RUBIACEA. XXVI. Amazova. 
posite according to Desfontaines, mem. mus. 6. p. 12. t. 4. 
Hamélia sessiliflora, Willd. spec. 1. p. 981. Hamélia glabra, 
Lam. dict. 8. p. 65. Duhameélia glabra, Pers. ench. 1. p. 203. 
Berry obovate, areolate at the apex, from the calyx having fallen 
off, 2-3-celled ; cells bearing each 2 rows of seeds, and distinct 
septa; hence the fruit appears 4-6-celled at first sight in the dry 
State, 
Guiana Amaioua. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 
2 A, raciròLIa (Desf. mem. mus. 6. p. 14. t. 5.) branchlets 
nearly terete, smoothish ; leaves opposite, obovate, acuminated, 
nerved; corymbs of flowers on short peduncles; flowers crowd- 
ed, almost sessile; limb of calyx tubular, short. h.S. Native 
of Cayenne. Fruit unknown. 
Beach-leaved Amaioua. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 
3 A, INTERME'DIA (Mart. in Schultes, syst. 7. p. 90.) branches 
terete, glabrous; leaves opposite, oblong, attenuated at both 
ends, ciliated ; flowers crowded, almost sessile, silky; upper 2 
stipulas forming an involucrum to the head of flowers. h. S. 
Native of Brazil, in the province of Bahia, in woods. 
Intermediate Amaioua. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 
4 A. corymposa (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 419. 
t. 294.) branchlets almost terete, smoothish ; leaves opposite, 
ovate-elliptic, nerved, acuminated ; corymbs panicled, peduncu- 
late; limb of calyx tubular, short. h. S. Native of New 
Andalusia, near Cumanacoa, in bushy shady places. Desf. mem. 
mus. 6, p. 15. Hexáctina corymbosa, Willd. rel. ex Schlecht. 
in Schultes, syst. 1. c. Petioles 6-10 lines long. Fruit un- 
known, Flowers by threes. 
Corymbose-flowered Amaioua. Shrub 8 to 9 feet. 
5 A. Pervvia'ya (Desf. mem. mus. 6. p. 16. t. 4. f. B.) leaves 
Opposite, elliptic, nerved, acuminated, shining on the upper sur- 
face; flowers aggregate, corymbose. k.S. Native of Peru. 
Said to be nearly allied to the preceding. 
Peruvian Amaioua. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 
6 A.? saccr’rera (Mart. in Schultes, syst. 7. p. 91.) branches 
angular and bristly at the apex; leaves 3 in a whorl, obovate- 
lanceolate, attenuated at the base, saccately scrobiform, hairy, 
costately nerved ; flowers terminal, crowded, on short peduncles ; 
calyxes elongated. h.S. Native of Brazil, in woods, at Barra 
do Rio Negro, where it is called by the natives Folho de Com- 
mmao and Coa-Jusara. 
Sack-bearing Amaioua. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 
7 A. BRASILIANA (A. Rich. diss. ex D. C. prod. 4. p. 870.) 
plant suffrutescent, creeping; branches assurgent ; leaves ellip- 
uc, acuminated ; flowers small, disposed in crowded corymbs ; 
Segments of corolla very short. h. S. Native of Brazil. 
Brazilian Amaioua. Shrub creeping. 
Cult. See Mussæ'nda, p. 492. for culture and propagation. 
_ XXVII. MUSSÆ'NDA (the vernacular name of M. frondòsa 
in Ceylon). Lin. gen. no. 241. Gærtn. fruct. 1. p- 140. t. 28. 
Lam. ill. t. 157. Juss. mem. mus. 6. p. 386. Ham. in Lin. trans. 
14. p. 198. and 203. D. C. prod. 4. p. 870.—Belilla, Rheed. 
and Adans. 
Lin. syst. Pentándria, Monogynia. Calyx with an oblong- 
turbinate tube, a 5-parted limb, and deciduous erect acute lobes, 
a of which is usually drawn out into a large petiolate, reticu- 
ately nerved, coloured leaf. Corolla funnel-shaped, with a 5- 
parted limb, and a villous throat. Anthers 5, sessile within the 
“a linear, inclosed, and sometimes a little exserted. Stigma 
ifid, Fruit ovoid, fleshy, naked at the apex from the limb of 
the calyx being deciduous, indehiscent, 2-celled; cells many 
— Placentas pedunculate, bifid at the apex, rising from the 
‘ssepiment, and appearing like a Burgundian cross. Seeds very 
— ous, small, lenticularly compressed, scabrous. Embryo in 
y albumen, with the radicle thick, and turned towards the 
OL. Ii. 
XXVII. Mussxwpa. 489 
hylum.—Small trees or shrubs. Leaves ovate, petiolate, villous 
or glabrous. Stipulas twin on both sides, free or combined at 
the base, acuminated. Flowers corymbose, terminal. Bracteas 
small under the pedicels or branches of the corymb, and ought 
a be cautiously distinguished from the large coloured calycine 
obes. 
Secr. I. Berrira (the name of one of the species in Malabar). 
Rheed. mal, and Adans, One of the calycine lobes is always 
drawn out into a large coloured reticulately veined bractea- 
formed leaf, which has been through want of proper caution 
taken for and called bracteas. Anthers sessile within the tube 
of the corolla, inclosed. Capsule ovate. 
1 M. speciosa (Poir, suppl. 4. p. 37.) leaves broad-oval, 
acute, rather villous at the nerves and veins above, pubescent be- 
neath ; teeth of calyx obtuse, one of which is usually petiolate, 
large, and coloured; corolla tubular, with obtuse lobes. h. S. 
Native of South America, in Caraccas. Macrocnémum specidsum, 
Jacq. hort. schoenbr. 1. p. 19. t. 43. The bractea-formed caly- 
cine leaves are rose coloured. Corymbs fastigiate, rather villous ; 
bracteas subulate. Style exserted. Anthers inclosed. Corolla 
villous on the outside, an inch long, with a rose-coloured limb. 
Showy Mussenda. FI. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1820. Shrub 3 
to 6 feet. 
2 M. acutirto’ra (Bartl. in Henke, herb. ex D.C. prod. 4. 
p. 370.) leaves oval, acuminated, acute at the base, glabrous, 
except the nerves and veins, which are pubescent on the 
under surface ; corymbs trichotomous pubescent ; teeth of calyx 
acute, one of which is usually large, petiolate, ovate, and co- 
loured ; corolla tubular, with acute lobes. h. S. Native of 
Mexico. Stipulas villous on the outside, bifid, acuminate, and 
deciduous. The large calycine leaf is 5-nerved and acuminated. 
Perhaps only a variety of M. speciosa. 
Acute-flomered Musseenda. Shrub 5 to 6 fret. 
3 M. rronvo'sa (Lin. spec. 251.) leaves oblong, acuminated, 
villous; branchlets and corymbs downy; stipulas subulate ; 
corymbs terminal, dichotomous, somewhat panicled; lobes of 
calyx elongated, subulate, one of which is petiolate, ovate, acu- 
minated, membranous and puberulous. h. S. Native of the 
East Indies, Java, Malabar, &c. Belilla, Rheed. mal. 2. p. 27. 
t. 17. M. Zeylanica, Burm. zeyl. 165. t. 76. M. formosa, Lin. 
mant. p. 338. M. fronddsa, Roxb. et Wall. in fl. ind. 2. p. 
227. Lam. ill. t.157. f. 1. Flowers of a deep golden colour. 
The bractea-formed leaf of the calyx is 2 inches long and white. 
Frondose Musseenda. Fl. Ju. Sept. Clt. 1824. Sh. 5 to 6 ft. 
4 M. cra‘sra (Vahl. symb, 3. p. 38.) leaves oval, acumin- 
ated at both ends, glabrous on both surfaces, as well as the 
branches; corymbs terminal, smoothish; segments of calyx 
broad-lanceolate, acute, one of which is large, petiolate, gla- 
brous, and acute. h.S. Native of the East Indies. Lodd. 
bot. cab. t. 1269. Fòlium Principisse, Rumph. amb. 4. t. 51. 
Flowers yellow. The bractea-formed leaf of the calyx is about 
4-5 inches long, white. 
Glabrous Mussenda. FI. Ju. Sept. Clt. 1820. Sh. 5 to 6 ft. 
5 M. catycina (Wall. cat. no, 6253.) leaves ovate or oblong, 
acuminated, tapering to both ends, almost glabrous, except on 
the nerves; stipulas villous, cuspidate at the apex; calyxes 
downy : segments large, ovate, cuspidate; the large foliaceous 
segment petiolate, ovate, elliptic, acuminated, yellow; young 
branches and peduncles villous ; peduncles terminal and axillary, 
corymbose, or trichotomous, bearing a single flower in each fork ; 
fruit turbinate. h. S. Native of the East Indies, in the 
Burmese empire, on Mount Taong Dong, and at Prome. 
Flowers yellow. 
Large-calyzed Musseenda. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. : 
6 M. vitxo'sa (Wall. cat, no, 6254.) leaves oblong, acumin- 
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