Gardeniec.] LXXXIV. RUBIACEJE. 97 
Semina subpolyedra, aureo- et adpresso-sericea, albumine corneo; embryo linearis, 
teres . . ,—Frutex.. Folia opposita, coriacea, elliptico-acuta, glaberrima.  Stipule» inter- 
petiolares, integro», caducz. Flores axillares, congesti, breviter pedicellati. 
Species 1, Madagaseariensis. DC. Prod, iv. 389. Genus nobis or habitu fere A4pocyneo. 
An tésta fibroso-lineata pro sericea incaute sumpta ? 
189?! Zucearinia, Blwme Büdr. 1006, non Spreng.—Flores in receptaculum hemi- 
sphericum involucratum sessiles, aggregati, hermaphroditi? 'Calyois tubus ovoideus; 
limbus productus, O-dentatus, persistens.  Corolle tubus brevis; limbus erectus, 
b-lobus, sestivatio . . . .Antherz 5, lineares, corollee tubo inserts, inclussm. Discus 
depressus. Ovarium 2-loculare ; stylus simplex, stigmate 2-fido vix exserto ; ovula. 
Bacca stipitata, subgloboso-ovoidea v. subovata, endocarpio subchartaceo. Semina 
2-serialia, plurima, horizontalia, compressa (subcuneata), centrifuga, quadrantem orbis 
formantia, testa fibroso-striata glutinosa, albumine subcorneo maximo ; embryo centralis, 
cotyledonibus .subeordato-ovatis acutis.—Arbor alta, pulchra, glabra, ramulis com- 
pressis robustis. Folia opposita, breviter petiolata, 1-2-pedalia, coriacea, ovata v. 
elliptico-oblonga.  Stipule magn:e, interpetiolares, lanceolatse,  coriaces, carinatse, 
persistentes.  Receptacula solitaria, subglobosa, pedunculata, opposita, axillaria, pro 
planta parva, fructifera baccas carnosas paucas 2 poll. diam. gerentia. 
Species. l, Javaniea. Mig. F!. Ind. Dat.ii.197. Descriptio pro maxima parte ex Miquelio. Ex- 
emplaria manea tantum a nobis visa. 
'(TRisuSs XI. CRUCKSHANKSIEJX. 
190. Cruckshanksia, Hook. et Arn. i» Hook. Bot. Misc. iii, 301.  (Rotheria, Meyen, 
eise, i. 402 ; Walp. in Pl. Meyen. 355.)—Calycis tubus subglobosus; limbus 4—5-dentatus, 
dentibus valde inzequalibus, 1 v. 2 in alam foliaceam v. membranaceam maximam reticu- 
latam expansis. Corolla hypocraterimorpha, tubo elongato, fauce glabra v. pubescente ; 
limbi lobi 4-5, oblongi, valvati. Stamina 4-5, fauci corollc inserta, filamentis brevibus ; 
antherz obtuss, dorso supra basin affixsz, d-exsertsze, ovato-oblong:z. Discus obscurus. 
Ovarium 2-loculare; stylus filiformis, ramis 2 breviusculis linearibus patentibus ; 
ovula in loculis gemina, collateralia, septo medio affixa, divaricata, amphitropa. Cap- 
sula parva, membranacea, didyma, 2-locularis, 4-valvis, valvis cymbiformibus a septo 
membranaeco secedentibus (v. 2-coccus, coccis 2-valvibus). Semina ovoidea, cochleata, 
testa granulata, hilo ventrali late exsculpto, albumine carnoso ; embryo curvus, coty- 
ledonibus oblongis foliaceis, radicula tereti infera.— Herbs humiles, ramoss, folioss, 
erecte v. prostrate, glabree eano-pubescentes v. sericese, radice multicipiti. - Folia. 
opposita, subeoriacea, obovato-lanceolata v. spathulata. Stipule interpetiolares, late 
ovatze, utrinque cum petiolis connate, persistentes. Flores flavi, in cymas umbelli- - 
formes terminales dispositi, bracteis simplicibus v. lobatis involucrati. | Ovarium ex 
Meyenio interdum 4-loculare. 
Species 4, Chilenses. — Wap. Bep.ii. 469 ; 4nn.i. 984. C. Gay, Fl. Chil. t. 33. 
191. Oreopolus, Schlecht. Pl. Lechl. exs. n. 2895.— Calycis tubus obconicus ; limbus 
4-b5-lobus, lobis ovato-oblongis membranaceis insqualibus obtusis persistentibus. Corolla 
hypocraterimorpha, tubo elongato, fauce glabra; limbi lobi 5, breves, lineari-lanceolati, 
. Obtusiusculi, valvati. Stamina b, fauci corollz inserta, filamentis brevissimis ; antherse 
dorso prope basin afüxs, j-exserts, lineari-oblongz. Discus obsoletus. Ovarium 
2-loculare ; stylus filiformis, exsertus, ramis 2 breviusculis linearibus patentibus intus 
papillcsis ; ovula in loculis gemina, collateraliter septo medio affixa, divaricata, amphi- 
tropa. Capsula parvula, subglobosa, membranacea, a vertice septicide 2-valvis, valvis 
à septo membranaceo solutis bipartitis, v. irregulariter rupta, 4-sperma. Semina 
majuscula, ovoidea, dorso convexa, facie vommuiénd umbilico ventrali, tcsta membranacea 
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