Guettardea.] LXXXIV. RUBIACEJE. TOL 
Prrroxroris, Griseb. in. Donplandia, 1858, 8, nullo charactere ab AnZirrhea differt; antheris ' — 
peram exsertis descriptis. ! 
198. Laugeria, Vahl. Ecl. 26, t. 10, &on Jacq.— Calycis tubus minutus, oblóngus ;' 
limbus cupularis, truncatus, repandus. Corolla glabra, anguste infundibularis, tubo 
eylindraceo elongato, fauce nuda; limbi lobi 4-5, patentes, oblongi, imbricati, 1-2 
exteriores. Stamina 4-5, medio tubo corolle inserta, filamentis filiformibus ; anthers- 
dorso affixs, incluse, lineares. ^ Discus tumidus, annularis. Ovarium 4-5-loculare ; 
stylus erassiusculus, sulcatus, stigmate capitato 4-D-lobo ; ovula in loculis solitaria, ab 
apice pendula, funiculo incrassato. Drupa oblonga, glabra, putamine 4-5-loculari. 
Semina . . .—Arbusculee fruticesve glaberrimi, ramulis valde resinosis. Folia opposita, 
breviter petiolata, lanceolata, coriacea. Stipule in vaginam truncatam ciliatam tarde: 
deciduam connats. Flores secus ramos cym:e furcats in axillis longe pedunculats 
spicati, secundi, ebracteati. Drupa (a nobis non visa) parva. 
Species 2, ins. Indiw occidentalis incole, L. resinosa, Vahl. l. c. (Stenostopum, Griseb. nm. Britz 
W. Ind. 334), et Stenostomun . densiflorum, Griseb. Cat. Pl. Cub. 132... Genus ab AntirrAea differt 
stipulis filamentisque elongatis. 
199. Rhytidotus,' Hook. f. Ic. Pl. t. 1071 (Rytidotus).— Calycis tubus obovoideus ;: 
limbi hypocraterimorphi persistentis lobi 4, late oblongi, obtusi, recurvi. Corolla hypo- 
craterimorpha, fauce glaberrima ; limbi lobi 4, obovati, unguiculati, recurvi, marginibus 
late crispatis, imbricati, per paria induplicatim valvati. Stamina 4, fauci coroll 
inserta, filamentis brevissimis; antherse dorso infra medium affixs, lineares, apicibus 
exsertis, basi 2-fidee. Discus inconspicuus, hispidus. Ovarium 2-5-loculare, stylus. 
elongatus, exsertus, pilosus, ramis 2-5 linearibus ; ovula in loculis solitaria, ab apice 
pendula, funieulo incrassato. Drupa pisiformis, 2-5-pyrena, pyrenis crassis osseis 
3-gonis dorso rotundatis, loculo angusto. Semina cylindracea, funiculo incrassato apicem 
putaminis implente, testa membranacea, albumine parco; embryo cylindraceus, coty- 
ledonibus minutis tenuibus, radieula supera.—Arbor ramosa, ramulis teretibus ultimis et 
inflorescentia puberulis. Folia opposita, gracile petiolata, recurva, ovata, nervosa ét 
creberrime retieulatim venulosa. Stipule interpetiolares, squamoss, caducsm. Flores. 
inter minores, axillares, solitarii, pedicellati, pedicello infra florem sri minute 
bracteolati. 
Species 1, ins. Sandvieensium incola, Chomelia? sandvicensis, A. Gray in Proc. Amer. Aeud. iv. 
39. Drupa ex A. Grayo 2-pyrena, in exemplaribus nostris semper 4—5-pyrena. 
200. Bobea, Gaud. in Freyc. Voy. Bot. 473, t. 93. (Bobza, A. Rich. (n Mem. Soc. Hist. 
ANaf, Par. v. 215.)—Flores polygamo-dioici. Calycis tubus brevis, obovoideus v. hemi- 
sphericus; limbus eupularis, truncatus, obsolete 2-lobus, persistens. Corolla coriacea, 
hypocraterimorpha, glabra v. pilosula, fauce intus nuda; limbi lobi 4, ovati, late 
imbrieati, 2 exteriores majores. Stamina 4, fauci corollz inserta, filamentis brevissimis ; - 
. anthersz dorso infra medium affixz, lineares, basi 2-lobse, apicibus exsertis. Discus in 
fl. 9 conicus, in d' annularis, glaber. Ovarium 3-10-loculare ; stylus erassiuseulus, 
. ramis in fl. 9 3-10 filiformibus inzqualibus intus papillosis, in fl. 4 2 parvis; ovula in 
loculis solitaria, ab apice pendula, funiculo incrassato.  Drupa pisiformis, 3-10-pyrena, 
3-10-sulcata, pyrenis 1-seriatis crassis osseis 3-gonis, loculo angusto. Semen cylindraceum, 
fere rectum, pendulum, funiculo incrassato putaminis apicem implente, testa mem- 
branacea, albumine parco ; embryo semini conformis, cotyledonibus parvis brevibus 
subcomplanatis, radicula oblongo-cylindracea supera.—Arbores glabre v. hirto-pube- 
Scentes, ramulis teretibus apices versus foliosis. Folia opposita, petiolata, obovato- 
lanceolata, tenuissime reticulatim venulosa. Stipulse interpetiolares, squamosze, caducse, 
Flores parvi, in pedunculis axillaribus gracilibus terni, laterales pedicellati, intermedio 
sessili, pedicellis involucello calyculseformi parvo v. majusculo cinctis, apice bracteolatis 
et cum ealyce articulz 'is, 
Species 3 v. 4, Insularum Sandvieensium incole. 4. Gray in Proc, Amer. Acad. iv..37.. Chain, 
et Schlecht. i in Linnza, iv. 199 (BuvRNxYE, sp. n. 2.). 
