RUBIACEÆ. CLI. Decurevxra. 
of branches, usually twin, and forming a terminal umbel, with a 
central flower. Flowers sessile. 
Gnanthe-like Declieuxia. Shrub. 
9 D. Fouro'sa (Pohl, in litt. under the Psyllocdérpus,) shrubby, 
scabrous in every part; branches tetragonal; leaves opposite, 
linear-oblong, acuminated at both ends, revolute at the margins 
while young ; cymes terminal, few-flowered. h.S. Native of 
Brazil, where it was collected by Pohl. In the axils of the 
leaves there are two young leaves, and therefore at first sight 
appear 6 in a whorl. 
Leafy Declieuxia. Shrub. 
_10 D. corpy’crra (Mart. et Zuce. 1. c.) suffruticose, nearly 
simple, clothed with roughish pubescence ; leaves opposite, de- 
cussate, approximate, sessile, ovate-cordate, acute, concave on 
the back; racemes bifid, terminal, crowded into a dense panicle. 
h. S. Native of Brazil within the tropic. Cham. et Schlecht. 
in Linnea. 4. p- 7. Psyllocarpus cordifdlius, Pohl, in litt. 
Leaves rarely 3 in a whorl. Panicle terminal, erect, many flow- 
ered, nearly globose, with angular flexuous branches, dichoto- 
mous, hence bearing sessile flowers. 
Heart-bearing Declieuxia. Shrub. 
11 D. crav'ca (Mart. et Schlecht. in Linnea. 4. P 8.) 
shrubby, glabrous, pruinosely glaucescent ; leaves opposite, ses- 
sile, Ovate, very acute, erectly adpressed, coriaceous; panicle 
terminal, erect, nearly globose, dense. h.S. Native of Bra- 
zil within the tropic. Very nearly allied to the preceding 
species. 
Glaucous Declicuxia. Shrub. 
12 D. Passrri'na (Mart. et Zucc. in Roem. et Schultes, mant. 
3. p. 112.) shrubby, glabrous ; leaves opposite, decussate, ses- 
sile, adpressed, imbricating in 4 rows, ovate, acute, 3-5-nerved 
beneath ; flowers axillary, sessile, covered each by a leaf. h. S. 
Native of Brazil. 
Passerina-like Declieuxia. Shrub. 
; 13 D. parunotpes (Mart. et Zucc. l e.) shrubby; branches 
Wigsy 5 leaves Opposite, decussate, somewhat imbricating in 4 
ais sessile, Ovate-cordate, acute, rather concave above, sca- 
rin from hairs beneath, 7-9-nerved ; peduncles axillary, few- 
owered. h.S. Native of Brazil. ‘The rest unknown. 
Daphne-like Declieuxia. Shrub. 
ee -I™Brica'ra (Pohl, in litt. under the name of Psyllo- 
arpus,) shrubby, glabrous; branches terete; leaves opposite, 
j iae erect, ovate, hardly subcordate, cuspidate, stiff, having 
f = ribs on each side of the midrib; peduncles axillary, few- 
Owered. h.S. Native of Brazil. 
Imbricated-leaved Declieuxia. Shrub. 
Sea T RHEXIOìDEs (Mart. et Zucc. l. c.) shrubby, glabrous ; 
siis 8 ranches subumbellate, twiggy ; leaves opposite, decus- 
anv sessile, erectly spreading, imbricating in 4 rows, orbicu- 
y ovate, acute, 5-nerved ; flowers axillary, almost solitary. 
k. S. Native of Brazil. 
Rhexia-like Declieuxia. Shrub. 
ai en oricANoiprs (Zuce. l. c.) shrubby, clothed with 
SN ag hairs ; branches dichotomous, terete ; leaves opposite, 
a on short petioles, nearly orbicular, acute, many 
L j Howers terminal, thyrsoid. kh. S. Native of Brazil. 
eaves like those of Origanum Dictdmnus. 
Origanum-like Declieuxia. Shrub. 
eo Mo'Luis (Zuce. |. e.) shrubby ; leaves opposite, ovate- 
$ R somewhat rhomboid, acute, tapering into the short 
a toles at the base, with ribbed veins, clothed with villi; flowers 
eeraa disposed in dichotomous panicles. h. S. Native of 
Soft Declieuxia, Shrub. 
fe 18 D. rysimacmioipes (Zuce. 1. c.) plant herbaceous or suf- 
uticose, downy; branches simple, erect; leaves 3 in a whorl, 
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ovate, attenuated at both ends, acute ; flowers terminal, dichoto- 
mously panicled. h.S. Native of Brazil. 
Lysimachia-hke Declieuxia. Shrub. 
19 D. rusroipes (Zuce. |. c.) shrubby, glabrous; leaves op- 
posite, decussate, ovate, acute, rounded and cordate at the base, 
shining above ; flowers terminal, disposed in dichotomous pani- 
cles. h.S. Native of Brazil. 
Rubia-like Declieuxia. Shrub. 
20 D. a'LBa (Zucc. l. c.) shrubby, scabrous; leaves opposite, 
decussate, ovate, acute, sessile, rounded at the base; racemes 
terminal, bifid, disposed in dichotomous cymes. h.S. Native 
of Brazil. 
White Declieuxia. Shrub. 
21 D. DIVERGENTIFIÒRA (Pohl, in litt. under Psyllocárpus,) 
suffruticose ; branches terete, clothed with velvety hairs; leaves 
opposite, sessile, ovate, acutish, nerved, clothed with fine velvety 
down on both surfaces ; cyme terminal, on short peduncles, of 6 
diverging rays; corollas glabrous. kh. S. Native of Brazil, 
where it was collected by Pohl. 
Diverging-flowered Declieuxia. Shrub. 
22 D. putverure’Nta (Mart. Cham. et Schlecht. in Linnea. 
` 4, p. 9.) suffruticose, clothed with short dense hairs in every 
part except the corollas ; leaves usually 3 in a whorl, rarely op- 
posite, sessile, ovate, acute or acuminated ; cymes terminal, of 
many rays, subfastigiate. h.S. Native of Brazil within the 
tropic. 
Powdery Declieuxia. Shrub. 
23 D. roLycaroìves (Zuce. in Schultes, mant. 3. p. 113.) 
suffruticose ; branches twiggy, erect ; leaves 3 or 4 in a whorl, 
sessile, lanceolate, acute, erect, smoothish; flowers terminal, 
panicled. h.S. Native of Brazil. The rest unknown. 
Polygala-like Declieuxia. Shrub. 
24 D. vincolpes (Mart. et Zuce. l. c.) shrubby, glabrous ; 
leaves opposite or 3 in a whorl, ovate, attenuated at both ends, 
acute, sessile, shining; flowers terminal, disposed in dichoto- 
mous panicles. h.S. Native of Brazil. 
Vinca-like Declieuxia. Shrub. 
25 D. prurndsa (Pohl, in litt. under Psyllocérpus, D. C. 
prod. 4. p. 481.) suffruticose, glabrous, glaucous; branches 
terete; leaves opposite, sessile, orbicularly ovate, mucronate ; 
cymes terminal, trichotomous, on short peduncles, fastigiate. pip 
S. Native of Brazil. 
Frosted Declieuxia. Shrub. 
26 D. mucronura‘ra (Mart. Cham. et Schlecht. in Linnea. 
4. p. 10.) suffruticose, quite glabrous ; leaves opposite, sessile, 
elliptic or obovate, cuneated at the base, mucronate at the apex : 
the mucrone usually reflexed; cymes terminal, on short pedun- 
cles, somewhat fastigiate. h. S. Native of Brazil within the 
tropic. Stem and branches terete, furnished with 2 slight wings. 
Psyllocdrpus trichétomus, Pohl, in litt. may be referrible to this, 
but the mucrones of the leaves are not reflexed in the specimens 
of that plant collected by Pohl. 
Mucronate-leaved Declieuxia. Shrub. 
27 D. cra'gra (D. C. prod. 4. p. 481.) plant suffruticose, 
glabrous ; stem somewhat tetragonal; leaves opposite, petiolate, 
elliptic-oblong, acuminated at both ends, but not mucronate ; 
cymes terminal, of many rays, subumbellate. h. S. Native of 
Brazil, Pohl; about Caraccas, Vargas. Psyllocárpus glaber, 
Pohl. in litt. Very like the preceding. 
Glabrous Declieuxia. Shrub. 
28 D.? psycnorrioipes (D. C. prod. 4. p. 481.) suffruticose, 
glabrous; leaves opposite, on short petioles, elliptic, long-acu- 
minated, acute at the base; cymes terminal, on short peduncles, 
trichotomous, one-half shorter than the leaves. h.? %.? S. 
Native of Cayenne, where it was collected by Patris; and of 
Panama and Mexico, according to Henke. herb. Cofféa didy- 
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