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NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS, 



belong to the same family as the Ruhiacece, J. D. Hookee, however, 

 has kept them separate in the great and comprehensive work on the 

 family of the Buhiacece ^ given some years since. It there comprises 

 340 genera distributed in twenty-five tribes, classified in three series 

 according as the ovules are sohtary, geminate or indefinite in number. 

 We have reduced the number of tribes or series to fifteen, comprising 

 203 genera ^ and about 4500 species : 



» Gen. ii. (1873) 7, 1226, Ord. 84. 



2 Omitting doubtful genera, imperfectly 

 known, the number of which is considerable. 

 These are : 



1. Acrodryon (Spreng. Syst. i. 365). A genus 

 proposed for CepJialanthus orientalis, avgustifo- 

 lius and stellatus Louk. (DC. Prodr. iv. 539, n. 

 7-9). {Nauclea or Morinda ?) 



2. Aidia (Lour. Fl. Coch. 143). Enumerated 

 by DE Candolle among the genera allied to the 

 Lonicerece {Prodr. iv. 340). Probably a Fagrcna. 



3. Antkerura (Lour. FL Coch. 143). Often 

 referred to Psychotria, diflfering from it (DC. 

 Prodr. iv. 503) by its rotate corolla, anthers 

 with reflexed caudate summit and tubular style 

 {Apocynea ?). 



4. Aphanandra (Miq. Fl. Ind.-Bat. ii. 341). 

 " A genus still of doubtful affinity (whether 

 allied to Menestoria or Mussaenda ?)." 



5. Bamboga [Mangoya Blanco, FL Filip. 140, 

 ex Endl. Gen. 1394). {Nauclea ? ?) 



6. Benzonia (Schum. Beshr. 113. — Hiern, FL 

 Trap. Afr. iii. 246). A shrub of Guinea, with 

 small pentamerous flowers. ( Canthium ? ?) 



7. Berghesia (Nees. Linncpa, xx. 701). A 

 Mexican plant, referred to the Cinchonece, with 

 tetramerous flowers, cells of capsular fruit said 

 to be monospermous. {Bouvardia ? JJragnga T) 



8. Coptophyllnm (Korth. Ned. Kruidh. Arch. 

 ii. 161;— Miq. FL Ind.-Bat. ii. 175). A genus 

 doubtfully referred (B. H. Gen. ii. 68, n. 110) 

 to Mussaendece. 



9. Belpechia (Montrous. Mem. Acad.Sc. lyon, 

 X. 221). Shrubs of New Caledonia, with 4-7- 

 merous flowers, 1-ovulate ovarian cells, referred 

 to the Coffeecz. {Guettarda ? JJragoga ?) 



10. Bouarrea (Montrous. M4m. Acad. Sc. 

 lyon, X. 222). New-Caledonian shrubs, with 

 5-merous flowers and drupe with monospermous 

 cells. ( JJragoga ?) 



11. Figuieria (Montrous, Mem. Acad. Sc. Lyon, 

 X. 220). "A climbing shrub with terminal 

 cymes, 4-5-merou8 flowers, four 1 -ovulate cells." 

 (Apparently Ohstyla'DC.) 



12. Oardeniopsis{M.iQ,. Ann. Mus. Lugd.-Bat. 



iv. 250, 262). A genus of Sumatra and Borneo, 

 doubtfully referred (B. H. Gen. ii. 115, n. 243) 

 to the Ixorece. The corolla said to have 5 im- 

 bricate lobes and the 2 ovarian cells to be 

 1-ovulate. 



13. Lepipogon (Bertol. Mem. Acad. Bologn. iv. 

 [1853] 539, t. 21). A shrub of south-eastern 

 Africa doubtfully referred to the Buhiacece 

 (HiERN, FL Trop. Afr. iii. 247). The ovarj^ is 

 described as adherent; but the leaves appear not 

 opposite. {Cordiem?) 



14. Platymerium (Bartl. ex DC. Prodr. iv. 

 390). " Closely allied to P*i;o5m?7i" (DC). A 

 shrub of the Philippines, corolla said to be 

 contorted. {Ixora ?) 



15. Pogonanthus (Montrous. Mem. Acad. Sc. 

 Lyon, X. 225). A shrub of New Caledonia, 

 doubtfully referred to the Operculariea. Flowers 

 capitate ; corolla valvate. ( JJragoga ?) 



16. Polyozus (Lour. FL Coch. 74). Two spe- 

 cies from Cochin China, one of which (P. bipin- 

 nata) is perhaps a Cimoniea or a Meliacea. P. 

 lanceolata has been compared to Pnvetta {t). 



17. Psilobium (Jack, Mai. Misc. ii. n. vii. 84. — 

 Wall. Roxb. FL Ind. ii. 320). A doubtful genus 

 of Mussaendece (B. H. Gen. ii. 75, n. 132). 

 Corolla " valvate." 



18. Solenocera (Zipp.). " A plant rather from 

 its inferior calyx to be referred to the Logaui- 

 acece." (B.H. G'^w. ii. 29.) 



19. Stigmanthus (Lour. FL Coch. 146). A 

 shrub with polyspermous fruit. [Genipa ? ?) 



20. Sulipa (Blanco, FL Filip. 279). A Cyr- 

 tandracea? (B. H. Gen. ii. 29). 



21. Votomita (Aubl. Guian. i. 90, t. 35). 

 Flowers 4-androus. Cells said to be 1-spermous. 

 {Ixora ? Apocynea ?) 



22. Zuccarinia (Bl. Bijdr. 1006 [not Spreng.] ; 

 — Miq. FL Ind.-Bat. ii. 197 ;— B. H. Gen. ii. 

 97, n. 1^9). A Javan tree, doubtfully referred 

 to the Gardenicce, having polyspermous fruit 

 with common involucrate receptacle. Perhaps 

 a neighbour of Ltwincea ? (See page 317, note.) 



23. Egeria and Meretricia Ner. (ex Gaudich. 

 Freyc. Voy. Bot. 28, names only) ? ? 



