RUBIACE^E. CCVII. CAPROSMA. CCVIII. PHYLLIS. CCIX. GALOPINA. CCX. ANTHOSPERMUM. 



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FIG. 110. 



panulately turbinate, with a short broad tube, a naked throat, 

 and 4-7 acute lobes (f. 110. ft. e.). Stamens 4-7 (f. 110. k.), 

 Style almost divided to the base into 2 parts ; the divisions fili- 

 form, very long, pilose (f. 110. c.), and exserted. Berry nearly 

 ovate, pulpy, containing 2-3 indehiscent, bony nuts (f. 110. 

 f.). Seeds flat on one side, and convex on the other : one in 

 each nut. Albumen bard, fleshy. Embryo with an inferior 

 radicle, and foliaceous cotyledons. Glabrous shrubs, natives of 

 Australia. Leaves opposite, oval-oblong. Stipulas interpetiolar, 

 solitary on both sides, permanent. Flowers axillary and ter- 

 minal, solitary or few together on the same peduncle, bibrac- 

 teolate at the base, sometimes male by abortion. Fruit of 

 Coffea. Stigma of Anthospermum. 



1 C. HIRTE'LLA (Labill. nov. 

 holl. 1. p. 70. t. 95.) leaves ob- 

 long, cuspidate ; peduncles sim- 

 ple ; flowers 3-5 together, axil- 

 lary or terminal, hermaphrodite ; 

 anthers inclosed ; styles very 

 long, hairy. T? . G. Native at 

 Cape Van Dieman. (F. 110.) 



Hairy Caprosma. Sh. 8 feet. 



2 C. F03TmissiMA(Forst.prod. 

 no. 138.) peduncles simple ; 

 flowers solitary ; anthers exsert- 

 ed. T? . G. Native of New Zea- 

 land. Leaves opaque. Herb 

 very fetid. 



Very-fetid Caprosma. Shrub. 



3 C. nfciDA (Forst. prod. no. 



138.) leaves ovate, acuminated at both ends ; peduncles axillary, 

 compound ; flowers sub-capitate ; anthers exserted; lj . G. 

 Native of New Zealand. C. lucida, Gaertn. fil. carp. 3. p. 17. 

 t. 182. is probably distinct from Forster's plant, and even ap- 

 pears to belong to a different genus, as the fruit is said to be a 

 unilocular, 8-seeded berry. 



Shining-leaved Caprosma. Shrub. 



4 C. CUSPIDIFOLIA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 578.) leaves oval, at- 

 tenuated at the base, and ending in a spine-formed point at the 

 apex ; flowers axillary, few, fasciculate, almost sessile. lj . 

 G. Native of Australia, at the Strait d'Entrecasteaux. The 

 flowers are probably dioecious, as in a specimen we examined 

 they were all female. Limb of calyx nearly entire. Lobes of 

 corolla 4-7, linear, striated by 3 parallel nerves. Anthers 1-3 

 at the top of the tube. Style solitary ? very hairy, elongated. 

 Berry ovate, 2-celled, crowned by the calyx. Stipulas trian- 

 gular, acuminated. 



Cusp-leaved Caprosma. Shrub. 



Cult. For culture and propagation, see Phyllis. 



CCVIII. PHY'LLIS (<j>v\\ov, phyllon, a leaf; the leaves are 

 the chief beauty of the shrub). Lin. gen. no. 323. Gaertn. 

 fruct. 1. p. 123. t. 25. Juss. mem. mus. 6. p. 370. A. Rich, 

 mem. soc. hist. nat. Par. 5. p. 140. t. 12. f. 3. D. C. prod, 

 p. 578. Nobula, Adans. fam. 2. p. 145. Bupleuroides, Boerh. 

 Valerianella, spec. Dill. 



LIN. SYST. Penldndria, Digy'nia. Calyx with an obovate, 

 compressed tube, and an obsolete limb. Corolla with a short tube, 

 and a 5-lobed spreading limb. Stamens 5. Anthers sessile at 

 the throat. Style almost wanting. Stigmas 2. Capsule obovate, 

 compressed, narrow at the apex, divisible into twol-seeded parts, 

 or nuts, ex Gaertn. which hang from the central filiform axis, 

 as in the genus Knoxia, or as in umbelliferous plants, ex Rich ; 

 but according to others there is no central axis. Seeds erect, 

 conforming to the mericarps. Albumen fleshy. Embryo erect, 

 dorsal, with a filiform radicle, and cordate foliaceous cotyledons. 



Glabrous shrubs, with terete branches. Leaves opposite, or 

 3-4 in a whorl, acuminated. Stipulas membranous, adnate to 

 the petioles, and cleft into many filiform bristles. Panicles ter- 

 minal, compound. Flowers small, greenish white, but changing 

 to brownish as they fade. According to Cruse, ex Linnaea. 6. 

 p. 20. the fruit is shining, and the nuts are fixed by the base, 

 not hanging from a central filiform axis. 



1 P. NOBLA (Lin. spec. p. 333.). ^ . G. Native of the Ca- 

 nary Islands. Dill. elth. p. 405. t. 299. f. 386. Panicles many- 

 flowered. Leaves large. 



Var. /3, pauciflbra (D. C. prod. 4. p. 579.) peduncles 1-3- 

 flowered, shorter than the leaves. Jj . G. Native of the Canary 

 Islands. P. pauci flora, A. Rich. mem. soc. hist. nat. par. 5. 

 p. 141. 



Noble Bastard Hare's-ear. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1699. Shrub 

 2 to 3 feet. 



Cult. A mixture of loam, peat, and sand is a good soil for 

 this shrub ; and cuttings root freely, if planted in a pot of sand, 

 with a hand-glass over them. 



CCIX. GALOPFNA (the meaning of this word is not given 

 by the author). Thunb. diss. nov. gen. 1. p. 3. Juss. mem. 

 mus. 6. p. 371. Cruse, rub. cap. p. 18. A. Rich. mem. 

 soc. hist. nat. par. 5. p. 140. D. C. prod. 4. p. 579. Asthos- 

 permum, spec. Thunb. prod. Phyllis, spec. Schlecht. and 

 Cruse. 



LIN. SYST. Tetrandria, Digy'nia. Flowers hermaphrodite. 

 Calyx with an obovate tube, and a very minute, nearly equal 

 limb. Corolla subrotate, 4-parted, almost cleft to the base. 

 Stamens 4, inserted in the bottom of the corolla. Anthers ob- 

 long. Styles 2, very short, each ending in a long hairy stigma. 

 Fruit obovate, rather didymous, somewhat compressed from the 

 back, and elegantly and gyrosely warted on the back, composed 

 of two 1 -seeded, indehiscent mericarps, joined by a concave 

 commissure, but at length separating from each other. A gla- 

 brous herb, with the habit of Circce^a. Stem rather angular from 

 2 elevated lines which run from the stipulas, branched. Leaves 

 opposite, 1 to 3 inches long, ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, taper- 

 ing into the petioles, paler beneath, with serrulately-scabrous 

 margins. Stipulas trifurcate. Peduncles terminal and axillary, 

 the whole forming a large terminal, trichotomous panicle, which 

 is nearly a foot in diameter. Flowers small. Fruit dark 

 brown. 



1 G. ciRC.EoiDES (Thunb. 1. c.). I/.? O-? G. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Anthospermum Galopina, Thunb. 

 prod. p. 32. Phyllis Galopina, Schlecht. and Cruse, in Linnaea. 

 C. p. 20. 



Enchantress's Nightshade-like Galopina. PL 2 feet. 

 Cult. See Phyllis above for culture and propagation. 



CCX. ANTHOSPE'RMUM (from av0oc, anthos, a flower, 

 and trjrcppa, sperma, a seed). Lin. gen. no. 1164. Juss. gen. 

 178. Gaertn. fil. carp. 3. p. 87. t. 195. Crus. rub. cap. p. 1. 

 A. Rich. mem. soc. hist. nat. par. 5. p. 138. D. C. prod. 4. p. 

 579. Schlecht. and Cruse, in Linnsea. 6. p. 7. Tournefortia, 

 Ponted. epist. 11. ex Gaertn. Ambraria, Heist, but not of 

 Cruse. 



LIN. SYST. Tetra-Pentdndria, Digy'nia, or Dice'cia Telra-rPen- 

 tandria. Flowers dioecious or hermaphrodite. Calyx with an 

 obovate tube, and a 4-5-toothed deciduous limb (f. 110. a.). 

 Corolla funnel-shaped, with a short tube, and a 4-5-parted limb 

 (f. 110. 6.); lobes linear or ovate-lanceolate, revolute, valvate 

 in aestivation. Stamens 4-5, inserted in the base of the tube of 

 the corolla (f. 110. c.). Anthers oblong, sub-tetragonal, ex- 

 serted. Styles 2, very short, connate? ending each in a long 

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