CLIV. Marcaris. CLV. 
Native of Elizabeth Island, one of the Society Islands. Cofféa 
odorata, Forst. prod. 1. p. 94.2? The flowers are described 
as fragrant, and smelling like cowslips. 
Sweet-scented Snow-berry. Shrub. 
5 C. sarga`ra (Forst. prod. 1. p. 96. Hook. et Arn. in 
Beech. voy. pt. bot. p. 65. t. 14.) erect; leaves oval, acute at 
the base, and tapering into the short petioles, acuminated and 
obtuse at the apex; peduncles axillary, solitary, 1-3-flowered ; 
corolla with a bearded throat, 5-cleft. h. S. Native of the 
aes and Friendly Islands. Flowers white. Drupe size of a 
ert. 
Bearded-flowered Snow-berry. Shrub. 
6 C.? Java'ya (Blum. bijdr. p. 968.) shrub parasitical ; 
leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminated at both ends, glabrous, vel- 
vety and shining above ; corymbs terminal, trichotomous. h. 
S. Native of Java, in woods on the mountains upon trees. 
Cofféa Javanica, Blum, cat. hort. buit. p. 46, Perhaps a species 
of Psychétria, 
Java Snow-berry. Shrub parasitical. 
Cult. A mixture of loam, peat, and sand is the best soil for 
the species of Chiocécca ; and cuttings strike root freely in sand 
under a hand-glass in heat. 
RUBIACEAE, CLIII. Cuiococca. 
CLIV. MARGA‘RIS (from papyapor, margaron, a pearl; the 
berries are white and shining in M. nudiflora, and are called per- 
litas, or pearls, by the Mexicans). D. C. prod. 4. p. 483.— 
Desclize'a, Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. ex D. C. 1. c. 
Lix. syst. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx with a globose tube, 
and a somewhat turbinate semi-5-cleft limb ; teeth acutish, per- 
manent. Corolla funnel shaped, with an obconical tube, which 
ìs 5-toothed or with 5 short lobes at the apex. Stamens 5, in- 
Serted in the middle of the tube; filaments a little shorter than 
the corolla; anthers ovate. Stigma capitate, undivided or 
slightly 2-lobed. Berry globose, crowned by the calyx, 2- 
celled, 2-seeded. Seeds semi-ovate, acute at one end.—Shrubs, 
with slender branches. Leaves opposite, ovate, glabrous, about 
the size of those of the common myrtle. Stipulas small, soli- 
tary on both sides. Pedicels axillary, opposite, short, 1-flower- 
ed. Flowers white, usually secund, bibracteolate under the 
calyx. Berries white. 
1 M. parsicera (D.C, prod. 4. p. 483.) leaves acute; co- 
rollas bearded inside. h. S. Native of Mexico. Descliæ'a 
=a Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. Berries size of a 
Beard-bearing Pearl-berry. Shrub. 
2, M. nunirròra (D. C. prod. 4. p. 483.) leaves mucronate ; 
corolla glabrous inside. b. S. Native of Mexico, about Ta- 
pelpa. Chiocécca axillaris, Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. 
esclice'a margaritaria, Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon, ined. Shrub 
8 feet high. Berries ovate, globose, a little smaller than a pea, 
White and shining, hence they are called perlitas by the Mexicans. 
Naked-flowered Pearl-berry. Shrub 8 feet, 
Cult. See Chiocécca above for culture and propagation. 
CLV. SALDI’NIA (meaning unknown to us). A. Rich. in 
Mem. soc. hist. nat. Par. 5. p. 206. D. C. prod. 4. p. 483.— 
Morinda species, Poir, 
Lin. syst. Yetrdndria, Monogy'nia. Limb of calyx short, 
qubcampanulate, obsoletely repand. Corolla with a short tube, a 
-parted limb, and a pilose throat; lobes oblong, acute, spreading. 
tamens 4, inserted in the throat, hardly exserted ; anthers ob- 
bik almost sessile. Fruit small, egg-shaped, compressed, um- 
ilicated by the limb of the calyx, drupaceous, usually 1-celled, 
and 1-seeded by abortion. Seed erect, oblong. Embryo nearly 
terete, slender. Albumen fleshy.—Shrub. Leaves opposite, 
e gja acuminated, coriaceous, glabrous on short petioles. Sti- 
OL. U1, 
Sarpinra. CLVI. Scorosantuus. CLVII. Cuomersa. 569 
pulas subulate, acute. Flowers small, almost sessile, 4-5-te- 
gether in the axils of the leaves. 
1 S. pseu'po-mori’Npa (A. Rich. l.e.) k. S. Native of 
Madagascar, Morinda axillaris, Poir. in Lam. dict. 4. p. 315. 
Ronabea species, Juss. 
False-Morinda_ Shrub. 
Cult. See Chiocécca above for culture and propagation. 
CLVI. SCOLOSA’NTHUS (from ckwdoc, skolos, a thorn, 
and ay8oc, anthos, a flower; the peduncles are sometimes har- 
dened into thorns, which sometimes, though rarely, bear the 
flowers). Vahl, ecl. 1. p. 11. t. 10. Juss. mem. mus. 6. p. 377. 
A. Rich. mem. soc. hist. nat. Par. 5. p. 205. D.C. prod. 4, p. 
484,.—Antacanthus, L. C. Rich. mss. 
Lin. syst. Tetrandria, Monogijnia. Calyx with a short 
ovate tube, and 4 linear-lanceolate acute lobes. Corolla tubu- 
lar, somewhat tetragonal before expansion; the tube somewhat 
quadrangular at the apex; lobes 4, ovate, acute, revolute. Sta- 
mens having the filaments downy and adnate to the tube at the 
base; anthers linear, not exserted. Stigmas 2, obtuse, hardly 
longer than the tube. Drupe nearly globose, crowned by the 
calyx, containing a 2-celled 2-seeded nucleus, ex Rich., or very 
often 1-celled and 1-seeded by abortion.—West Indian shrubs, 
with the habit of Catesbe‘a or Justicia spinosa. Leaves small, 
almost sessile, oblong or obovate, coriaceous, opposite, usually 
disposed in fascicles in the axils. Stipulas small, interpetiolar. 
Peduncles 1-flowered, axillary, 1-4-together, and sometimes they 
are hardened into simple bifid or trifid spines, which are 
usually naked, rarely floriferous. Flowers small, purple or saf- 
fron coloured. 
1 S. versi’coror (Vahl, ecl, amer. 1. p. 11. t. 10.) leaves 
obovate, shining above; spines simple, bipartite or twin, hb. S. 
Native of Santa Cruz and Porto Rico. Chomélia versicolor, 
Spreng. syst. I. p.110. Catesbe'a parviflora, Lam. ill. t. 67. 
f. 2. Leaves 3 lines long. Spines commonly in pairs from each 
alternate axil, combined at the base, for the most part a little 
longer than the leaves, stiff, purplish, often bearing a flower at 
one of the points; they are the peduncles which have hardened, 
and keep growing on after the flowers have fallen. Flowers on 
short peduncles ; those from the tops of the spines solitary, 
usually drooping, purple, and abortive ; others are axillary, soli- 
tary, or more rarely 2-4-together, erect, saffron coloured, and 
fertile. Fruit snow white. 
Party-coloured-flowered Scolosanthus. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 
2 S. rrraca’nruus (D.C, prod. 4. p. 484.) leaves oblong, 
rather glaucescent; spines for the most part trifid, h. S. Na- 
tive of St. Domingo, where it was collected by Bertero, Cates~ 
be'a triacdntha, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 416. Leaves 4-5 lines long. 
Flowers and fruit not sufficiently known, but the habit is that of 
Catesbé a. 
Three-spined Scolosanthus. Shrub. 
Cult. See Ixéra, p. 574. for culture and propagation. 
CLVII. CHOMELIA (named by Jacquin after J. B. Chomel, 
M.D. physician to Louis XV.; author of Abrégé de L’Histoire 
des plantes usuelles, edition Ist, 12mo. Paris, 1712.) Jacq. amer. 
p. 18. t.13. Juss, mem. mus. 6. p. 375, Cham, et Schlecht. in 
Linnea. 4, p. 185. A. Rich. mem. soc. hist. nat, Par. 5. 
p. 182. but not of Lin.—Ixéra species, Lam, 
Lix. syst. Tetrandria, Monogynia. Calyx with a turbinate 
tube, and a permanent limb, which is 4-toothed to the middle. 
Corolla salver-shaped, with a long slender tube, a glabrous 
throat, and 4 spreading lobes, which are shorter than the tube. 
Anthers 4, sessile, or on short filaments, inserted at the throat 
of the corolla. Style bifid at the apex, situated among the 
anthers. Drupe ovate, crowned, containing a 2-celled (or 1- 
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