. 142 LXXXIV. RUBIACELE. , [Anthospermec. 
. 
Folia petiolata, ovata v. lanceolata. Stipule in vaginam interpetiolarem obtusam cum 
petiolis connatze. ^ Umbelli terminales, sessiles, szepe foliis verticillatis involucrats. 
Species 1, Australim orientalis incola. Benth. Fl. Ausíral.ii. 430. 4. Rich. im Mem. Soc. Hist. 
Nat. Par. v. t. 18, f. 1. 
310, £leutbranthes, F. Muell. Fragm. Phyt. Austral. iv. 92.—Flores hermaphroditi, 
Sericeo-hirsuti, in capitula globosa aggregati at non connaüi. Calycis tubus ovoideus ; 
limbi lobi 4-5, lineari-oblongi, obtusi, zequales v. inzequales, persistentes. ^ Corolla 
tenuiter membranacea, infundibularis, fauce glabra, limbi lobi 4—5, revoluti, ciliati, 
valvati. Stamina 4-5, basi tubi corolle inserta; filamentis capillaribus; antherc 
dorso prope basin affix:z, lineari-oblongs, apiculatz, exsertz. Discus obsoletus. Ova- 
rium 1-loculare ; styli rami 2, à basi fere discreti, filiformes, hispidi, exserti ; ovulum 
solitarium, e basi erectum, obovoideum, plano-compressum, anatropum. Fructus (im- 
maturus) siecus, epicarpio ab endocarpio v. putamine ovoideo subcompresso grosse 
papilloso coriaceo secedente. Semen ut videtur endocarpio conforme, eique arcte 
adhserens. . . .—Herba parvula, annua, procumbens, sericeo-hirsuta. Folia petiolata, 
ovata, subacuta. Stipul:e in vaginam brevem interpetiolarem connatze. Flores numero- 
sSissimi, minuti, in capitula terminalia aggregati, ebracteolati. 
Species 1, Australiw austro-occidentalis incola. Bent. Fl. Austral. iii. 437. 
'(Tauisus XXIV. SPERMACOCEX. 
311. Hydrophylax, Linn. f. Suppl. 126. (Sarissus, Gwrin. Fruct. i. 118, t. 25.)]— 
Calycis tubus oblongo-ovoideus, 4-gonus ; limbus 4-partitus, segmentis ovato-lanceolatis 
acutis persistentibus. ^ Corolla subcarnosa, infundibulari-campanulata, tubo intus 
annulo villoso instructo ; limbi lobi 4, ovati, valvati. Stamina 4, fauci coroll» inserta, 
filamentis filiformibus ; antherz dorso prope basin affixc, lineares, exsertse. Discus 
carnosus. Ovarium 2-loculare ; stylus filiformis, pubescens, stigmate obscure 2-lobo ; 
'ovula in loculis solitaria, septo peltatim affixa, amphitropa. Fructus magnus, suberosus, 
compressus, curvus, oblongo-ovoideus, 4-queter, inter angulos carinatus, 1-2-locularis, 
2-spermus. Semina lineari-oblonga, dorso convexa, facie longitudinaliter profunde 
sulcata, sulco intus carinato, umbilico ventrali, testa minute granulata albumimi cartila- 
gineo adhsrente; embryo subdorsalis, rectus, cotyledonibus lanceolatis subfoliaceis, 
radicula elongata tereti infera. — Herba subsucculenta, repens, glabra, ramis teretiusculis. 
Folia opposita, sessilia, ovata v. oblonga.  Stipule in vaginam cupularem integram 
v. dentatam cum petiolis connaiz, persistentes. ^ Flores majusculi, axillares, sub- 
solitarii, pallide lilacini, breviter pedicellati. 
Species 3, quarum una per arenas maritimas Indic orientalis late dispersa, altera Natalensis, tertia 
Madagaseariensis. | W. et Arn. Prod. 441.  Hozb. Cor. Pl. t. 233. Lam. Illustr. 1. 76, f. 1. Harv. 
et Sond. Fl. Cap. ii. 25. Wight, Ic. t. 160. Character genericus e specie indica elaboratus. 
312. Ernodea, Swariz, Prod. 20; FL Ind. Occ. i. 223, t. 4 — Calycis tubus ovoideus; 
limbus 4-6-partitus, segmentis elongatis subulato-lanceolatis erectis persistentibus. 
Corolle tubus subcylindraceus, fauce nuda; limbi lobi 4—6, lineares, revoluti, valvati. 
Stamina 4-6, tubo corolle inserta, filamentis linearibus ; antherz dorso prope basin 
aflixe, lineares, longe exsertz. Discus carnosus. Ovarium 2-loculare; stylus filiformis, 
elongatus, exsertus, stigmate subcapitato obscure 2-lobo ; ovula in loculis solitaria, septo 
peltatim affüxa, amphitropa. Drupa obovoidea, 2-sulca, subcarnosa, 2-pyrena, pyrenis 
eartilagineis plano-convexis l-spermis. Semina oblonga, plano-convexa, umbilico ven- 
írali, testa membranacea solubili, albumine carnoso ; embryo rectus, cotyledonibus 
cordatis foliaceis, radicula elongata infera.—$Suffrutex decumbens, glaberrimus. Folia 
opposita, subsessilia, lanceolata, coriacea.  Stipule in vaginam laceram cum petiolis 
