Hedyotidew.] : LXXXIV. RUBIACEAX: 55 
conieus 'v. breviter turbinatus; limbi lobi 4-6, insquáles, nune foliaceo-dilatati, 
obtusi, glandulis dentibusve 1-2 interdum interjectis, persistentes. Corolla infundibu- 
laris, pilosa, tubo elongato, fauce dilatata villosa; limbi lobi 4-6, patentes; ovato- 
oblongi, valvati. Stamina 4-6, infra faucem corolle inserta, filamentis brevibus v. 
elongatis ; anther» dorso afüixse, lineari-oblongs, basi integre, incluse v. exsertcw. 
Discus tumidus v. annularis, interdum post anthesin in conum productus. Ovarium 
2-loculare ; stylus filiformis, ramis 2 linearibus v. filiformibus undique hirtis exsertis ; 
. ovula in SEN numerosa, placentis septo aflixis inserta. Capsula membranacea v. 
coriacea, 2-locularis, endocarpio corneo loculicide 2-valvi ab epicarpio nervoso sece- 
dente, polysperma. Semina minuta, angulata, testa coriacea foveolato-reticulata, 
albumine carnoso ; embryo clavatus, 2-fidus.—Herb:se v. suffrutices, erectz v. pros- 
iratz, hispido-piloss v. tomentossm, ramis teretibus. Folia opposita, petiolata, ovata 
v. ovato-lanceolata.  Stipule multifid:e v. multisetose. ^ Flores in cymas corymbosas 
dXerminales breves. v. elongatàs interdum subcapitatas dispositi, lilacini, buptienti, 
ramulis siepe post anthesim elongatis. 
Species 6-8, Africze tropicze et subtropicze australis, et Madagascarite incolre. eges Rep. vi. 91; 
Ann. ii. 713 (Vignaldia). — Bot. Reg. 1844, t. 32. 
NEUROCARPAA, Dr. in Salt Abyss. App. 64, et in Tuck. Voy. Cong. App. 448, genus nomine tantum 
indieatum, est; Manettia lanceolata, Vahl. Symb. i. 12 (OpAhiorrhiza lanceolata, Forst. Fl. ZEg. Arab. 
42), perperam a DC. Prod. iv. 37 ad Mussendam luteolam Delile relata, sed. rectius inter Pentadis 
,Species recensenda. 
78. Virecta, Smith in Rees, Cydl. xxxvi sp. 2 eí 4 (nom Linn. f.). AED ds hispidi 
tubus ovoideus; limbi lobi 5-7, insquales, filiformes lineares oblongi v. sub- 
'Spathulati, perdite us: Oorolla infundibularis, pilosa, tubo gracili, fauce glabra; 
limbi lobi 5-7, lineari-oblongi, obtusi, patentes, valvati. Stamina 5-7, fauci corolle 
"inserta, filamentis filiformibus ; anther» lineares, versatiles, exsertze, basi longe 2- 
fidz. Discus lobulatus conoideus v. e glandulis 2 elongatis. Drvatiuid 2-loculare ; 
"stylus filiformis, stigmate: truncatulo 2-lobo ; ovula in loculis numerosa, placentis septo 
afüxis inserta. Capsula parva, globosa, coriacea v. crustacea, 2-locularis, loculicide 
2-valvis, endocarpio eorneo 2-valvi ab endocarpio secedente, valva altera decidua, 
altera persistente marginibus demum convolutis, polysperma. Semina angulata, testa 
membranacea v. coriacea, albumine carnoso ; embryo clavatcs, 2-fidus. — Herb: erecto 
v. prostratz, hispido-pilosze v. subsericez, dichotome ramoss, ramis teretibus. Folia 
opposita, petiolata, ovata lanceolata v. lineari-oblonga.  Stipule solitarite v. utrinque 
2-ne. Flores parvi, fasciculati v. dense cymoso-corymbosi, ramulis cym:e post anthesin 
'ssepe valde elongatis, albi rosei v. flavi, bracteati. 
Species 4 v. 5, Africze tropics occidentalis incola. DO. Prod.iv. 414.  Walp. Rep. ii. 503. 
Genus in sectiones 2 sequentes dividitur : 
1. Calycis lobi filiformes. Discus e glandulis 2 elongatis erectis. Flores in ramis eymse uni- 
laterales. Stipule utrinque 2. V. multiflora, Sm: 
2, Calycis lobi lineares oblongi v. subspathulati. Diseus erectus conoideus. Flores dense fas. 
'eieulati. Stipule utrinque solitarie. | V. procumbens, Sm., aliteque adhue indeseripts. 
79. Otomeria, Benth. in Hook. Nig. Fl. 405. — Calycis tubus oblongus turbinatus 
'v. obeonicus ; limbus 4-5-partitus, segmentis coriaceis inzequalibus uno interdum ceteris 
multo Jongiste foliaceo-dilatato, persistentes.  Corolle tubus elongatus, gracilis; fauce 
breviter dilatata v. ventrieosa villosa v. annulo circumdata ; limbi lobi 4-5, breves, 
valvati v. insigniter induplicatim valvati. Stamina 4-5, fauci corolle inserta, fila- 
Amentis brevibus v. elongatis ; antherz dorso affixz, lineares; basi integrw, incluse v. 
exsertz. Diseus carnosus. Ovarium 2-loculare ; stylus filiformis, ramis 2 brevibus 
y. elongátis ; ovula in loculis numerosa, placentis elongatis tumidis septo medio affixis 
inserta. . Capsula oblonga v. turbinata, 2-locularis, septicide .2-cocca, coccis intus et 
apiee dehiscentibus placentas polyspermas nudantibus. Semina minuta, angulata, testa 
membranacea profunde foveolata, albumine carnoso; embryo clavatus, 2-fidus.—8Suf- 
frutices erecti, simplices v. ramosi, ramis herbaceis teretiusculis. Folia opposita, 
