510 RUBIACEÆ. LI. Perunea. 
simple, many flowered, 8 times shorter than the leaves. Bracteas 
short, 1-flowered. Flowers disposed in 2 or 4 rows, sessile 
along the rachis of the spike, small, greenish white. This genus 
differs from Rándia in the flowers being tetramerous, and very 
much bearded in the throat, and in the spicate inflorescence and 
whole habit; and from Higginsia in the throat of the corolla 
being bearded, in the genitals being a little exserted, and in the 
globose depressed fruit, &c. 
1 P. Roxsvu’reun (D. C. prod. 4. p. 399.) leaves elliptic-ob- 
long, glabrous, acuminated at both ends ; spikes axillary ; brac- 
teas and calyxes glabrous. h.S. Native of the East Indies, 
about Luksmeeapoora, where it is called Peetunga by the natives. 
Randia racemosa, Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 144. Branches almost 
horizontal. Leaves drooping, 3-4 inches long, and about 1 
broad. Stipulas large, caducous. Spikes about one-half or one- 
third shorter than the leaves. Flowers small, pale, greenish 
white. Berries round, smooth, shining, straw coloured, size of 
a pea. 
Beis Petunga. Clt. 1820. Shrub 8 to 4 feet. 
2 P. toncironia (D.C. 1. c.) leaves elliptic-oblong, acumi- 
nated at both ends; branches terete; bracteas and calyxes 
downy. h.S. Nativeof Java. Higginsia longifdlia, Blum. 
bijdr. p. 988. Leaves 6-7 inches long, and 2 broad. Spikes 
about 2 inches long. Flowers small, greenish white. 
Long-leaved Petunga. Shrub 8 to 4 feet. 
3 P. microca’rpa (D. C. 1. c.) leaves oblong-lanceolate, acu- 
minated, finely veined ; spikes short, quadrifariously imbricated ; 
tube of corolla very short. h.S. Native of Java, where it is 
called Ki-Apiet by the natives. Higgínsia microcárpa, Blum. 
bijdr. p. 988. Leaves 3 inches long, and 9 lines broad. Spikes 
5-6 lines long. Flowers small, greenish white. 
Small-fruited Petunga. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 
4 P. cromervuLa`ra (D. C. prod. 4. p. 399.) leaves oblong- 
lanceolate, veiny ; spikes densely glomerulated. h.S. Native 
of Java, on mount Salak, and in woods on the island of Nusæ- 
Kambanga. 
Glomerulated-spiked Petunga. 
Shrub. 
Cult. 
For culture and propagation see Catesbe‘a, p. 511. 
LII. HIGGI'NSIA (named after General O-Higgins, some- 
time Governor of Chili). Pers. ench. 1. p. 133. D. C. prod. 4. 
p. 399.—O-Higginsia, Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 1. p. 55. Roem. et 
Schultes, syst. 3. p. 10. (exclusive of all the species with 4- 
celled fruit). Evósmia species, Spreng.—Nacibea species, Juss. 
Lin. syst. Tetrdndria, Monogynia. Calyx with a short ob- 
ovate tube, and a permanent limb, which is 4-toothed to the 
base. Corolla funnel-shaped, and somewhat campanulate, with 
a short tube, a 4-parted spreading limb, and a naked throat. 
Stamens inserted into the middle of the tube; filaments short; 
anthers ovate, inclosed. Stigmas 2, exserted. Berry oblong, 
somewhat tetragonal, bisulcate, 2-celled, crowned by the calyx. 
Placentas adnate to the dissepiment. Seeds many in each cell, 
small, wingless.—Shrubs about 3 or 4 feet high, with bluntly 
tetragonal branches. Leaves opposite or in whorles, obovate or 
oblong, acute. Stipulas solitary on both sides, small, acute, de- 
ciduous. Peduncles axillary, racemose, bearing short unilateral 
pedicels. Corollas reddish. 
1 H. verticiza‘ta (Pers. ench. 1. p. 133.) leaves 3 in a 
whorl, lanceolate, downy beneath; peduncles solitary, depen- 
dent, bearing about 4 flowers. h. S. Native of Peru, at 
Muna, where it is called Carpales. O-Higginsia verticillata, 
Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 1. p. 55. t. 85. f. a. Evósmia verticillata, 
Spreng. Corolla scarlet. Berries purplish white. 
Whorled-\eaved Higginsia. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 
2 H. ancustirotia (Bartl. in herb. Henke, ex D, C. prod, 
4. p. 399.) leaves opposite, narrow-oblong-lanceolate, glabrous, 
LII. Hieernsta. 
LIII. Horrmannia. LIV. CATESBÆA, 
tapering much at both ends; fruit axillary, usually twin, oblong, 
opposite, on short pedicels. h.S. Native of Peru, on mown- 
tains about the Guanocco. Flowers red. 
Narrow-leaved Higginsia. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 
3 H. vatrrorta (Bartl. in herb. Henke, ex D. C. prod. 4, p, 
399.) leaves opposite, obovate, acuminated, attenuately cuneated 
at the base, glabrous, having the nerves and veins clothed with 
rusty tomentum beneath; flowers axillary, in fascicles, pedicel- 
late, nutant. h. S. Native of Peru, on mountains about the 
Guanocco. Fruit membranous, somewhat tetragonal. 
Broad-leaved Higginsia. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. ; 
4 H. onova‘ra (Pers. ench. 1. p. 133.) leaves opposite, ob- 
ovate, short-acuminated, glabrous ; peduncles aggregate, unequal, 
spreading, many flowered. h.S. Native: of Peru, in shady 
places at Muna. O-Higginsia obovata, Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 1. 
p- 56. t. 85. f.b. Evésmia obovata, Spreng. Corolla flesh 
coloured. Berries purple. 
Obovate-leaved Higginsia. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. i 
Cult. See Catesbe‘a, p. 511. for culture and propagation, 
LIII. HOFFMA'NNIA (named by Swartz, in memory of 
Maurice Hoffmann, professor of botany at Altorff, author of 
Florilegium Altorfinum, 1660). Swartz, prod. p. 30. fl. ind. oce. 
1. p. 241. t. 5. Schreb. gen. no. 1719. Juss. mem. mus. 6. p. 
883. but not of Læfi. nor Willd. ; 
Lin. syst. Tetrándria, Monogynia. Calyx with an oblong 
somewhat tetragonal tube, and a 4-toothed limb: teeth erect, 
acute. Corolla salver-shaped, with a very short tube, and a 
4-parted spreading limb; segments lanceolate. Anthers 4, fe 
sile upon the tube, erectly connivent, linear, acute. Stigma o F 
tuse, hardly emarginate. Capsule baccate, indehiscent, crowne 
by the calyx, 2-celled, slightly tetragonal. Placentas ovate, a 
tinct in the cells of the fruit. Seeds numerous, minute, rount- 
ish. A herb, which is suffruticose, and branched at the Dae 
having the branches hairy. Leaves ovate, acuminate, roug 
from dots above, and hairy beneath. Stipulas very short, acute. 
Peduncles axillary, longer than the petioles, many fone : 
1 H. pepuncuta‘ra (Swartz, l. c.) k. S. Native o En 
higher mountains of Jamaica, in rather humid shady places. x . 
Jamaicénsis, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 416. Corolla with a red tu pk 
and the segments of the limb striped with blood-colour att 
base, but they are yellow at the apex. Berries scarlet. 
Pedunculate Hoffmannia. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. rae 
Cult. See Catesbe'a, p. 511. for culture and propagation. 
LIV. CATESBÆ'A (named by Gronovius after Mark 
Catesby, author of the natural history of Carolina). pet 
Lin. gen. no. 130. Juss. gen. 199. mem. mus. 6. p. 393. La ss 
ill. t. 67. Gaertn. fil. carp. 3. p. 67. t. 192. A. Rich. mem. 80% 
hist. nat. Par. 5. p. 256. D. C. prod. 4. p. 400. — avi 
Lin. syst. Tetrándria, Monogjnia. Calyx with an o er 
tube, and a 4-toothed or 4-parted limb. Corolla funnel-sha P : 
with a very long tube, gradually widening and dilated to e 
throat, and a 4-parted limb. Stamens 4; filaments apie 
the base of the tube of the corolla; anthers linear, ae £ 
Stigma bidentate, from the lamellæ being combined. t: 
globose or oblong, 2-celled, crowned by the limb of the caly a 
having the dissepiment perforated according to Jussieu, but the 
cording to Geertner, it is entire. Placentas spongy, fixed to Fi: 
upper part of the dissepiment on both sides. Seeds pre 2 
scale-formed, inverted, imbricated downwards, collected el 
bundles in each cell. Albumen fleshy. Embryo minute; r 
verted.—Glabrous shrubs, bearing supra-axillary simple ger f z 
Leaves small, oval, usually in fascicles. Stipulas solitary on ean 
side, deciduous. Pedicels axillary. Flowers whitish, elonga 
