180 Lxx. RUBiACE^ (hiern). \_Goffea. 



cotyledons ; albumen homy. — Shrubs or small trees with opposite 

 branches and leaves, ovate or lanceolate apiculate intrapetiolar stipules, 

 axillary or terminal solitary or clustered white fragrant hermaphrodite 

 flowers, and bracteoles usually connate into a single or double cup at 

 the base of the calyx or on the short pedicels or peduncle. 



A genus of about 25 species, confined to the warmer parts of the old world; culti- 

 vated elsewhere. 



G-labrous, mostly evergreen. Flowers axillary. 

 Calyx-limb very small, annular or denticulate. 

 Anthers wholly exserted. 



Bracteoles obtuse or apiculate, not lanceolate-acute, 

 falling short of the calyx-limb. Flowers clus- 

 tered, rarely solitary. 



Corolla pentamerous 1. C. arahica. 



Corolla 6-8-merous. 



Berry terete, not longitudinally nerved. Leaves 

 subcoriaceous. 

 Flowers many together. Leaves shortly acu- 

 minate, ranging up to 1 foot .... 2. C. liberica. 

 Flowers 3-1 together. Leaves caudate-acu- 

 minate, ranging under 6 inches . . . 3. C. stenophylla. 

 Berry longitudinally nerved. Leaves charta- 



ceous 4. (7, Zanguebari(B. 



Bracteoles in pairs lanceolate-acute and deltoid-api- 



culate, exceeding the calyx. Flowers solitary 5. C. brevipes. 

 Anthers at least half included within the corolla-tube 6. C. melanocarpa. 

 Calyx-lirab broad, with 5 rounded lobes. 



Stipules lanceolate-subulate. Bracteoles small, not 

 foliaceous. 

 Berry subglobose, solitary or subgeminate. Leaves 



3-9 by 1^-3^ in 7. C. hypogiatLca. 



Berry ellipsoidal. Flowers fasciculate in the axils 



along the branchlets. Leaves 2^ by |-| in. . . 8. C*. ? microcarpa. 

 Stipules apiculate from a broad ovate base. Bracteoles 



foliaceous 9. C. Afzdii. 



Not quite glabrous. Leaves mostly deciduous. Flowers 

 terminal and axillary or lateral or terminating short 

 lateral branches. 

 Leaves oval, puberulous or glabrous. 



Anthers wholly exserted. Flowers in company with 



the leaves 10. C. subcordafa. 



Anthers almost wholly included. Flowers precocious. 

 Bracteoles herbaceous. Calyx-limb truncate or den 



ticulate. Corolla 5-lobed 11. C.rupesiris. 



Bracteoles glumaceous. Calyx-limb with rounded 



lobes. Corolla usually 7-6-lobed 12. C.jasminoides. 



Leaves ovate-lanceolate, scabrid . . 13. C. racemosa. 



1. C. arabica, lAnn. Sp. PI. p. 172 (1753). A glabrous glossy 

 shrub or small tree. Branches terete or at the extremities rather 

 compressed. Leaves oval or elliptical, acuminate, wedge-shaped at the 

 base, subcoriaceous, evergreen (usually persisting for three years), 

 somewhat undulated, 3-8 by 1^3 in. ; lateral veins 7-12 pairs ; mar- 

 gins rather undulated ; petiole ^-^ in. ; stipules broadly ovate, apicu- 

 late, connate at the base, ^-^ in. Flowers fragrant, ^j in. long just 



