Fernelia
(named after J. F. Fernel, 1497-1558, physician to Henry II. Of France). ORD. Rubiaceae. A genus containing four species of small glabrous stove evergreen shrubs, having much the habit of Box. Pedicels axillary, very short, bracteolate, one-flowered; corolla small. Leaves opposite, small, coriaceous, shortly petiolate, obovate-oblong, or sub-orbicular. The species described below requires treatment similar to Rondeletia (which see). F. buxifolia (Box-leaved). fl, lobes of the corolla obtuse. Berry obovate, crowned by the subulate lobes of the calyx. l. five to six lines long, and three to four broad. h. 1ft. to 3ft. Mauritius, 1816.