RUBIACÉES. 483 
fauce dilatata; Himbi lobis ovatis, induplicato-valvatis; intus pubescen- 
übus, extus mn apice appeudice plus minus longe clavata !aucüs, 
detaurn patentibus. Stamina fauci inserta, sessilia; antheris elon- 
gatis exsertis; loculis introrsis, basi liberis. Germen 2-loculare; disco 
tenuissimo; stylo gracili, apice stigmatoso ovoideo subclavato. Ovula 
æ , placentæ axili inserta, adscendentia, imbricata. Fructus capsu- 
laris* oblongus compressus, loculicidus. Semina + , adscendentia, im- 
bricata, margine in alam oblongam, superne integram ovatam, inferne 
2-lobam, dilatata; albumine...?— Arbor glabra; cortice amaro; foliis 
(persistentibus) oppositis, petiolatis, oblongo-lanceolatis; stipulis elon- 
gatis, caducis; floribus * in racemum 3-chotome ramosum composito- 
cymigerum dispositis; « pedicellis ebracteolatis ». (Angola “.) 
169. Damais ComuErs.° — Flores diæci v. polygami; receptaculo 
subgloboso (in flore masculo minore). Calyeis lobi #4, 5, acuti v. subu- 
lati, persistentes. Corolla hypocraterimorpha v. infundibularis; lobis 
4, 5, valvatis; fauce villosa. Stamina 4, 5, 2-morpha; filamentis fauci 
insertis, in flore masculo longis gracilibus exsertis ; in fæmineo brevi- 
bus v.0; antheris dorsifixis (in flore fœmineo sterilibus) introrsis, versa- 
tüilibus, 2-rimosis. Germen 2-loculare; disco annulari; stylo gracili, 
in flore masculo breviore incluso; ramis 2, gr acilibus is in floré 
fæmineo longe exserto; ramis longioribus, apice stigmatoso in conum 
desinente, Ovula & (in flore maseulo parva sterilia v. 0), placentæ 
peltatæ subglobosæ inserta. Fructus capsularis (parvus) sub-2-dymus 
v. globosus, calyce coronatus, loculicide 2-valvis. Semina + , parva, 
imbricata, margine in alam suborbicularem dilatata ; embryone parvo 
albuminoso. — Frutices plerumque scandentes, glabri v. puberuli; 
foliis oppositis v. 3-natis, coriaceis, petiolatis; stipulis interpetiolari- 
bus, 3-angulari-acutis; floribusf in cymas axillares corymbiformes dis- 
positis; bracteis parvis v. 0; bracteolis 0. (Afric. trop. insul. or.7) 
170. Manettia Mur. — Flores Done v. raro polygami; 
receptaculo obconico v. obovoideo. Calycis lobi 4, v. rarius 5, forma 
267. — J. DE COR- 
LN 1 decidua, v. 0. VI, 361. — ENDL., Gen., n. 3 
2 ne g: DEM., in Adansonia, X, 356. — B. H., Gen., Il, 
g ; 
rues { H “ie sas ER pr 
&7 GC: WELw., loc. cit. — HIERN, : ÿ : 
EL. trop re ee RE Spec. ". 6 S : La 11 2 VE 166, à 2 (Pæ- 
5. Ex Ver, Tabl., 1, 584. — pris = Flon mar 137. ia 
Fruct., IL, 16. {. 195. sé J., in ven oi. pris ou Je. 4 ATH U10S Bot. ie à : 
Ni; 985. — Rica, Rub., 194. — DC, Prodr., 8. Mur. in L. Pt 558 (1767 
