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limbi lobi 4, oblongi v. rarius elongati, valvati, marginibus interdum reduplicatis. 
Stamina 4, fauci v. tubo corollz inserta, filamentis brevibus v. elongatis; anthers; dorso 
basi affixs, lineares, incluss v. exsertz». Discus tumidus, annularis v.  conieus. 
Ovarium 1-loculare, rarissime septo tenuissimo 2-loculare; stylus filiformis, ramis 2 
brevibus linearibus; ovula amphitropa, erecta, column:e brevissimse basilari inserta, 
faciebus ventralibus connatis, septo nullo (rarissime tenuissimo) interposito. Fructus 
coriaceus, ovoideus, teres v. compressus, 1-locularis, 1-spermus, endocarpio membranaceo 
v. coriaceo. Semen suberectum v. ssepius parieti loculi-hilo lato ventrali sub-basilari v. 
ventrali affixum, testa membranacea, albumine corneo ; embryo minutus, hilo approxi- 
matus v. remotus, cotyledonibus minimis planiusculis, radicula maeropoda subclavata 
infera.—Arbores v. suffrutices, ramulis sspius teretibus. Folia opposita, coriacea v. 
membranacea, sessilia v. petiolata, ssepius oblonga v. lanceolata. Stipule intrapetiolares, 
siepissime in vaginam connats, rarius breves et cuspidatz. Inflorescentia terminalis, 
varia, floribus sessilibus v. pedicellatis albis. 
Species ad 20, Ameriez tropieze precipue Brasili: incole. DC. Prod. iv. 493.  Walp. Rep. ii. 
480, vi. 44 (an Aujus generis). Popp. et Endl. Nov. Gen. et Sp. t. 231. Ruiz et Pav. Fl. Per. t. 
214, 216 (Coffea). Karst. Fl. Colomb. t. 107. Genus a Faramea ssepe tegre distinguendum, includit 
Farameam. Martini, DC., F. contractam, Walp., F. gracilifloram, Mart. et inter alias, species se- 
quentes Benthami, F. Schomburgkiana, nemoralis, hydrangeafolia, cornifolia, capitata, et. nodosa. 
Ovarium 2-loculare, septo crasso, ut in icone Jussieui depicto, nunquam vidimus. 
207. Faramea, Aubl. Pl. Gui, i. 102, t. 40; A. Rich. àn Mem. Soc. Hist. Nat. Par. v. 
175, t. 17. (Antoniana, Tuss. Fl. Antill. 2. t. 16, ex Griseb. Fl. Brit. W.. Ind. 338. 
Tetramerium, Gaertn. Fruct. iii. 90, t. 196). —Calycis tubus ovoideus globosus v. turbinatus, 
teres v. 4-gonus ; limbus cupularis v. breviter tubulosus, persistens, truncatus, rarissime 
4-dentatus. Corolla infundibularis v. tubulosa, tubo brevi v. elongato, fauce nuda ; limbi 
lobi szepius elongato-lineares v. lanceolati, patentes v. recurvi, valvati, marginibus inter- 
dum replieatis. Stamina 4, fauci v. tubo coroll interdum basin versus inserta, fila- 
mentis brevissimis v. longiusculis; antherz dorso prope basin aflxs, exserto v. 
inclusz, lineares, obtusz v. apiculatze. | Discus tumidus, nunc elongatus. Ovarium 
l-loculare ; stylus filiformis, ramis 2 brevibus linearibus rarius connatis; ovula, 
gemina, basilaria, collateralia, erecta, amphitropa. Fructus coriaceus, spheseroideus v. 
transverse oblongus, rarius oblongus, teres v. costatus, l-locularis, l-spermus. Semen 
basilare, spheeroideum rarissime ovoideum, basi sspissime profunde exsculptum, testa 
tenui, albumine corneo ; embryo minutus, lateralis v. basilaris, cotyledonibus minimis 
planis, radicula macropoda cenirifuga v. hilo proxima.—A rbusculz v. frutices, ssepissime 
glaberrimi, ramulis compressis teretibus v. 4-gonis. Folia opposita, coriacea v. mem- 
branacea, sepius oblonga v. lanceolata. Stipule intrapetiolares, sspe breves, persis- 
tentes, cuspidatz v. longe aristatz, rarius elongatz in vaginam 2-euspidatam connats» et 
valde decidus. Inflorescentia terminalis, varia; flores inter minores, albi, brocienói v. 
ebracteati. 
Species ad 40, Americz tropiez, precipue DBrasilie incole. DO. Prod. iv. 496. . Walp. Rep. ii. 
478; vi. 43; Ann. ii. 750, exclusis speciebus plurimis ad Coussareaz referendis. 
Species in series sequentes distribuendz: " 
a. Flores ebracteati. Calycis limbus truncatus, integer. Stipule breves, latm, cuspidatw v. 
aristate. F. odoratissima, DC. 1. c., Tetramerium, Gertn. 1. c., Coffea, Jacq. Stirp. Amer. 67, t. 47, 
(Coffee sect. Potima, Pers. Syn. i. 209), F. sessiliflora, Aubl. Pl. Gui. t. 405; Tetramerium jasminoides, 
H. B. et K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. iii..t. 287; F. aziliflora, DO., F. marginata et F. stenopetala, Mart. F. 
montevidensis, Cham. et Schlecht., F. paniculata et F. corymbosa, Aubl., F. Purdieana, Denth., alizque. 
b. Flores ebracteati. Calycis limbus integer. Stipule in vaginam cylindraceam longe connatze. 
F.maynensis, Spruce, F. salicifolia, Presl, Symb. Bot. t. 70, F. angustifolia, Spruce, F. cuspidata, 
Benth., et F. quinqueflora, Pepp. et Endl. Nov. Gen. et Sp. t. 234, fig. sinist. 
c. Flores ebracteati. Calycis limbus 4-dentatus v. -lobatus. 'Stipulz breves, late,cuspidatm. F. 
Jfilipes, Mart., F. leptoloba, Spreng. 
d, Flores bracteis amplis involuerati, ...F. bracteata et. F. pulchella, Benth. ;: F. anisocalyz, Poepp- 
et Endl. Nov. Gen. et Sp. ii. 28, 1 
