146 LXXXIV. RUBIACEJE. . [Spermacocec. 
angustis elongatis; stylus filiformis, exsertus, stigmate capitellato ; ovula in loculis 
solitaria, linearia, infra medium septi hilo subbasilari affixa. .Fruüctus 2-coccus, coccis 
cartilagineis v, crustaceis intus longitudinaliter fissis, axi persistente 0. Semina lin- 
earia v. oblonga, erecta, facie ventrali suleata, testa tenui, albumine carnoso ; embryo 
parvus, cotyledonibus late ovatis, radicula tereti infera.— Herbs» annus, erectis, rigi- 
dul:, caulibus glabris sub-4-gonis. Folia opposita, elongata, filiformia v. anguste linearia, 
patentia v. reflexa. Stipule in vaginam longe 1- co-setosam cum foliorum basibus 
€ohnats. Capitula depressa, nunc terminalia, 2-4-bracteata, bracteis radiantibus basi in 
cupulam connatis, nune ad axillas inferiores caulem cingentia. Pales inter flores 
calyci sequilongse, brunnese, molles, filiformes, a basi sensim incrassátse, apice ciliatz. 
Flores parvi, albi v. pallide lilacini. - 
Species 2, Africze occidentalis tropieze incole. DC. Prod. iv. 540. 
921. Psytlocarpus, Mart. et Zucc. Nov. Gen. et Sp. i. 44, t. 28. (Diodois Pohl, in Flora, 
1825, 183 nomen tantwm.)—Flores hermaphroditi, axillares, subspicati. Calycis tubus 
parvus, turbinatus ; limbi persistentis lobi 2 laterales elongati subulatique, additis 5-8 
intermediis minutis subulatis. Corolla breviter infundibularis, tubo fauceque pubescenti- 
bus ; limbi lobi 4, breviusculi, suberecti, valvati. Stamina 4, tubo corollze inserta, inclusa, 
filamentis brevissimis ; antherz dorso prope basin affixs, late ovato-rotundatz, api- 
culate. Discus tumidus. Ovarium 2-loculare ; stylus brevis, inclusus, stigmate clavato 
emarginato; ovula in loculis solitaria, septo peltatim affixa, amphitropa. Capsula 
elliptica, septo parallele comrpressa, coriacea, 2-locularis, septicide 2 valvis, valvis navi- 
cularibus lobo calycino cornutis septum obovoideum persistentem planum nudantibus. 
Semina iate elliptica v. orbicularia, septo peltatim affixa, valde compressa, subconcava, 
. testa brunnea, albumine carnoso ; embryo erectus, parvus, gracilis, cotyledonibus ovatis, 
radicula tereti infera.—Frutices humiles, fastigiatim ramosi v. subscoparii, ramulis 
gracilibus virgatis 4-gonis. Folia opposita, lineari-filiformia, subsessilia, . Stipule in 
vaginam setoso-ciliatam cum petiolis connats, persistentes, Flores parvi, sessiles, 
apicem versus ramulorum in axillis seriati, fasciculati v. subverticillati, ezerulei. 
Species 5, Brasilienses. DC. Prod. iv. 570. 
922. Emmeorhiza, Pohl, in Flora, 1825, 183 nomen tantum, (Emeorhiza). (Endlichera, 
Presl, Symb. i. 13. t. 49.) —Flores hermaphroditi, corymbosi. Calycis tubus turbinatus 
v. obconicus ; limbi dentes 4, acuti, patentes, setulis alternati, persistentes, Corolla 
rotata v. breviter infundibularis, fauce villosa ; limbi lobi 4, revoluti, valvati, Stamina 
4, ori corolle inserta, filamentis filiformibus ; antherze dorso afífixz, lineari-oblongs, 
incluse v. exseriz. Discus planiuseulus. Ovarium 2-loculare ; stylus filiformis, stig- 
mate clavellato 2-dentato ; ovula in loculis solitaria, septo medio peltatim affixa, amphi- 
tropa, dorso complanata. Fructus membranaceus, oblongo-turbinatus, vertice protruso 
hemisphsrico, 2-coccus, coccis intus verticaliter dehiscentibus, apice 2-fidis, a septo 
secedentibus.; placentz albz, spongiose, septo peltatim affixeo, in alàm semen cingentem 
et basi apiceque productam expansse. Semina oblonga, à dorso complanata, facie ventrali 
tota placentze adnata, testa brunnea granulata, albumine parco carnoso ; embryo minimus, 
clavatus, 2-fidus, radicula infera.— Suffrutices volubiles, glabri v. pubescentes, ramulis 
4-gonis. Folia opposita, lanceolata, lineato-nervosa. Stipule in vaginam longe multi- 
setosam cum petiolis connatc. Flores minuti, in corymbos umbellulasve paniculatas 
dispositi, gracile pedicellati, ebracteati, pallide rosei v. albi. Fructus parvus. : 
Species 2 v. 3, Amerieze tropieze ineole. —Walp. Rep. vi. 35. — Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 851. 
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323. Mitracarpum, Zucear. in Schultes Mant. iii. 210. —Flores hermaphroditi, capitati; 
Calycis tubus turbinatus obovoideus v. subglobosus ; limbi dentes 4-D, 2 ssepe pr«e ceteris 
longatis subulatisque nonnullis minutis interjectis, persistentes. . Corolla hypocrateri- 
morpha v. infundibularis, tubo intus szpe annulo pilorum cincto, fauce nuda v. villosa ; 
limbi lobi 4, patentes, valvati, Stamina 4, fauci coroll inserta; antherze dorso aflixee, 
