RUBIACÉES. 453 
D subgloboso v. obconico. Calyx eupularis, 5- v. rarius 
, 7-dentatus. Corolla breviter infundibularis, subrotata v. subur- 
2 (Pauridiantha *); lobis valvatis, 3- angularibus, plerumque 5 
(rarius 6, 7); fauce villosa. Stamina 5- 7. fauci inserta ; filamentis bre- 
vibus; antheris parvis dorsifixis oblongis apiculatis, inclusis v. rarius 
exsertis (in flore fæmineo minoribus v. sterilibus). Germen (in flore 
masculo parvum effætum) subinferum ; loculis 3-5-7, v. nune rarius 2 
(Pauridiantha) ; disco epigyno vario, sæpius tumido, sulcato v. obtuse 
lobato ; stylo erecto, nune ad médium v. ad basin tumido, apice stig- 
matoso plus minus dilatato, subgloboso, ovoideo v. clavato, obtuse 
v. plus minus alte 2-7-lobo. Ovula æ , minuta, placentis axi ovarii 
affixis, breviter stipitatis, nunc adscendentibus, inserta. Fructus 
parvus, baccatus v. coriaceus, 2-7-locularis; seminibus crebris parvis 
subglobosis, foveolatis v. reticulatis, dite albuminosis. — Frutices 
glabri, tomentosi v. strigosi; foliis oppositis petiolatis, elliptico- vel 
oblongo-lanceolatis, sæpe acuminatis; süipulis variis, intrapetiolaribus 
v. interpetiolaribus, nune amplis; floribus ? in cymas axillares sessiles 
v.pedunculatas, multifloras v. nune 4-paucifloras (Pauridiantha), dis- 
positis. (Asia el Oceania trop., Africa trop. oce., Madagascaria *.) 
115? Aulacodiseus Hook. Fr. ‘— Flores 1-sexuales v. polygami, 
6-16-meri ; receptaculo eupulari, germinis basin adnatam intus 
fovente. Calyx brevis truncatus, obtuse sinuatus v. dentatus. Gorollæ 
subrotatæ brevis petala 6-16, plerumque sublibera, 3-angularia, fila- 
mentorum staminum ope cohærentia, valvata; apice inflexo. Stamina 
totidem alterna ; filamentis subperigynis, in alabastro valde incurvis, 
Subliberis ; anthetis brevibus dorsifixis, introrsum 2-rimosis (in flo- 
ribus fæmineis sterilibus mirimis v. 0). Germen magna ex parte In- 
ferum, disco crasso supero protruso- -6-16-lobo coronatum, 6-16-lo- 
culare (in flore fœmineo minus, sterile); stylo ima concavitate disci 
inserto et subincluso, late obconico, apice late peltato-6- 16- -lobo. 
Ovula œ,minuta, placentis crassis axilibus prominulis inserta. Fructus 
ad 30. WicuT, /con., : 1163-1165 
18. —R b., 212. —- DC., Prodr., IV, 3. Spec 165 
AU, — En” Fm E : 3297, — , Gen., (Aæanthes). — Mio., FL. ind.-bat., SA FA 
I, 71,n 190, — Axanthes Br., Bijdr., Le Suppl, I, 219, _. — BEnn., FI. se, À À 
— DC., Prodr., IV, 440. —EN0L., F, hf nd Enum. ha Zeut. : Aou 
1008 De. MR re se) 1. EN | Lop, Ar, 1 11 {P Pauridiantha), 
107 (ne Ui—? canthopsis hist in Ver _ ré dt the: 10 16 
Kruïdk. Le IE, 195 (ex 
» Gen., 69, n, 114. 
ant 
es v. minim À. 
Gen Il, 71, n. 119. 
