104 . LXXXIV. RUBIACEZE. [Guettardec. 
infundibularis v. rotata, tubo brevi, fauce lobisque intus villosis, limbi lobi 4, valvati. 
Stamina 4, fauci corolle inserta, filamentis brevissimis crassiusculis ; antherz dorso 
affixse, exsertz, lineari-oblongse, recurvze, connectivo crasso. Discus pulvinaris. Ova- 
rium 2-loculare ; stylus filiformis, stigmate parvo 2-lobo; ovula in loculis solitaria, ab 
apice pendula, cylindracea, obtusa, funiculo crasso. Drupa parva, anguste oblonga, carne 
tenui, putamine lignoso sulcato 1-2-loculari. Semina pendula, cylindracea, basi truncata, 
testa membranacea strato tenui albuminis carnosi adhszerente ; embryo elongatus, teres, 
cotyledonibus breviusculis, radicula supera basi truncata.— Frutices scandentes sarmentosi 
v. volubiles, glabrati/v. tomentosi, ramulis teretibus. Folia opposita, petiolata, coriacea, 
ovata v. oblonga. Stipule intrapetiolares, ample, acuts» v. obtuss, coriacez, decidu:e. 
Flores parvi, in ramis patentibus panicul:e axillaris v. pseudo-terminalis glomerati, sessiles, - 
bracteati, pallidi. 
Species ad 12, Brasilim borealis, Guians, Venezuele et ins. Trinidad et St. Vincent incole. DC. 
Prod.iv. 459. Juss. in Mem. Mus. Par. vi. 376. Lam. Illustr. t. 60, f. 2. Griscb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 337. 
Seem. Bot. Her. 136. 
Tarsus XIV. KwoxrE X. 
207. X€noxia, Linn. Gen, n. 123, (Cuncea, Ham. ex Don. Prod. Fl. Nep. 185.)— 
Calycis tubus ovoideus v. didymus; limbi dentes 4, inzequales, persistentes. Corolla 
hypocraterimorpha v. infundibularis, tubo. elongato, fauce villosa v. barbata; limbi lobi 
rotundati v. oblongo-lanceolati, valvati, apicibus inflexis. Stamina 4, fauci coroll 
inserta, filamentis brevibus, anthers dorso affix:z, incluse v. exsertze, lineares. — Discus 
tumidus. Ovarium 2-loculare ; stylus filiformis, exsertus, stigmate 2-lobo ; ovula in 
loculis solitaria, ab apice pendula, a dorso compressa, anairopa, funiculo dilatato, 
Fructus globosus v. oblongus, 2-coccus, coccis a dorso compressis indehiscentibus ab axe 
fili£ormi secedentibus l-spermis, Semina pendula, oblonga v. orbicularia, a dorso com- 
pressa v. 2-gona, funiculo amplo pileiformi, testa membranacea, albumine carnoso; em- 
bryo axilis, cotyledonibus foliaceis, radicula elongata supera.— Herbs v. suffrutices, 
erecti, glabri pubescentes v. hirsuti, caulibus teretiusculis. Folia opposita v. in axillis 
subfasciculata, petiolata, ovata v. lanceolata, Stipule in vaginam integram v. pauci- 
setosam cum petiolo connatze. Flores parvi, secus ramos cym:e post anthesin elongate 
sessiles v. subsessiles, rarius in cymam abbreviatam subcapitati, rosei v. lilacini, ebracteo- 
lati. Fructus parvulus. 
Species 6-8, Indis totius, Javze, Chinte, iris. Philippinensium et Australiz tropicz incole. DC. Prod. 
iv. 5669. Wap. Rep.ii. 468 ; Ann. iii. 906. — Benth, F1. Austral. ii. 438. TÀw. Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 151. 
JMig. Fl. Ind. Bat.ii.329.  Gerta. Fruct. i. 1. 25 (embryone reversa). 4. Rich. in Mem. Soc. Hist. 
JNat. Par. v. 0. 15, f. 1... Wall. Pl. As. Rar. t. 32. Wight, Illustr. ii. (. 128 (ovula perperam erecta 
depicta). |Spermacoce Brunonis, Wall. Cat. Herb. Ind. n. 822, est Kaoxie sp. cyma in capitulum 
contracta. 
208. Pentanisia, Harv. in Hook. Lond. Journ. i. 21 (Diotocarpus, Hochst. in Flora. 
1843, 70).— Calycis tubus ovoideus v. subglobosus ; limbi lobi 3-5, 1-3 elongati, foliacei, 
emteri parvi subulati v. 0, persistentes. —Corolle tubus elongatus, gracilis, fauce 
campanulata dense villosa; limbi lobi 4-5, ovati, valvati. Stamina 4-5, fauci corollwe 
inserta, in fl. d exserta, filamentis brevibus in fl. 9 subnullis ; anther:e lineari-oblong:e, 
dorso prope basin affxse. Discus annularis. | Ovarium 2-loculare ; stylus filiformis; 
elongatus, exsertus, stigmate simplici v. minuto capitellato ; ovula in loculis solitaria, ab. 
apice pendula, anatropa, funiculo simplici. Fructus obovoideus, 2-coccus, coccis plano- 
convexis crasse cartilagineis, axi persistente nulla. Semina suborbicularia, a dorso 
compressa, umbilico apicali minuto, testa. solubili membranacea, albumine carnoso ; 
embryo. . . .—Herb:e erectis, radice perennante, glabrz v. villosze, caule teretiusculo. 
Folia opposita, sessilia v. breviter petiolata, ovata v. linearià. Stipule in vaginam 
utrinque 3-5-fidam v. setosam cum petiolis connatz, persistentes. Flores dimorphi, in 
cymas capituliformes terminales post anthesin in spicam elongatas dispositi, majusculi. 
Früctus parvus. 
Species 2, Afric austro-orlentalis incole. ^ Zart. e£. Sound. FI. Cap. 3i. 24 (species dus confusce) 
