66 LXXXIV. RUBIACEJE. . [Mussendec. 
squales v. inequales, persistentes. Corolla infundibularis v. hypocraterimorpha, tubo 
brevi v. elongato, fauce ampliata v. contracta villosa; limbi lobi 4 rarius 5, breves, obtusi, 
patentes, imbricati, lobis 1 v. 2 exterioribus induplicatim valvatis v. valvatis apicibus 
imbricatis. Stamina 4, rarius 5, tubo corollee inserta, filamentis brevibus; antherre 
dorso affixse, lineari-oblongse, obtuse, basi 2-lobse, incluse. Discus elevatus, crenulatus. 
Ovarium 2-4-loculare ; stylus filiformis, stigmate parvo obtuso v. 2-4-lobo incluso v. ex- 
serto; ovula in loculis numerosa, placentis parvis septo peltatim affixis inserta. Bacca 
globosa, 2-4-sulcata, 2—4-locularis v. 2—4-pyrena, pyrenis chartaceis osseis v. crustaceis 
polyspermis. Semina minuta, subglobosa, testa profunde foveolata, albumine carnoso ; 
embryo majuseulus, brevis, clavatus.—Héerb:e frutices v. arbusculm, erecti v. volubiles, 
glabri hirti et subsericei v. tomeniosi, ramulis gracilibus teretibus. Folia opposita,. 
ovata v. ovato-lanceolata, integerrima v. obscure crenulata.  Stipule interpetiolares. 
Flores parvi, in spicas 'thyrsasve gracilimas elongatas terminales dispositi, sessiles v. 
pedicellati, dimorphi, pedicellis bracteolatis. Fructus parvus. 
Species ad 12, Ameriez tropiez incole. DC. Prod. iv. 436. Walp. Hep. ii. 490, vi. 53.  Griseb,- 
Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 321.  Huinb. et, Bonpl. Pl. Zquin. t. 64 (Buena). 
Nomen Gonzalea a. Gonzalag abbreviatum est. Stipule in icone Ruizii t. 86, errore utrinque . 
geminz depictze sunt. 
1031 or1estyla, DOC. Prod. iv. 440. (Holostyla, Endl. Gem. 546.)-—Oalycis tubus 
obovoideus; limbus brevissime 5-dentatus, persistens. Corolla subretata, tubo brevi 
intus piloso ; limbi lobi 5, lineari-lanceolati, marginibus inflexis, subvalvati. Stamina 5,: 
fauci eorolle inserta, filamentis filiformibus ; anthersz dorso affixs, exserts, elongato- 
lineari-subulaté, acuminats, basi 2-fide. Discus tumidus. Ovarium 4-loculare ; stylus 
brevis, stigmate clavato bipartibili; ovula in loculis numerosa. Bacca globosa, 4- 
locularis, loculo uno sspe effosto, polysperma. Semina minuta, ovoidea, pulpa nidu- 
lantia, castanea, glaberrima . . .— Frutex glaber, inermis, ramulis teretibus nodosis. 
Folia opposita, coriacea, breviter petiolata, obovato-oblonga. Stipule breves, lais»,. 
apiculate. Flores in ramis cym:e terminalis trichotome  umbellati, pedicellati, albi. 
Bacca füsiformis. (Char. ex Labill.) 
Species 1, Nove Caledonis incola, a nobis non visa. Labill. Sert. Austro-Caled. 48,1. 48 (Btyloconyna). 
Genus Webere ut videtur affine, sed differt bacca 4-loculari, seminibus minutis, et inflorescentia. 
Gardenia corymbosa, Reichb. a Candollio hue dubitanter relata, toto cslo differt inflorescentia et 
dentibus calycinis. 
104, Sehradera,Vahl, Ecl. i. 3D, t. b. (Fuchsia, Swartz, Prod. 62; Fl. Ind. Occ. 674.) 
Urceolaria, Cóth. Dispos. Veg. 10, ex Willd. Sp. Pl. ii. 238.)—EFlores in capitulum globosum 
compacti, Calycis tubus turbinatus v. hemisphzericeus, ultra ovarium in tubum brevem 
iruncatum persistentem productus. Corolla crasse coriacea, hypocraterimorpha, tubo 
brevi v. subelongato, fauce subdilatata villosa; limbi lobi 5-10, angusti, patentes v. 
reflexi, valvati, apicibus ineurvis. | Stamina 5-10, fauci corolle inserta, filamentis 
brevissimis ; antherze dorso aflixs», inclussz v. exsertsz, anguste lineares, utrinque obtuso 
v. basi breviter 2-lobz. ^ Discus crassus, annularis. Ovarium 2-4-loculare ; stylus: 
simplex v. incrassatus, ramis 2-4 conniventibus ; ovula in loculis numerosissima, pla- 
centis crasse carnosis axi ovarii affixis inserta. Bacca fusiformis, 2-4-locularis, poly- 
sperma. Semina minuta, suborbicularia, compressa, testa crustacea granulata, albu-. 
mine carnoso; embryo clavatus, 2-fidus.—Frutices subepiphytici, glaberrimi, ramis. 
crassis fraidlibus radicantibus, ramulis teretibus. Folia opposita, petiolata, crasse 
coriacea, oblonga.  Stipule magnse, intrapetiolares, spathulato-oblongz, in vaginam 
connats, decidusz. ^ Capitula terminalia, peduneulata, involucro orbiculari parvo v. 
dilatato cincta, alba, pedunculis crassis. 
Species ad 5, Brasiliz, Guians, Indis occidentalis, et insule Gorgona incole. DO. Prod. iy. 443. 
Walp. Hep. vi. 51. Benth. Bot. Sulph. 106, t. 40 (species foliis magis membranaceis). Griseb, Fl, 
Brit. W. Ind. 319; Cat. Pl. Cub. 128. 
