Psychotriec.] LXXXIV. RUBIAQEAE. - 123 
2-partibilis, carne parca, pyrenis osseis dorso convexis, facie ventrali medio costatis. 
Semen erectum, testa membranacea, albumine carnoso-corneo ; embryo parvus, coty- 
ledonibus lanceolatis, radicula infera.—Fruticulus pseudo-parasiticus. Folia opposita, 
coriacea, oblonga, utrinque acuminata, supra velutino-nitentia. Stipule . . .—Flores 
minuti, in corymbos terminales trichotome ramosos dispositi. Fructus parvus. 
:Speeies 1, Javanica. Mig. Fl. [nd. Bat.ii. 302. DC. Prod. iv. 483 (Chiococca javanica, Bl.). 
Deseriptio e Miquelio l.c. Flores et fructus immaturos tantum examinavimus. 
262. Cleisocratera, Korth.| Verhandl. Nat. Geschied. 256, t. 62.—Calycis tubus ob- 
conicus, basi cum ovario connatus; limbi dentes 4, obtusi, persistentes. ^ Corolla 
subrotata, tubo brevi intus. pubescente ; limbi lobi 4, oblongi, obtusi, valvati. Stamina 
4, fauci corolle inserta, filamentis brevibus linearibus ; antherz dorso supra basin 
affixze, inclusz, oblongse, utrinque obtuss. Discus carnosus. Ovarium 2-loculare ; 
stylus teres, glaber, ramis linearibus obtusis; ovula in loculis solitaria, e basi erecta. 
Fructus siccus, ovoideus, calyce urceolato inclusus, dipyrenus, pyrenis Jiboloüvatis 
dorso sulcatis l-spermis. Semina oblonga, plano-convexa, testa membranacea, albumine 
sub-corneo; embryo axilis, longitudine nuclei, cotyledonibus brevibus ovalibus sub- | 
'carnosis, radicula cylindracea basi incrassata.—Arbuscula, ramulis teretibus abortu 
alternis, junioribus oppositis. Folia insqualia, opposita, sessilia, basi subcordata, 
obseure serrulata, utrinque glabra. Stipule intrapetiolares, subulatz, scarioss. ^ Flores 
parvi, albi in cymas paucifloras terminales gracile pedunculatas dispositi, pedicellati, 
bracteis minutis oblongis acuminatis. Fructus parvus. 
' Species 1, ins. Borneo ad lacum Babay incola. Mig. FI. [nd. Bat. ii, 3883 (ad Loganiaceas relata), et 
in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. iv. 256. 
263. Psychotria, Linn. Gen. n. 229. (Myrstiphyllum, P. Br. Hist. Jom. 152, et 
Psychotrophum, ejusd. l. c. 160, t. 13, f. 1, 2.)—Flores hermaphroditi, rarius polygamo- 
dioici, exinvolucrati, v. bracteis basi angustatis involucrati. Calycis tubus brevis ; 
limbus rarius persistens. Corolla infundibularis tubulosa v. subcampanulata, tubo 
brevi'v. elongato recto, fauce nuda pilosa v. villosa; limbi lobi 5, rarius 4 v. 6, 
valvati. Stamina b, rarius 4 v. 6, fauci v. ori coroll inserta, filamentis brevibus v. 
subelongatis; antherz dorso prope basin affixs, lineares v. oblong:e, obtuss, inclusse 
v. exserizs. Discus varius. Ovarium 2-loculare ; stylus brevis v. elongatus, glaber 
v. pilosus, ramis 2 brevibus subulatis v. linearibus rarius spathulatis ; ovula in loculis 
solitaria, e basi erecta, anatropa, scpissime cuneata. Bacca v. drupa parva, ovoidea 
globosa v. pyriformis, interdum  didyma, levis v. costata, 2-pyrena v. in coccos 2 
endocarpio coriaceo partibilis, 2-sperma, coccis s;epius intus longitudinaliter dehiscenti- 
bus. Semina pyrenis conformia, dorso convexa, levia, costata v. sulcata, facie ventrali 
plana v. rarius concava, sspe longitudinaliter sulcata, testa tenui interdum intra suleum 
albuminis intrusa, albumine dense carnoso v. corneo, squabili v. ruminato ; embryo 
basin versus seminis dorsalis, parvus, cotyledonibus planis ovatis orbiculatis v. lanceo- 
latis, radicula tereti infera.—Frutices v. arbusculs, rarius herb: perennes, erecti scan- 
dentes v. volubiles, ramulis teretibus v. 4-gonis. Folia opposita, rarissime 3-4-natim 
verticillata.  Stipulw intrapetiolares, utrinque solitariwte v. gemins, sepe in vaginam 
connats», decidus v. persistentes. Flores in corymbos cymas paniculasve terminales v. 
rarius axillares dispositi, rBrius in axillis fasciculati v. capitati, parvi v. inter minores 
rarius elongati, albi virides rosei v. flavi, bracteati v. ebracteati. 
Species ad. 500 inter tropieis totius orbis obviz, in Ameriea frequentiores. Genus polymorphum 
a. Cephailide, Palicourea, et, Chasalia, characteribus nullis certis distinguendum. — DC. Prod. iv. 504 
(excl. sp.)  Walp. Hep. ii. 471; vi. 40; 4mm. i. 372; ji. 740; v. 108. — Griseb, Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 
339; Cat. Pl. Cub. 134. Thu. Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 148. Benth. Fl. Hongk. 161; Fl. Austral. iii. 426. 
Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 283 et 279 (Chasalie sp.), et in Ann. Mus. Bot. iv. 204. 4. Gray, Proc. Amer. 
Acad. iv. 45 et 44 (Chasalia). Seem. Fl. Vit. 194... H. Mann. Enum. Hawaii Pl. 169. Gertni iw 
i. 120, t, 25. 
