[x Bale mostly siia Albumen hard or fleshy. 
172 RUBIACEZ. (MADDER FAMILY.) 
neath; cymes rather short-peduncled, 5-rayed; fruit’ ovoid, blue. — pie 
common. April and May. — Shrub 8? — 12° high. 
6. V. dentatum, L. Veins of the leaves beneath with tufted haird in 
their axils, otherwise smooth ; leaves round-ovate, slightly cordate, coarsely ser- 
rate, acute, plicate by the strong impressed veins; cymes long-peduncled, T 
rayed ; calyx smooth, with the lobes obtuse; fruit sisl; roundish, deep blue. — 
Rich damp soil, West Florida to Mississippi, and northward. March - May. — 
A large shrub. 
7. V. scabrellum, Torr. & Gray. Hairy throughout, and the leaves be- 
neath stellate-tomentose ; leaves ovate or roundish, often cordate, or rarely cune- = 
ate at the base, rather obtusely and coarsely serrate, short-petioled ; calyx-lobes 
hairy, acute; corolla hairy; cymes 7-rayed ; fruit roundish, deep blue. — Swamps 
or rocky hills, Florida to South Carolina, in the lower districts, and westward. 
May and June. — Shrub 89 -12° high. Leaves thick, 1'— 9/ long, or sometime m 
twice that size. 
8. V. pubescens, Pursh. Leaves small, ovate or oblong-ovate, coarsely 
serrate, hairy above, tomentose beneath, on very short petioles or the uppermost 
subsessile ; cymes small, smoothish, 7-rayed ; fruit oblong, black. — Mountains 
of North Carolina. June.— A shrub 29 -39 high. Leaves 1/— 2! long. 
* * Marginal flowers radiant and sterile. 203 
9. V. lantanoides, Michx. Stem smooth and straggling ; branch oe 
cymes, and lower surface of the round-ovate, cordate, serrate leaves E 
with tufted down; cymes sessile; fruit ovoid, black. — Deep shades on the E 
mountains of North Carolina. Judes! Stems 20—49 long. Leaves 4/-6! long. 
Sterile flowers 1’ in diameter. 
Orper 70. RUBIACEAE. (Mapper Fairy.) 
Herbs, shrubs, or trees. Leaves entire, opposite and united by inter- 
posed stipules, or whorled. — Calyx-tube adherent to the ovary, or (in 
Loganieæ) free; the limb 4-— 6-toothed or lobed, or obsolete. Corolla 
4— 6-lobed, inserted on the throat of the calyx. Stamens 4 — 6, inse s 
on the tube of the corolla, and alternate with its lobes. Ovary a> m a 
celled, with 1—several anatropous or amphitropous ovules in each € 
Bemonprg L COFFEE. Ovules and seed solitary in the cels — 
(except No. 7) Calyx-tube adherent to the ovary. | 
; $1. Leaves whorled. Stipules none. 
rotate, valvate in the bud. Fruit 2-celled. Herbs. 
3 opposite, begin o ior desi 
