ICONES PLANTARUM. 23 
Cc. peg Hook. f.—Mitchella pilosa, Benth. in Pl. Hartw. 194; 
Walp. Rep. vi. 49. 
Has. Peru; in shady woods at Minasbomba, near Quito, Har 
sper Capt. Hall, Jameson, where it forms great tufts on the ere 2 
11,000 feet (Spruce, n. 5505). Closely allied to sth tera, but differing in the 
dry Apert fruit and inflorescence.—J. D. Hoo 
Fig. 1. Portion of stem, leaf, and stipules. 2 and 3. tg ers. 4. Flower with 
coral laid open. 5. Fruit. 6. Fruit, cut ‘raavestiiy. 7. Seed. 8. Vertical pte 
of ditto: —all magnified. 
Puate 1124. 
FERGUSONIA THWAITESII, /ook. /. 
RUBIACER. 
ergusonia, Hook. f. gen. nov. Calycis tubus ss ee pyriformis ; 
a lobi 4, sequales v . subeequales, erecti, ovato-lanceolati, ciliati, persis- 
Ovarium 4- oculare ; stylus filiformis, ramis 2 linearibus can interdum 
connatis; ovula in loculis solitaria, e basi erecta, obovata, compressa, 
anatropa. Fructus 4-coccus, coccis subpyriformibus obscure ons lobis 
calycinis coronatis coriacéis L-s ris. Semi: riformia, — ssa, erecta, 
funiculo brevi rigidulo, testa krill acea, albumine dense carn 
in basi seminis rectus, subcylindricus, cotyledonibus planis rel tereti 
infera vix latioribus.—Herba ramosa, basi radicans. Folia oppos tipule 
oe ——s persistentes. Flores avillares, wittaris. Fructus 
parvus 
F. Zeylanica, Hook. /— Borreria "a acocca, Thwaites,- Enum. Pl. 
,Leyl. 442 ; Beddome, Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 3 
Has. Ceylon, near Colombo, W. Ferguson, Esq. 
Herba gracilis, 1-2-pedalis, habitu  Spermacocis, caule 4-zono ramoso 
basi prostrato radicante, ramulis flexuosis adscendentibus nodis ciliatis. 
- elliptico-lanceolata, acuta v. acuminata, sube hartacea, scaberula. Biipele 
