Anthospermec.] LXXXIV. RUBIACEJE. 139 - 
Fl. Austral. ii. 431. Bot. Mag. t. 0799. 4. Gray in Proc. Amer. Acad. iv. 306 (Coprosma calycina 
quee Hedyotis repens, Clos. l.c. iii. 208). Genus vix nisi habitu herbaeeo a Coprosma distinguendum. 
Gowosra, Mutis ez Linn. f. Suppl. 17, est verisimiliter Nertere species, fructu incaute poly- 
spermo descripto. 
301. Coprosma, Forst. Char. Gen. 197, t. 69.  (Marquisia, A4. Rich. Àn Mem. Soc. Hist. 
ANat. Par. v. 192.)—Flores polygamo-dioici. Calycis tubus ovoideus ; limbus annularis 
v. breviter tubulosus, truncatus v. 4-6-dentatus, persistens, Corolla infundibularis, 
tubo brevi v. subelongato, fauce glabra ; limbi lobi 4-6, revoluti, valvati. Stamina 4-6, 
fundo tubi corolle inserta, filamentis filiformibus; antherse dorso prope basin affixsw, 
longe exsertz, lineari-oblongz, apiculatz v. apice unguiculatz». ^ Discus obsoletus. 
Ovarium 2- rarissime 4-loculare; styli rami 2, a basi discreti, filiformes, longe exserti, 
- hispidi; ovula in loculis solitaria, e basi erecta, anatropa. JDrupa ovoidea v. globosa, 
carnosa, 2- rarissime 4-pyrena, pyrenis plano-convexis cartilagineis v. osseis 1-spermis. 
Semina plano-convexa, testa membranacea, albumine dense carnoso; embryo axilis, 
cotyledonibus foliaceis, radicula tereti infera.—Frutices v. arbusculw, erecti v prostrati, 
contusi foetidissimi. Folia opposita, petiolata v. subsessilia, ovata oblonga rotundata 
v. linearia. Stipule in vaginam cum petiolis connatz, acutz v. acuminats, integro 
v. dentatz. Flores inconspicui, solitarii v. in fasciculos terminales v. axillares sessiles 
v. pedunculatos dispositi, rarius capitati, albi v. virescentes. 
Species ad 35, perplurimse Nove Zelandise et ins. Sandvicensium incolz, paueze Australienses ot. 
Oceanies, una (Psychotria triflora, Hook. et Arn.) Fernandeziana. DC. Prod. iv. 078. Walp. Rep. 
ii. 462; vi. 25; 4nn.i. 370; v. 103. Benth. Fl. Austral. iii. 429. Hook. f. Handb. N. Zeal. Fl. 
110. Mig. FT. Ind. Bat.ii. 327.  G«erín. Fruct. 1. 182. 4. Gray in Proc. Amer. Acad. iv. 49, 306. 
Labill. Pl. Nov. Holl. t. 94 (Canthium), 95. | Endl. Iconogr. t. 131. — Hook. f. Fl. Ant. t. 13 ad 16; 
FL. Tus. i.t. 39. Ovarium interdum 4-loculare et bacca 4 pyrena in C. pumila. C? acutifolia, F. 
Muell., floribus 2 v. pluribus ealycibus connatis, certe non hujus generis. 
302. Normandia, Hook. F. Ic. Pl. t. 1121.— Flores hermaphroditi. Calycis tubus 
elongato-obeonicus, b-gonus; limbi lobi b, subulati, patentes, persistentes. Corolla 
infundibularis, fauce glabra; limbi lobi D, in fl. 9 breves erecti, in fl. ? longiores 
patentes revoluti, valvati. Stamina D, basi tubi coroll inserta, filamentis in fl. 9 
brevibus inclusis, in fl. (7 filiformibus exsertis; antherz magnze, dorso prope basin 
affixse, lineari-obovatse, obtuse, longe exsertz, loculis basi liberis acutis. Discus 
minutus, annularis. Ovarium 2-loculare ; styli rami 2, a basi discreti, filiformes, 
papillosi, demum longe exserti ; ovula linearia, in loculis solitaria, e basi erecta, anatropa. 
Fructus 2-coccus, lobis calycinis coronatus, coccis intus medio longitudinaliter dehis- 
centibus. Semina lineari-oblonga, teretiuscula, a dorso compressa, albumine carnoso ; 
embryo parvus, axilis, cotyledonibus orbiculatis, radicula tereti infera.— Arbuscula 
glaberrima, erecta, ramis virgatis acute 4-gonis. Folia opposita, breviter petiolata, 
coriacea, elliptico-ovata oblonga v. lanceolata, acuta v. obtusa, enervia. Stipuls inter- 
petiolares, ovats, acuize, integree v. fissse, persistentes. Flores parvi, in paniculas sub- 
corymbosas terminales dispositi, pedicellati, pedicellis ebracteolatis. 
Species 1, montium Novze Caledonig incola. Genus insigne, habitu Psychotrie, floribus Coprosme, 
et fructus fere Spermacocis. : 
303. Galopina, T7wnb. Diss. Gen. Nov. i. 3. (Oxyspermum, Eckl. et Zey. Enwum. Pl. Afr. 
Austr. 364.)—Flores dioici v. polygami. Calycis tubus obcordatus v. didymus ; limbus 
integer, persistens. Corolla infundibularis v. rotata, tubo brevi, fauce glabra ; limbi 
lobi 4-5, oblongo-lanceolati, revoluti, valvati. Stamina 4-b, tubo corolle inserta, 
filamentis filiformibus; anthersz dorso prope basin affixe, oblongse, exsertse. Discus 
minutus. Ovarium 2-loceulare ; styli rami 2, a basi discreti, filiformes, hirsuti, exserti ; 
ovula in loculis solitaria, e basi erecta, anatropa. Fructus obcordatus, didymus, in 
coccos 2 crustaceos v. papillosos muricatos indehiscentes tarde secedens. Semina erecta, 
testa endocarpio adh te, albumine carnoso ; embryo rectus, cotyledonibus foliaceis, 
