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102 LXXXIV. RUBIACEJE. [Guettardec. 
201. Obbea, Hook. f. Ic. Pl. t. 1070.—Oalycis tubus turbinatus ; limbus cupularis, 
truncatus, obscure 4-dentatus. Corolla coriacea, sericea, tubo elongato, fauce paulo 
dilatata glaberrima ; limbi lobi 4-5, breves, patentes, imbricati, 2 exteriores. Stamina 
b, fauci corolle inserta, filamentis brevissimis; antherze dorso infra medium affixz, 
lineares, basi breviter 2-lobz. Discus inconspicuus, pubescens, annularis. Ovarium 
2-leculare; stylus filiformis, ramis 2 linearibus inclusis pilosis; ovula in loculis 
solitaria, ab apice pendula, funiculo incrassato. Drupa . . .—Arbor?! ramosa, ramulis 
teretibus ultimis sericeo-tomentosis. Folia opposita, gracile petiolata, ovato- v. 
lanceolato-oblonga, nervis subtus pilosis, nervosa et creberrime reticulatim venulosa. 
Stipule interpetiolares, squamoss, cadues. Flores inter minores, in cymas paucifloras 
ramosas axillares pedunculatas dispositi, pedicellis infra calycem articulatis et minute 
bracteolatis. 
Species 1, ins. Hawaii Sandvicensium incola. Habitus Ti nii sed flores hermaphroditi et ovarium 
2-loculare. 
202. Mtachaonia, Humb. et Bonpl. Pl. ZEqwuim. i. 101, t. 29.— Calycis tubus tur- 
binatus v. oblongo-obovoideus, compressus ; limbi lobi b, rarius 4, vequales v. inzequales, 
persistentes. Corolla breviter infundibularis, fauce villosa; limbi lobi 5, rarius 4, 
rotundati, imbricati, l v. 2 exteriores. Stamina 5, rarius 4, fauci corolle inserta, 
filamentis brevibus v. elongatis; antherse dorso afüxze, oblongw, inclusz v. exsertze.. 
Discus carnosus, Ovarium 2- rarissime 3-loculare ; stylus filiformis, ramis 2 subspathu- 
latis; ovula in loculis solitaria, ab apice pendula, cylindracea, funiculo non incrassato. 
Fructus obovoideo-turbinatus, a latere compressus, 2-cocecus, coccis indehiscentibus 
extus suberosis intus duris obtuse 3-gonis demum ab axi persistente  pendulis 
l-spermis. Semina cylindracea, elongata, funiculo brevi gracili, testa membranacea, 
albuminis strato tenuissimo carnoso; embryo paulo compressus, cotyledonibus lineari- 
bus obtusis, radicula elongata tereti supera.—Frutices v. arbores, erecti v. sarmentosi, 
interdum spinosi, glabri v. tomeniosi, ramulis teretibus. Folia opposita, petiolata, 
ovato-elliptica v. oblonga.  Stipule intrapetiolares, triangulares, acuts v. acuminatz. 
Flores parvi, in corymbos paniculatos terminales dispositi, albi, ssepe. bracteolati. 
Fructus parvus. ; E : 
Species ad 7, Amerieze tropice incole. DC. Prod.iv. 944. — Walp. Hep. vi. 30. — Griseb. Fl, Brit. 
W. Ind. 348 ; Cat. Pl. Cub. 189. 
203. Timonius, Awmph, Amb. ii 216, t. 140. (Erithalis, Forst. Prod. n. l7 non 
Linn. Porocarpus, Garin. Fruct. ii. 479, t. 178.  Helospora, Jack, im T'rams. Lànn.. 
Soc. xiv. 127, t. 4, f. 3. Polyphragmon, Desf. à» Mem. Mus. Par. vi. b, t. 2. Bur- 
neya, sp. ^. 1l, Cham. et Schlecht. in Linnea, iv. 189. Pyrostria, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 388, 
"non Comw.,; Eupyrena, Wight et Arn. Prod. 422.)—Flores polygamo-dioici. Calycis 
tubus brevis, obovoideus v. subglobosus; limbus cupularis, truncatus 4-5-dentatus v. 
lobatus, persistens. Corolla coriacea, infundibularis, pubescens v. velutina, tubo intus 
fauceque glabris; limbi lobi 4, rarius D v. 10, crasse coriacei, valvati. Stamina tot quot 
lobi corolle, feuci inserta, filamentis brevissimis; antherz dorso affixe, elongato- 
lineares, apicibus exsertis, basi breviter 2-lobz, in fl. 9 effoetz. ^ Discus inconspicuus, 
hispidus. Ovarium multi- rarissime 5-6-loculare; stylus brevis, crassus, pilosus, ramis 
4-12 linearibus sxpe inzequalibus intus papillosis ; ovula in loculis solitaria, ab apice pen- 
qula, funiculo crasso. Drupa ovoidea v. globosa, 4—6-suleata, carne parco, polypyrena ; 
pyrense 1-sperme, anguste elongntze, sepe per paria radiatim dispositce, verticales v. ab 
axi drupi patentes, interdum multiseriatim superposite. Semen cylindraceum, rectum v. 
curvum, pendulum, funiculo incrassato putaminis apicem implente, testa membranacea, 
albumine parco v. 0 ; embryo semini conformis, cotyledonibus parvis subcomplanatis, radi- 
cula elongata tereti supera.—Arbores v. frutices, glabri v. sericei, ramulis teretibus. 
Folia opposita, petiolata v. subsessilia, coriacea, sszepissime venulis creberrime reticulata. 
Stipule interpetiolares, caducc. Flores parvi, axillares, cymosi, seepe odori, albi, cymis 
9 ssepius ramosis floribus unilateralibus, d' ssepius 3-floris flore intermedio sessili, 
