RUBIACEÆ. LXIV. Ronpetetta. 
p. 395. t. 290.) leaves linear-lanceolate, acuminated, almost 
sessile, pubescent above, white from woolly tomentum beneath 
as well as the branches ; panicles terminal, on long peduncles, 
usually formed into a kind of capitulum. h. S. Native of 
Mexico, between Alto del Peregrino, and the river Papagallo. 
Hedyòtis leucophylla, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 411. Flowers red, 
sessile, or on short pedicels. Lobes of calyx linear-lanceolate, 
3 times shorter than the tube of the corolla. 
White-leaved Rondeletia. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 
** Unarmed. Peduncles axillary, trichotomously racemose 
or 3-flowered, 
24 R. Berrerta'na (D. C. prod. 4. p. 409.) leaves oval, 
acute, somewhat cuneated at the base, petiolate, clothed with 
villous pubescence above, but hoary from soft villous tomentum 
beneath; branches clothed with velvety tomentum; stipulas 
lanceolate, acuminated, villous ; racemes axillary, shorter than 
the leaves, many-flowered. h. S. Native of St. Domingo, 
where it was collected by Bertero. R. hirsita, Spreng. in herb. 
Balb. but not of Swartz. Calyx villous ; lobes linear, 3 times 
shorter than the tube of the corolla, which is clothed with ad~ 
pressed villi on the outside. 
Bertero’s Rondeletia. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 
25 R. pitosa (Swartz, prod. p. 41. fl. ind. oce. 1. p. 356.) 
leaves ovate-lanceolate, or oblong, almost sessile, veiny, roughish 
above, pale and villous beneath ; stipulas deltoid, broad, villous ; 
peduncles axillary, 3-flowered, almost the length of the leaves, 
and are as well as the calyxes pilose. .S. Native of the 
West India islands, as in Santa Cruz, Montserrat, and Martinico. 
R. triflòra, Vahl, symb. 3. p. 34. t. 54. Oldenlándia longiflora, 
Lam. dict. 4. p. 534. Hedyòtis longiflòra, Spreng. pug. 2. 
p. 27. Branches hairy towards the top, terete or tetragonal. 
Leaves 2-3 inches long. Lobes of calyx length of the tube 
of the corolla. Capsule many-seeded. Tube of corolla silky 
outside, 
Pilose Rondeletia. 
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Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 
Unarmed. Pedicels axillary, 1-flowered. 
26 R. suxıròrra (Vahl. ecl. amer. 2. p. 11. t. 12.) leaves 
obovate-oblong, on very short petioles, mucronulate at the apex, 
glabrous on both surfaces, and shining above ; stipulas small, 
deltoid ; pedicels axillary, very short, 1-flowered. h.S. Na- 
tive of the islands of Montserrat and Porto-Rico. Poir. dict. 
6. p. 253, Catesbee'a inérmis, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 416. Ca- 
tesbæ a parviflora, Spreng. in herb. Balb. Ixòra buxif dlia, Spreng. 
a l. p. 409. ex syn. The leaves, in the specimens from 
orto-Rico, are 8 lines long and 3 lines broad, striated with the 
nerves, which are oblique. Ovarium globose, pubescent out- 
eo T ve calyx short, linear, acute. Tube of corolla 
z imes long, down side. i 
FEREN g y outside. Capsules size of a black pepper, 
Box-leaved Rondeletia. Shrub 2 to 3 feet? 
27 R. ROYENÆFÒLIA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 410.) leaves obovate- 
A obtuse, on very short petioles, somewhat mucronate, 
Roary on both surfaces from short down; stipulas lanceolate, 
acute ; pedicels axillary, very short, 1-flowered. h. S. Na- 
tive of St. Domingo, where it was collected by Bertero. R. 
esa ex Hispaniola, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 707. ex herb. Balb. 
llied to R. buxifòlia, but quite distinct from £. incàna. 
Royena-leaved Rondeletia. Shrub. 
; ; **®* Shrubs with axillary thorns. Perhaps the spines are 
either rameal or peduncular. Fruit unknown, and therefore the 
genus to which they properly belong. 
f 28 R. LEPTACA'NTHA (D.C. prod. 4. p. 410.) spines oppo- 
Site; leaves broad-oval, acutish, glabrous on both surfaces, but 
LXV. WENDLANDIA. 517 
rather pilose when young as well as the branches; peduncles 
slender, equal in length to the leaves, or longer than them, bear- 
ing 3-5 flowers at the apex. h.S. Native of Cuba, about 
the Havana, where it was collected by De la Ossa. Branches 
slender, glabrous. Spines axillary, long, bearing rudiments of 
leaves on one side. Peduncles an inch long. Segments of the 
calyx subulate. Corolla 5 lines long. 
Slender-spined Rondeletia. Shrub. 
29 R. pracuyaca’ntHA (D.C. l.c.) spines opposite; leaves 
elliptic-oblong, acute at the base, and acuminated at the apex, 
glabrous above, but villous beneath, as well as the branchlets, 
peduncles, and flowers; peduncles one half shorter than the 
leaves, 3-4-flowered at the apex. h. S. Native of Brazil. 
Branches dotted by linear-oblong crowded warts. Spines 
conical, stiff, forming a straight angle, spreading, 4-5 lines 
long. Segments of the calyx subulate. Anthers inserted at 
the throat. 
Short-spined Rondeletia. Shrub. 
+ Species not sufficiently known. 
30 R. parvirto’ra (Poir. dict. 6. p. 252.) leaves oblong, 
cuneated at the base, obtuse and acuminated at the apex, petio- 
late, quite glabrous, coriaceous, paler beneath; peduncles axil- 
lary, opposite, corymbose, many-flowered. h. S. Native of 
Martinico. Veins of leaves black. Leaves 4 inches long and 
2 broad. Stipulas ovate, acute, short. Bracteas glabrous 
outside and hairy inside. Capsule globose. R. parviflora, 
Spreng. syst. ex herb. Balb. appears to be a distinct plant from 
the present. 
Small-flowered Rondeletia. Shrub. 
31 R. ruyncnéspora (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. 
p. 395.) leaves oblong-elliptic, acute, on short petioles, pubescent 
above and on the branches, but clothed with canescent tomen- 
tum beneath; panicles terminal; seeds beaked at both ends. 
h. S. Native of New Granada, near Honda. The flowers 
are unknown. 
Beaked-seeded Rondeletia. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 
32 R.? pisre'rma (Jacq. amer. p. 59.) leaves oval, obtuse, 
petiolate, glabrous ; racemes axillary, compound, loose, trifid ; 
fruit somewhat baccate, 2-seeded. h. S. Native of South 
America, in the woods of Carthagena, in rocky places ; very 
frequent in the islands of Baru and Tierra Bomba. This plant 
should probably be removed from the genus as well as from 
the present tribe. Flowers sweet-scented, purplish white. 
Perhaps a species of Canthium. 
Two-seeded Rondeletia. Tree 15 feet. 
33 R.? corra‘cea (Spreng. syst. 1. p. 707. but not of Wall.) 
leaves oval-oblong, coriaceous, shining above, but clothed with 
very short velvety down beneath as well as on the branchlets ; 
stipulas semi-orbicular, furnished with a pungent tooth in the 
middle; cymes terminal; calyxes and corollas 5-parted, rather 
hispid ; stamens exserted. h.S. Native of equinoxial Brazil. 
Mussze’nda coriacea, Spreng. neu. entd. 2. p. 145. _ It is pro- 
bable that the plant is neither a Mussæ'nda nor a Rondelétia, 
according to Cham. et Schlecht. in Linnea. vol. 4. p. 165., but 
the structure of the fruit is entirely unknown. 
Coriaceous-leaved Rondeletia. Shrub. 
Cult. The species thrive well in a mixture of sand, loam, 
and peat; and cuttings of them are easily rooted if planted in 
a pot of sand, plunged in heat under a hand-glass. All are 
shrubs of very little beauty or interest. 
LXV. WENDLA'NDIA (Henry Ludov. Wendland, Curator 
of the botanic garden at Hanover, and author of Commentatio 
de Acaciis Aphyllis), Bartl. ined. ex D. C. prod. 4. p. 411. but 
