40 RUBIACEZ. 
41. RANDIA. 
Randia, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 211; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 88. . 
There are nearly or quite a hundred species belonging to this genus. ‘They are 
trees or shrubs, and generally dispersed in the tropics, though most numerous in the 
Old World. 
1. Randia echinocarpa, DC. Prodr. iv. p. 885; Calques des Dess. Fl. Mex. 469. 
Mexico (Mogino & Sessé). 
2. Randia karstenii, Polak. in Linnea, xli. p. 568. 
Costa Rica, San José (Polakowsky). 
3. Randia latifolia, Lam. Dict. iii, p. 24; Ill t. 156. fig. 1; DC. Prodr. iv. 
p. 385. . 
SovtH Mexico, Papantla (Liebmann, 291 and 304%).—West Inpims. Hb. Kew. 
4, Randia mussende, DC. Prody. iv. p. 388. 
Mussenda formosa, Jacq. Amer. p. 70, t. 48. 
Mexico (ex DC.); Panama, Mamei railway-station (S. Hayes, 411).—CoLomsta ; 
VENEZUELA; Perv. Hb. Kew. 
The Panama specimen is doubtful. 
5. Randia obovata, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. iii. p. 409. 
Panama, Chagres (Fend/er, 139), Aspinwall (S. Hayes, 567). Hb. Kew. 
6. Randia ovata, Duchass. in Bonplandia, 1858, p. 8. 
Panama (Duchassaing). 
7. Randia xalapensis, Mart. et Gal. in Bull. Acad. Brux. xi. 1, p. 239. 
SoutH Mexico, near Jalapa and Puente Nacional, at 1000 to 4000 feet (Galeotti, 
7116), Orizaba (Botter?, 905), valley of Cordova (Bourgeau, 1576). Hb. Kew. 
8. Randia, sp. 
Soutn Mrxtico, Jalapa (Linden, 518). Hb. Kew. 
9. Randia, sp. 
South Mexico, forests of Puente Nacional, near Vera Cruz, at 500 to 1000 feet. 
(Galeotti, 7115). Hb. Kew. 
(Coffea rosea, DC. Prodr. iv. p. 499; Calques des Dess. Fl. Mex. 479, is a doubtful 
Mexican plant.) 7 | 
42. GENIPA. 
Genipa, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 240; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 90. 
An exclusively Tropical-American genus, comprising about six small arboreous 
species. 
