ICONES PLANTARUM. 75 
Pirate 1093. 
PHITOPIS MULTIFLORA, Hook. f. 
RUBIACES. 
topis, /Took. f. gen. nov.—Flores hermaphroditi, cun pedicello n 
Phi 
articulati. Calycis tubus obovoideus ; limbus campanulatus, apice ee 
obtuse 2—3- Sete esa P Corolla subcampanulata, limbo calycis paull 
—Arbores parva, hispido-villose, ramulis teretibus. Folia opposita, sessilia, 
obovate: e v. obovato-lanceolata, acuminata, utringue hispido-sericea v. villosa, 
7" 
utringue 2, basi dicheta, erecta. ores mediocres, 1 
pedunculatas 3-chotome ramosas dispositi, bracteati et bracteolati, albi ; bractee 
subspathacee, albo-virides. 
P. multiflora, Mook. f. ; tota hirsuto-sericea v. villosa, foliis —— 
petiolatis chasing apice abrupte acuminatis v. rotundatis, panicula 
oo ampla.— Hippotis multi, ‘fora, Benth. in Herb. pase n. 
oe 
- Peru, near Moyobamba, oe n. 1639 ; low woods on the river 
aes near Tarapoto, Spruce, Fl. 1855. 
Var. —— foliis anguste an v. oblanceolatis, panicula pauci- 
flora con 
Has. Cum priore.—Spruce, n, 4834. 
Arbor ramosa, 25-30-pedalis, ramulis elongatis. Folia 4-7 poll. longa, 
subcoriacea, basi obtusa, supra laxe hirsuta, aubtus juniora preecipue plus 
minusve sericeo-hirsuta v. villosa. Stipule 3—3-po icares, acute, hirsute. 
Panicula densiflora, see ramis primariis divaricatis foliaceo-bracteatis, 
bracteis albo-viridib Yores erecti, conferti, }-}-pollicares, albi, sub- 
odorati ; bracteola shen obtusa, caduca ; pedicelli calyce longiores v. bre- 
viores. Calyx 3-pollicaris, hirsutus, limbo sub-2-labiato. Corolla calycem 
vix superans, alba. 
This forms a very distinct genus, with the habit = Hippotis, of which the 
name Phitopis is an anagram, but differing in the contorted eestivation - 
corolla, which is inte in the throat, and in the mere —J.D. Hoo 
Fig. 1. Flow Calyx. 8. Flower, sora abe laid open. 4. Transverse section 
of ovary. 5, Vertical section of ditto :—ald m 
