Condamineec. ] LXXXIV. RUBIACEAZ. 4T 
l. Ewbikkia. Placentarum lamins revolutz undique ovulifere ; ovula multiseriata, horizontalia 
v.adseendentia. Capsula placentis demum liberis. 
2. Bikkiopsis. Placentarum lamins extus tantum 'ovulifere; ovula multiseriata. ^ Capsula 
placentis valvas marginantibus. PBikxrorsis, Brong. et. Gris. in. Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr, xii. 404. 
. 9. Grisia, Placentarum lamine breves; ovula pauca, 2-seriata, adscendentia. Capsula placentis 
demum liberis. Gmisra, Broug. l. c. 405, e£ in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 5, xiii. 400. 'TATEA, Seem. Fl. Vit, 
126. 
53. Mforierina, Vieillard n Bull. Soc. Linn. Norm. 1865.—Calycis tubus turbinatus 
v. sübcampanulatus, teres v. costatus ; limbi brevis dentes D, breves, remoti, acuti, 
persistentes. Corolla crasse coriacea, anguste infundibularis, tubo tereti elongato, fauce 
glabra; limbi lobi lineari- v. lanceolato-elongati, recurvi v. revoluti, obtusi, valvati. 
Stamina 5, basi tubi corolle inserta, filamentis gracilibus elongatis ; antherz basifixs, 
lineari-elongatz, obtuss, exserts. Discus 4-5-lobus, tumidus. Ovarium 2-loculare ; 
stylus filiformis, exsertus, sub apice tortus, stigmate graciliter clavato ; ovula in loculis 
numerosa, placentis 2-lamellatis septo longitudinaliter adnatis 2-seriatim inserta. 
Capsula clavata, crasse coriacea, 2-sulca, 2-locularis, polysperma. Semina marginibus 
placentarum affixa, orbicularia, valde compressa, horizontalia v. paulo adscendentia, 
iesta crassiuscule reticulata in alam crassam expansa, albumine carnoso; embryo 
minutus, clavatus, 2-fidus.—Frutices glaberrimi, ramulis teretiusculis v. 4-gonis, Folia 
opposita, petiolata, crasse coriacea, subenervia, obovato-lanceolata, acuminata. .Stipuls» 
breves, cum petiolis in vaginam coriaceam persistentem connatz. Flores; magni, in 
paniculas corymbosve terminales dispositi, crasse pedicellati, albi, bracteis bracteoli 
minutis subulatis. - 
. Species 2, Novse Caledoniw incolz. Jong. et Gris. in Ann. Sc. Nat., ser. 5, xiii. 401. 
54. Pinckneya, Rich. in Mich. Fl. Bor. Am. i. 103, t. 13. (Pinknea, Pers. Synops. 
i 197. Pinkneya, DC. Prod. iv. 366.)—Calycis tubus oblongo-turbinatus, tomentosus ; 
limbi lobi 5, inzequales, 3 v. 4 lanceolato-subulati, l v. 2 in laminam foliaceam petiola- 
tam coloratam dilatati. Corolle tubus elongatus, intus pilosus, fauce paulo ampliata ; 
limbi lobi 5b, oblongi, obtusi, recurvi, intus tomentosi, valvati. Stamina 5, imo tubo 
corolle inserta, filamentis filiformibus ; anthers; versatiles, breviter oblongse, exsertze. 
Discus magnus, annularis. Ovarium 2-loculare; stylus filiformis, exsertus, apice 
clavellato obtuse 2-lobo; ovula in loculis numerosa, placentis tenuibus 2-fidis septo 
longitudinaliter adnatis 2-seriatim inserta. Capsula subglobosa, subdidyma, 2-locularis, 
loculicide. 2-valvis, valvis medio septiferis 2-partibilibus, polysperma. Semina minuta, 
compressa, 2-seriatim conferta, horizontalia, testa laxa reticulata, albumine carnoso; 
embryo elongatus, cotyledonibus concavo-convexis, radicula brevi.—Arbuscula, ramulis 
teretibus petiolis et inflorescentia velutino-tomentosis. Folia opposita, petiolata, 
ampla, membranacea. Stipul»e interpetiolares, lineari-subulatze, membranace:e, caduocze. 
Flores majusculi, speciosi, in corymbos axillares et terminales dispositi, rosei purpureo- 
maculati, bracteis deciduis. Calycis lobi foliacei, rosei. e. 
Species 1, Ameriez borealis, a Carolina ad Floridam incola. Gertn. Fruci.?. 194. Fructus a 
nobis non visus. 
Db. Pogonopus, Klotzsch, in Monaltsber. Akad. Wiss. Berlin. 1853, 500. (Howardia, 
Wedd. in Ann. Sc. Nat., ser. 4. i. 66. t. 10. Chrysoxylon, Wedd. Monogr. Cinch. 100). 
— Calycis tubus turbinatus ; limbus brevis, 5-dentatus, deciduus, dente uno in laminam. 
foliaceam petiolatam coloratam dilatato.  Corolle tubus elongatus, intus basi glaber, 
superne villosus ; limbi lobi b, breves, valvati. Stamina D, annulo villoso tubi corollz 
inserta, filamentis elongatis glabris ; antherze versatiles, lineari-oblongze, exserts».: Discus 
crassus, annularis. Ovarium 2-loculare; stylus gracilis, ramis 2 linearibus v. oblongis obtusis 
intus stigmatosis; ovula in loculis numerosa, placentis 2-fidis lamellis revolutis septo 
longitudinaliter adnatis inserta. Capsula obovoideo-globosa, vertice tumido late areolato, 
sublignosa, 2-locularis, loculicide 2 valvis, valvis 2-partibilibus, polysperma. Semina 
. horizontalia, dense conferta, cuneiformi-prismatica, testa crassiuscula, albumine carnoso 5. 
embryo majusculus, cotyledonibus ovatis, radicula crassiuscula.— Arbores et frutices, 
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