Psychotriee.] LXXXIV. RUBIACEAE. ? 126 
SrREBLOSA, Korth. im Ned. Kruidk. Arch. ii. 245, er Mig. F1. Ind. Bat. ii, 294, et in. Ann. Mus. 
Lugd. Bat.iv, 211 et 262, est, Psychotria tortilis, Blume (P. microcarpa, Wall.), species scandens, 
coroll: lobis leviter imbricatis, sub sectione Mapouria supra recensita. 
. ZwAARDEKRONIA, Korth. l.c. ii. 262 est P. lurida, Bl. (Chasalia lurida, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 282, 
C. curviflora, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iv. 204). 
HyzacruM, Beauv. Fl. Ow. et Ben. 1i. 83, £. 113, est vix dubitanter ad Psychotriam referendum. 
264. Palicourea, Aubl. Pl. Gui. i. 172, t. 66. (Galvania, Vand. Fl. Lus. et Bras. 15. 
1. 1, f. 7, et in .Roem. Script. 89, t. 6, f. 7. Stephanium, Schreb. Gen. 194.  Colladonia, 
Spreng. Syst. i. 516.)— Calycis tubus hemisphericus v. ,turbinatus ; limbus annularis 
cupularis v. subeampanulatus, integer v. 5-lobus, lobis ssepissime brevissimis, persistens. 
Corollz tubus elongatus, rectus v. curvus, squalis v. basi gibbus y. ventricosus, ad v. 
infra £aucem villosus; limbi lobi b, breves v. elongati, simplices, valvati. Stamina 5, 
fauci corolla inserta, filamentis brevibus v. elongatis ; anthers dorso prope basin affixze, 
incluse v. exsertw, lineares, obtusz. Discus annularis pulvinaris v. conicus. Ovarium 
2- rarissime 3-5-loculare ; stylus simplex, ramis 2 brevibus ; ovula in loculis solitaria, e 
basi erecta, compressa. Bacca globosa, rarius oblonga, 2- rarius 3-5-pyrena, pyrenis cori- 
aceis v. crustaceis, facie ventrali rarissime longitudinaliter sulcata. Semina erecta, plano- 
convexa, dorso ssepius profunde 5-sulcata, facie venirali plana v. exsculpta, testa mem- 
branacea, albumine dense carnoso ; embryo ad basin albuminis minutus, cotyledonibus 
planis radicula brevi obtusa infera paulo latioribus.—Frutices, habitu varii, ramulis 
teretibus v. 4-gonis. Folia opposita v. 3-4-natim verticillata. Stipulw variw, swpius 
intrapetiolares, in vaginam connats, utrinque 2-cuspidatz v. 2-partit». Flores parvi v. 
 majusculi in thyrsos racemos corymbosve compositos sessiles v. ssepius pedunculatos 
.terminales rarius axillares dispositi, sessiles v. breviter pedicellati, nudi v. bracteolati, 
colore vario nunquam ccruleo. Fructus parvus. 
Species ad 100, Ameriez tropice incole. DC. Prod.iv. 524. Walp. Rep. ii. 471; vi.39; Amm. 
1.972; v. 107. Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 345. H. B. et K. Nov. Gen. et. Sp. iii. t. 285. St. Hil. 
Pl. Rem. Bras. t. 22, et in Mem. Mus. xii. t. 11. Wawra, Bot. Maximil. Reise, t. 15,106. 
NowaTELL, Aubl. Pl. Gui. i. 182, t. 70, DC. Prod. iv. 466, Walp. Anm. v. 114, (Onrpasta, 
Schreb. Gen. 123), a Palicourea non differt nisi ovario 4—5-loculari et drupa 4-ó-pyrena. Icon 
analytiea A. Rich, in Mem. Soc. Hist. Nat. Par. v. t. 19, n. 2 cum explicatione ibid. 300 sub. Nona- 
telia longiflora, Aubl. nec cum icone Aubletiana Pl. Gui. t. 71 nec cum notis A. Richardii ipsius ibid. 
175 et 207 convenit, et a Nonatelia toto cclo differt flore 4-mero, OrüDE medio angulo interiori 
loculi peltatim affixis, nec non semine et embryone. 
Ruoposroxa, Seheidw. in. Otto et Dietr. Allgem. Gartenzeit., x. 286, er Walp. Rep. vi. 78; Ann. v. 
137, Moore, Mag. Bot. 1850,65, cum ic. est, Palicouree species Mexicana, corolle tubo fere recto, ct 
drup» putamine coriaceo. 
265. Rudgea, Salisb. in Trans. Linn. Soc. viii. 327, t. 18, 19.—Calycis tubus ovoideus 
v. obeonicus ; limbus brevis, 5- rarius 4-fidus v. -partitus, persistens, lobis erectis v. 
patentibus, dentibus accessoriis interdum interjectis. Corolla glabra v. villosa ; cylin- 
dracea v. infundibularis, tubo recto ssepius elongato, fauce nuda v. barbata; limbi lobi 5, 
rarius 4, erecti v. patentes, dorso sub apice s:epissime cucullati corniculati v. ad apicem 
longe inflexi, coriacei, valvati. Stamina 5, rarius 4, fauci corolle inserta, filamentis brevi- 
bus v. elongatis; anthersz dorso aflix:e, rire inclusz v. exsertz. Discus varius. 
Ovarium 2-loculare ; stylus filiformis v. colummaris, ramis 2 orbiculatis v. oblongis ; 
ovula in loculis solitaria, e basi erecta, anatropa. Fructus siecus v. succosus, 2-py- 
renus, pyrenis plano-convexis dorso levibus v. sulcatis, facie ventrali longitudinaliter 
suleata. Semina pyren:e conformia, albumine corneo ; embryo axilis, brevis v. elongatus, 
cotyledonibus subfoliaceis, radicula elongata infera.—Frutices v. arbuscule, glabri v. 
pubescentes. Folia opposita, subsessilia v. petiolata, coriacea.  Stipuls sspe cartila- 
i saltem superiores 3-co-setosw v. ciliis seu laciniis cartilagineis marginalibus v. 
dorsalibus demum s:zepe delitescentibus ornate, interdum crasse coriacem et inflatz. 
Flores mediocres v. majusculi, paniculati, siepe ad apices ramulorum paniculze ioco 
3-5-ni, sessiles v. pedicellati, rarius capitati. Fructus parvus. 
