OF BRAZILIAN RUBIACEJE. . 938 
dentibus erectis szepius brevibus v. obsoletis. Corolla hypocrateri- 
morpha, limbi laciniis 5 patentibus estivatione contorto-imbricatis. 
Stamina fauci inserta, exserta ; filamentis ssepius villosis. Anthere 
lanceolate, dorso prope basin affixee, apice acutz v. aristato-acumi- 
nate, basi membrana retusa v. bifida appendiculate, loculis longitu- 
dinaliter dehiscentibus. Discus epigynus carnosus, cupularis. Ova- 
rium 5-loculare, ovulis in loculis geminis collateralibus pendulis. 
Stylus filiformis, superne incrassatus, 5-suleatus, integer v. breviter 
5-lobus. Drupa globosa, 5-sulea, 5-pyrena ; pyrenis crustaceis duris 
a latere compressis et sæpe angulatis, abortu monospermis. Semina 
oblonga, versus medium affixa, hilo lineari. Zesta membranacea. 
Albumen carnosulum, album. Embryo longitudine fere seminis, li- 
nearis, teres; radicula supera; cotyledonibus brevibus ovatis. 
Frutices Brasilim borealis. Stipule utrinque solitarie, persistentes, in- 
terdum minute. Spice terminales, simplices, interrupte, uti flores 
et gemma gummam resinosam exsudantes. Flores sessiles, sparsi. 
Bractee connate in cupulam nune brevissimam truncatam, nunc 
membranaceam laciniatam. Flores rubri, carnei, v. albi. 
1. C. pilosus, Spruce ; undique piloso-hispidus, stipulis amplis oblongis 
membranaceis ad medium connatis, foliis obovali-ellipticis, floribus 
sericeo-villosis.—Pili rigiduli totam plantam vestiunt. Folia semi- 
pedalia, acumine brevi, basi in petiolum longe angustata. Stipule 
pollicares, extus villose. Spice 3-pollicares. Bractee basi connate, 
membranacez, inferiores 2-8 lin. longz et profunde fissm. ^ Calycis 
limbi tubus 2 lin. longus, dentes fere lineam longi, extus hispidi. 
Corolla intus extusque sericeo-pilosa; tubus 3-34 lin. longus; limbi 
lacinise fere 4 lin. lineari-spathulats. 4nthere apice longe aristato- 
acuminatze, appendice baseos bifida. Drupa hispidissima, subglobosa, 
4 lin, diametro, 5-sulea, calyce persistente acuminata; pyrenis acute 
4-angulis, demum bivalvatim dehiscentibus. Semen incurvum. 
A small shrub, with flesh-coloured flowers, found by Mr. Spruce in 
the Paatingas,;near San Gabriel, on the Rio Negro. hs | 
2. C. Schomburgkii, Benth. in Hook. Journ. Bot. vol. iii. p. 223; sti- 
pulis brevibus triangularibus, foliis margine recurvis supra glabris 
subtus ramulisque pube brevi exasperatis, corolla sericeo- pubescente. 
— Folia obovali-oblonga v. elliptica, obtussisima v. breviter acuminata, 
subcoriacea, 2-3 poll. v. rarius fere 4 poll. longa. Anther @ brevius 
acuminate quam in C. piloso. Pyrene compresse, M dure, 
VOL. V. 
