RUBIACE. 
Native of New Granada, near Ibague and Cuesta de Tolina, in 
hot places. Said to be nearly allied to G. scabra. 
Cordate-leaved Guettarda. Tree or shrub. 
7 G. ruco'sa (Swartz, prod. p. 59. fl. ind. occ. 1. p. 632.) 
leaves ovate-subcordate, mucronate, scabrous above, and tomen- 
tose beneath; peduncles 3 or 4 times longer than the leaves, 
compressed, villous; cymes bifid: flowers hexamerous, with a 
villous tube, which is 3 times longer than the ovarium. h. S. 
Native of the Caribbee islands, as of Santa Cruz, Antigua, and | 
Dominica. Vahl, symb. 3. p. 50. Tube of corolla an inch and 
a half long, silky. Very nearly allied to G. scabra, but differs 
in the nervules of the leaves being less prominent and straight, 
not reticulated. Drupe purplish, containing a 6-seeded putamen. 
Wrinkled Guettarda. Clt. 1793. Tree. 
8 G. sca`sra (Lam. ill. t. 154. f. 3.) leaves obovate, mucro- 
nate, coriaceous, scabrous above, reticulated and pubescent be- 
neath; stipulas lanceolate, acuminated, caducous ; peduncles 
compressed, villous, almost 4 times longer than the petioles ; 
cymes bifid ; limb of corolla 6-7-parted ; stamens 6-7; tube of 
corolla villous, 3 times longer than the ovarium. h. S. Native 
of the West Indies, as of Porto-Rico. Vent. choix. t. 1. 
Mathìola scàbra, Lin. spec. 1661. Mathìola, Plum. ed. Burm. 
t. 173. f. 2. Flowers white. Drupe containing an angular 4-7 
celled putamen, and crowned by the somewhat crenate limb of 
the calyx. 
Scabrous Guettarda. Clt. 1818. Tree. 
9 G. vipurnoipes (Cham. et Schlecht. in Linnæa. 4. p- 182.) 
leaves ovate, acute, on long petioles, smoothish above, but not 
scabrous, and clothed with silky tomentum beneath, as well as 
the branchlets and inflorescence ; stipulas elongated, triangular, 
very soon falling off; peduncles shorter than the leaves, twice 
bifid, with the branches expanded; limb of calyx very short, 
somewhat truncate; drupe globose, depressed. .S. Native 
of Brazil within the tropic. Leaves 4 inches long and 24 
broad, on petioles about 15 lines long. Corolla densely clothed 
with silky down, having the tube almost an inch long, and the 
limb 4-6-parted. 
Viburnum-like Guettarda. Shrub 10 feet. 
10 G. PEDUNCULA‘RIs (Wall. cat. no. 6222.) leaves ovate- 
oblong, acuminated, glabrous; peduncles axillary, solitary, 1- 
flowered, girded by a ring just under the fruit, which is extended 
into 2 opposite subulate points ; fruit oblong, crowned by the 4 
permanent teeth of the calyx. h.S. Native of Sirinagur. 
Peduncular-flowered Guettarda. Shrub or tree. 
11 G. puaty’popa (D. C. prod. 4. p. 456.) leaves oval, mu- 
cronulate, acute at the base, on short petioles, glabrous and 
smooth above, but hoary beneath ; stipulas triangular, acute; 
peduncles compressed, smoothish, length of the leaves, cymose 
D the apex, and bearing 5-7 flowers; limb of calyx short, tubu- 
Be alittle toothed: fruit globose, depressed. h. S. Native of 
razil, in the sand by the sea side at Bahia, where it was col- 
lected by Salzman. 
Broad-peduncled Guettarda. Shrub. 
Bhs G. mézuts (D. C. prod. 4. p. 456.) leaves elliptic, some- 
z a paie downy above and villous beneath ; peduncles 5 
ra onger than the petioles; cymes capitate, villous; flowers 
e h. with a villous tube, which is 2 or 3 times longer 
han the ovarium. h.S. Native of St. Domingo. G. ellip- 
tica, ex Hispaniola, Spreng. syst. 1. pP- 789. 
Soft Guettarda. Tree or shrub. 
13 G. XYLOSTEOÌDES (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 420.) 
aA oblong, acute, rounded at the base, glabrous above, and 
i owny beneath, but hairy on the veins, as well as on the branch- 
n stipulas lanceolate, length of the petioles; peduncles 6 times 
onger than the petioles ; cymes 3-7-flowered ; flowers hexame- 
rous, having the tube 8 times longer than the ovarium. hk. S. 
CXI. GUETTARDA. 551 
Native on the banks of the Orinoco, between Angustura and 
Ferreras. Dicrobótryum divaricàtum, Willd. in Schultes, syst. 
5. pe 221. Flowers white. Fruit globose, downy, containing a 
5-6-celled putamen. 
Fly-Honeysuckle-like Guettarda. Tree 20 feet. 
14 G. parvirtora (Vahl, ecl. amer. 2. p. 26.) leaves oblong, 
polished, and glabrous on both surfaces, but having the middle 
nerve rather downy ; stipulas small, subulate ; peduncles crowded 
at the tops of the branches, rather shorter than the leaves, 3- 
flowered, rarely bifid, each branch bearing 3 flowers; flowers 
small, either pentamerous or hexamerous; ovarium striated ; 
tube of calyx often obscurely bifid; tube of corolla villous. h. 
S. Native of Santa Cruz, Montserrat; and of Mexico, at Aca- 
Edechi, Loefl. trav. 259. and p. 271. ex Rohr. Ixora 
pulco. 
Fruit globose, about the size of a pea, 
pentandra, West. mss. 
not crowned. 
Small-flowered Guettarda. 
15 G. opora‘ra (Lam. ill. t. 
154. f. 4.) leaves oval, acute at 
both ends, glabrous above, but 
rather villous on the nerve be- 
neath, as well as on the petioles 
and branchlets ; stipulas subu- 
late, deciduous; peduncles al- 
most one-half shorter than the 
leaves, villous, as well as the 
cymes, which are bifid; flowers 
pentamerous ; tube of calyx un- 
equal, 7 times longer than the 
ovarium. h.S. Native about 
Carthagena and  Havannah, 
among bushes by the sea side. 
Laugéria odorata, Jacq. amer. 
p- 64. t. 177. f. 21. pict. t. 259. 
f. 16. Drupe containing a roundish 5-furrowed 5-celled puta- 
men. Flowers of a dirty reddish colour, 9-10 lines long, villous 
on the outside, very sweet-scented at night. Fruit black, 
size ofa pea. There is a spinescent variety of this species ac- 
cording to Jacquin. 
Sweet-scented-flowered Guettarda., Clt. 1818. Sh. 6 to10 ft. 
16 G. MEMBRANA`cEA (Swartz, prod. p. 59. fl. ind. occ. 1. p. 
635.) leaves ovate, acuminated, membranaceous, rather hispid 
on both surfaces; down very minute, curved ; peduncles length 
of the petioles, dichotomous ; flowers secund, tetramerous ; limb 
of calyx rather bifid, truncate; tube of corolla downy. h. S. 
Native of Hispaniola, among bushes on the mountains. Corolla 
white, half an inch long. Drupe oblong, 4-seeded. 
Membranous Guettarda. Shrub. 
17 G. ELLYPTICA (Swartz, prod. p. 59. fl. ind. occ. I. p. 634.) 
leaves elliptic, obtuse, smoothish above, and downy beneath, as 
well as on the branches; peduncles shorter than the leaves; 
cymes bifid; flowers tetramerous, with a silky tube, which is 
3 times longer than the calyx. h. S. Native of Jamaica, in 
dry fields. Drupe roundish, 4-seeded. Stigmas 2, blunt. 
Flowers small. This species is easily distinguished from G. 
méllis, with which it has been confused by Sprengel in his syst. 
Elliptic-leaved Guettarda. Tree 20 feet. 
18 G. micropny’txa (Bartl. in herb. Hænke, ex D. C. prod. 
4. p. 457.) leaves ovate-oblong and oblong, smoothish above, 
and rather downy beneath ; peduncles 3 or 4 times shorter than 
the leaves, 3-flowered; calyx quadrifid, with acute segments ; 
corolla silky on the outside, with rounded lobes. k.S. Native 
of Luzon, one of the Philippines. Very like G. parviflora. 
Small-leaved Guettarda. Shrub. 
19 G. Urueur’nsts (Cham. et Schlecht. in Linnea. 4. p. 183.) 
leaves elliptic-oblong, acuminated, rather pilose above, and 
Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 
FIG. 101. 
