^^Q Rubiaceae Jss. 



hyalinae, intus et extus apicem laciniarum stigmatum obte- 

 gentes; fructus styli rudimento vix apiculatus, subglobosus, 

 subdidvmus, transyersim latus, 0,09 poll. altus, 0,11 poll. la- 

 tus, 0,08 poll. crassus, biloculatus, calycis laciniis coronatus, 

 in rertice emarginatus, vix transverse biyalvis ; valvae septi- 

 gerae ; receptacula bina, Lemispbaerica, septo tenuissimo in- 

 terstincta, crassa, tota seminibus plurimis periphericis tecta; 

 semina obovato-cuneata, angulata, minuta. — Mense Martio 

 et Aprili fiores fructusque gerentes reperi 184.6. 



334. HEDYOTIS (OLDENLANDIA) RACEMOSA La3I. 



aiar. Spec. cf. Wght. et Arn. Prdr. I. 414. 1266. Wlp. Rprt. II. 498. 

 61. sed di£Fert nostra a descriptione sectionis g. 2 corollae faiice 

 glal.ro; an H. hiflora R.Br. Wght. et Arn. 1. c. 413. 1265. AAlp. 

 ill)rt. 1. c. 60 jure sejungenda species? — an non //. rainosissima 

 Bl. Bijdr. 972, a clss. DC. Prdr. IV. 427. 30 ad Oldenlandiam ala- 

 iam Koen. ducta, majori jure huc referenda? 



Descrpt. Herbae annuae, jiiveniles 3,0 poll. ahae, 

 erectae ; seniores basi procumbentes, in hortis et ruderatis 

 prope Batdmam ^oilgatissimae, glaberrimae, dichotome ramo- 

 sissimae; rami 6,0 poll. longi, tetragoni, subtorti, rubentes; 

 internodia 0.4 — 1.0 poll. longa; stipulae cum petiolorum basi 

 in vaginam latam brevem connatae, apice utrinque bifidam, 

 getis accessoriis 1 — 2 praeditam ; laciniae subulatae, subre- 

 flexae; petioli oppositi breves, vaginis longiores, 0,1 — 0,3 

 poU. longi, plani; fi^lia patentia in juvenihbus majora elliptica 

 aut ovato- s. ovali-oblonga, summa ovata; acuta, basi in pe- 

 tiolum plus minus attenuata, subtus nervo medio acuto sub- 

 caiinata, 1,0—0,8 poU. longa, 0,3 — 0,5 poll. lata, nervorum 

 laterahum oppositorum paribus 3 — 4 erecto-patentibus, vix 

 prominulis , subcarnosa, integerrima, margine minutissime 

 aculeolato-ciliato-Bcabriuscula, laete viridia, supra sublucida, 

 subtus paUidiora: summa et speciminum seniorum plerumque 

 ovata aut subrotundo-attenuata, acuta, nunc obtusa, 0,6 — 0,3 

 poll. longa, 0,3 — 0,2 poU. lata ; /^^r/e^^if w/e axillares aut tenni- 

 nales in juvenilibus 1 — 2 — 3-flori, nunc subcjraosi 5-flori, in 



