46 LXXXIV. RUBIACEJE. [Condamineec. 
subcampanulata v. clavato-infundibularis, tubo 5-gono, fauce glabra ; limbi lobi 5, trian- 
. gulares, reduplicatim valvati, marginibus interdum leviter imbricatis. Stamina 5, ims 
fauci v. basi tubi corollce inserta, filamentis filiformibus pilosis ; antherz basifixre, lineares, 
apiculatz, incluss v. breviter exsertcze. Discus lobatus. Ovarium 2-loculare ; stylus fili- 
formis, apice integer 2-lobus v. ramis 2 elongatis intus stigmatosis ; ovula in loculis nume- 
rosissima, placentis tumidis septo longitudinaliter adnatis conferta. Capsula obovoideo- 
oblonga, turbinata v. clavata, crasse coriacea, teres costata v. angulata, vertice tarde 
loculicide 2-valvis, polysperma. Semina compressa, obtuse angulata, umbilico carnoso, 
testa fusca granulata, àlbumine carnoso; embryo minutus, cotyledonibus late ovatis, ra- 
dicula tereti.—Frutices et arbuscule glaberrim:se, lucidz, ramulis teretibus. Folia op- 
posita, crasse coriacea, petiolata, oblonga v. lineari-oblonga. Stipulw intrapetiolares, 
latz, in vaginam cum petiolis connatze, deciduze. Flores magni, in pedunculos axillares 
1-3-floros bracteatos v. ebracteatos dispositi, albi v. coccinei, sspe odori. 
' Species ad 8, Ins. Indize occidentalis et Mexiei incole. DC. Prod.iv. 404. Walp. Ann.ii. 116. 
Griseb. Fl, Brit. W. Ind. 324. Gerín. Fruct. 1.1.31. Bot. Mag. t. 2860, 4534. Jacq. Stirp. Amer. 
£. 44 et £, 182, f. 20. 
Dl. Isidorea, 4. Rich. im Mem. Soc. Hist. Nat. Par. v. 284, t. 25.— Calycis tubus 
turbinatus, acute D-costatus ; limbi lobi 5, erecti, elongato-subulati, costati, persistentes. 
Corolla tubulosa, 5-gona, angulis incrassatis, intus glabra, fauce nuda; limbi lebi 5, 
breves, ovato-triangulares, reduplicatim valvati, marginibus incrassatis. Stamina 5, ime 
basi corollz inserta, filamentis filiformibus basi leviter cohzerentibus incrassatis villosis ; 
anthers dorso basi affix:ze, lineari-elongatse, obtuse, vix exsertz. Discus tumidus. Ova- 
rium 2-loculare ; stylus filiformis, ramis 2 linearibus obtusis diu cohwrentibus intus stig- 
1natosis; ovula in loculis numerosa, in placentis septo longitudinaliter adnatis conferta, hori- 
zontalia. Capsula obovoideo-turbinata, 5-gona, truncata, lignosa, 2-locularis, septicide 
| 2-valvis, valvis 2-fidis, placentis angustis, polysperma. Semina horizontalia, compressa, 
angulata, arillo fungoso stipata, testa coriacea brunnea granulata, albumine carnoso; 
embryo parvus, cotyledonibus suborbieulatis, radicula tereti.—Frutex rigidus, glaber- 
rimus, ramulis divaricatis teretibus.  Felia opposita, petiolata, patula, lineari-lanceolata, 
rigida, nitida, pungentia, marginibus revolutis. Stipulw intrapetiolares, subulatc, pun- 
gentes, persistentes. Flores solitarii, axillares et terminales, subsessiles, coccinei, ebrac- 
teati. 
, Species 1l, insule Saneti Domingo incola. DC. Prod. iv. 406. 
52. Bikkia, Reimw. in Blume Bijdr. 1017.—Calycis tubus turbinatus desirpesbulaba v. 
subcylindricus, teres angulatus v. costatus; limbi lobi 4-5, breves v. elongati, wquales 
v. insquales, persistentes. ^ Corolla MMC MEUS AINT v.. clavata, . tubo 
4-5-gono recto v. lente curvo intus glabro; limbi lobi 4-5, late triangulares, erecti, 
reduplieatim valvati. Stamina 4-5, basi tubi coroll inserta, inclusa, filamentis fili- 
formibus glabris; antherwe basifixze, elongato-lineares, j-inclusz v. exseris. Discus 
4-5-lobus. . Ovarium 2-loculare ; stylus filiformis, apicem versus sspe tortus, stigmate 
obtuso clavato v. 2-fido ; ovula in loculis numerosa, in placentis 2-partitis septo longi- 
tudinaliter adnatis 4c seriatim. conferta, adscendentia. Capsula oblongo-ovoidea v. 
clavata, teres v. costata, 2-locularis, septicide 2-valvis, epicarpio (demum sspe fibroso) 
ab en io 2-fido corneo margine placentifero v. nudo secedente, polysperma. Semina 
numerosa, compressa v. crasse alata, horizontalia v. subadscendentia, testa cellulosa, 
albumine carnoso ; embryo majusculus, cotyledonibus ovatis, radicula tereti, —Arbusculz» 
et frutices glaberrimi, ramulis crassis teretibus. Folia opposita, petiolata, obovata v. 
oblonga, crasse coriacea, nitida, subenervia v. nervis remotis. Stipule late, intra- 
petiolares, in vaginam coriaceam cum petiolis connais», persistentes. ^ Flores ampli, 
in pedunculis axillaribus et terminalibus solitarii terni v. subcorymbosi, albi, bracteolati. 
Species ad 12, ins. Moluccarum et maris Pacifiei incole. DC. Prod. iv. 405. Mig. FI. Ind. 
Bat.ii.156. 4. Gray ín Proc. Amer. Acad. Sc. iv. 307. 
Genus in sectiones sequentes commode dividitur : 
