RUBIACEjE. XCVIII. PATIMA. XC1X. POLYPHRAGMON. C. MORELIA. CI. TRICALYSIA. CII. CORDIERA. 543 



a foot long and 3 inches broad, pale beneath. Petioles 8-12 

 lines long, a little longer than the stipulas. Corymbs much 

 shorter than the leaves. 



Acuminated-leaveA Brignolia. Shrub. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Hamelia, p. 542. 



XCVIII. PATTMA (altered from Patima-Rana, the name of 

 the first species). Aubl. guian. 1. p. 196. t. 77. Juss. mem. 

 mus. 6. p. 401. A. Rich. mem. soc. hist. nat. par. 5. p. 25. 

 f. 2. D. C. prod. 4. p. 444. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx with an ovate 

 tube, and a loose, entire, urceolate, tubular, somewhat penta- 

 gonal limb, with a very short 5-toothed sinuated border. Co- 

 rolla tubular, hardly dilated towards the apex, with a 5-parted 

 limb : having the segments long- acuminated, and the inner sur- 

 faces clothed with dense silky down. Stamens 5, inserted in the 

 tube ; filaments short ; anthers cordate-oblong, inclosed. Style 

 simple. Berry roundish, crowned by the limb of the calyx, 4-6 

 but usually 5-celled; cells many-seeded. Seed very minute, 

 fixed to a rather fleshy, 2-lobed, prominent trophosperm. 

 Small perennial, glabrous subshrubs. Stems straight, terete, 

 simple. Leaves opposite, petiolate, ovate-oblong, acute at both 

 ends. Stipulas solitary, short, broad, acute, permanent. Pe- 

 duncles axillary, short, 1 or few- flowered. 



1 P. GUIANE'NSIS (Aubl. guian. 1. p. 196. t. 77.) leaves on 

 long petioles ; pedicels numerous, 1-flowered, shorter than the 

 petioles. 7{.. S. Native of Guiana, in marshes. Leaves a foot 

 long and 4 inches broad. Berries green. 



Guiana Patima. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



2 P. FORSY'THII (D. C. prod. 4. p. 444.) leaves hardly petio- 

 late ; racemes few-flowered, longer than the petioles. J? . S. 

 Native country as well as the flowers unknown. This plant was 

 received from Mr. Forsyth under the name of Patima Guia- 

 nensis of Aubl. but differs from the plant of Aubl. in the cha- 

 racters indicated. 



Forsyth's Patima. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Hamelia, p. 542. 



XCIX. POLYPHRA'GMON (from 7ro\v, poly, many, and 

 (fipaynoc, phragmos, a dissepiment ; there is a small transverse 

 septum separating each seed). Desf. mem. mus. 6. p. 5. t. 2. 

 Juss. mem. mus. 6. p. 399. D. C. prod. 4. p. 445. 



LIN. SYST. Decandria, Monogynia. Calyx with an ovate 

 tube, and a short, permanent, entire, or 5-toothed limb. Co- 

 rolla salver- shaped, bristly, with a terete tube, and a 10-parted 

 limb: lobes elliptic-oblong. Stamens 10, inserted in the middle 

 of the tube of the corolla; anthers linear, inclosed. Style 1, 

 thickened, furrowed lengthwise ; stigmas 6-7 or more. Berry 

 globose, 10-20-celled. Seeds oblong, disposed in 1 row in each 

 cell, and as if they were imbricated, separated by small trans, 

 verse dissepiments. Shrubs. Leaves opposite, oval, lanceo- 

 late, acuminated at both ends, clothed with adpressed silky 

 down beneath. Stipulas deciduous. Peduncles short, axillary, 

 1-flowered. 



1 P. SERICEUM (Desf. mem. mus. 6. p. 6. t. 2.) calyx quite 

 entire. Jj . S. Native of the Island of Timor. 



Silky Polyphragmon. Shrub. 



2 P. ? MINUS (A. Rich, diss. ex D. C. prod. 4. p. 445.) calyx 

 5-toothed. fy . S. Native country unknown. Erithalis uni- 

 fl6ra, Gsertn. fil. carp. 3. p. 93. t. 196. f. 4. Perhaps this plant 

 is referrible to Timonius. 



Smaller Polyphragmon. Shrub. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Hamelia, p. 542. 



C. MORE'LIA (evidently called after some person of the 

 name of Morel, of whom we know nothing). A. Rich. mem. soc. 

 hist. nat. par. 5. p. 23. D. C. prod. 4. p. 617. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Limb of calyx mar- 

 ginal, erect, nearly entire. Corolla short, tubular, with a 5- 

 parted limb ; segments lanceolate, spreading, imbricate in aes- 

 tivation. Stamens 5, inserted in the throat, exserted; anthers 

 linear. Style simple, thickened and fusiform towards the apex ; 

 stigma bifid : lobes approximate. Ovarium 4-5-celled ; cells 

 3-5-ovulate ; ovula fixed to the inner angle of the cell. Fruit 

 rather fleshy, 4-5-celled; cells 2-3-seeded, crowned by the short 

 neck of calyx. A small glabrous tree, native of Senegal, with 

 the habit of Bacbnia. Branches terete, cinereous, glabrous. 

 Leaves opposite, elliptic, coriaceous, glabrous. Stipulas inter- 

 petiolar, deciduous. Flowers axillary, racemose ; racemes some- 

 what trichotomous. 



1 M. SENEGALE'NSIS (A. Rich. 1. c.). ^ . S. Native of 

 Senegal, where it was collected by Leprieur and Perrottet. 



Senegal Morelia. Shrub. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Hamelia, p. 542. 



Tribe VI. 



CORDIE'REjE (this tribe contains plants agreeing with the 

 genus Cordiera in having baccate many-celled fruit, and in the 

 cells being 1-seeded). A. Rich. mem. soc. hist. nat. par. 5. p. 

 107. and 222. D. C. prod. 4. p. 445. Fruit baccate, of many 

 1-seeded cells. This differs from Tribe Guetlardacece in the 

 fruit not containing pyrense, but true cells ; and from Tribe Ha- 

 meliece in the cells being 1-seeded, not many-seeded. 



CI. TRICALY'SIA (meaning unknown to us). A. Rich, 

 mem. soc. hist. nat. par. 5. p. 224. D. C. prod. 4. p. 445. 



LIN. SYST. Penta-Hexdndria, Monogynia. Limb of calyx 

 5-6-toothed, wide. Corolla with a shortish tube, a naked throat, 

 and a 5-6-parted limb ; segments narrow, spreading. Stamens 

 5-6, inserted in the throat of the corolla, exserted ; filaments 

 short ; anthers linear. Stigmas 2, linear, shorter, somewhat 

 recurved, exserted. Ovarium 2- celled ; cells biovulate ; ovula 

 collateral. Shrub. Leaves opposite, linear-lanceolate, gra- 

 dually tapering at the base, and joined by the broad, acuminated, 

 entire stipulas. Flowers downy, almost sessile, crowded in the 

 axils of the leaves. 



1 T. ANGOLE'NSIS (A. Rich, 1. c.). Tj.S. Native of Angola. 



Angola Tricalysia. Shrub. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Hamelia, p. 542. 



CII. CORDIE'RA (in honour of Niccolo Cordieri, a cele- 

 brated French sculptor). A. Rich, mem. soc. hist. nat. par. 5. 

 p. 230. t. 10. f. 2. D. C. prod. 4. p. 445. 



LIN. SYST. Monoecia, Pentdndria. Flowers unisexual, with 

 the sexes on different branches. Male flower. Calyx cup- 

 shaped, solid, with an entire limb. Corolla salver-shaped, with 

 a long tube, which gradually tapers to the apex, and is a little 

 incurved, coriaceous, shining, and as if it were horny ; with a 

 5-parted limb : having oblong acute lobes, and a very narrow 

 naked throat. Stamens 4-5, inclosed, inserted in the middle of 

 the tube ; anthers rising from the bottom of the calyx. Styles 

 only vestiges. Female flower. Calyx sub -globose, adnate to 

 the ovarium, with an entire marginal limb. Corolla straight, 

 less attenuated at the apex than in the male flowers, with a 4-5- 

 parted limb. Stamens small, abortive. Disk depressed in the 

 middle. Stigmas 4-5, subulate. Berry globose, depressed, um- 

 bilicate, fleshy, 4-8-celled ; cells 1-seeded. Seeds black, smooth. 

 Albumen fleshy. Embryo parallel with the hylum, having a terete 

 radicle, and subcordate cotyledons, which are the length of the 

 radicle. Bushy shrubs, 4-5 feet high. Leaves opposite, elliptic, 

 acuminated, glabrous ; stipulas very acute, combined at the 

 base. Flowers white, occupying the tops of the branches : 

 male ones by threes, sessile, girded by 4 scale-formed brae- 



