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guian. 1. p. 96. t. 37. f. 1. Calyx oblong, compressed: having 
4 furrows on each side, and 8-lobed at the apex ; lobes narrow, 
acute, fleshy. Corolla having a white tube, spotted with red, a 
throat closed by yellow hairs: and 4 oval, acute lobes, which are 
scarlet and villous above. 
Scarlet-flowered Manettia. 
Shrub tw. 
4 M. rycisrum (Swartz, prod. 4. p. 362. fl. ind. oce. p. 323.) 
stem suffruticose, flexuous, scandent; branches filiform; leaves 
ovate, acute, veiny, roughish on the nerves beneath; stipulas 
subulate, very short ; peduncles axillary, longer than the leaves, 
many-flowered. hh.” Native of the south of Jamaica, on 
the higher mountains. Spreng. syst. 1. p. 413. exclusive of the 
syn. of Kunth. Lygistum, Browne, jam. p. 142. t. 3. f. 2. but 
the calyx is said to be 4-lobed and the fruit baccate and 4- 
celled, and is therefore the Petésia Lygistum, Lin. spec. 160. 
the Lygistum axillare, Lam. ill. 1. p. 286. t. 67. f. 2., in which 
the calyx is also delineated with 4 lobes, and therefore also the 
Coccocypsilum bifldrum, Willd. spec. 1. p. 618.; the Fernélia 
biflora, Roem. et Schultes, syst. 3. p. 187. Perhaps 2 species 
are here confused, one with a 4-lobed calyx and the other with 
an 8-lobed calyx: having 4 of the lobes lanceolate, and 4 of 
them tooth-formed and smaller. 
Twiggy Manettia. Fl. Feb. April. Clt. 1822. Sh. cl. 
-ő M. Havanne'nsts (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 
388.) stems twining ; branches angular; floriferous branchlets 
by threes; 1-8-flowered; leaves ovate-oblong, acuminated, 
glabrous. kh. ^©. S. Native of Cuba, in humid places near 
the Havannah. Leaves usually 3 in a whorl. Flowers unknown. 
Capsule roundish, crowned by the 8 linear lobes of the calyx. 
Seeds girded by a jagged wing. 
Havannah Manettia. Shrub tw. 
6 M. cusripa‘ra (Bert. in Spreng. syst. 1. p. 415.) plant 
glabrous; stems twining; branches filiform, rather tetragonal ; 
leaves oval-oblong, acuminated; stipulas broad, very short ; 
peduncles axillary, bipartite; pedicels elongated, 1-flowered. 
h.%.S. Native of Jamaica, Trinidad, and Mexico. Calyx 
roughish, turbinate, with 8 linear elongated subulate lobes. 
Corolla smoothish. Capsule oval, compressed, glabrous, with 8 
nerves, which remain after the seeds have fallen. Seeds girded 
by a toothed wing. 
Cuspidate-leaved Manettia. Shrub tw. 
7 M. untrto’ra (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 387.) 
stems suffrutescent, scandent; branches tetragonal, rather his- 
pid ; leaves ovate-oblong, ending in a narrow acumen, rather 
pilose above and glabrous beneath; peduncles terminal and 
lateral, 1-flowered. h.. S. Native of New Andalusia, in 
temperate places near Caripe. Stipulas short, ovate, ciliated. 
Corolla red. Lobes of calyx 8, linear. Capsule pear-shaped, 
8-ribbed. Wings of seeds laciniately toothed. According to 
Kunth this is very nearly allied to M. racemésa. 
One-flowered Manettia. Shrub cl. 
Fl. May, July. Clt. 1806. 
Secr. II. Nacrsea (Aublet does not give the meaning of this 
word). D.C. prod. 4. p. 363. Lobes of calyx equal in num- 
ber to the lobes of the corolla, usually 4, without any accessory 
lobules. 
8 M. corpiro't1a (Mart. spec. mat. med. bras. 1. p. 19. t. 
7.) stems herbaceous, twining, terete, roughish ; leaves ovate, 
cordate at the base, acute at the apex, finely pubescent on both 
surfaces ; peduncles axillary, 1-flowered. Y%.™. G. Native 
of Brazil, in the province of Minas Geraes, at Villa Ricca, in 
hedges and on the margins of woods. Roots woody, brown, 
and are an excellent remedy in dropsy and dysentery. Lobes 
of calyx 4, ovate-lanceolate, downy. Corolla scarlet, an inch 
long, glabrous outside, and villous inside. 
RUBIACEÆ. XVII. Manerrta. 
Heart-leaved Manettia. Fl. Aug. Oct. Clt. 1832. Pl. tw. 
9 M. cra‘sra (Cham. et Schlecht. in Linnea. 4. p. 159.) 
plant quite glabrous ; stems twining; leaves cordate, acumin- 
ated; peduncles axillary, 1-flowered. 2. ^. G. Native of 
the South of Brazil, among bushes, on the banks of rivers and 
rivulets, as on the Uraquay. Corolla scarlet, glabrous on the 
outside, but clothed with white villi above the base inside. 
Stigma club-shaped. Stipulas with a subulate point in the 
middle. Segments of calyx narrower than in M. cordif lia, 
which plant is very similar, and which Hook. and Arnott con- 
sider identical. 
Glabrous Manettia. Pl. tw. 
10 M. cra‘cizis (Cham. et Schlecht. in Linnea. 4. p. 169.) 
plant puberulous, twining; leaves petiolate, ovate-lanceolate, 
acuminated ; peduncles axillary, 1-flowered ; calyx glabrous. 
y..S. Native of the south of Brazil. Very like M. glabra, 
but is distinguished by the characters given, in the flowers being 
smaller and slenderer, also scarlet; in the calycine lobes being 
narrower, and in the anthers being linear. 
Slender Manettia. Pl. tw. 
11 M. pvuse’scens (Cham. et Schlecht. l. c. p. 170.) plant 
cinereous from down; stems twining ; leaves petiolate, ovate, ob- 
tuse at the base, and acuminated at the apex ; stipulas furnished 
with a short acumen; peduncles axillary, 1-flowered ; calycine 
segments longer than the tube, but at length equal with it. X. 
A^, S. Native of the south of Brazil. Very like the two pre- 
ceding species. Corolla scarlet, 3 times longer than the limb 
of the calyx. 
Pubescent Manettia. PI. tw. i 
12 M. virosa (Cham. et Schlecht. 1. c. p. 172.) plant 
twining ; branches cinereously tomentose from roughish mee ; 
leaves petiolate, ovate, somewhat acuminated, acutish at the 
base ; stipulas triangular ; peduncles axillary, 1-flowered ; oe 
ments of the calyx linear, one half shorter than the tube of the 
corolla ; corolla pubescent on the outside ; capsule ovate, rather 
villous. Y..S. Native of the south of Brazil. 
Villous Manettia. Pl. tw. 
13 M. arrenva‘ta (Nees. et Mart. in nov. act. bonn, 12. 
p. 14.) stem scandent, almost terete, roughish ; leaves ovate- 
lanceolate, attenuated at both ends, clothed with pubescent to- 
mentum beneath; peduncles axillary, 1-flowered. R- ee 
Native of Brazil, on the road to Felisbert, and in fields at the 
mountain called Grao-major, in the province of the M 
Lobes of calyx 4, lanceolate, acuminated, erect, pubescent, 
Corolla glabrous, 2 inches long, crimson, with ovate acutish re 
flexed lobes. Upper leaves 3 in a whorl. 
Attenuated-leaved Manettia. Shrub tw. £ b.) 
14 M. acurtrdxra (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 1. p. 58. t. 89. f 
plant glabrous; stems twining, terete; leaves lanceolate, g 
acute, petiolate; stipulas acuminated, adpressed, broad r E 
base ; peduncles axillary, 1-3-flowered ; tube of corolla Bi 
longer than the calyx. 4%. ^. S. Native of Peru, in ae 
in the province of Panatahua. M. acutiflora, Roem. et oe e 
syst. 3. p. 203. Nacíbea acutiflòra, Poir. suppl. 4. p- 55. mie 
of calyx 4, lanceolate-linear, acute. Corolla purple, villous 0 
side, as well as in the throat. 
Acute-flowered Manettia. Shrub tw. 90. 
15 M. umpetra‘ra (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 1. p. 58. t a 
f. a.) plant glabrous ; stems scandent, terete ; leaves ovate ør 
rather cordate, acute; stipulas broad at the base, acumina Y. 
adpressed ; peduncles axillary, many flowered, umbellate. A 
u. S. Native of Peru, in groves, at Muna. Nacibea um i 
lata, Poir. suppl. 4. p. 55. Bracteas 2-4, purae ae 
flower in the manner of an involucrum. Lobes of calyx 4, 
ceolate. Corolla blue, with a bearded throat. 
Umbellate-flowered Manettia. Shrub cl. 
