Chiococcee.] LXXXIV. RUBIACELE. 105 
Tarsus XV. QOnrococcEm. 
,209. Erithalis, Linn. Gen. n. 238 (Herrera, Adans. Pam. ii. 158).— Calycis tubus 
ovoideus v. globosus ; limbus brevis, cupularis v. annularis, truncatus v. 5-10-dentatus, 
persistens. Corolla hypocraterimorpha v. rotata, tubo brevi, fauce nuda; lobi 5-10, 
lineari-oblongi, ssepius intus carinati, recurvi, valvati, apicibus sspe leviter imbricatis. 
Stamina 5-10, basi tubi coroll; inserta, filamentis filiformibus pilosis rarius glabratis ima 
basi connatis; antherz lineari-oblongse, basifixze, obtuse v. apiculatz. Discus de- 
pressus. Ovarium 5-10-loeulare ; stylus crassiusculus, stigmate compresso anguste 
lanceolato lateribus papillosis; ovula in loculis solitaria, ab apice pendula, compressa. 
Drupa globosa, sulcata, b—10-pyrena, pyrenis osseis crustaceis v. cartilagineis. Semina 
pendula, oblonga, compressa, testa membranacea, funiculo szpissime incrassato, umbilico 
apicali, albumine carnoso copioso ; embryo minutus, axilis, cotyledonibus brevibus late 
ovatis, radicula tereti supera.—Frutices glabri, ramis teretibus. Folia opposita, petio- 
lata, coriacea, elliptica obovata. v. lanceolata. Stipule intrapetiolares, latz, in vaginam 
connate, truncatce v. cuspidatze, persistentes. Flores inter minores, in paniculas corym- 
bosas terminales pedunculatas erectas dispositi, rarissime solitarii, ebracteati. Drupa 
parva. 
Species ad 5, Floride et ins. Indiw occidentalis incole. DC. Prod.iv. 466.  Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. 
Ind. 336; Cat. Pl. Cub. 134. P. Br. Hist. Jam. t. 17, f. 8.  Gertn. Fruct. i. 129, 1. 2^. Lam. 
lllustr. 1. 159. In E. vaccimijfolia (Chione, Griseb. Cat. Pl. Cub. 133) flores solitarii, et funiculus 
non incrassatus. 
-210. Ceratopyxis, Hook. f. Ic. Pl. t. 1125.— Calycis tubus ovoideus ; lobi 5, rigidi, 
erecti, subulato-lanceolati, persistentes. Corolla infundibularis, fauce glabra ; limbi lobi 
5, lineari-lanceolati, revoluti, valvati. Stamina 5, fundo tubi corolle inserta, filamentis 
liberis complanatis puberulis ; antherze dorso prope basin affix:e, exsertze, lineari-elongatze. 
Discus 4-lobus. Ovarium 2-loculare; stylus filiformis, stigmate clavellato apice 2-fido ; 
ovula in loculis solitaria, ab apice pendula, elongata, cylindracea, funiculo incrassato. 
Capsula parva, subcoriacea, pubescens, fere orbicularis, a latere valde compressa, 2-locu- 
laris, septicide 2-valvis, valvis calycis lobis rigidis patentibus coronatis. Semina pendula, - 
subreniformi-oblonga, a latere compressa, funiculo incrassato, testa tenuissima, albumine 
dense carnoso ; embryo parvus, teretiusculus, cotyledonibus brevibus ovatis, radicula 
longiuscula supera.—Frutex resinifluus, ramulis robustis teretibus. Folia opposita, 
coriacea, breviter petiolata, oblongo-lanceolata, acuminata, costa valida, nervis numerosis 
tenuibus cum intramarginali connexis. $Stipule intrapetiolares, majuscule, coriacese, 
fuscz, late ovatze, cuspidatee v. subulat, in vaginam annularem demum solutam connatze. 
Flores parvi, in thyrsos cylindricos valide peduneulatos axillares et terminales nudos v. 
foliaceo-bracteatos dense congesti, 1-2-bracteolati. " 
Species. 1, Cubensis, C. verb , Hook. f. (Hondeletia? verb ; Griseb. Cat. Pl, Cub. 130 
ubi semina perperam innumera descripta). 
211. Chiococea, Linn. Gen. n. 231 (Siphonandra, Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Mosc. 
1848, i 581).—Calycis tubus ovoideus v. turbinatus, interdum elongatus; limbus 
D-dentatus, persistens, Corolla infundibularis, fauce glabra ; limbi lobi 5b, patentes v. 
reflexi, valvati. Stamina 5, imo coroll: tubo inserta, filamentis barbatis basi eohzrenti- 
bus; antherz basifixz, lineari-elongatz, incluss. Discus tumidus. Ovarium 2- raris- 
sime 3-loculare ; stylus filiformis, stigmate cylindraceo v. clavato indiviso v. 2-lobo ; ovula 
in loculis solitaria, ab apice pendula, compressa. JDrupa parva, coriacea, compressa, 
orbicularis, ovata v. didyma, 2-pyrena, pyrenis chartaceis compressis. Semina pendula, 
lateraliter compressa, testa membranacea, albumine copioso dense carnoso ; embryo 
axilis, parvus, rectus, cotyledonibus ovatis radicula tereti supera paulo latioribus.— 
Frutices sspe scandentes, glabri, ramulis teretibus. Folia opposita, petiolata, ovata v. 
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