Anthospermea. ] LXXXIV. RUBIACEZE. 137 
fasciculata, linearia, carnosula, subacuta, scaberula, marginibus revolutis. Stipule in 
vaginam inconspicuam 2-3-dentatam cum petiolis connatz.  Inflorescentialanata. Flores 
ad apices ramulorum subcapitatim paniculati, pedunculis pedicellisque brevibus foliatis. 
Corolla setis crassiusculis scaberula. 
Species 1, Afriez australis incola. Harv. et Sond. F1. Cap. iii. 32 (Anthospermum Crócyllis). . Ab 
Anthospermo differt stigmatibus et inflorescentia. 
295. Otiophora, Zuccar. in Abhandl. Baiersch. Akad. Wiss. i. 315.— Calycis tubus 
obovoideus; limbus 65-dentatus, dentibus 1 v. 2 foliaceo-expansis, ceteris parvis v. 
minutis, persistens. Corolla hypocraterimorpha, tubo gracillimo, fauce glabra ; limbi 
lobi 4, lineari-oblongi v. -lanceolati, patentes, valvati. Stamina 4, corollz fauci inserta, 
filamentis filiformibus ; antherz» dorso prope basin aflixsz, oblongs, exserts. Discus 
obsoletus. Ovarium 2-loculare ; stylus filiformis, ramis 2 capillaribus glabris exsertis ; 
ovula in loculis solitaria, e basi erecta, angusta, compressa, anatropa. Capsula ovoidea, 
didyma, menibranacea, calycis lobis 1 v. 2 foliaceis auriculata, 2-locularis, in coccos 
2 indehiscentes secedens, 2-sperma. Semina erecta, oblongo-ovoidea, dorso convexa, 
ventre planiuscula longitudinaliter sulcata, testa membranacea granulata, albumine dense 
carnoso; embryo axilis, cotyledonibus foliaceis ovatis, radicula tereti infera.—Suffrutices 
v. herbs, erecti v. prostrati et radicantes, ramulis teretibus. Folia inter minora, 
opposita, ovata v. lineari-lanceolata. Stipule in vaginam brevem setoso-ciliatam cum 
petiolis connatz. Flores minuti, axillares v. in spicas graciles laxas ebracteatas 
terminales dispositi, interdum gemini. 
Species 3, Madagascearienses. —JWalp. Rep. vi. 34. 
296. mritehella, Linn. Gen. n. 134.— Flores ad apicem pedunculi geminatim (ope 
calycum) connati. OCalycis tubus ovoideus ; limbus 3-6-dentatus, persistens. Corolla 
infundibularis, fauce barbata; limbi lobi 3-6, intus barbati, recurvi, valvati. Stamina 
3-6, fauci coroll inserta, filamentis robustis; antherse dorso prope basin affixs, 
oblongs, exsertze. Discus parvus. Ovarium 4-loculare; stylus filiformis, ramis 4 
brevibus filiformibus undique hirsutis exsertis; ovula in loculis solitaria, e basi erecta, 
anatropa. Fructus e drupis 2 globosis connatis constans, 8-pyrenus, pyrenis osseis obtuse 
S-gonis. Semina erecta, testa firma albumini subcartilagineo adhsrente ; embryo 
minutus, cotyledonibus brevissimis obtusis, radicula crassa infera.— Herbs glabre v. 
puberule, repentes. Folia opposita, breviter petiolata, ovato-rotundata.  Stipuls inter- 
petiolares, minute. Flores parvi, axillares et terminales, albi, odori, ebracteati. 
Fructus coccineus. 
.. Species 2, altera per Americam borealem a Mexico ad Canadam dispersa, altera Japonica. DC. Prod. 
iv. 452. Lam. lllustr. t. 63. Gertn. Fruct. ii. 1. 192. Walp. Ann.i.980. Lodd. Bot. Cat. t. 919. 
2971 Xelloggia, Torr. in Bot. U. S. Expl. Exp. ii. t. 6, sine descr. —Calycis tubus ob- 
ovoideus, compressus; limbi dentes 4, subulati, persistentes. Corolla infundibularis, 
fauce glabra ; limbi lobi 4, oblongo-lanceolati, valvati. Stamina 4, fauci corolla inserta, 
filamentis compressis; anthers dorso prope basin affix:z, lineares, acuts, exsertze. 
Discus inconspicuus. Ovarium 2-loculare ; stylus filiformis, ramis 2 filiformibus brevius- 
culis undique papillosis ; ovula in loculis solitaria, e basi erecta, anatropa. Fructus 
parvus, oblongus, coriaceus, 2-coccus, coccis dorso convexis facie planis. Semina 
pericarpio adhserentia, erecta, oblonga, testa tenuissima, albumine carnoso; embryo 
magnus, cotyledonibus foliaceis elliptico-l latis radieculam inferam cylindraceam 
longitudine sequantibus.— Herba gracilis, erecta, glabra'v. pubescens, caule tenui basi 
sublignoso tortuoso, ramis gracilibus erectis teretibus. Folia opposita, sessilia, lanceolata, 
obtusa. Stipule interpetiolares, late triangulares, obtuss. Flores parvi, longe pedi- 
cellati, in eymas terminales dichotomas paucifloras dispositi, pedicellis apice incrassatis 
cum flore articulatis. Corolla extus hirta. Calyx et fructus setis uncinatis hispiduli. 
Species 1 (v. 2, altera glabra, altera pubescens), montium Californim incola. Herba tribum Stel- 
latarum multis notis revocans, sed foliis oppositis stipulatis, stigmatibusque filiformibus undique 
papillosis recedens. 
