136 LXXXIV. RUBIACEJE. [Paderiec. 
ramis brevibus erectis teretibus. Folia opposita, petiolata, late ovata v. ovato-cordata, 
penninervia.  Stipuls interpetiolares, late triangulares, dentatz v. inciss, persistentes. 
Flores rosei, axillares, pedicellis bracteolatis, v. in eymas imperfectas subterminales 
dispositi. 
Species 1l, Japonie incola. Genus dubism affinitatis, ad exemplar unieum et analyses bonas & 
Maximoviezio benevole communicatas descriptum, fructus e descriptione Miquelii qui incaute inter 
Bloragineas genus locavit. t 
Tuisus XXIII. ANTHOSPERMEJE. 
292. Putoria, Pers. Syn». i. 524.— Calycis tubus elongato-ovoideus ; limbus breviter 
iubulosus, obtuse insequaliter 4-dentatus, persistens. Corolla infundibulari-tubulosa, 
tubo elongato, fauce nuda ; limbi lobi 4, breviusculi, patentes, obtusi, valvati. Stamina 
4, ori coroll» inserta, filamentis crassiusculis ; antherze dorso prope basin affixze, lineari- 
'oblongse, exsertz. Discus parvus, tumidus. Ovarium 2-loculare; stylus elongatus, 
 Sligmate non incrassato 2-dentato ; ovula in loculis solitaria, e basi erecta, anatropa. 
Drupa lineari-oblonga, dipyrena, pyrenis dure cartilagineis carne tenui indutis demum 
solutis. Semina lineari-oblonga, plano-convexa, testa membranacea, albumine carnoso ; 
embryo magnus, axilis, cotyledonibus linearibus planis radicula crassiuscula elongata. 
infera paulo latioribus.—Fruticuli humiles, contriti foetidi, rigiduli, ramosi, sparse 
pubescentes, ramulis teretiusculis. Folia opposita, breviter petiolata, lineari-oblenga, 
subcarnosula. Stipulse interpetiolares, breves, obtuss. Flores ad apices ramorum 
fascieulati, pollicares, breviter pedicellati, albi v. purpurei, pedicellis bracteolatis, 
bracteolis parvis. 
Species 2 v. 3, per regionem Mediterraneam, a Lüsitania et Barbaria ad Syriam disperse. DC. 
Prod. iv. 871 (excl. sp. 2). Relchb. le. Fl. Germ. xvii. t. 1182. L'Hér. Stirp. t. 32 (Asperula). 
Sibth. Fl. Gr. t. 143 (Ernodea). 
293. Plocama, Ait. Hort. Kew. i. 992. (Placodium, Pers Syn. i. 210. Bartlingia, 
Reichb. in Flora, 1824, 241.  Plocama et Placoma, Gael. Syst. ii. pars i. 296, 390.)— Calycis 
tubus globosus ; limbus 5-dentatus, persistens. Corolla infundibulari-campanulata, tubo 
brevi, fauce pilosa ; limbi lobi b-7, oblongo-lanceolati, apice inflexo calloso, valvati. 
Stamina 5-7, fauci corolle inserta, filamentis. brevissimis ; antherz dorso prope basin 
affixse, magn:e, lineari-oblongs, subexserts. Discus annularis. Ovarium 2-3-loculare ; 
stylus à basi ad apicem papillosus, obtuse 2-3-dentatus, superne sensim incras- 
satus, clavatus ; ovula in loculis solitaria, a basi erecta, anaitropa. Bacca parva, 
globosa, alba, succosa, 2-3-locularis, septis carnosis. Semina erecta, pyriformia, plano- 
convexa, ventre longitudinaliter sulcata, testa tenui albumini parco cartilagineo 
adhsrente ; embryo magnus, axilis, cotyledonibus oblongis obtusis, radicula tereti 
infera.—Frutex erectus, ramosus, contritus foetidus, ramis gracillimis pendulis. Folia 
opposita v. 4-natim verticillata, lineari-elongata, filiformia, acuta, flaccida. Stipule in 
vaginam brevem scariosam connatz, persistentes. Flores minuti, axillares et terminales, 
pedunculis pedicellisque brevibus. 
Species 1, ins. Canariensium incola. Z?'eichb. lconogr. Exot. t. 1l.  Gertn. Fruct. ii. t, 196. 
Webb et Berth. Phytogr. Canar. 3i. 191. Fructus miburus a nobis non visus. 
294. Crocylüs, E. Mey. Pl. Drege Exs.—Flores parvuli, abortu unisexuales. Calycis 
tubus turbinatus, dense setoso-lanuginosus ; limbi lobi 5, ovato-lanceolati, persistemes, 
in fl. d" breviores. Corolla rotata, fauce nuda ; limbi lobi 5, seabri, recurvi, valvati. 
Stamina D, fauci corolle inserta, in fl. 9 imperfecta, filamentis breviusculis; antherz 
dorso prope basin affixs, magnz, oblongse, exserte. Discus inconspicuus. Ovarium 
2-loculare ; stylus brevis, ramis 2 validis exsertis subcylindraceis patentibus undique 
papillosis, in fl. d? brevioribus; ovula in loculis solitaria, e basi erecta, anatropa. 
Fructus immaturus 2-coccus. femina, . . —PFrutex ramosus, ramis tenuibus divaricatis 
teretibus, ultimis incanis, cortice albo. Folia íparva, opposita v. in ramulis abbreviatis 
