Hanmeliea.] LXXXIV. RUBIACEAX. 7I 
197. Heinsia, DC. Prod. iv. 390.—Calycis tubus campanulatus v. obconicus; limbi 
lobi 5, elongati, tubo longiores, lineari-obovati, subfoliacei, persistentes. Corolla infundi- 
bularis v. hypocraterimorpha, tubo gracili sericeo, fauce villosissima ; limbi lobi 5—6, ovati 
v. lanceolati, acuminati, pubescentes, marginibus undulatis, stricte contorti. Stamina 5-6, 
fauci coroll: inserta, filamentis brevibus subulatis ; anthers dorso basin versus affixs:e, an- 
guste lineares, utrinque obtuss, incluses. Discus parvus, tumidus. Ovarium 2-locu- 
lare; stylus filiformis, glaber v. sericeus, ramis 2 brevibus linearibus obtusis ; ovula in 
loculis perplurima, placentis tumidis septo adnatis inserta. Fructus siccus, ovoideus v. 
globosus, septo evanido 1l-locularis, polyspermus. Semina subglobosa, angulata, testa 
subcrustacea foveolata, albumine carnoso ; embryo clavatus, 2-fidus.—Frutices virgati, 
ramulis oppositis gracilibus teretibus hirtellis. Folia opposita, breviter petiolata, 
oblonga v. elliptico-lanceolata, acuminata. Stipule utrinque solitaris. v. 2-ns, subu- 
latze, persistentes. Flores majusculi, albi, pedicellati, solitarii v. in cymas terminales 
3-6-floras dispositi. Fructus parvus. 
Species 3-4, Afriez tropiez tam occidentalis quam orientalis incolsw. Benth. in. Hook. Nig. Fl. 
391. Bot. Mag. (. 4207.  H. benguelensis, Welw., species parvula, ramulis deeumbentibus, & con- 
generibus diffort stipulis utrinque et floribus solitariis. 
138. Bertiera, Aubl. Pl. Gi. i. 180, t. 69. (Pomatium, Gertn. Fruct. iii. 252, t. 295). 
— Calycis tubus subglobosus v. turbinatus; limbus 5-dentatus v. breviter cupularis 
truneatusque v. D-lobus, persistens. Corolla infundibularis, tubo tereti sspissime 
sericeo, fauce glabra v. villosa; limbi lobi 5, breves, ovati, acuti, stricte contorti, 
rarius lobo uno exteriore. Stamina D, fauci corolle inserta, filamentis brevissimis; 
anthers ovatc lineari-oblong:e v. subulats, dorso affixcz, connectivo apice acuminato v. 
in appendicem producto, basi 2-lobs v. alte 2-fidze, incluss. ^ Discus crassus, cupularis 
v. annularis. Ovarium 2-loculare ; stylus filiformis, glaber, stigmate fusiformi integto 
v. 2-lobo lobis linearibus inclusis obtusis ; ovula in loculis numerosa, placentis tumidis 
integris septo affixis inserta, non lade Bacca fusiformis, coriacea v. carnosa, 
2-locularis, polysperma. Semina parva, angulata, testa foveolata v. subgranulata, albu- 
mine carnoso ; embryo parvus, rectus v. arcuatus, cotyledonibus ovoideis, radicula tereti. 
—Arbores parvze v. frutices glabri v. perio ila y. hirsuti, ramulis teretibus, interdum 
supra-alaribus. Folia "opposita, breviter petiolata, oblonga v. lanceolata, acuminata. 
Stipulz intrapetiolares, in vaginam ssepe amplam 2-fidam connatz. . Flores inter minores, 
» in cymas paniculatas multifloras terminales pedunculatas sspe nutantes dispositi, ex albo 
virescentes, sessiles v. pedicellati, cymis interdum scorpioideis; alabastra acuta; bractese 
parvz. É 
Species ad 16, Afriez tropics, insularum "Masearensium et Trinitatis, Guianz, Brasilie borealis, 
et Nove Granade incole. .DC. Prod. iv. 392 (excl. sect. 3). Gertn. Fruct. ii. t. 192. Walp. 
Jep. ii. 517, vi. 73; Anm. ii. 793. : 
139. Gouldia, 4. HUP in Proc. Amer. Acad. iv. 310.—Calycis tubus obovoideus v. 
turbinatus; limbus brevis, 4-dentatus. Corolla hypocraterimorpha, sSubsericea, tubo 
gracili, [Nes glabra; limbi lobi 4, lineari-oblongi, obtusiusculi, stricte contorti. 
Stamina 4, fauci v. tubo. corolle inserta, filamentis brevissimis v. subelongatis; 
anthers dome affixs, lineari-elongatz, incluse, connectivo apiculato exserto. Discus 
&nnularis. Ovárium 2-loculare ; stylus gracilis, ramis 2 linearibus acutis; ovula 
in loculis perplurima, placentis oblongis septo affixis multiseriatim inserta. Bacca 
fusiformis, apice late areolata et ibidem interdum poro v. rima dehiscens, 2-locularis, 
obscure 2-loba, epicarpio carnoso, endocarpio pergamentaceo s:epissime 4-valvi, poly- 
sperma. Semina minuta, alveolis placente subimmersa, obtuse angulata, compressa, 
testa tenuiter crustacea foveolata rarissime levi, albumine denso; embryo rectus, 
cotyledonibus parvis, radicula m v. arbuscule, glàbél v. parce pubes- 
