634 RUBIACE^E. CCIII. HYDROPHILAX. CCIV. SCYPHIPHOKA. CCV. PLOCAMA. CCVI. PUTORIA. CCVII. CAPROSMA. 



corom. 3. p. 30. t. 233. fl. ind. 1. p. 380. Serissus anceps. 

 Gaertn. 1. c. Flowers of a lilac colour. Habit of Arenaria 

 peploldes, but larger (f. 109.). 



Sea-side Hydrophilax. PL creeping. 



f- A species not sufficiently knonm. 



2 H. MADAGASCARIE'NSIS (Willd. herb, ex Rcem. et Schultes, 

 syst. 3. p. 527.) leaves lanceolate, acute, sessile, closely imbri- 

 cated, sheathed ; flowers terminal. Native of Madagascar, 

 where it was collected by Commerson. 



Madagascar Hydrophilax. PI. creeping. 



Cult. This plant should be grown in a pot filled with small 

 gravel, and watered from time to time with salted water. It 

 will be easily increased by separating the rooted stems, or by 

 seeds. 



CCIV. SCYPHI'PHORA (from OKV^OQ, sfcyphos, a bowl or 

 cup, and </>cp<a, phero, to bear ; application not evident). Gaertn. 

 fil. carp. 3. p. 91. t. 196. Blum, bijdr. p. 955. A. Rich. mem. 

 soc. hist. nat. par. 5. p. 159. t. 14. f. 1. D. C. prod. 4. p. 577. 

 Hydrophi'lax species, Juss. 



LIN. SYST. Tetr6ndria, Monogynia, Calyx with an ovate 

 tube, and a short tubular truncate nearly entire limb. Corolla 

 funnel-shaped, having the tube hairy inside, and the limb with 4 

 lanceolate spreading segments. Stamens 4, exserted; filaments 

 short ; anthers incumbent inwardly. Stigma bifid, with approxi- 

 mate lobes. Drupe baccate, crowned, 8-furrowed, containing 2 

 bony oblong 1 -seeded pyrense or nuts, which are flat inside, and 

 furrowed on the back. Albumen fleshy. Embryo central, 

 erect, with oblong cotyledons, and a somewhat incurved radicle. 

 A shrub native of the Moluccas. Leaves opposite, veinless. 

 Flowers subcorymbose, axillary. 



1 S. HYDROPHILA'CEA (Gsertn. and Blum. 1. c.). T? . S. Na- 

 tive of the Moluccas, by the sea side. Hydrophi'lax, Banks, 

 herb. 



Hydrophilax-l\ke Scyphiphora. Shrub. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Hydrophflax above. 



CCV. PLO'CAM A (from TrXo/ca/noc, plokamos, bent or twisted 

 hairs; in reference to the numerous slender, pendulous branches). 

 Ait. hort. kew. ed. 1. p. 292. Gsertn. fil. carp. 3. p. 196. 

 Juss. mem. 6. p. 371. A. Rich. mem. soc. hist. nat. Par. 5. p. 

 161. D. C. prod. 4. p. 577. Placoma, Pers. ench. 1. p. 210. 

 Bartlingia, Rchb. in flora 1824. p. 241. icon. exot. 1. t. 11. but 

 not of Brongn. Plocoma and Bartlingia, Spreng. syst. Plocoma 

 and Placoma, Gmel. syst. 



LIN. SYST. Penta-Hexdndria, Monogynia. Calyx with an 

 ovate-globose tube, and a small sinuately toothed limb. Co- 

 rolla campanulately funnel-shaped, 5-cleft, rarely 6-cleft. An- 

 thers inserted between the lobes of the corolla, sessile at the 

 throat, linear. Stigma thickish, slightly 2-lobed, or undivided. 

 Fruit almost baccate, areolate at the apex, and crowned by the 

 small inflexed calyx, 2-3-celled. Endocarp membranous. Seeds 

 solitary in the cells, erect, with thin albumen. Embryo 

 with a terete, radicle, and flat cotyledons. A small, glabrous, 

 much-branched shrub, with the branches terete, slender, and 

 pendulous. Leaves linear-filiform, opposite. Stipulas com- 

 bined, with the petioles short, bluntly toothed, membranous. 

 Flowers solitary or by threes in the axils of the upper leaves, 

 and on the tops of the branches, white, on short peduncles. 



1 P. PE'NDULA (Ait. 1. c.). Tj . G. Native of the Canary 

 Islands. Placoma pendula, Poir. suppl. 4. p. 441. Bartlingia 

 scoparia, Rchb. icon. exot. t. 11. and Placoma pendula, Rchb. 

 p. 9. with a good description and figure. Habit of Galmm. 

 Leaves 2 inches long. 



Pendulous Plocama. Clt. 1772. Shrub 2 feet. 



Cull. See Serissa, p. 633. for culture and propagation. 



CCVI. PUTO'RIA(fromp<or, rankness; in reference to the 

 smell of the leaves when bruised). Pers. ench. 1. p. 524. A. Rich, 

 mem. soc. hist. nat. Par. 5. p. 160. D. C. prod. 4. p. 577. 

 Asperula species, Lin. fil. Sherardia species, Cyr. Pav6tta 

 species, Cyr. Ernodea species, Smith. 



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

 tube, and a short tubular, 5-toothed limb. Corolla salver- 

 shaped, with a long terete tube, a glabrous throat, and 4 spread- 

 ing, acutish lobes. Filaments of stamens short, rising from the 

 top of the tube of the corolla, hardly exserted. Anthers oblong- 

 linear, ex Rich. Stigma bifid. Berry nearly dry, ovate-oblong, 

 umbilicate, 2-celled. Seeds oblong, solitary in the cells. Shrubs 

 stiff. Leaves opposite, fetid when bruised, oblong-linear, ob- 

 tuse. Stipulas solitary on both sides. Flowers sessile on the 

 tops of the branches, in fascicles. Habit of Daphne Gneorum. 



1 P. CALA'BRICA (Pers. 1. c.) stem shrubby, much branched ; 

 branches clothed with velvety down ; leaves oblong, obtuse, 

 smoothish ; Stipulas solitary on both sides. tj . F. Native of 

 Calabria, Candia, Syria, Atlas, Sicily, &c. on calcareous rocks. 

 Asperula Calabrica, Lin. fil. suppl. p. 120. L'Her. stirp. nov. 1. 

 p. 65. t. 32. Sherardia foe'tida, Lam. diet. 4. p. 326. Pavetta 

 fcetidissima, Cyr. pi. neap. 1. p. 8. t. 1. Ernodea montana, 

 Sibth. and Smith, fl. graec. t. 143. Guss. fl. sic. 1. p. 169. Lo- 

 nicera Sicula, Ucria, pi. add. p. 249. ex Guss. Sherardia fceti- 

 dissima, Cyr. char. 69. t. 3. f. 7. Pavetta fcetidissima, Cyr. neap, 

 fasc. 1. t. 1. Flowers red. Habit of Asperula. Leaves pale 

 beneath, scabrous on the edges and keel. 



Calabrian Putoria. Fl. July. Clt. 1820. Shrub | to 1 foot. 



2 P. ? I'NDICA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 577.) stem herbaceous, 

 sparingly branched, rather radicant at the base ; branches hispid 

 from villi ; leaves ovate, acute, villous ; Stipulas twin on both 

 sides, subulate. 1{. . F. Native of the East Indies, on the Nel- 

 lighery mountains, in humid places, where it was collected by 

 Leschenault, who has called it Asperula from habit, in his herba- 

 rium. Style exserted, divided at the apex into 2 thickish, hispid, 

 short stigmas. The flowers are much like those of the first 

 species, but the fruit being unknown, the genus to which it pro- 

 perly belongs is still doubtful. 



Indian Putoria. PI. \ to 1 foot. 



Cult. A mixture of chalk, sand, and peat will be the best 

 soil for the species of Putoria; and they may be readily increased 

 by cuttings or seeds. 



Tribe XI. 



ANTHOSPE'RME;E (the plants contained in this tribe agree 

 with the genus Anthospermum in particular characters). Cham, 

 et Schlecht. in Linnaea. 3. p. 309. A. Rich. mem. soc. hist. nat. 

 Par. 5. p. 136. D. C. prod. 4. p. 578. Flowers dioecious, or 

 hermaphrodite. Corolla rotate (f. 110. 6.). Styles separate to 

 the base, ending in an elongated, hispid, or plumose stigma 

 each (f. 110. c.). Fruit constantly of 2 indehiscent, 1-seeded 

 mericarps or nuts (f. 110. g.f.), which are easily separated 

 at maturity. Albumen fleshy. Small shrubs or herbs. Leaves 

 opposite or verticillate. Stipulas small, 1-3-toothed, adnate to 

 both sides of the petioles. 



CCVII. CAPRO'SMA (from xavpoc, capros, a wild boar, 

 and oiT/ij/, osme, a smell ; in allusion to the species having a fetid 

 smell). Forst. gen. t. 69. Lam. ill. 1. 186. and 854. Juss. mem. 

 mus. 6. p. 381. A. Rich. mem. soc. hist. nat. Par. 5. p. 137. 

 D. C. prod. 4. p. 578. 



LIN. SYST. Tetra-Heptdndiia, Digy'nia. Calyx with an ovate 

 tube, and a 5-7-lobed short limb (f. 110. a.). Corolla cam- 



