44. RUBIACEJE. 
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Small innocuous slir. or herbs. L. opposite or whorled. FI. 
small inconspicuous scentless. 
2. Phyllis. FI. polygamous i. e. perfect or male and fe- 
male : cal. -tube compressed obovate, limb obsolete. Cor. 
rotato-campanulate shortly tubular, limb deeply o-partite. 
Stam. 5 inserted at base of cor. Stigmas 2 linear subsessile 
on the ov. Fr. dry obovate compressed 2-partite; carpels 
1 -seeded pendulous from the top of the central axis. — 
Small slir. with opposite or whorled 1. and terminal pa- 
nicles of small gr. often imperfect (male or female) tl. 
Tribe III. GALIEJE. 
The Madder Tribe. 
FI. rarely imperfect. Styles 2 distinct ; stigmas capitate. 
Fr. dry or rarely fleshy, of 2 indehiscent 1 -seeded carpels or 
mericarps mostly separating when ripe. — Herbs occasionally 
suffrutescent. St. 4-angular. L. verticillate. FI. small, cor. 
stellate, lobes valvate in bud. Roots often yielding a red dye. 
3. Shf.rardia. Cal. -tube ovate, limb 6 -fld, teeth enlarged 
after flowering. Cor. funnel-shaped , tube elongate , limb 
4-fld spreading. Stam. 4 exserted. Style 2-fld. Fr. dry 
of two carpels, each crowned bg 3 teeth of the persistent 
cal. 
4. Galium. Limb of cal. obsolete faintly or obscurely toothed. 
Cor. rotate 4- (rarely 3-) partite. Fr. drg, not crowned bg 
the cal. limb , didgmous, of 2 globose or ovoidal indehiscent 
1 -seeded carpels. — Square-stemmed herbs sometimes suf- 
frutescent with whorled 1. or stip. and small w. sometimes 
' y. fl. in axillary cymes often forming spuriously terminal 
panicles. 
o. Aspera. Like Galium but fr. oblong or subcylindric 
composed of 2 linear-oblong mericarps or carpels. 
(5. IIuria. Like Galium but cor. 5-4-partite and fr. iuicy 
baccate. 
t t+Tribe I . Coffeea. 
The Coffee Tribe. 
tt+1. Co FEE A L. 
tttl. C. ARAIIICA L. Cofloc-tr. Cufeeiro. 
L. oblong-lanceolate acuminate; pe.d. short axillary aggre- 
gate; 11. o-fid, stam. exserted, fr. ovoidal. — Linn. Sp. Fl. 24o ; 
Lour. Fl. Cocli. i. 144; 11M. t. 1303; DC. iv. 400. — Slir. or 
