542 RUBIACEE. XCIV. Hametia. 
bushes ; and of St. Domingo near rivers. Branches sub-her- 
baceous. Flowers pale yellow. Berries small. 
Var. B, appendiculata (D. C. prod. 4. p. 442.) leaves on 
longer petioles, and more distinctly acuminated. h.S. Native 
of Porto Rico. H. appendiculata, Geertn. fil. carp. 3. p. 64. 
t.91. f. 4. H. lùcida, Desf. 
Axillary Hamelia. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1822. Sh. 2 to 3 ft. 
10 H. rostra‘ra (Bartl. in herb. Henke, ex D.C. prod. 4. 
p. 442.) leaves usually opposite, rarely 3 in a whorl, ovate, 
acuminated, downy beneath, as well as the petioles and branch- 
lets; cymes terminal, 3-4-parted, downy; corollas glabrous; 
berries ovate-globose, glabrous, beaked. k. S. Native of 
Mexico, at Acapulco. Branches terete or trigonal. 
Beaked-berried Hamelia. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 
Cult. . All the species of this genus are very ornamental while 
in blossom. They are free flowerers and of easy culture. A 
mixture of loam and peat is the best soil for them; cuttings 
strike root freely in the same kind of soil, under a hand-glass, 
in a moist heat. 
XCV. ALIBE'RTIA (named after M. Alibert, a celebrated 
French chemist, author of Traite des Fievres attaxique ; in which 
work he mentions the effects of Peruvian bark). A. Rich. mem. 
soc. hist. nat. par. 5. p. 234. t. 21. f. 1. D.C. prod. 4. p. 
443.—Genipélla, L. C. Rich. ined.—Melanopsidium, Poit. ined. 
herb. mus. par. 
Lin. syst. Pentdéndria, Monogynia. Flowers incompletely 
unisexual by abortion. Limb of calyx tubular, 5-toothed. Co- 
rolla tubular, longer than the calyx ; limb spreading, 5-parted : 
segments oval, acute. Stamens 5, almost sessile, inserted in the 
tube; anthers linear, inclosed. Style simple, in the male flower 
it is clavate, striated, and terminated by an acute simple stigma ; 
in the female and hermaphrodite flowers the anthers are shorter 
than in the males, and the stigmas are 5 and linear. Berry 
somewhat corticate, globose, depressed, crowned by the tubular 
limb of the calyx, 5-celled ; cells many-seeded. Seeds wrapped 
in thin pulp.—A small tree. Leaves opposite, coriaceous, ob- 
long, acuminated. Stipulas rather connate, entire, acute. Flowers 
solitary or in fascicles, terminating the branches, cream-coloured, 
almost sessile.—Habit of Génipa. 
1 A. EDOS (A. Rich, e) h. S. 
Guiana, where it is called Goitave noire. 
act. soc, hist. nat. par. p. 107. Gardenia edilis, Poir. suppl. 2. 
p. 708. Melanopsidium nigrum, Coll. hort. rip. t. 35. Leaves 
shining above and bearded in the axils of the veins beneath. 
Fruit edible. 
Edible-fruited Alibertia. Clt. 1823. Tree 12 feet. 
Cult. See Hameélia above for culture and propagation. 
XCVI. SCHRADE‘RA (so named by Vahl, in honour of 
Henry Adolph. Schrader, author of Spicelegium Flora Ger- 
manicæ, Hanover 1794.). Vahl. eclog. 1. p. 35. Juss. mein. 
mus. 6. p. 403. D.C. prod. 4. p. 443.—Fichsia, Swartz, but 
not of Lin.—Urceolaria Willd. in Coth. disp. p. 10. Gmel. 
syst. 1. p. 390. but not of Molino nor others, 
Lin. syst. Penta-Octéndria, Monogynia. Calyx with an 
obovate tube, and a short truncate or sub-denticulated limb. 
Corolla funnel-shaped, with a terete tube, and a rather dilated 
pilose throat; lobes or segments 5-8, spreading, thickened in- 
side, and sometimes furnished with a retrograde callous toothlet. 
Anthers 5-8, sessile, linear, inserted in the throat of the corolla, 
hardly exserted. Style short; stigma bifid (ex Vahl and Rich), 
quadrifid (ex Swartz). Berries pea-formed, 3-4-sided, crowned 
by the limb of the calyx, 2-4-celled ; cells many-seeded. Seeds 
very minute, nestling in the pulp.—Glabrous radicant shrubs, 
growing on trees. Leaves petiolate, oval or lanceolate, coria- 
- ceous. Stipulas oval-oblong, falling off at length, but those at 
Native of French 
Génipa edulis, Rich. 
XCV. ÅLIBERTIA. 
XCVI. Scurapera. XCVII. Bricnotta. 
the base of the peduncles are more permanent, and may be 
called bracteas. Peduncles solitary or numerous, longer than 
the petioles. Flowers 4-12 together, sessile, capitate, girded by 
an orbicular, entire, or rather lobed involucrum, which is formed 
from two combined bracteas. $ 
1 S. carrra‘ra (Vahl, ecl. 1. p. 35. t. 5. exclusive of the syn. 
of Swartz) leaves elliptic, bluntish, but more acute at the base; 
peduncles solitary, terminal; head of flowers girded by asub- 
lobate involucrum ; limb of calyx truncate, quite entire ; corolla 
5-6-lobed. h. S. Native of Mont-Serrat, on the higher 
mountains. Urceolaria exótica, Gmel. syst. 2, p. 890. Branches 
square. A climbing sub-parasitical shrub. 
Capitate-flowered Schradera. Shrub cl. 
2 Š. Brasitiz’nsis (Mart. in Schultes, syst. 7. p. 164.) 
leaves elliptic, obtuse; peduncle terminal, solitary ; head of 
flowers surrounded by an entire involucrum; limb of calyx 
quite entire ; corolla 5-6-lobed : the segments reflexed. h. S. 
Native of Brazil, in woods at Lake d’Almada, in the province 
of Bahia. 
Brazilian Schradera. Shrub cl. 
3 S. cernaròres (Willd. spec. 2. p. 238.) leaves oblong, acu- 
minated; peduncle terminal, solitary, short; head of flowers 
surrounded by an entire involucrum ; limb of calyx somewhat 
denticulated ; corolla 7-8-lobed. h. S. Native of the interior 
of Jamaica, in woods on the mountains. Fúchsia involucrata, 
Swartz, prod. p. 62. fl. ind. occ. 2. p. 674. Flowers 4-8, within 
the involucrum, white. Stigma quadrifid. Berry 4-celled, ex 
Swartz. 
Headed Schradera. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. Shrub el. 
4 S. poryce’puata (D. C. prod. 4. p. 444.) leaves oval, acu- 
tish ; peduncles numerous, terminal ; heads surrounded by jt 
tire involucra; limb of calyx quite entire ; corolla 5-lobed. 
h. S. Native of French Guiana, where it was collected by 
Patris. Berries ovate, crowned by the entire limb of the calyx, 
2-3-celled ; cells many-seeded. 
Many-headed Schradera. Shrub cl. i ; 
Cult. The species of this genus are elegant when in rie 
Vegetable mould is the best soil for them; and they w? 
easily increased by separating the rooted branches. 
XCVII. BRIGNO'LIA (in honour of J. L. Brignoli, a 
professor of Verona, author of Fasciculus rariorum poo 
Forajuliensium, 4to. Urbina, 1810). D. C. diss. ined. wit 
figure, prod. 4. p. 444. but not of Bertol. 3 ies 
Lin. syst. Hexándria, Monogynia. Calyx with a ee £ 
roundish tube, and a 4-toothed limb; 2 of the teeth larger = 
the other 2, and probably made up of 2 combined ones ea F 
Corolla with a short tube, and a 6-lobed limb; lobes eee 
oblong, bluntish, longer than the tube, very hairy inside as bse 
as the throat. Stamens 6, inserted in the tube, nets yee 
the lobes ; filaments very short; anthers linear. Style fili sei 
stigma capitate, undivided. Fruit globose, fleshy, many-seee" 
crowned by the calyx. The rest not sufficiently known. 
shrub or tree. Branches terete, villous. Leaves opposite, a 
tiolate, oval-oblong, obtuse at the base, acuminated at Ase las 
downy on the petioles and nerves, the rest glabrous. rae 
twin on both sides, lanceolate, acuminated, but when Ta 
combined into an inter-petiolar stipula, but at length separis 
from the base to the apex into 2 parts each. Corymbs term , 
pedunculate, with a short hairy rachis, and downy com in 
trichotomous branches. Bracteas ciliated. Flowers sess! s 
the forks of the corymb, and at the tops of the pedio sa 
genus is nearly allied to Isértia, but from the fruit ne 
sufficiently known, its place in the order is very doubtfu: uA 
1 B. acumna`ra (D. C. prod. 4. p. 444.). + 5: oi 
of Trinidad, where it was collected by Lockhart. Leaves 4 
