Pederiec.] LXXXIV. RUBIACEJE. 135 
opposita, petiolata, membranacea, late ovato-cordata v. orbicularia, acuminata. Stipule 
intrapetiolares, latze, deciduze. Flores in eymas axillares longe pedunculatas subcapita- 
tim congestas v. dissitifloras dispositi, subsessiles, Fructus majusculus. 
Species ad 5, Madagascaris et, Afriez tropicz orientalis incole. DC. Prod. iv. 470, 
289. zamiltonia, Korb. Hort. Calc. 15; Fl. Ind. i. 564. . (Spermadictyon, Roxb. Cor. 
Pl. iii. 32, t. 236).—Calycis tubus ovoideus ; limbus b-partitus, segmentis subulatis per- 
sistentibus. Corolla infundibularis, tubo elongato recto; limbi lobi 5, breves, oblongi, 
valvati. Stamina 5, fauci coroll; inserta, filamentis brevibus subulatis; anthers dorso 
infra medium affixz, inclusz, obovato-oblongs, utrinque obtuse. Discus pulvinaris. 
Ovarium 65-suleatum, exocarpio ab endocarpio 5-loculari soluto, septis cito evanidis ; 
stylus filiformis, apice 5-fidus, ramis linearibus truncatis v. obtusis; ovula in loculis 
solitaria, e basi erecta, anatropa. Capsula ab apice 5-valvis, 5-sperma. Semina ob- 
longa, triquetra, testa in laminas 2 secedente, exteriore e tela reticulata laxe areolata basi 
3-valvi, interiore e membrana carnosula raphe percursa constante ; embryo orthotropus, 
cotyledonibus foliaeeis induplieatis cordatis, radicula tereti infera.— Frutices hispido- 
piloss v. glabrats, 3-chotome ramosz, ramulis teretibus. Folia opposita, petiolata, con- 
tusa foetida, ovato-lanceolata, nervosa. Stipule breves, intrapetiolares, latz, acutz, 
persistentes. Flores ad apices ramulorum in paniculas late 3-chotome ramosas fasciculati 
v. subumbellati, albi v. ccerulei, suaveolentes, bracteis bracteolisque rdi ane 
: Fructus parvus. 
Species 3-4, Indie orientalis tropiere et subtropiez, Chins, et Asdfpsiigi Indiei incole. DC. 
Prod.iv.462. Walp. Hep. ii. 488; vi. 50. Lindl. in Bot. Reg.t. 848 et 1236.  Dene im Jacquem. 
Voy. Bot. t. 91. 
290. Xeptodermis, Wall. i» Rob. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey, ii. 191.—Flores dimorphi. Calycis 
tubus obconicus; limbi lobi 5, elliptico-ovati, ciliati, persistentes, indurati. Corolla 
elongato-infundibularis, tubo intus piloso, fauce nuda; limbi lobi 5, rarius 4, patentes, 
valvati. Stamina 5, rarius 4, infra faucem coroll» inserta, filamentis brevibus; anthero» 
dorso affixs, lineari-oblongs, in fl. d exsertce, in fl. Q tubo incluss et effoste. Discus 
depressus. Ovarium 5-loculare ; stylus filiformis, stigmatibus 5 linearibus ubique papil- 
losis, in fl. 9 exsertis; ovula in loculis solitaria, e basi erecta, cylindracea, anatropa. 
Capsula oblonga v. subcylindracea, teretiuscula, costata, 5-locularis, ab apice ad basin 
b-valvis, valvis ab utriculis 5 1-spermis fibroso-reticulatis secedentibus. Semina erecta, 
linearia, utrieulo laxe areolato (testam mentiente) inclusa, testa membranacea, albumine 
carnoso; embryo basin versus albuminis rectus, cotyledonibus latis compressis, radicula 
clongata tereti infera.— Frutices ramosi, glabri v. puberuli, contusi fcetidi, ramis tereti- 
bus virgatis. Folia opposita, breviter petiolata, lanceolata. Stipule latw, acutz, per- 
sistentes. Flores ad apices ramorum et ramulorum brevium axillarium sessiles, 3-ni v. 
subcapitatim fasciculati, singuli bracteis 2 cuspidatis in involucrum subcylindraceum con- 
natis inclusi, albi v. rosei. Capsula parva. r 
Species 3-4, montium Himalays et Bengaliw orientalis incole, una boreali-Chinensis. DC. 
Prod.iv. 462.  Walp. Hep. ii. 488. ; 
291? Pseudopyxis, Mig. in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii. 189.— Calycis tubus brevis, 
subglobosus ; limbi 5-partiti tubus brevis; lobi ovato-lanceolati, persistentes, in fructu 
reticulatim venosi. Corolla anguste tubuloso-infundibularis, fauce glabra ; limbi lobi 5, 
patentes, late ovati, sinuato-trilobi, induplicatim valvati. Stamina 5, medio tubo 
eorolle inserta; anthers sessiles, dorso affixz, incluss, lineari-óblongs. Discus car- 
nosus, calycis tubum supra ovarium vestiens. . Ovarium 4—5-loculare, loculis calycis tubo 
septis angustis adnatis; stylus filiformis, ramis 4-5 filiformibus breviter exsertis undique 
papillosis ; ovula in Jieolis solitaria, prope basin anguli interioris adscendentia, anatropa, 
mieropyle infera. Fructus parvus, calycis lobis stellatim expansis coronatus, e coccis 
4—b indehiscentibus tubo calycis laxe indutis constans. Semina .. .—Herba parvula, 
depressa, habitu Ophiorhize, laxe pubescenti-pilosa, pilis cellulosis, rhizomate repente, 
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