RUBIACÉES, 105 
valde variis. (Asia et Oceania trop., America trop., Africa {rop. or. 
cont, et insul.) 
IV, COFFELÆ, 
30. Coffea L. — Flores hermaphroditi, 2-morphi, regulares, ple- 
rumque 4, 5-meri ; ; receptaculo concavo obovato v. oblongo. Galyx 
a-dentatus \dBétUES e, nunc subinteger, brevis v.subnullus, sæpe glan- 
dulosus ceraque indutus. Corolla infundibularis v. hypocraterimorpha ; 
lubo recto v. curvo, brevi v. elongato; fauce glabra v. villosa, nune 
dense barbata (Lachnostoma) ; lobis oblongis, tortis, demum paten- 
bus. Stamina 4, 5, fauci inserta, 2-morpha; filamentis longiusculis, 
brevibus v. brevissimis ; antheris dorsifixis, inelusis v. exsertis, demum 
sæpe tortis v. recurvis; loculis linearibus introrsis, longitudinaliter 
rimosis. Germen inferam, 2-loculare ; disco epigyno crassiuseulo ; styli 
var 2-morphi ramis subulatis v. filiformibus (Lachnostoma). Ovula 
amphitropa in loculis solitaria; hilo ventrali; micropyle extrorsum 
infera; placenta circa ovuli ventrem plus minus dilatata inferneque 
nune in obturatorem plus minus incrassata. Fructus drupaceus, 
globosus v. oblongus; pyrenis 1, 2, chartaceis, coriaceis v. lignosis, 
facie planis v. concaviusculis ibique longitudinaliter sulcatis v. m- 
rusis, Semen putamini conforme, intus planum v. convexum ; mar- 
ginibus nunc incurvis v. involutis; albumine copioso corneo ; em- 
bryonis excentrici, ad basin albuminis dorsalis et plus minus incurvi, 
cotyledonibus foliaceis, ellipticis v. cordatis ; radicula longiuscula 
infera, — Frutices glabri v. rarius pubentes; foliis oppositis v. 4-nalis, 
membranaceis v. coriaceis, penninerviis integris, peliolatis v. sub- 
sessilibus ; stipulis interpetiolaribus v. intrapetiolaribus plus minus 
Connatis acuminatis, intus ceraceo-g anduligeris; floribus axillaribus 
Cymosis; eymis varie compositis v. contraclis; bracteolis nunce in 
calyeulum connatis. (Asia, Oceania et À frica trop. cont. et insul.) 
Vid. p, 275 
31? Leiochilus Hook. Fr. ? — Flores Coffee, 5, 6-meri; calyce 
1. Spec. ad 12. WaLz., PI. té , . 165. Suppl., 221, 545. : F1. pt ge 161. 
Guurr., À [, 2 we es FL — Hance, in Trim.  Joù #8 a 8) 998, — 
cr M sr, 5 y MORE Li arms Lætris IT, ‘238, 
lrop. Afr., 1, 228 (Siphomeris). — BAK., 
maur., 158. “an j ad, =bat., EL, 257 : 2, Gen.. fi, 116 M. 
