R0G1EM AfflOENA. 



Rubiaceae Juss. § Hedyotidese-Rondeletiese DC. — Pentandria-Monogynia Lini 



CHARACT. GENER. 



suris brevibus v. longit 

 teriformis, limbi lacin 

 quincunciatim imbricatis , fauce 

 promincnte deslituta. Stamina 



mbo S-f 



lis. Corolla hjpocra- 



fila mentis seta- 



gioribus ; antheris lineari- 



" ' Delist issimi 



Flores conferti, pulchre 



>dlibus, indi 



. Ovttdi phiriina. 

 Frutices Guatimalen 

 divisi. Folia opposita , 

 pulae e duobm- 



tnc.holomo . multi floras. Flo 

 rosd. 1'auce pilis aim-is burbatd. Braeteaj 

 secundarios plerosque et tertiarios cymve stipan- 

 ti's prduncnto supra basim innatce, trifidce. firac- 



corottw (i tic, mlistri'joso-hirtcllo-pabrscentrs 



Obs. I. Species Rondrlrtiiv aii.'tuium .puedam, 

 Ilurilms Idniincns, fauee et mho corolla' intus 

 glabris, annulo faucis vix conspicuo. antheris 

 versus apicem tubi subsessilibus , pubescentia 

 plus minus arachnoideo-tomentosa. in nenus pro 

 prium {Ararfniot/in/.r Planch.) erigendas. Hue 

 spirtani stirpes Mexicans, Guatihialcnscs et 



iieiii])e : Rondclrtia buddlei* 

 des Be.nth.! (Arachnothryx buddlcioidcs) , R. I 



Ui/lora 111 Mil.' (Araih '.I uiijhu > it > /' 

 Bk.\tii.! (At: rr/lr.ra), li. discolor HBK.? (.-if 

 discolor), R. Icueopln/lta HBK.? (Ar/< U-ucophi, 

 la), R. elongata Bartl.? (Ar.? ehtujata). 



Ill :;i.;. 



i 



<r.. D.o 



thentici in Herb. Soc. Hortic. Londin.) 



oblongis emarginatis; filament is versus 

 tubi insertis, antheris a fau< e lonsi. dis 

 polline albido-Iutcscente ; sl\lo brevilei 



, R.Mcnechma 

 que praecedenti 



ili> luii_.' snpr 



niis calycinis h 



tnlio scsquilonjiiori 

 lev et sensim ainpl 



iquanieraivisunssi 

 i praeedente duplo 



ongis, (\-i poll. 



