multiovulis. Fructus maturus ignotus. 
GuaATEMALA (Skinner). Hb. Kew. 
EXPLANATION OF TAB. XXXIX. 
Flowering and fruiting branches. Natural size. 
Fig. 1, a flower; 2, the same, with corolla laid open; 3, vertical section of an ovary; 4, an anther. 
All enlarged. 
3. Hoffmannia discolor, Hemsley. 
Campylobotrys discolor, Lem. Flore des Serres, iii. Misc. n. 37. p. 260, v. t. 427; Bot. Mag. t. 45380. 
Higginsia discolor, Planch. in Flore des Serres, v. Misc. 226, p. 482 d. 
MExIco, introduced into European gardens (Galeotti). 
4, Hoffmannia ghiesbreghtii, Hemsley. 
Campylobotrys ghiesbreghtii, Lem. Ill. Hort. t. 279. 
Higginsia ghiesbreghtit (gheisbechtii), Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 5383. 
Sourn Mexico (Ghiesbreght). Ub. Kew. | 
5. Hoffmannia lenticellata, Hemsley, Diag. Pl. Nov. pars altera, p. 30. 
Fruticosa, ramis teretibus minute et densissime lenticellatis, foliis ovato-oblongis vel obovatis 
acuminatis, floribus parvis glabris tetrameris longiuscule pedicellatis fasciculato-cymosis, cymis 
densis brevibus ebracteatis, ramulis gracilibus, calycis limbo brevissime 4-dentato vel fere 
truncato, corolle lobis ovato-oblongis obtusis quam tubus subduplo longioribus, fructu baccato 
biloculari. 
Frutex, ramis teretibus, crassiusculis, petiolo costaque minute et densissime lenticellatis. Folia — 
petiolata, crassiuscula, fortasse subcarnosa, ovato-oblonga vel obovata, 6-9-pollicaria, acumi- . 
nata, obtusa, basi valde attenuata, subtus farinacea, costa venisque lateralibus crassiusculis, 
subtus elevatis, petiolo 23-5 lin. longo; stipule parve, cito decidue. Flores glabri, tetrameri, 
circiter 3 lin. longi, longiuscule pedicellati, fasciculato-cymosi; cyme dens, pluriflore, sub- 
umbelliformes, ebracteatz, vix pollicares, ramulis gracilibus; calycis limbus brevissime 4. 
dentatus vel fere truncatus, persistens; corolle lobi ovato-oblongi, obtusi, tubus fere dimidio 
brevior ; stamina ori corolle inserta, filamentis brevissimis, antheris magnis; ovarium bilo- 
culare, stylo exserto. Fructus baccatus, bilocularis, bisuleatus, circiter ] lin. diametro; semina 
numerosa, minuta, angulata, punctulata. 
SourH Mexico, Orizaba (Botteri, 974; Bourgeau, 2992), Jalapa (Linden, 1). 
Hb. Kew. © 
6. Hoffmannia longepetiolata, Polak. in Linnea, xli. p. 567: 
Nicaragua, Chontales (Seemann, 112)%; Costa Rica, Carpintera (Polakowsky). 
Hb. Kew. 
