RUBIACEÆ. XLIX. Coccocyrsetum. 
Allied to C. canéscens, but differs in the above characters, and in 
the flowers being larger and slenderer, and less hairy; and in 
the lobes being more acute and longer. 
Golden Coccocypselum, PI. cr. 
8 C. NUMMULARIFÒLIUM (Cham. et Schlecht. in Linnea. 4. p. 
397.) plant very hairy, prostrate, creeping; leaves ovate-round- 
ish, very blunt at the base, obtuse at the apex, and somewhat 
mucronulate ; heads on short peduncles; bracteas linear. Y. S. 
Native of equinoxial Brazil. Corolla violaceous, beset with 
spreading pili at the tops of the lobes. Allied to C. campanu- 
liflòrum and C. cordifòlium. 
Money-wort-leaved Coccocypselum. PI. cr. 
9 C. corpiròrium (Nees et Mart. in nov. act. bonn. 12. p. 
14.) plant creeping; leaves cordate, obtuse, hairy ; peduncles at 
length equal in length to the petioles; heads of flowers almost 
globose ; calyxes and petioles very villous. 2%. S. Native of 
Brazil, on the road to Felisbert and of St. Catharine. Corolla 
white, pubescent. Berries globose, blue. Habit of Geéphila. 
Heart-leaved Coccocypselum. PI. er. 
10 C.? ERYTHROCE'PHALUM (Cham. et Schlecht. in Linnea. 
4. p. 144.) branches or stems simple, hairy; leaves ovate, acute, 
obtuse at the base, hairy on both surfaces, often purplish beneath ; 
heads on short peduncles, beset with purplish hairs. %. S. 
Native of equinoxial Brazil. Flowers and fruit unknown. 
Red-headed Coccocypselum. PI. er.? 
11 C. pepuncuta’re (Cham. et Schlecht. in Linnea. 4. p. 
142.) plant ascending, clothed with adpressed strigose hairs ; 
leaves lanceolate-oblong, with revolute edges ; peduncles alter- 
nate, longer than the leaves, usually reflexed after flowering ; 
heads 10-12-flowered. Y.S. Native of equinoxial Brazil. 
Peduncular Coccocypselum. PI. cr. 
12 C. Tonra'nea (H, B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 2. p. 
406.) leaves ovate, acutish, clothed with hairy down on both 
surfaces ; heads axillary, pedunculate, 3-5-flowered ; bracteas 
subulate ; anthers a little exserted. 4%. S. Native of Cayenne, 
Guiana, Caraccas, Popayan, and of Jamaica, if C. Sicélium, P. 
Browne, jam. 144. be the same. Tontanea Guianénsis, Aubl. 
guan. l. p. 108. t. 408. Tontànea répens, Pers. Bellardia 
repens, Willd. spec. 1. p. 626. Bellardia Tontanea, Roem. et 
Schultes, syst. 3. p. 205. Corolla either white or blue, ex 
ihe Berries blue. Tontanee is the Guiana name of the 
Tontanea Coccocypselum. PI. er. 
7 13 C. GLA`BRUM (Bartl. in herb. Hænke, ex D. C. prod. 4. p. 
397.) plant creeping, quite glabrous; leaves ovate, subcordate, 
acutish ; heads few-flowered, axillary, when bearing the fruit 
P. longer peduncles, which are deflexed. %. S. Native of 
anama. Very nearly allied to C. Tontànea, and probably only 
a glabrous variety of that species, but the flowers are unknown. 
Glabrous Coccocypselum. Pl. er. 
i 14 C. citia‘rum (Cham. et Schlecht. in Linnea. 6. p. 414.) 
eaves roundish-ovate, ciliated, as well as the petioles, having the 
nerves furnished with long hairs on the upper surface ; heads of 
flowers equal to about half the length of the leaves. h. S. Na- 
tive of Mexico, between Huilamalco and Cuapa. Very like C. 
umbellata, Leaves an inch and a half long and 14 lines broad. 
Ciliated Coccocypselum. PI. creeping. 
+ The generic character of the tno folloning species is 
EA and according to Kunth, syn. should probably be ex- 
cluded from the present genus.—E rect suffruticose glabrous plants. 
_ 15 C. opova'rum (Pers. ench. 1. p. 132.) stem erect, suffru- 
Ucose; leaves obovate, acuminated ; peduncles axillary, aggre- 
Bate, unequal, racemose. k.S. Native of Peru, at Chinchao, 
on mountains. Condalia obovata, Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 1. p. 54. 
orolla greenish white, Berries purple. 
L. Ferse. LI. Perunoa. 509 
Obovate-leaved Coccocypselum. Shrub 3 feet. 
16 C. sx’ssitz (Pers. l. c.) stem erect, suffruticose; leaves 
oblong, acute ; flowers sessile, crowded, axillary. h .S. Native 
of Peru, on the mountains about Chinchao. Condalia séssilis, 
Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 1. p. 54. Corolla purplish. Berries ovate, 
purplish. 
Sessile-flowered Coccocypselum. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 
Cult. A mixture of peat and sand is the best soil for the 
species; and they will be easily increased by separating the 
creeping stems from the main plant. 
L. FERNE‘LIA (named after J. Fernel, M. D. physician to 
Henry II. of France ; he died in 1558). Comm. in Juss. gen. p. 
196. mem. mus. 6. p. 393. Lam. ill. t. 67. f. 1. Geertn. fil. carp. 
3. p. 61. A. Rich. mem. soc. hist. nat. par. 5. p. 275. D.C. 
prod. 4. p. 398.—Coccocypsilum species, Willd. and Spreng. 
Lin. syst. Tetrdéndria, Monogynia. Calyx with an obovate 
tube, and a 4-cleft limb; lobes subulate at the apex. Corolla 
small, with a short tube, and a 4-lobed spreading limb. Stamens 
4, inserted in the tube of the corolla, inclosed, or a little ex- 
serted. Stigma bifid. Berry crowned by the limb of the calyx, 
2-celled, having the dissepiment incomplete and semilunar, and 
elliptic. Seeds numerous, somewhat compressed. Albumen 
cartilaginous. Embryo almost dorsal, with a centripetal radicle, 
and flat roundish cotyledons.—Small glabrous branched trees, 
having much the habit of box. Leaves obovate, stiffish. Sti- 
pulas short, acute, solitary on each side. Pedicels axillary, 
very short, bracteolate, 1-flowered. 
1 F. suxirérsa (Lam. ill. no. 1478. but not of Geertn.) lobes 
of corolla obtuse ; berry obovate, crowned by the subulate lobes 
of the calyx. h.S. Native of the Mauritius, where it is call- 
ed bois de buis. F. obovata, Geertn. fil. carp. 3. p. 62. t. 191. 
but not of Lam. Coccocypselum buxifdlium, Spreng. syst. 1. 
p. 416. Leaves 5-6 lines long, and 3-4 broad. 
Box-leaved Fernelia. Clt. 1816. Shrub. 
2 F. ozova‘ra (Lam. ill. t. 67. f. 1.) lobes of corolla acumi- 
nated; berries nearly globose, crowned by the lobes of the 
calyx, which are bluntish and velvety inside. h.S. Native of 
the Mauritius, where it is called bots Malabare and bois de ronde. 
F. buxifdlia, Gaertn. fil. carp. 3. p. 63. t. 197. f. 6. Coccocyp- 
silum uniflérum, Willd. spec. 1. p. 618. Sieb. fl. maur. exsic. 
2. no. 100. Leaves 8-10 lines long, and 6-7 broad. 
Obovate-leaved Fernelia. Clt. 1816. Shrub. 
3 F. pepuncua‘ta (Gertn. fil. carp. 3. p. 191. f. 3.) lobes 
of corolla unknown; berry obovate, tapering a long way into the 
stipe at the base, crowned by the lobes of the calyx, which are 
bluntish. &.S. Native of the Mauritius. Shrub and flowers 
unknown. 
Pedunculate-fruited Fernelia. Shrub. 
Cult. For culture and propagation, see Rondeleétia, p. 517. 
LI. PETU’NGA (Peetunga is the name of P. Roxbúrghii in 
the Bengalee language). D. C. prod. 4. p. 398.—Randia species, 
Roxb.—Higginsia, Blum. bijdr. p. 988. but not of Pers. 
Lin. syst. Tetrdndria, Monogynia. Calyx with an ovate 
tube, and a permanent 4-toothed limb. Corolla funnel-shaped, 
with a short obconical tube, a 4-parted limb, and a very villous 
throat. Stamens 4; anthers a little exserted. Style filiform, 
villous: stigma bidentate, a little exserted. Berry globose, de- 
pressed and umbilicate at the apex, 2-celled. Seeds 2-4 in 
each cell, fixed to the upper part of the dissepiment, ex Roxb., 
scale-formed, and imbricated downwards, ex Blum. Albumen 
cartilaginous. Embryo inverted, with linear cotyledons. —Un- 
armed erect glabrous shrubs, with decussate horizontal branches. 
Leaves opposite, oblong, attenuated at both ends. Stipulas 
long-acuminated, deciduous, Spikes axillary, solitary or twin, 
