7 CXVI. 
ADINA GLOBIFLORA. 
Globe-flowered Adina. 
~ORDO NATURALIS. 
Rubiacee. Juss. Gen, p. 196. 
Sect.x. Flores aggregati supra receptaculum commune, rarius coadunati. Folia opposita. Arbores aut 
Frutices, rarius Herbe. : 
Pericarpium membranaceum, obpyramidale, 2-loculare, 4-valve, ab apice dehiscens septo calyce co- 
ron:to. Calyx profunde 4-5-fidus nunc dente inter lacinias. Corolla infundibuliformis, limbo 
4-5-fido. Filamen 14-5, oretubi inserta, brevissima, extrorsum arcuata. Anthere sagittate. Stylus 
longissimus. Sigma turbinatum. Semina 2-3 in singulis loculis, culo spongioso juxta apicem ses- 
silia,. oblonga, marginata. Frutex humilis, Folia Gardeniarum, obtuse acuminata, tenella gummosa. 
Stipule 2-fide, basi intuscallis barbate. . Flores eapitati, in rudimentis ramulorum azillaribus termi- 
pai Bractca paleacea ad basin florum singulorum., Receptaculum pilosum. Nomena voce adsxos con- 
ertus, 
A. foliorum laminis lanceolatis, glabris: stipulis patulis: pedunculis minute pubescentibus. 
Sponte nascentem juxta Wampu, legit J. Ropertson. 
Floret apud nos Julio, Augusto. 
‘ carpi ore ir er 
slightly pubescent, 9-locular with from 2 td 3 seeds in each cell: when ripe pale brown witha blackish 
top, about 1 line long. Calyx yellow, deeply divided into 4 or 5 segments somewhat wedge-shaped 
ubesc 
arched with the convex side turned inwards so as nearly to fill the cavity oi the mouth, awl-shaped, 
nts, spreading, somewhat sagittate, having 
