108 : LXXXIV. RUBIACEJE. [Chiococced; 
pressa, funiculo gracili, testa membranacea . . .—Frutex! ramosissimus, ramulis 
teretibus crebre divisis divaricatis foliosis puberulis. Folia parva, opposita, breviter 
petiolata, coriacea, elliptico-obovata v. oblonga, acuta v. obtusa, nervis obscuris, 
marginibus tenuiter recurvis, viridia. Stipule parve, interpetiolares, triengulares, 
deciduz. Flores ad apices ramulorum in axillis foliorum. terminalium solitarii, pe- 
duneulati, pedunculo supra medium 2-bracteato, bracteis minutis sh Héppuid glan- 
duloso-dentatis. Fructus folium subzequans. 
Species 1, P. mexicana, Hook. f., Mexici incola, prope Orizaba, a Broterio detecta. 
219 1 'Fertrea, DC. Dod i iv. 481. (Schiedea, A4. Rich. in Mem. Soc. Hist. Nat. fae. 
v. 186.)— Calycis tubus 4-partitus ; limbi lacini; erectz, ovales, obtusz, ciliatze, per- 
sistentes. Corolla brevis, infundibularis, fauce pilis longiusculis obsita ; limbi lobi 4, 
breves, subpatentes, obtusi. Stamina 4, summo tubo corolle inserta ; antherze exserto. 
Discus . . . Ovarium 2-loculare ; stylus corolla brevior, ramis 2 brevibus obtusis. 
Drupa elongata, oblonga, compressa, opposite 2-sulca, 2-pyrena, pyrenis chartaceis 
l-spermis. Semina pendula, oblonga, compressa . . .—Frutex ramulis ssepius apice 
spinescentibus. Folia opposita, breviter petiolata, ovalia, acuta, membranacea, glabra. 
Flores parvuli, in racemum opposite ramosum terminalem dispositi, 
Species 1, ins. Martinique incola, a nobis non visa ; an potius inter Guettardeas locanda ? 
TaiBus XVI. | ALBERTE JE. 
220. Cremaspora, Benth. im Hook. Nig. Fl. 412.— Calycis tubus brevis, ovoideus ; 
limbus campanulatus, 5.-dentatus, persistens. Corolla hypocraterimorpha v. infundi- 
bularis, tubo brevi, fauce glabra v. pilos»; limbi lobi 5, lanceolati, acuti, stricte 
contorti. Stamina 5, ori tubi inserta, filamentis brevissimis ; antherse dorso affixe, 
exsert:ze, lineari-subulatz, longe apiculatz, basi 2-fidee. Discus inconspicuus. Ovarium 
2-loculare; stylus filiformis, exsertus, hirtus, stigmate gracili fusiformi; ovula in 
loculis solitaria, ab apice fere pendula. Bacca parva, ovoidea, coriacea, 2-locularis, 
2-rarius l-sperma. Semina pendula, oblonga, compressa, testa transverse striolata mem- 
branacea firma, albumine corneo; embryo parvus, axilis, cotyledonibus ovatis, radicula 
tereti elongata supera.— Frutices ramosi, glabri v. pubescentes, ramulis teretibus v. 
obtuse 4-gonis. Folia opposita, breviter petiolata, tenuiter coriacea, penninervia. 
Stipule intrapetiolares, latze, cuspidate, decidus. Flores parvi, in axillis foliorum 
fasciculati, albi, odori, bracteati. 
Species 3, Afrieze tropicze et Madagascarize incole. Walp. Ann. ii, 150. 
221. Polysphieria, Hook. f. gen. nov.— Calycis tubus brevissimus, obconicus ; limbus 
cupularis, truncatus, integer v. obscure 4-dentatus, persistens. Corolla infundibularis, - 
tubo brevi sub-cylindraceo, fauce villosa ; limbi lobi 4, ovati, acuminati, patentes, stricte - 
contorti. Stamina 4, corolle tubo inserta, Kisnphts brevibus; antherm dorso affixz, 
lanceolatz v. Hneerisobibdgs. acuminatze v. apiculatze, incluse v. j-exsert:ze. Discus 
parvus, tumidus. Ovarium 2-loculare ; stylus filiformis, hirsutus, ramis 2 brevibus; 
ovula in loculis solitaria, pendula, anatropa, septo supra medium affixa, brevia, dorso 
compressa. Fructus pisiformis, coriaceus, 1-2-locularis, 1-2-sperma. ^ Semina sub- 
orbicularia, plano-convexa, testa coriacea striato-sulcata, albumine dense corneo rumi- 
nato; embryo parvus, cotyledonibus orbiculatis planis, radicula breviuscula supera hilo 
proxima.—Frutices glaberrimi, ramulis tenuibus compressis interdum extra-alaribus. ' 
Folia opposita, breviter petiolata, elliptica, submembranacea, costa nervisque gracilibus. 
Stpule transverse elongatz, brevissim:e, caducz. Flores parvi, in glomerulos sessiles 
v. breviter pedunculatos dense congesti, bracteolati, singuli ealyculo cupulari insidentes. 
Species 2 v. 3, Africze orientalis tropieze et ins, Comoro incole. Genus Tyicalysie habitu, foribus 
eupulatis, eestivatione, antheris, stylo hirsuto, et testa analogum, sed oyula et semina valde diversa; 
