438 LXI. RUBIACER. [ Eleuthranthes. 
1 line long, the lobes very short, slightly hairy., Young seeds white and 
rugose.—Opercularia liberiflora, F. Muell. l. c. 
Australia. Rocks on the Fitzgerald river, Maxwell. 
SUBTRIBE VII. Spermacocex.—Corolla-lobes valvate. Ovules variously 
attached to the axis, the ovary usually perfectly 2-celled. — Style-lobes short. 
Fruit capsular or indehiscent and dry. Albumen copious.— Herbs, under- 
shrubs, or rarely shrubs. 
26. KNOXIA, Linn. 
valvate in the bud. carcely exserted ry 2-celled, with 1 
ndulous ovule in each cell; style with 2 short stigmatic lobes Fruit 
small an the 2 carpels either separating from the base upwards or 
A small genus, extending over tropical Asia and Africa, the only Australian species being 
the most common one in Asia. 
bosa, J/ild.; W. and Arn. Prod. i. 439 
l. K., corym . À pere 
usually erect, 1 to 2 ft. high, often almost woody at the base, more or uL 
pubescent and but little branched. Leaves oblong-lanceolate or rarely neatly 
ovate, 2 to 3 in. long. Flowers 1 to 12 lines long, numerous, in loose 
nal cymes. Capsule ovoid, about 1 line long, usually falling off entire ae 
the filiform persistent axis.— Wight, Illustr. t. 128 we 
Queensland. E. coast, R. Brown; Palm Island, Henne ; Rockhampton, Thoset d 
others ; Pine river, Herd. F. Mueller.—Common in tropical Asia, from Ceylon and 
Peninsula to the Archipelago. "The Australian specimens have smaller flowers than 
but I have not seen the corollas well opened. 
27. SPERMACOCE, Linn. 
(Borreria, G. F. W. Mey.; Bigelowia, Spreng.) 4 
Calyx-limb of 4 or rarely only 2 teeth or small lobes. Corolla-tube d 
included in the tube. Ovary 2-celled, with 1 ovule in each cell, 
attached or ascending ; style entire or with 2 short stigmatic lobes. 
small, separating into 2 carpels more or less opening on their inn : 
leaving more or less of the dissepiment free or attached to one of the ii 
Seeds marked on the inner face by a longitudinal furrow, concavity ve Sti- 
opaque surface containing the hilum.—Herbs or rarely unders hr small 
pules shortly sheathing, bordered with bristle-like teeth. Flowers 
clustered in the axils of the leaves or in terminal heads. 
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