538 RUBIACEZ. LXXXVI. Gonzatea. 
Pondery Gonzalea. Shrub 8 to 9 feet. 
6 G. Paname’nsts (Pers. ench. 1. p. 132.) leaves oblong, 
acuminated, acute at the base, petiolate, hairy from very short 
down above, and whitish from short tomentum beneath ; stipulas 
broad at the base, and subulate at the apex, length of the pe- 
tioles. h. S. Native of Panama and Mexico. Buéna Pana- 
ménsis, Cav. icon. 6. p. 571. Branches sub-tetragonal. Co- 
rolla reddish yellow. 
Panama Gonzalea. Shrub 5 to 7 feet. 
7 G. corxiròLIa (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 416.) 
leaves oblong or ovate-oblong, acuminated, acute at the base, 
petiolate, glabrous above, and downy on the nerves and 
veins beneath, as well as the branchlets; stipulas ovate-subu- 
late, length of the petioles. h. S. Native of New Granada, in 
rocky places near Honda. Perhaps only a variety of G. Pana- 
ménsis. 
Dogwood-leaved Gonzalea. Shrub. 
8 G. spica‘ra (D. C. prod. 4. p. 437.) leaves oblong, acumi- 
nated, downy on both surfaces; stipulas subulate at the apex ; 
spikes terminal, elongated; calycine lobes linear; fruit almost 
always 2-celled. k. S. Native of Cuba, near Havannah, 
Porto-Rico, and Guadaloupe. Lygistum spicatum, Lam. ill. no. 
1477. Gonzalea Panaménsis, ex Guadalupa, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 
417. ex herb. Balb. Barléria hirstta, Jacq. obs. with a good 
figure. 
Var. B, arborea (D. C. prod. 4. p. 437.) stem arboreous. 
h. S. Native of Cumana, near Santa Cruz, in humid shady 
places; and of New Granada. Coccocypselum spicatum, H. B. 
et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 406. Spreng. syst. 1. p. 416. 
Var. y, glabrata (D.C. 1. c.) leaves smoothish; branchlets 
downy. h. S. Native of Porto-Rico. Hedydtis sectinda, 
Spreng. in herb. Balb. 
Spiked-flowered Gonzalea. Shrub 8 to 10 feet. 
9 G. incane’scens (D. C. prod. 4. p. 437.) leaves pubescent 
above, and canescent from adpressed silky villi beneath ; lobes 
of calyx oblong. h.S. Native of Tobago? 
Hoary Gonzalea. Shrub. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Hamélia, p. 542. 
LXXXVII. ISE’RTIA (named after P. E. Isert, a German, 
in the Danish service as asurgeon at Danish Accra, on the coast 
of Guinea; who rendered valuable services to botany during his 
residence there). Schreb. gen. no. 602. Vahl, eclog. 27. Juss. 
mem. mus. 6. p. 399. D.C. prod. 4. p. 437. Phosanthus, Ra- 
fin. ann. gen. sc. phys. 6. p. 82. 
Lin. syst. Hexdndria, Monogynia. Calyx with a subglobose 
tube, and a short permanent 4-6-toathed limb (f. 97. a.), ex Rich. 
Corolla with a long tube (f. 97. b.), which is more slender in the 
middle than any where else (f. 97. b.); and with 6 short obtuse 
erect lobes at the apex (f. 97. c.), which appear a little twisted 
before expansion, densely clothed with yellow down inside, hav- 
ing the recesses or sinuses between the lobes drawn out into 
little crests. Stamens 6, inclosed (f, 97. d.). Stigmas linear, 
erectly stellate (f. 97. e.). Berries globose (f. 97. g.), crowned by 
the calyx (f. 97. h.), containing 6 brittle many seeded triquetrous 
pyrene (f. 97. c.), which are furrowed inside. Seeds subglobose, 
truncate at the base. Albumen fleshy.—South American trees 
or shrubs, with striated or quadrangular branches. Leaves oval, 
acuminated at both ends, on short petioles, clothed with short 
down beneath. Stipulas twin on each side, Janceolate-subulate. 
Thyrse terminal, many-flowered, spike-formed or panicle-form- 
ed; peduncles opposite. Flowers scarlet 
1 I. sptcaro'rmis (D. C. prod. 4. p. 487.) leaves oval-ob- 
long, acuminated, acute at the base ; thyrse spike-formed ; flowers 
on very long pedicels along the axis. %.S. Native of Guiana 
or Cayenne, where it was collected by Patris. Leaves and flowers 
like those of Z. coccinea, but differing in the inflorescence. 
LXXXVII. Isertia. 
LXXXVIII. Teresia. LXXXIX. Evosmia, 
Spike cylindrical, having the flowers on the lower part remote 
and opposite, and those at the top crowded. Corollas scarlet. 
Shrub 10 to 12 feet. 
FIG. 97. 
Spike-formed Isertia. 
2 I. coccr'nea (Vahl. eclog. 
amer. 2. p. 27.) leaves oval, acu- 
minated, acute at the base; 
thyrse oblong, panicled.. h . S. 
Native of Guiana, Cayenne, and 
Maranham, as also on the banks 
of the Magdalena, among bushes. 
Guettarda coccinea, Aubl. guian. 
Ipsi steele oh luamenille st: 
259. Corolla an inch long, vel- 
vety on the outside, scarlet. 
Berries red. There is a variety 
of this plant, according to Kunth, 
having the leaves disposed 3 in 
a whorl. The wood is bitter. A 
decoction of the leaves is used 
by the Creoles in fomentations. 
Scarlet-flowered Isertia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. Shrub 
8 to 12 feet. 7 
3 I. Hayxea‘na (D.C. prod. 4. p. 437.) leaves oval, acumi- 
nated at both ends; thyrse ovate, panicle-formed, with verticil- 
late branches. R.S. Native of Mexico, Isértia coccinea, Bartl. 
in herb. Henke, ex D. C. l.c. Calyxes as in Z. parvifiora. 
Corollas scarlet, a little smaller than those of the preceding, but 
one-half larger than those of the following, clothed with fine vel- 
vety down on the outside. 
Henke’s Isertia. Shrub 8 to 10 feet. 
4 I. parvirtora (Vahl, ecl. amer. 2. p. 28. t. 15.) upper 
leaves oblong: lower ones cordate at the base; thyrse ovate, 
panicle-formed, with opposite branches. h.S. Native of Tri- 
nidad. Leaves almost glabrous, except on the nerves. Teeth of 
calyx 4, and 2 of these are larger than the rest, and are pro- 
bably formed of 2 combined ones each. Corolla scarlet, ungu- 
cular, glabrous on the outside. Fruit unknown. 
Small-flowered Isertia. Shrub 8 to 10 feet. ae 
Cult. The species are worth cultivating in every collection 0 
stove plants, for the sake of their leaves and panicles of showy: 
scarlet blossoms ; their culture and propagation are the same as 
that recommended for Hamélia, p. 542. 
Tribe V. 
HAMELIE’# (this tribe agrees with the genus Hamélia m 
the many-celled many-seeded fruit). D.C. prod. 4. p- 498.— 
Hameliacee, A. Rich. mem. soc. hist. nat. par. 5. pe 108— 
Hameliàceæ genera, Kunth, syn. 3. p. 63.—Rubiacee, sect. 
Juss. mem. mus. 6. p. 398. Fruit baccate, many celled (f. 98: 
f. h.); cells many seeded. Albumen of seeds fleshy.— Trees 
and shrubs, with opposite or verticillate leaves, and interpetiol# 
stipulas. 
LXXXVIII. TEPE‘SIA (meaning unknown to us), Gaertn 
fil. carp. 3. p. 72. t.192. D.C. prod. 4. p. 438. | 
Lin. svst. Pentándria, Monogynia. Calyx with an ob es 
tube, and a 5-toothed limb, 2 of the teeth opposite each on 
larger than the rest, outer ones erect, incurved, the 2 sma 2 
teeth connivent. Corolla and stamens unknown. Berry obion 
crowned by the limb of the calyx, 4-celled. Seeds many, p 
ling in the pulp. Albumen fleshy.—Perhaps this genus 1$ : 
tinct from Gonzàlea or Evósmia, but it is hardly known. hi 
1 T. pusia (Gertn. 1. c.) hb. G. Native of Chili. Nothing 
is known of this plant except the fruit. 
Doubtful Tepesia. Shrub. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Hamélia, p. 542. 
LXXXIX. EVO’SMIA (from sv, eu, well, and osp 
