106 LXXXIV. RUBIACEJE. [Chiococcec. 
lanceolata, coriacea, nitida. Stipule latz, acuts, persistentes. Flores in racemos 
oppositos axillares simplices v. eomonitos digisiiki. distantes, pedicellati, ebracteati. 
Fructus szepe albus. 
Species 6-8, Ameriez tropieze incole. DC. Prod. iv. 482 (excl. sect. 2). — Walp. Rep. ii. 483; vi. 
45; 4nn.i.374; v. 112. — Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 336. Lam. Illustr. t. 160. — Hook. Exot. FI. i: 
93. Gertn. Fruct. i. 195,1. 96. Ruiz et Pav. Fl. Per. et Chil. t. 219 
Mancanis, DO. Prod. iv. 483 (Descruxa, Fl. Mex. ined.), e descriptione verisimiliter ad Chio- 
coccam, referenda est. 
.912. Phialanthus, Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 335 ; et Cat. Pl. Cub. 139.— Calycis tubus 
turbinatus v. obovoideus ; limbi lobi 4-5, squales v. inszquales, lanceolati v. obovato- 
oblongi, persistentes. Corolla infundibularis v. subeampanulata, tubo breviusculo, fauce 
glabra v. puberula; limbi lobi 4—5, breves, ovati, obtusi, valvati. Stamina 4—5, basi 
corolle inserta, filamentis liberis compressis glabris v. puberulis ; antherz dorso basi 
affxs, exsertze, ovate v. oblongse. Discus parvus, annularis. Ovarium 2-loculare ; 
stylus filiformis, stigmate elavellato obtuso; ovula in loculis solitaria, ab apice pendula, 
elongata. Drupaovoidea. . . Semina . . .—Fruticuli ramosi, resiniflui, ramulis teretius- 
culis. Folia opposita, breviter petiolata, valde coriacea, elliptica lanceolata v. oblonga, 
marginibus siccatione recurvis. Stipulse intrapetiolares, in vaginam brevem connais. 
Flores parvi v. minuti, axillares, fasciculati, inconspicui, sessiles v. breviter pedicellati. 
Species 4, ins. Bahama et, Cub: incole.— Fructus a nobis non visus, ex icone a Grisebachio visa 
- drupaceus est, 2-locularis, putamine 2-loeulari septo tenui, seminibus cylindraceis. 
213. Salzmannia, DC. Prod. iv. 617.—Calycis tubus ovoideus; limbus brevis, 
4-dentatus, persistens. Corolla infundibularis, tubo cylindraceo, fauce paulo dilatata 
glaberrima ; limbi lobi 4, breves, obtusi, valvati, v. lobis 2 exterioribus interiores 
leviter tegentibus. Stamina 4, filamentis brevibus basi tubi insertis et in columnam 
brevem connatis, glabris; antherz basifixse, incluss, lineari-oblongz, basi breviter 2- 
lobz. Discus parvus, annularis. Ovarium 2-loculare; stylus gracilis, ramis 2 linearibus ; 
ovula in loculis solitaria, ab apice pendula, Mieldulo amplo pileiforme. Drupa parva, 
ovoidea, abortu l-pyrena, l-sperma. Semen a dorso compressum, ovale. . . .—Frutex 
ramosus, glaberrimus, nitidus, ramulis teretibus, apicibus resinosis. Folia opposita, 
breviter petiolata, crasse coriacea, late oblonga v. rotundata, supra nitidissima, nervis 
inconspicuis.  Stipule interpetiolares, breves, persistentes. Flores parvi, in axillis 
oppositis dense fasciculati, bracteis foliaceis stipati, pedicellis brevissimis bracteolatis. 
Species 1, Brasili: incola. 
214. Rodgkinsonia, P. Muell. Fragm. Plhwt. Austral. ii. 132.— Flores polygamo- 
dioici. Calycis minuti tubus d' obconicus, 9 ovoideus; limbus 4-dentatus, persistens. 
Corolla urceolata, tubo inflato intus piloso, ore coniracto ; limbi minute 4—5-lobi lobi 
obtusi, valvati. Stamina 4-5,.infra medium tubi corollz inserts, filamentis brevissi- 
mis; anthere dorso affix:;, incluss, majusculw, inbititéoblda ge obtuse, in fl. 9 
effoizs. Discus pulvinaris. Ovarium 2-4-loculare ; stylus brevis, pubescens, in fl. d - 
filiformis, simplex, in fl. 9 ramis 2-4 linearibus; ovula in loculis solitaria, cylindracea, 
ab apice pendula, funiculo incrassato.  Drupa parva, ovoideo-oblonga, putamine 
crasso osseo 2-4-loculari. Semina elongata, testa membranacea, albumine parco 
carnoso ; embryo cylindraceus, cotyledonibus parvis compressis, radicula tereti supera.— 
Arbor gracilis, glaberrima v. ramulis pilosis. Folia opposita, petiolata, elliptica, 
tenuiter coriacea. ^ Stipule interpetiolares, acuminate, caducse. Flores parvi, in 
umbellas gracile pedunculatas axillares dispositi, breviter pedicellati. 
Speeies 1, Australiz temperatze orientalis incola. —.BenzA. Fl. Austral. iii. 420. 
215. Asemnantha, Hook. f. gen. mov.—Calycis tubus minutus, ovoideus ; limbus 
»ubum longe superans, 4-partitus, segmentis lanceolatis acuminatis périlileutibuy 
Corolla urceolato-tubulosa, pubescens, ore subcontracto, fauce glabra ; limbi parvi lobi 4, 
