Cinchonec.] LXXXIV. RUBIACEJE. 37 
2-locularis, loculicide 2-valvis, valvis demum 2-fidis, placentis subglobosis polyspermis, 
Semina orbicularia, sursum imbricata, peltata, nucleo compresso, testà membranacea in 
alam latam integram expansa, albumine carnoso; embryo parvus, cotyledonibus 
suborbiculatis, radicula tereti.—Herbse et frutices, glabree scabriuscule v. tomentos:m, 
ramulis teretibus. Folia opposita et 3-4-natim verticillata, ovata v. lanceolata. Stipule 
interpetiolares cum petiolis connate, integrze fissse v. ciliate. ^ Flores ssepius elongati, 
in cymas terminales corymbosas 3-chotome ramosas dispositi, albi flavi v. rubri, seepe 
speciosi. 
Species ad 26 perplurimz Mexican, paueze Guatemale et Nove Grenads borealis incole. — DC. 
Prod.iv. 860. Walp. Rep.ii. 507, vi. 62; A4mm.i. 3977,11. 778, v. 126. Bot. Mag. t. 1864, 3781, 
4223. H.B.4 K. Nov. Gen. et Sp.iii.(. 288.  Lindl. in Journ. Hort. Soc. iii. 246 cum ic, — Bot. Reg, 
1840, 4. 37; 1846 £. 32. Genus forte melius Hedyotideis adscribendum. 
231 zteterophyileea, Hook. f. Ic. Pl. t. 1134.— Calycis tubus obovoideus ; limbi lobi 
4-b, lanceolati, tubo longiores, erecti. Corolle tubus elongatus, lente curvus, fauce 
vix ampliata intus villosa; limbi lobi 4 v. 5, breves, ovato-lanceolati, subacuti, 
patentes, valvati. Stamina 5, imse fauci corolle inserta ; antherze sessiles, dorso affixce, 
lineari-oblongse, utrinque obtuscé, incluse. Discus hemisphsricus. Ovarium 2-loculare ; 
stylus filiformis, ramis 2 filiformibus subulatis patentibus semi-exsertis undique pubescen- 
tibus; ovula in loculis perplurima, placentis tumidis septo adnatis undique peltatim 
affixa. Fructus. . . . —Frutex gracilis, sempervirens, pustulis apice depressis opertus, 
ramulis teretibus pallidis. Folia opposita, breviter petiolata, ovato-lanceolata, acuminata, 
grosse crenata, crenis glanduliferis. Flores 2-pollicares, in corymbos terminales laxi- 
floros dispositi, pedicellati, albi, odori; bracteole parve, alternz, subulatee. 
Species 1, montibus prope Jujuy, confinibus Bolivie et La Platz, indigena. Planta valde singularis, 
habitu Bouvardie, sed ob fructum ignotum affinitatis obscure, 
24. wranettia, Mutis in Linn, Mant. 558. (Nacibea, Aubl. Pl. Gui. i. 95. t, 97. 
Lygistum, P. Br. Jam. 143, t. 3 (Petesia). Conotrichia, 4. Rich. in Mém. Soc. Hist, 
Nat. Par. v. 217, t. 24, f. 1.  Guagnebina, Vell. Fl. Flwm. 45, Ic. i. t. 115 ad 121. 
Bellardia, Schreb. Gen. 790.)— Calycis tubus turbinatus obovoideus v. campanulatus ; 
limbi lobi 4 (rarius 5), breves v. elongati, angusti v. dilatati, dentibus totídem sempe 
alternati, persistentes. ^ Corolla tubulosa, infundibularis v. subcampanulata; tubus 
brevis v. elongatus, teres v. angulatus, rectus v. curvus, intus glaber v. pilosus v. 
fauce villosa; limbi lobi 4(rarius D), ssepius breves, triangulares, erecti v. recurvi, 
valvati. Stamina 4 (rarius b), ori v. fauci corolle inserta, filamentis brevibus inclusis 
v. exsertis; antherz versatiles, oblongse, breves v. elongate. Discus annularis v, 
pulvinaris. Ovarium 2-loeulare; stylus filiformis, stigmate clavato integro v. 2-fido; 
ovula in loeulis numerosa, in placentis a basi septi erectis imbricata. Capsula obovoidea 
v. turbinata, 2-sulca, coriacea v. chartacea, 2-locularis, ab apice septicide 2-valvis, poly- 
sperma. Semina placentis tumidis erectis peltatim imbricata, nucleo compresso ala 
irregulariter dentata cincto, albumine corneo; embryo rectus, cotyledonibus ovatis, 
radicula cylindrica.—Héerb:e et suffrutices graciles, volubiles, glabree v. villose. ^ Folia. 
inter minora, petiolata, szpe longe acuminata.  Stipule breves, latw, acutz, sempe 
petiolo adnatzw. Flores parvi v. majusculi, axillares, solitarii v. in corymbos paniculasve 
breves dispositi, albi e:erülei v. rubri, pedunculis szpe 2-bractoolatis. 
Species ad 30. — Americze tropieze et subtropieze Australis ineole. DC. Prod. iv. 362. Walp, Bep. 
ii. 507, vi. 62; 4mm. ii. 779, v. 128. — Ruiz et Pav. Fl. Per. 1.89, 90. Griseb. FI. Drit. W, Ind. 329. 
Bot. Mag. t. 3202, 5495. Bot. Iteg. t. 693, 1866. Papp. et Endl. Nov. Gen. et Sp. iii. 1.228. Wawra, 
Bot. Mazimil. Reise, t. 11. 
. Exporasa, Turez. in Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Mosc. 1848, i. 079 est verisimiliter Manettie species. 
25. EHindsia, Benth. in Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1844, t. 40 (Macrosiphon, Mi. is Linnaa xix. 
442). — Calycis tubus turbinatus, angulatus ; limbi lobi 4-5, oblongo-lanceolati v. spathu- . 
lati, obtusi squales v. inzequales, persistentes. Corolla infundibularis, tubo elongato 
intus glabro v. piloso, fauce ampliata; limbi lobi 5, ovati, persistentes, valvati. Stamina 
