in the Natural Order of Rubiaceae, called Rudge. 329 
grandes, magis obovatæ, pariter pectinato-setaceæ rigidæ per- 
"sistentesque. Foliorum Petioli 6 lineas longi, crassiusculi, 
tenelh pube vestiti aliquá vel in adultis relictà: Lamine 
4:—5 pollices late, 7—8 pollices longa, horisontales, ovales, 
integerrime, parum seu breviter acuminate, supra glabre, 
subtus leves: Nervi crassiores quam in R. lanceefolid. Flores 
paniculis densissime congestis. Pedunculus brevis : ramis infe- 
rioribus brevissimis, superioribus vix distinguendis et forsan 
dichotomis. Bractez ad singulos ramos solitariz, latè cuneate, 
dense pubescentes. Calyx et corolla extus dense pubescentes. 
Ec P 
Locus generis in Systemate Sen i est Pentandria Monogynia 
post Psychotriam. Inflorescentia in vivis accuratius descri- 
benda, specimina enim rarissima dilacerare nolui: inde forsan 
generis affinitas certius innotescat. 
EXPLANATION OF TH E PLATES. 
Tas. XVIII. 
Rupera lanceefolia. 
Fig. 1. A flower, magnified. ie im : 
.2. Limb of the corolla, more magnified. OMS Tn 
- 3. The pistillum, magnified. 
4. A stamen in two views, exceedingly magnified. 
5. Young fruit cut transversely, magnified. 
a A seed not yet impregnated, pores 
Tas. XIX. 
Rupcra SPAN 
Fig. 1. A flower, magnified. - 
9. A stamen, ékceediligly agace, 
—— 3. The pistillum, magnified. Li le 
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