RUBIACEÆ. VII. Covurarga. 
2 C. campanr'tra (D. C. prod. 4. p. 350.) leaves glabrous 
above, but villous beneath as well as the calyxes and peduncles ; 
peduncles trifid, 3-flowered. h.S. Native of South America, 
about the Caraccas, where it was collected by Vargas, who says 
it is called Campanilla by the natives. Flowers and fruit one 
half smaller than those of C. specidsa, and the capsule is less 
compressed, and ribless. 
Campanilla Coutarea.. Shrub 8 to 4 feet. 
3 C. Mexica‘na (Zucc. et Mart. in litt. 1829. ex D. C. prod. 
4. p. 350.) leaves glabrous on both surfaces; peduncles 1- 
flowered, bibracteolate at the base; corolla funnel-shaped, with 
very blunt lobes. k.S. Native of Mexico. 
Mexican Coutarea. Shrub or tree. 
+ Species hardly known. 
4 C. ratirLo‘ra (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. ex D. C. 
prod. 4. p. 350.) pedicels 1-flowered, bractless; the diameter 
of the flower equal to its length. h.S. Native of Mexico, 
where it is called Copalchi by the natives. Leaves oval, attenu- 
ated at the base. Pedicels axillary, usually twin. Corolla white. 
Stigma bilamellate. Capsule less compressed, ornamented. with 
6 ribs and scattered tubercles. 
Broad-flowered Coutarea. Shrub or tree. 
5 C. rtave'scens (Moe. et Sesse, 1. c. ex D. C. 1. c.) pedicels 
numerous, bractless ; the diameter of the flower almost one half 
smaller than its length. h. S. Native of Mexico. Superior 
leaves sometimes by threes, oval, attenuated at the base. Pe- 
duncles 3 in a whorl, twice bifid, only bracteate under the rami- 
fications. Flowers yellowish, smaller and narrower than in the 
preceding species. 
Yellowish-flowered Coutarea. Shrub or tree. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Naziclea, p. 469. 
VII. HI'LLIA (named after Sir John Hill, a voluminous 
botanical author). Jacq. amer. p. 96. t.66. Lin. gen. no. 444. 
Lam. ill. t. 257. Gærtn. fruct. 3. p- 97. t.. 197. Juss. mem. 
mus. 6. p. 888. D.C. prod. 4. p. 3850.—Fereìria, Vand. in 
Reem. script. p. 98. t. 6. ex icon. 
Lin. syst. Tetra-Hexándria, Monogynia. Calyx with an ob- 
orate tube, girded by a 2-4-leaved involucel at the base; limb 
2-4-parted : segments narrow, acute, permanent. Corolla with 
a long terete tube, a short ventricose throat, and a 4-6-parted 
limb (f. 85. 6.), with spreading flat oval lobes. Stamens 4-6, 
sessile beneath the mouth of the tube, inclosed (f. 85. c.). 
Stigma thick, bifid (f. 85. d.). Capsule elongated, 2-celled, 
crowned by the limb of the calyx ; cells dehiscing from the top 
Inside. Placentas 2, central. Seeds imbricated downwards, 
rather compressed, ending each in a pencil-formed tail (f. 85. e): 
mbryo straight, in sparing fleshy albumen ; having the radicle 
beds towards the hylum.—Small glabrous shrubs or subshrubs. 
eaves obovate, green, rather fleshy. Stipulas oval, membra- 
nous, foliaceous, deciduous, the 2 
Upper ones constituting an invo- 
Incel. Flowers terminal, soli- 
tary, elongated, white. Fruit 
follicle-formed. 
» LONGIFLORA (Swartz, obs. 
p. 135. t. 5. f. 1.) flowers hexan- 
Tous; corollas 6-cleft, with li- 
near-lanceolate, rather revolute 
Segments. p. S. Native of Ja- 
oaa Guadaloupe, Martinico, 
uba, the hotter parts of Mexico, 
on the decayed parts of old trees, 
and among moss, H. parasitic, 
VOL, IL, 
FIG. 85. 
VIII. Hirta. 
IX. Hymrnorocon. X. Cincnona. 473 
Jacq. amer. p. 96. t. 66. Perhaps there are two species confused 
under this name. Lobes of calyx, ex Jacq. 6, but according to 
Swartz 2-4, and in the specimens examined only 2. The involucel, 
according to Swartz, is 6-leaved, but according to Jacquin and the 
Specimen examined only 2-leaved, constantly composed of the 2 
superior stipulas. ‘The branches, according to Swartz and Jac- 
quin, are terete, but according to the figure in the fl. mex. and 
the specimen examined tetragonal. In the figure of bot. mag. 
t. 721. the branches are round, the leaves ovate, smooth; the 
involucel of 2 leaves, limb of the corolla of 6 twisted seg- 
ments, and the limb of the calyx apparently 6-cleft. The flowers 
are white and very fragrant. 
Long-flowered Hillia. Fl. Feb. March. 
2 feet. 
2 H. Brasitie’nsis (Cham. et Schlecht. in Linnea. 4. p. 201.) 
corollas 6-cleft, hexandrous: segments ovate-lanceolate, obtuse. 
h. S. Native of Brasil. Leaves oval, acuminated. Tube of 
corolla 3 inches long. 
Brasilian Hillia. Shrub. 
3 H. rerra’npra (Swartz, fl. ind. occ. 1. p. 630. icon. t. 11.) 
flowers 4-cleft, tetrandrous: segments ovate. h. S. Native 
of Jamaica, on the high mountains among the roots of bushes. 
Leaves obovate, pale green. Roots creeping, tuberous. Lobes 
of calyx 4, cuneate-oblong, 2 of which are deciduous. Leaves 
of involucel 4, 2 of them smaller than the other two. Flowers 
yellowish-white, having the tube nearly an inch long and tetra- 
gonal. Seeds pappose at the apex.—Perhaps H. Tuxtlénsis, 
Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. ined., which was collected about Tuxtla 
in Mexico, is distinct from this species, in consequence of the 
calyx being 2-lobed, and the involucel 2-leaved. 
Tetrandrous Hillia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1793. 
to 4 feet. 
Cult. The species of this genus delight in a mixture of turfy 
loam, peat, and sand; and cuttings will soon strike root in the 
same kind of soil, or in sand under a hand-glass, in heat. 
Clt. 1789. Shrub 
Shrub 3 
IX. HYMENO’POGON (from ùunv, hymen, a membrane, 
and rwywy, pogon, a beard ; the seeds are furnished with a mem- 
branous appendage at each end). Wall. in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 
156. D. C. prod. 4. p. 351. but not of Beauv. 
Lin. syst. Pentándria, Monogýnia. Calyx with an obovate 
tube, and a 5-parted permanent limb. Corolla salver-shaped, 
with a very long tube, and a 5-parted limb. Stamens 5, inserted 
in the inflated apex of the tube, inclosed. Stigma oblong, 2- 
lobed : lobes linear. Capsule oblong-clavate, 10-nerved, crowned, 
2-celled; carpels dehiscing at the apex, cleft in the middle, 
hence the capsule appears 4-valved. Placentas very narrow. 
Seeds imbricated, linear, furnished with a membranous appen- 
dage at both ends.—A small crooked shrub, with compressed 
branchlets. Leaves approximate, acuminated, membranous, pu- 
bescent above, and villous beneath. Stipulas permanent, mem- 
branous, ovate, acute, ciliated. Corymbs nearly terminal, 
trichotomous, bracteate. Flowers very long, white, inodorous, 
pubescent. 
1 H. parasiticus (Wall. 1. c.) h.S. Native of the East 
Indies, growing on trees, and sometimes on rocks, on Sheopore, 
Chandagiri, near Hetounra, and between that place and Chit- 
long. Stems rooting, as well as the branches, covered with 
pale ash-coloured bark. Leaves 5-7 inches long. Seeds Jinear, 
smooth, terminated by a long linear membranous, sometimes 
bifid appendage, measuring altogether 3 lines in length, 
Parasitic Hymenopogon. Shrub. 
Cult. See Hillia above for culture and propagation, 
X. CINCHO'NA (said to be named in honour of the Coun- 
tess de Chinchon, vice queen of Peru, who was cured of a fever 
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