78 LXXXIV. RUBIACELE. [Haameliec. 
centes, ramulis obtuse 4-gonis, Folia opposita, petiolata, coriacea, ovata obovata oblonga 
y. lanceolata. Stipule breves, intrapetiolares, cum petiolis connateo, Flores parvi, in 
cymas paniculatas axillares 3-chotome ramosas ramis divaricatis dispositi, rarissime 
solitarii, 
- Species 4 v. 5, Ins. Sandvicensium incole. In G. Homanzoffana, A. Gray (Kadua, Cham. Petesia 
carnosa, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech, 64), ex insulis maris Pacifici, flores axillares, solitarii; baeca magna, 
carnosa, endocarpio non secedente ; semina parva, angulata; testa tenuis levis; albumen carnosum ; 
flores non vidimus, An genus diversum ? 
'Taisus IX.  CATESEXEJE. 
140. Catesbzea, Linn. Gen. n. 130.—OCalycis tubus oblongus v. campanulatus, teres v. 
4-gonus; limbi lobi 4, subulati, persistentes. Corolla infundibularis v. campanulata, 
membrariaeea, fauce dilatata glabra ; limbi lobi 4, breves, ovati, acuti, valvati. Stamina 
4, basi tubi corollz inserta, filamentis filiformibus brevibus v. elongatis glabris v. pilosis ; 
antherse dorso basi 2-lobo insertze, anguste lineares, inoluss v. semiexsertz, connectivo 
interdum in appendicem subulatam producto. Discus annularis. Ovarium 2-loculare ; 
stylus filiformis, stigmate elongato papilloso spice 2-dentato; ovula in loculis numerosa, 
placentis septo affixis 2-oo-seriatim inserta, subhorizontalia y. pendula, rarius pauca, 
septo prope apicem loculi inserta. Bacca crasse coriacea, ovoidea v. globosa, 2-locularis, 
polysperma. Semina angulata, compressa, testa subcoriacea granulata, albumine dense 
carnoso; embryo minutus, cotyledonibus ovatis, radicula tereti .—RFrutices glabri, 
spinosi, ramulis strictis teretibus, spinis rectis. Folia parva, opposita, paribus ssepe 
fasciculatis, ovata v. oblonga. Stipule interpetiolares, parvze, deciduw. Flores parvi 
v. magni, axillares, solitarii, breviter pedicellati, erecti v. penduli, albi. /Baces sepius 
Species ad 6, ins. Antillarum ineolm. DC. Prod. iv. 400. Bot. Mag.t.131. Bot. Heg. t. 858. 
Lam. ll. t. 67. VaM, Ecl. &. 10. Gertn. Fruct. ii. 5.199.  Griseb, FÜ. Brit. W. Ind. 317; 
Cat. Pl. Cu5. 122, " 
Ovula in C. spinosa numerosissima, placentis elongatis multiseriatim inserta, in plerisque ovula 
pauciora placentis minoribus 2-seriatim inserta, in una specie ad 3 prope apicem loeuli pendula. 
141. Phylacantha, Hook. f. gen. nov.—Calycis minuti tubus turbinatus; limbus 
brevis, cupularis, 4-lobus, persistens, lobis subulatis. Corolla cylindraceo-campanulata, 
coriacea, fauce glaberrima; limbi lobi 4, brevissimi, obtusiusculi, valvati. Stamina 4, 
basi corollze inserta, inclusa, filamentis brevibus ; antherc magn:e, fere basifixze, lineari- 
oblongzm, obtuse, apieulatz. Discus annularis. Ovarium 2-loculare v. placentis ab axi 
retractis l-loculare ; stylus filiformis, superne compressus, linearis, apice acuto incurvo ; 
ovula in loculis numerosa, placentis 2 parietalibus 2-seriatim inserta. Bacca parva, 
ovoideo-globosa, crasse coriacea, 1- v. 2-locularis, polysperma. Semina numerosa, hori- 
zontalia, in quovis loculo sub 2-&eríata, verticaliter compressa . . .—Frutex glaberrimus, 
sphyllus, rigidus ; rami stricti, divaricati, teretes; internodia spinis oppositis valde 
pressis elongatis basi verticaliter latissimis alata. Folia v. stipule ad basin spinarum 
parvis, deciduz. Floresin axillis stipularum siti, solitarii, gracile breviterque pedicellati, 
ui videtur penduli. : 
Species 1, ins. Cubs incola. .P. Grisebachianus, Hook. f. (Catesbea phyllacantha, Griseb. Cat. Pk. 
Cub. 122). Genus Catesbee valde affine, differt habitu singulari, filamentis brevibus, antheris 
magnis, corolle coriaces lobis brevibus, et ovario 1-loeulari placentis parietalibus. t 
142. Pentagonia, Benth. Bot. Sulph. 105, t. 39.—0Oalycis tubus turbinatus sub- 
cylindraceus y. campanulatus; limbus supra ovarium productus, basin versus v. inter 
lobos glandulosus, spathaceus v. 5-6-lobus, persistens, lobis squalibus v. insqualibus 
