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RUBIACEJE. CCX. ANTHOSPERMUM. CCXI. AMBRARIA. 



hairy stigma (f. 110. /..) F rmt composed of 2 easily-sepa- 

 rated, indehiscent, 1 -seeded mericarps, which are a little com- 

 pressed at the raphe, and joined together by a flattish commis- 

 sure. Albumen sub-cartilaginous. Embryo dorsal, erect. 

 Small shrubs or herbs, natives of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Stems branched. Leaves linear or lanceolate, small, opposite or 

 verticillate. Stipulas adhering to the petioles at the base, drawn 

 out into a tooth in the middle. Flowers axillary, sessile, verti - 

 cillate or opposite, rarely panicled, small, furnished each with 

 2-3 bracteas at the base, usually dioecious. The male flowers 

 are always smaller than the female ones. 



* Flowers dioecious, sessile in the axils of the leaves. 



1 A. BERGIAINUM (Cruse, rub. cap. p. 8.) leaves linear-lanceo- 

 late, 3 in a whorl, imbricated, and connately perforate, ciliated ; 

 flowers pentandrous, disposed in a verticillate spike. Fj . G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Stem branched, terete or 

 obsoletely angular, glabrous at the base, but clothed with long 

 white hairs above. Leaves pale green, having the margins and 

 keel ciliated with long white hairs, half an inch long. Whorles 

 3-flowered. 



Bergius's Amber-tree. Shrub 1 foot. 



2 A. jEimopicuM (Lin. spec. 1511.) leaves linear- lanceolate, 

 3 in a whorl, glabrous ; stipulas simple, short, acute ; flowers 

 tetrandrous, disposed in verticillate spikes ; mericarps elliptic, 

 clothed with white tubercles, crowned by the calycine teeth. Tj . 

 G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, Cms. rub. cap. p. 10. 

 Gsertn. fruct. 3. p. 195. Lin. hort. cliff, t. 27. Pluk. aim. t. 

 183. f. 1. Ambraria Heisteri, Walth. hort. t. 9. Stem much 

 branched, downy above. Leaves shining above, and whitish 

 beneath, 2-3 lines long. Male flowers brownish, and the female 

 ones green. 



Ethiopian Amber-tree. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1692. Shrub 

 2 to 3 feet. 



3 A. SPATULA'TUM (Spreng. neu. entd. 3. p. 45. syst. 1. p. 

 399.) leaves opposite, linear- spatulate, bluntish ; flowers axil- 

 lary, sub-verticillate ; mericarps oblong, warted ; branches 

 twiggy, erectly spreading, downy. ^ . G. Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope, Cruse, rub. cap. p. 9. and p. 13. A. ^Ethiopi- 

 cum, var. /3, oppositifolium, Schlecht. and Cruse, in Linnaaa. 6. 

 p. 10. It differs from A. JEthiopicum in the opposite, linear- 

 spatulate leaves, and in the more loose habit. A. .fluhiopicum, 

 var. y, Ecklonianum, Schlecht. and Cruse, in Linnaea, 6. p. 10. 

 does not appear to differ much from this species. 



Spalulate-]eaved Anthospermum. Shrub 2 feet. 



4 A. CILIA V RE (Lin. spec. 1521.) leaves opposite, lanceolate, 

 acute, ciliated ; stipulas short, simple ; flowers axillary, tetran- 

 drous ; mericarps obovate, glabrous, shining, destitute of the 

 calycine limb. Jj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, 

 Gaertn. fil. carp. 3. p. 195. Cruse, rub. cap. p. 9. and p- 13. 

 A. galioides, Rchb. in Spreng. syst. 4. p. 338. Pluk. mant. t. 

 344. f. 5. Stem usually decumbent, much branched ; branches 

 angular, downy. Leaves glabrous, and green above, but white 

 beneath, connate at the base. Lobes of the corolla hairy out- 

 side. Anthers white. The A. galioides, Rchb. differs from this 

 in the leaves being rusty beneath. 



Ciliated-leaved Amber-tree. Shrub decumbent. 



5 A. LANCEOLA'TUM (Thunb. prod. 32. fl. cap. p. 157.) leaves 

 opposite, lanceolate, acute, glabrous, spreading ; stipulas pro- 

 foundly bifid ; flowers axillary, sub-verticillate, tetrandrous, and 

 often pentandrous ; mericarps ovate-oblong, glabrous. lj . G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope, Cruse, rub. cap. p. 12. A. 

 herbaceum, Lin. fil. suppl. p. 440. Stem procumbent, glabrous, 

 brownish purple. Branches sub- tetragonal, purplish, downy at 

 the apex. Leaves an inch long, connate at the base, paler be- 

 neath, and whitish. Habit of Galiunt, 



Lanceolate-leaved Amber-tree. Shrub procumbent. 



6 A. HIRTUM (Cruse, rub. cap. p. 11.) leaves opposite, lanceo- 

 late, acute, ciliated while young, hairy at the base ; stipulas sim- 

 ple, subulate, hairy ; flowers axillary, pentandrous ; mericarps 

 unknown. J? . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, on 

 mountains. A. rubiaceum, Rchb. in Spreng. syst. 4. p. 338. 

 A. lanceolatum, Sieb. fl. cap. no. 90. A. hirsutum, D. C. prod. 

 4. p. 580. Stem purplish brown, branched, beset with white 

 hairs about the axils of the leaves. Branches purple, hairy. 

 Leaves an inch long, connate at the base. Stipulas hairy, of a 

 shining green colour above, but whitish beneath. 



Hairy Amber-tree. Shrub 1 foot. 



7 A. SCA'BRVJM (Thunb. prod. 32. fl. cap. p. 158.) leaves 

 opposite, linear, somewhat trigonal, acuminated, having the mar- 

 gins and keel scabrous ; stipulas simple, very short ; flowers 

 axillary, pentandrous. I? . G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope, on the mountains. Stem decumbent at the base, branched 

 a little. Branches aggregate, twiggy, cinereous at the base, and 

 rather scabrous at the apex, leafy. Leaves ^ to 1 inch long, 

 connate at the base. 



Scabrous Amber-tree. Shrub \ decumbent. 



* * Flowers dioecious, panicled. 



8 A. PANICULA'TUM (Cruse, rub. cap. p. 9. and p. 15. t. 1. 

 f. 2.) leaves opposite, linear-subspatulate ; stipulas short, sim- 

 ple ; flowers panicled, tetrandrous ; mericarps glabrous, with 3 

 ribs. Tj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Stem 

 fuscescent, branched from the base ; branches downy. Leaves 

 glabrous, bluntish, pale on the lower surface, hardly \ an inch 

 long. Panicle terminal, narrow, elongated. Fruit crowned by 

 the calycine teeth. 



Panicled-fiovtered Amber-tree. Shrub 1 to 1J foot. 



* * * Flowers hermaphrodite. 



9 A. LICHTENSTEINII (Crus. rub. cap. p. 15.) leaves opposite, 

 linear, keeled, glabrous, ciliated ; stipulas simple, ciliated ; 

 flowers axillary, verticillate ; mericarps hairy. Tj . G. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. Spermacoce ericaefolia, Licht. in 

 Roem. et Schultes, syst. 3. p. 281. Stem branched, glabrous 

 at bottom, and downy at top. Branches naked at the base. 

 Leaves connate at the base, mucronate. Flowers tetrandrous. 



Lichtenstein's Amber-tree. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



10 A. SPERMACOCEUM (Rchb. in Spreng. syst. 4. p. 338.) 

 leaves opposite, oblong-lanceolate, with scabrous margins ; sti- 

 pulas entire ; flowers axillary, solitary, pedicellate, pentandrous ; 

 calyx 5-toothed. 1( . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Stem herbaceous, flexuous, rather angular, branched, glabrous, 

 but downy at the apex. Leaves connate at the base. Stipulas 

 pilose, cleft into bristles. 



Spermacoce-\\ke Amber-tree. PI. 1 foot. 



Cult. See Phi/His, p. 635. for culture and propagation. 



CCXI. AMBRA'RIA (a name formerly applied to the genus 

 Anthospermum by Heister, and is probably derived from Cape 

 Ambra, in Madagascar). Cruse, rub. cap. p. 16. t. 1. f. 3-4. 

 D. C. prod. 4. p. 580. but not of Heister. A. Rich. mem. soc. 

 hist. nat. Par. 5. p. 139. t. 12. f. 2. 



LIN. SYST. Dias~cia, Tetr&ndria. Flowers dioecious, of the 

 same structure as those of Anthospermum, but differs from that 

 genus in the capsule being 3-celled, the intermediate cell vacant, 

 .and the lateral ones 1 -seeded. The rest as in Anthospermum. 



1 A. HI'RTA (Cruse, rub. cap. p. 17. t. 1. f. 2.) leaves 3 in a 

 whorl, connately perfoliate ; fruit tornentosely hairy. Tp . G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Shrub much branched from 

 the base, hairy at the top. Leaves linear, subtriquetrous, gla- 

 brous, connate at the base, with the margins and keel ciliated, 



