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Mussendea.] LXXXIV. RUBIACEJE. o7 
105. Didymochlamys, Hook. f. Ic. Pl. t. 1122.— Calycis tubus turbinatus ; limbi 5- 
partiti segmenta lanceolatà, acuminata, tubum  superantia. ^ Corolla cylindraceo- 
eampanulata, tubo intus basi^annule pilorum instructo, fauce glaberrima ; limbi brevis 
lobi b, erecti, breviter ovato-triangulares, obtusi, dorso sub apice setulosi, valvati, 
marginibus latissime inflexis aleeformibus. Stamina D, basin versus corollze ad annulum 
' pilorum inserta, filamentis subulatis inzquilongis ; antherz majuscule, dorso basi affixse; 
late oblongs, apiculatz, incluse. Discus conicus. Ovarium 2-loculare; stylus fili- 
formis, stigmate clavellato 2-dentato ubique papilloso; ovula numerosa, in. placentis 
colummaribus e basi loculorum erectis dense conferta. Fructus . . .—Héerba pusilla, 
prostrata, sueculenta, glaberrima. Folia disticha, alterna !, oblique lanceolata, acu- 
minata, integerrima, carnosula, breviter petiolata.  Stipuls? biformes, alie. ad basin 
petioli minut», unguiformes, basi bulboss, simplices v. 2-cuspidatz ; alim a petiolo 
remots», elongate, lanceolato-subulate, solitarite v. gemins. ^ Pedunculus terminalis, 
bracteis 2 amplis orbiculatis cuspidatis flores velantibus terminatus. Flores pauci, intra 
bracteas occlusi, sessiles, braeteolis lanceolatis zequilongis immixti. 
Species 1 in Nova Granada ad flumen Atrato nuperrime a R. B. White, detecta. | Stirps guod 
foliorum et stipularum dispositionem omnino anomala, et nulli affinis. 
106. Uncariopsis, Karst. Fi. Colomb. i. 181, t. 90.—Flores in capitulum débat 
compacti. Calycis tubus subglobosus; limbus  urceolatus, truncatus, persistens. 
Corolla infundibularis, tubo brevi glabro, fauce villosa; limbi lobi 5, rarius 6, patenti- 
recurvi, lanceolati, acuti, apicibus intus mucronatis, valvati. Stamina 5, rarius 6, fauci 
corolle inserta, filamentis brevissimis glabris; antherm basifix:, lineares, obtusw, 
incluse v. apicibus exsertis. Discus patelliformis. Ovarium 2-loculare ; stylus teres, 
basi attenuatus, ramis 2 brevibus exsertis; ovula in loculis plurima, placentis 2-fidis septo 
adnatis dense inserta, amphitropa, horizontalia v. vaga. Fructus. . .—fFrutex glaber, 
ramosus, habitu JMorinde, ramulis teretibus. Folia opposita, petiolata, elliptica. 
Stipule cadues. Capitula longe peduneulata, ad apices ramulorum umbellata v. 
axillaria et solitaria, pedunculo ima basi bracteis 2 in tubum. connatis vaginato. Flores 
albi odori. (Char. ex Karst. l.c.) ^ 
Species 1, montibus Puerti Cabelli Venezuelw incola. Genus a nobis non visum. 
107. Xucineea, DO. Prod. iv. 368.—Flores in receptaculum disciforme dense congesti. 
Calycis tubus turbinatus; limbus annularis v. cupularis, integerrimus, persistens. 
Corolla infundibularis, tubo brevi latiusculo, fauce dense barbata ; limbi lobi 4, oblongo- 
lanceolati, crasse coriacei, valvati. Stamina 4, tubo coroll inserta, Ülsdnendi brevibus 
Órassis villosis ; anthers dorso affixs, Ncokruhlonges obtuse v. apice 2-dentatz, basi 
2-fidze. Discus crassus, annularis. Ovarium 2-loculare ; stylus filiformis v. infra 
medium incrassatus, ramis 2 spathulatis v. linearibus ; ovula in loculis perplurima, 
placentis crassiusculis septo peltatim affixis inserta. Bacca globosa v. turbinata, 2- 
eim polysperma, placentis crassis. Semina obovoidea v. cuneiformia, compressa, 
crasse coriacea levi, nucleo parvo, albumine carnoso; embryo minutus, obovoi- 
dodi: 2-fidus. —Frutices erecti v. scandentes, glabri, ramulis teretibus, Folia opposita, 
petiolata, oblonga, coriacea. Stipule v. breves et interpetiolares, v. intrapetiolarea 
oblongz obtuse et connatze. Capitula pedunculata, axillaria et terminalia, solitaria 
v. umbellata, 6-10-flora. Flores albi. 
Species 3, Archipelagi Indiei incole. Mig. F7. Ind. Bat, ii. 197 ; et in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat, iv. 
187. 
108. Leucocodon, Gardn. in Cale. Jowrn. Nat. Hist, vii. D.—Flores capitati, in- 
voluero campanulato inclusi. Calycis tubus subglobosus; limbus cylindraceus, ore 
irregulariter fisso, persistens. Corolla infundibularis, tubo latiusculo, fauce glaberrima ; 
Jimbilobi 5, oblongo-lanceolati, crassi, valvati. Stamina D, infra faucem corollz inserta ; 
antherze session. dorso affixsz, incluse, lineares, utrinque obtuse.  Diseus annularis, 
crassiusculus. Ovarium 2-loculare ; Te filiformis, ramis 2 crassiuseulis linearibus 
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