henriquezieæ

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. A tribe of dicotyledonous gamopetalous plants, of the natural order Rubiaceæ, distinguished by having a 2-lipped imbricate corolla and from 2 to 4 broadly winged seeds in each of the two cells of the capsule. The tribe contains two genera, natives of tropical South America, trees with opposite or verticillate leaves and entire stipules.