Rietiniphylles.] | LXXXIV. RUBIACE.F. 99 
194. Seyphiphora, G«rín. Fruct. iii. 91, t. 196. (Epithinis, Jack, iw Mal. Misc. i. 
^. v. 12).— Calycis tubus elongato-obconicus ; limbus cupularis, truncatus, minute 4- v. 
5-dentatus, persistens. ^ Corollz tubus cylindraceus, fauce paulo dilatata pilosa; limbi lobi 
4-b, oblongi, patentes v. recurvi, stricte contorti. Stamina 4-5, inter lobos corolls in- 
serta, filamentis brevibus subulatis; antherw dorso infra medium insertm, lineari- 
sagittatz, Discus annularis, lobatus. Ovarium 2-loculare, loculis angustis; stylus 
filiformis, ramis linearibus obtusis; ovula in loculis 2, septo medio inserta, superiore 
erecto, inferiore pendulo, funiculis appositis loculi septum efficientibus. Drupa oblongo- 
cylindracea, 10-sulcata, 2-pyrena, pyrenis cohrsrentibus crasse crustaceis alte D-costatis, 
loculis septo spurio transverso in locella 2 superposita divisis. Semina oblongo- 
cylindracea, lente curva, testa membranacea, albumine parco; cotyledones oblong:e, 
radicula longiores. —Frutex glaberrimus, ramulis crassiusculis nodosis teretibus, junioribus 
gummiferis. Folia breviter petiolata, coriacea, obovata, obtusa. Stipule interpetio- 
lares, lat, breves. Flores parvi, in cymas axillares breviter peduneulatas densifloras 
dispositi. 
Species 1, Zeylanism, Australiw, et Archipelagi Indici incola, 4. Rich. in Mem. Soc. Hist. Nat. 
Par. v. 159, 0. 14. 4. Gray in Proc. Amer. Acad. iv. 807. — Benth. Fl. Austral. ii. 417. Griff. Ic. 
Pl. As. iv.0. 478 (Epithinia). Genus multis notis Guettardeis accedens. 
195. Jackia, Wall. in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey, ii. 321.  (Zuccarinia, Spreng. Syst. Cur. 
Post. 50:non Blum.)— Calycis tubus obconicus ; limbi unilateralis lobi 3, subsequales, pa- 
tentes, dentibus interjectis 2 v. 3 minutis subulatis, demum excrescentes, subfoliacei, 
venosi et coriacei, persistentes. Corolla infundibularis, tubo filiformi, fauce pubescente ; 
limbi subplicati lobi b, lanceolati, ecuspidati, valvati. Stamina D; anther:e sessiles, dorso 
supra basin insertw, fauce semi-incluss.  Diseus tumidus. Ovarium 2-loculare ; stylus 
capillaris, longe exsertus, medio incrassatus et pilosus, ramis 2 parvis lineari-lanceolatis ; 
ovula in loculis gemina, ad apicem placentze stipitiformis fere basilaris inserta. Fructus 
siccus, indehiscens, 2-locularis, loculis abortu 1-spermis. Semiria,. . . .—Arbor excelsa, 
umbrosa, ramosa, ramulis robustis obtuse 4-gonis vestigiis foliorum stipularumque onustis. 
Folia opposita, magna, breviter petiolata, obovato-lanceolata, costa prominula, nervis 
obliquis validis parallelis. | Stipule intrapetiolares, ample, coriaces, vaginantes, intus 
piloss, marginibus setosis. Flores in cymis longe pedunculatis pendulis opposite ramosis 
spicati secundi; bractes subfoliacesz, distichz, sspe basi connatse. 
Species 1, Peninsulze Malayans et ins. Torneo incola. Mig. FI, Ind. Bat. ài. 237; et in Ann. Mus. 
Lugd. Bat.iv. 130. Fructus a nobis non visus. 
Tarsus XIII. GuzTTARDEX. 
196. Guettarda, Linn. Gen. m. 1064.— Flores hermaphroditi v. polygamo-dioici. 
Calycis tubus ovoideus v. globosus; limbus tubulosus cupularis v. subcampanulatus, 
iruncatus, irregulariter 2-4- v. regulariter 4-9-dentatus, deciduus, rarissime persistens. 
Corolla hypoeraterimorpha, tubo elongato-cylindraceo, recto v. curvo, fauce nuda ; limbi 
lobi 4-9, oblongi, obtusi, imbricati, 2 exteriores. Stamina 4-9, tubo coroll inserta, 
filamentis brevibus v. 0; antherc dorso affixz, inclusse, lineares. Ovarium 4—9-loculare, 
loculis ssepius sparsis elongatis tubulosis; stylus filiformis, stigmate subcapitato v. 
minute 2-lobo ; ovula in loculis solitaria, ab apice pendula, anatropa, funiculo incrassato, 
Drupa ovoidea v. scpissime globosa, carne parca, putamine. ligneo v. osseo tereti obtuse 
angulato v. sulcato 4—9-loculare ad verticem loculorum perforato, loculis angustis sspius 
excurvis. Semina pendula, recta v. excurva, testa membranacea, funiculo foramen 
putaminis claudente, albumine parco v. 0; embryo elongatus, cylindraceus v. compressus, 
cotyledonibus parvis planis, radieula elongata foramini putaminis respondente supera.— 
Frutices v. arb le. Folia opposita, rarius 3-natim verticillati, subsessilia v. petiolata, 
parva v. ampla, membranacea v. coriacea. Stipule variz, intrapetiolares, geste, 
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