RUBIACEA. LIV. CATESBÆA. 
bractless.—This genus comes very near to Scolosdnthus, but 
differs in the cells of the fruit being many seeded. 
§ 1. Recurviflora (from recurvus, recurved, and flos, a flower ; 
in allusion to the flowers being pendulous from the pedicels 
being recurved). D. C. prod. 4. p. 400. Pedicels 1-flowered, 
Selina Flowers pendulous. Corollas glabrous. Stamens ex- 
serted, 
1 C. tartroxia (Lindl. bot. reg. 858.) leaves obovate, shin- 
ing, convex, rather shorter than the spines; teeth of calyx subu- 
late; tube of corolla very long, obconical at the apex. h.S. 
Native of the West Indies, particularly in Cuba near the Ha- 
vannah. Corolla pale yellow, 4 inches long. Fruit ovate, crowned 
by the 4 subulate calycine teeth. 
Broad-leaved Lily-thorn, Fl. June, July. Clt. 1823. Shrub 
4 to 5 feet. 
2 C. spindsa (Lin. spec. p. 159.) leaves ovate, acutish at both 
ends, rather longer than the spines; teeth of calyx short, acute; 
berry oval; tube of corolla very long, cylindrical, widening at 
the apex. h.S. Native of the Bahama Islands, but particu- 
larly of Providence, near Nasma. Lam. ill. 67. f. 1. Curt. bot. 
mag. t. 131. Tratt. tab. t. 259. C. longifléra, Swartz, prod. p. 
80.—Catesb. car. 2. t. 100. Corolla pale yellow, 3-6 inches 
long. Leaves like those of box, roundish, rising in fascicles. 
ved “ime the size of a middling plum, yellowish, with rather 
rt pulp. 
Spinose Lily-thorn. Fl. May, Sept. Clt. 1726. Shrub 10 
to 14 feet. 
3 C.? Vavassdrn (Spreng. syst. 1. p. 416.) leaves elliptic- 
oblong, obtuse, shining above, and are, as well as the spinescent 
branches, glabrous ; pedicels 1-flowered. h.S. Native of St. 
Domingo. Cinchdna spinosa, Vavass. journ. phys. oct. 1790. 
p. 243. t. 2. Lamb. cinch. p. 38. t. 13. C. elliptica, Spreng. in 
litt. The fruit is said to be capsular and dehiscent at the apex, 
and the seeds are said to be edged with a wing, but should this 
be the case it is certainly not a species of Catesbe‘a. 
Vavasseur's Lily-thorn, Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 
§ 2. Erectiflore (from erectus, erect, and flos, a flower; the 
flowers are erect, not drooping as in the first section). D. C. 
prod. 4. p. 401. Pedicels axillary,-1-flowered. Flowers erect, 
glabrous. Stamens inclosed.—Perhaps all are species of the 
genus Randia. 
4 C. parvirrora (Swartz, prod. 30. fl. ind. occ. 1. p. 236.) 
leaves ovate, stiff, with revolute margins, mucronate, and are, as 
well as the branches, glabrous; teeth of calyx short, acute ; 
flowers sessile among the leaves ; tube of corolla short, tetra- 
gonal; berries roundish. h. S. Native of the north of Ja- 
maica, among bushes by the sea side. Vahl, symb. 2. p. 31. 
eclog. 1. p. 12. t. 10. f. 1. but not of Lam. Geertn. fil. carp. t. 
192. f. 3. C. parviflòra, ex Jamaica, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 416. 
exclusive of the diagnosis and synonymes.—Sloan. hist. t. 207. 
+1. Corolla white, with a tetragonal tube, about 4 lines long. 
Small-flowered Lily-thorn. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1810. Shrub 
4 to 5 feet. 
5 C. camPanuLa ra (La Sagra, in litt. ex D. C. prod. 4. p. 
401.) leaves ovate-roundish, coriaceous, and are, as well as the 
branchlets, quite glabrous; spines opposite, longer than the 
eaves ; flowers erect, short, sessile in the axils of the leaves. 
h.S. Native of Cuba, near the Havannah, where it was col- 
lected by Ramon dela Sagra. Perhaps sufficiently distinct from 
+ parviflora, 
Campanulate-flowered Lily-thorn. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 
, ê C. parvirdrsa (D.C. prod. 4. p. 401.) leaves ovate-round- 
ish, mucronate, glabrous ; spines axillary, subulate, a little longer 
than the leaves; branchlets hairy; flowers short, usually twin, 
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axillary, on very short pedicels. k. S. Native of St. Do- 
mingo. Catesbz'a parvifldra var. Domingénsis, Spreng. syst. 1. 
p- 416. Gardénia parvifolia, Dietr. suppl. gart. lex. 3. p. 441. 
ex Roem. et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 247. Randia parvifdlia, Lam. 
dict. 3. p. 25. (exclusive of the syn. of Sloane,) ill. t. 156. f. 2. 
but the flowers in the figure are drawn 5-cleft. Spines opposite, 
straight, about 5 lines long. Leaves like those of box, in fas- 
cicles. Berries globose, almost sessile. Flowers white, chang- 
ing to yellowish. 
Small-leaved Lily-thorn. 
4 to 5 feet. 
7 C. err'cra (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. ex D. C. 
prod. 4. p. 401.) leaves oval-oblong, acute ; branchlets oppo- 
site, spreading, unarmed ; flowers almost terminal, nearly ses- 
sile, solitary, erect; tube of corolla very long. h.S. Native 
of Mexico. Flowers white, almost like those of C. spindsa, but 
erect. Spines none in the figure given. 
Erect Lily-thorn. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 
Cult. All the species of Catesba‘a are very ornamental 
while in bloom. They grow best in a mixture of light turfy 
loam and peat; and cuttings will root if planted in sand plunged 
in heat, with a bell-glass placed over them. The plants being 
apt to be infested with insects, they should be kept clean or they 
will not thrive. 
LV. Conpaminzga. 
Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1818. Shrub 
Tribe III. 
HEDYOTI'DEZ (this tribe contains plants agreeing with 
the genus Hedyotis in particular characters). Cham. et Schlecht. 
in Linnea. 4. p. 150. D.C. prod. 4. p. 401. Fruit capsular, 
2-celled, dehiscing in the middle of the cells: or rather mem- 
branous and indehiscent ; cells many seeded. Seeds not winged. 
Albumen fleshy.—Shrubs and herbs, with opposite leaves, and 
interpetiolar stipulas. 
SuBTRIBE I. Ronpeerie’£ (plants agreeing with the genus 
Rondelétia in important characters). D. C. prod. 4. p. 401. 
Stipulas twin on both sides, combined or distinct, neither sheath- 
ed nor ending in bristles. 
LV. CONDAMI’NEA (in honour of — La Condamine, a 
famous astronomer, and traveller in South America, and who 
was the first who described and figured Cinchdna lanceolata). 
D. C. prod. 4. p. 402.—Macrocnémum, Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 
2. p. 48. but not of Browne.—Macrocnémum, sect. 2. Kunth, 
and A. Rich. 
Lin. syst. Pentdndria, Monogijnia. Calyx with a cup-shaped 
tube, and a 5-crenated or 5-toothed limb (f. 95. a.), which at 
length becomes circumcised at the base, and falls off. Corolla 
funnel-shaped, with a somewhat curved tube (f. 95. b.), which is 
a little longer than the calyx, a dilated throat, and a 5-parted 
limb (f. 95. e.); the segments ovate, acute, spreading, and 
thickened at the apex (f. 95. c.). Stamens 5, inserted above the 
middle of the corolline tube (f. 95. 6.), or near its throat; fila- 
ments shorter than the corolla; anthers oblong-linear, bifid at 
the base, length of corolla. Stigma 2-lobed (f. 95. f.). Capsule 
turbinate (f. 95. g.), rather compressed, truncate, umbilicate, 2- 
celled, dehiscing in the middle of the cells (f. 95. k.). Seeds small, 
numerous, cuneiform, not winged.—South American shrubs. 
Leaves large, opposite, on short petioles. Stipulas intrafolia- 
ceous, bipartite, acuminated, adpressed, usually connate. Co- 
rymbs or racemes terminal, many flowered.—This genus differs 
from Macrocnémum in the form of the calyx, in the stamens being 
inserted above the middle of the corolline tube, not at its base, 
as in that genus, and in the seeds being wingless; and from 
Sickingia in the stigma being double, not simple, and in the 
seeds not being winged, &c. 
1 C. corymsdsa (D. C. prod. 4. p. 402.) leaves ovate-oblong, 
