RUBIACE.E. CXXIX. ANCYLANTHCS. CXXX. PHALLARIA. CXXXI. HYLACIUM. CXXXII. CUVIEKA, &c. 559 



FIG. 103. 



Corymbose-flowered Ccelospermum. Shrub cl. 



Cult. See Pcediiria, p. 561. for culture and propagation. 



CXXIX. ANCYL A'NTHUS (from aynvXas, ankylos, curved, 

 and ardoe, anthos, a flower ; the corolla is incurved). Desf. 

 mem. mus. 4. p. 5. t. 2. Juss. mem. mus. 6. p. 396. A. Rich, 

 mem. soc. hist. nat. Par. 5. p. 209. D. C. prod. 4. p. 468. 



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

 tube, and a 5-parted limb (f. 103. rf.) ; lobes acute. Corolla tu- 

 bular, incurved (f. 103. 6.), with the tube widened at the apex, 

 and an irregular 5-lobed limb (f. 103. c.) : the 2 superior lobes 

 the longest, all ending in callous points. Anthers 5, sessile at 

 the throat (f. 103. <?.). Stigma thick, terete, 5-lobed at the 

 apex(f. 103. d. <?.). Ovarium 5-celled(f. 103.g.); cells 1 -seeded. 

 A shrub, with villous branch- 

 lets. Leaves elliptic, obtuse, pu- 

 berulous, on short petioles, reti- 

 culated beneath. Stipulas cori- 

 aceous, acute, sheathing at the 

 base. Flowers 1-3 together, on 

 short pedicels, axillary, spread- 

 ing, bracteolate, hairy. From 

 the stigma and lobes of the co- 

 rolla this genus agrees with Cu- 

 viera. 



1 A. RUBIGINO'SA (Desf. I.e.) 

 \l . S. Native of Angola, on the 

 western coast of Africa, (f. 103.) 



Rusty Ancylanthus. Shrub 

 2 to 3 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propa- 

 gation see Hamillonia, p. 555. 



CXXX. PHALLA'RIA (from Phallus, in reference to the 

 form of the stigma). Schum. pi. guin. p. 112. D. C. prod. 4. 

 p. 619. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx with a globose or 

 turbinate tube, and an acutely 5-toothed limb. Corolla tubular, 

 5-cleft : segments acute, spreading or reflexed. Anthers 5, 

 ova!, inserted at the throat. Style filiform ; stigma phalliform. 

 Ovarium 2-seeded? Glabrous shrubs, natives of Guiana. 

 Branches terete. Leaves opposite, ovate-elliptic, on short pe- 

 tioles. Stipulas interpetiolar, acuminated. Peduncles axillary. 

 Nearly allied to Cuviera. 



1 P. HORIZONTALS (Schum. pi. guin. p. 112.) branches hori- 

 zontal, unarmed ; peduncles umbellate, f? . S. Native of Guiana. 

 Stigma conical, and as if it was furnished with a reflexed mem- 

 brane from the very loose margin, truncate at the apex. 



Horizontal-brnndtied Phallaria. Shrub. 



2 P. SPINO'SA (Schum. pi. guin. p. 113.) branches spinose ; 

 peduncles racemose. Fj . S. Native of Guiana. Stigma of a 

 capitate conical form, bifid at the apex, ex Schum. 



Spinose Phallaria. Shrub. 



Cult. See Hamiltonia, p. 555. for culture and propagation. 



CXXXI. HYLA'CIUM (from av\a avXattos, aulax aulakos, 

 a furrow ; in reference to the style and stigma being furrowed). 

 Beauv. fl. d'ow. 2. p. 83. t. 113. D. C. prod. 4. p. 619 Psy- 

 chotria species, Juss. mem. mus. 6. p. 379. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogy'nia. Calyx with a short 

 hemispherical tube, and a 5-toothed limb. Corolla funnel- 

 shaped, with a long tube, and 5 roundish reflexed lobes. Anthers 

 5, almost sessile in the throat. Style thick at the base, 5-fur- 

 rowed ; stigma cylindrical, truncate at the base and apex, 5-fur- 

 rowed. Drupe dry, containing a 2-celled rugged nucleus ; cells 

 1-seeded, but one of them is usually abortive. A shrub. Leaves 



opposite, on short petioles, ovate-oblong, attenuated at both 

 ends, glabrous. Stipulas unknown. Corymbs terminal ; pedicels 

 2-3-flowered. Flowers white. This genus is nearly allied to 

 Palicurea, if the fruit be 2-celled, but if it be 5-celled it is more 

 nearly allied to Nonatelia ; but in the form of the stigma it 

 agrees with Cuviera. 



1 H. OWARIE'NSE (Beauv. 1. c.) ^ . S. Native of Western 

 Africa, in the kingdom of Waree in deserts. 



Wares Hylacium. Shrub. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Hamiltonia, p. 555. 



CXXXII. CUVIE'RA (in honour of M. Frederick Cuvier, 

 the celebrated French zoologist). D. C. ann. mus. 9. p. 222. 

 t. 15. Juss. mem. mus. 6. p. 396. D. C. prod. 4. p. 468. A. 

 Rich. mem. soc. hist. nat. Par. 5. p. 210. but not of Koel. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogy'nia. Calyx with a short tube, 

 and a 5-parted limb : lobes linear, acute, foliaceous, spreading, 

 3 times longer than broad. Corolla campanulate, 5-cleft; lobes 

 linear, very acute, hardened, and therefore spinescent ? Anthers 

 5, inclosed in the throat ; filaments very short. Stigma large, 

 dilated, cup-formed, obtuse, and somewhat pentagonal, with re- 

 flexed edges. Fruit baccate, 5-celled ; cells 1-seeded. A 

 glabrous shrub, with diverging branches. Leaves oval-oblong, 

 acute, almost sessile. Stipulas combined into a short bidentate 

 sheath. Panicles terminal, corymbose. The corolla has a mem- 

 brane on the inside, which is separable from it, and this mem- 

 brane is probably furnished with the stamens. Ovarium desti- 

 tute of the urceolus at the apex. 



1 C. ACUTIFLO'RA (D. C. 1. c.) Tj . S. Native of Sierra Leone, 

 where it was collected by Smeathmann. Cuviera Africana, 

 Spreng. syst. 1. p. 760. 



Acule-florvered Cuviera. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Hamiltonia, p. 555. 



CXXXIII. DONDPSIA (named after James de Dondis, who 

 was among the first who illustrated the descriptions of plants by 

 figures). D. C. prod. 4. p. 469. but not of Adans. nor Scop, nor 

 Rchb. 



LIN. SYST. Penldndria, Monogy'nia. Calyx with a turbi- 

 nate tube, which is adnate to the ovarium, and a very short 

 hardly 5-toothed limb. Corolla with a short broad tube, fur- 

 nished with one series of retrograde scarious stiff hairs inside, 

 which is perhaps the loose jagged part of a membrane inside the 

 tube ; lobes 5, acuminated, valvate in aestivation, but at length 

 spreading. Stamens 5, inserted in the throat of the corolla 

 between the lobes ; filaments short, slender. Style filiform, 

 tumid in the middle, and hispid. Stigma ovate, truncate at the 

 base, almost cup-shaped. Ovarium 1 -celled? many seeded? 

 Fruit unknown. A glabrous shrub, native of India, with slender 

 branches. Leaves oblong, acuminated, acute at the base, on 

 very short petioles. Stipulas acute, short, deciduous. Race- 

 mules 3-4-flowered, short, axillary or rising from very short 

 branchlets, bracteolate, much shorter than the leaves. This 

 genus is nearly allied to Cuviera and Stigmdnthus, but differs 

 from both in the truncate calyx, which is 5-parted in those 

 genera ; from Cuviera in the limb of the corolla being un- 

 armed, in the tube being pilose inside, not clothed by a mem- 

 brane, in the form of the stigma, and perhaps of the fruit ; and 

 from Stigmdnthus in the tube of the corolla being short, not 

 long, in the style being tumid in the middle, and in the ovarium 

 being turbinate, not roundish. 



1 D. LESCHENAU'LTII (D. C. prod. 4. p. 469.) T? . S. Native 

 of the East Indies, on mountains, where it was collected by 

 Leschenault. 



Leschenault's Dondisia. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Hamilldnia, p. 555. 



