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RUBIACEA, LXXXV. Merasotos. 
oblong-lanceolate, acuminated, wrinkled, a little ciliated, downy 
beneath ; flowers in dense axillary heaps; fruit containing 4 
pyrene. k.S. Native of Java, on the top of Mount Gede. 
Stigma exserted, 4-cleft. 
Wrinkled Metabolos. Shrub procumbent. 
4 M. prosrra‘rus (Blum. |. c.) stem suffruticose, prostrate ; 
leaves oblong-lanceolate, glabrous; heads of flowers axillary, 
sessile or pedunculate. h.S. Native of Java, in woods on the 
mountains. 
Prostrate Metabolos. Shrub prostrate. 
5 M. ricinus (Blum. l. c.) stem suffruticose, erect ; leaves 
elliptic-oblong, acuminated at both ends, stiff, glabrous ; heaps 
of flowers axillary, bibracteate; calyx campanulate, quadrifid. 
b. S. Native of Java, on Mount Seribu, and on Mount Bon- 
kok, in the province of Bantam. Leaves 6 inches long. 
Stuff Metabolos. Shrub. 
6 M. tinea‘tus (Bartl. in herb. Henke, ex D. C. prod. 4. p. 
435. under the name of Sclerocéccus) stem herbaceous, erectish, 
and are, as well as the branches, beset with hairs; leaves on 
short petioles, ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, downy, lined with 
veins ; heads of flowers somewhat corymbose, axillary, on short 
peduncles. }.S. Native of Mexico, according to Henke, 
herb. ; but probably of the Philippine Islands. Very like the 
following species, and probably only a variety of it. Stipulas 
membranous, and connate at the base, ending in long subulate 
bristles, as in M. ccerilea. Flowers small. Stamens a little 
exserted. 
Lined-leaved Metabolos. PI. erect. 
7 M. cærv'rea (Blum. bijdr. p. 991.) stem suffruticose, pro- 
cumbent, and is, as well as the branches, beset with soft hairs; 
leaves lanceolate, on short petioles, acuminated, downy, lined 
with veins; heads of flowers subcorymbose, axillary. h. S. 
Native of Java, about Buitenzorg, in humid shady places. 
Blue-flowered Metabolos. Shrub procumbent. 
8 M. rapreans (Bartl. in herb. Henke, under the name of 
Sclerocéccus,) stem herbaceous, radicant at the base, glabrous, 
having 2 downy lines at the apex; leaves lanceolate, petiolate, 
glabrous, pale beneath; teeth of stipulas setaceous ; pedicels 
axillary, very short, disposed in a kind of half whorles, very 
short.— Native of the island of Luzon, one of the Philippines. 
Rooting Metabolos. PI. creeping. 
9 M. ancusriro'tius (Bartl. in Henk. herb. under the generic 
name of Sclerocéccus,) stems shrubby; leaves linear-lanceolate, 
almost sessile, lined with veins, downy on the nerves beneath, as 
Well as the branchlets; stipulas ovate-lanceolate, cuspidate, 
downy, a little toothed at the apex ; flowers on short pedicels, 
disposed in axillary and terminal heaps. h.S. Native of the 
island of Manilla, near Sorzogon. 
Narrow-leaved Metabolos. Shrub. 
10 M. rerxucineus (Bartl. in herb. Henke, under the 
generic name Sclerccéccus, ex D. C. prod. 4. p. 436.) plant 
shrubby ; leaves linear-oblong, attenuated at the base, glabrous 
above in the adult state, and clothed wjth rusty wool beneath, 
Particularly on the nerves, as well as the branchlets ; stipulas 
Ovate, acute, quite entire ; flowers axillary, glomerate, almost 
Sessile. h. S. Native of Luzon, one of the Philippines, at 
Sorzogon. Some of the fruit examined have 3 cells only. 
Rusty Metabolos. Shrub. 
11 M. rævica`rus (Bartl. in herb. Henke, under the generic 
name of Sclerocéccus, ex D. C. 1. c.) plant shrubby, smoothish ; 
leaves ovate-lanceolate, petiolate, glabrous above, rather sca- 
brous on the nerves beneath, as well as on the petioles and 
branchlets ; stipulas lanceolate, pectinately ciliated ; flowers ax- 
ilary, glomerate, almost sessile. h. S. Native of the island 
of Luzon, one of the Philippines. 
Smooth Metabolos, Shrub. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Hamélia, p. 542. 
VOL, III. 
LXXXVI. Gonzatza. 537 
LXXXVI. GONZA'LEA (this genus is dedicated by Ruiz 
and Pavon to F. Gonzaler Laguna, a Spanish botanist). Pers. 
ench. no. 265, Juss. mem. mus. 6. p. 400. Roem. et Schultes, 
syst. no. 466. D. C. prod. 4. p. 436. 
Lin. syst. Tetrandria, Monogynia. Calyx with a subglobose 
tube, and a 4-lobed limb. Corolla funnel-shaped or salver- 
shaped, villous outside: with a long cylindrical tube, ovate lobes 
or segments, and a downy or hairy throat. Stamens 4, inclosed. 
Style filiform; stigma usually 4, somewhat pressed together 
into a head. Berry containing 4 pyrene, rarely 3-2-celled ; cells 
or pyrenze many seeded. Seeds minute, angular, dotted.— 
South American shrubs, with terete villous branches. Leaves 
oval-lanceolate, acuminated. Spikes terminal, or from the axils 
of the upper leaves, very long. Flowers disposed in fascicles on 
one side of the spikes, and sessile along its axis. —This genus is 
possibly divisible into two or three. 
Secr. I. Gonzatacu'nta (see genus for derivation). Ruiz et 
Pay. fl. per. prod. p. 12. t. 3. Berries fleshy, containing 4 
bony pyrene. Stipulas twin on both sides. 
1 G. pe’nputa (Pers. ench. 1. p. 132.) leaves ovate, acute, 
bullately crenated; flowering branches pendulous ; teeth of calyx 
bluntish ; stipulas twin on both sides, subulate. h.S. Native 
of Peru, in groves in the province of Chinchao. Gonzalaginia 
depéndens, Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 1. p. 56. t. 86. quinol. suppl. p. 
84. t. 1. f. a. Corolla of a purplish rose-colour, woolly, with a 
bearded throat and acutish lobes. Berries black, woolly. 
Pendulous-branched Gonzalea. Shrub 10 to 12 feet. 
2 G. PARVIFLÒRA; young parts of plant and inflorescence ca- 
nescent from down, but the older parts are smoothish ; leaves 
elliptic-lanceolate, acuminated at both ends; stipulas triangular, 
acute, keeled; cymes 3-7-flowered, on short peduncles, the 
whole disposed in a terminal, elongated raceme. h.S. Native 
of Mexico, at Cuesta Grande de Jalacingo. Gonzalagtnia? par- 
viflora, Cham. et Schlecht. in Linnea. 6. p. 415. Leaves half 
a foot long, feather-nerved, and reticulately veined. Tube of 
calyx tomentose outside. Corolla smoothish outside, and seg- 
ments downy, and tube hairy inside. Stigma 2-lobed. 
Small-flowered Gonzalea, Shrub. 
Secr. IT. Lyeistoipes (from dygistum and idea, similar ; the 
plants contained in this section resemble species of Lygistum). 
D.C. prod. 4. p. 436.—Buéna, Cav. icon. 6. p. 50. t. 571. 
anal. hist. nat. hisp. 2. p. 279. but not of Pohl,—Lygistum spec. 
Lam. Kunth.—Coccocypselum species, Kunth. Berry almost 
dry, containing 4, rarely 3 or 2 chartaceous pyrene. Stipulas 
solitary on each side. = 
3 G. romentòsa (Humb, et Bonpl. pl. equin. 1. p. 225. t. 64.) 
leaves oblong, petiolate, acuminated, glabrous and bullate 
above, and clothed with white tomentum beneath, and on the 
branchlets ; stipulas short, ovate, acute. h.S. Native of Peru, 
in hot places between Loxa and Gonzanama. H. B. et Kunth, 
nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 416. Corolla white, tomentose on the 
outside, with a hairy throat, and obtuse lobes. 
Tomentose Gonzalea. Shrub 8 to 9 feet. 
4 G. nivea (Bartl. in herb. Henke, ex D.C. prod. 4. p. 436.) 
leaves oval-oblong, cuneated at the base, and acuminated at the 
apex, smoothish and flat above, and clothed with white tomen- 
tum beneath, as well as the branchlets and racemes ; stipulas 
subulate. h.S. Native of Mexico. Very nearly allied to 
G. tomentosa. 
Snowy Gonzalea. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 
5 G. putverute’nta (Humb. et Bonpl, pl. equin, 1. p. 228.) 
leaves lanceolate, obtuse at the base, clothed with powdery pu- 
bescence beneath, as well as the branches; stipulas subulate. 
h.S. Native of Peru, in hot places near Gonzanama. Corolla 
white. The rest unknown, 
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