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oblong, clothed with soft hairs on both surfaces, but most so 
beneath; corymbs terminal, dichotomous; fruit rather villous, 
globose, l-seeded. h. S. Native of the island of Pulo- 
Penang. The fabric of the seed is unknown. 
Soft Rutidea. Shrub. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Jxdra, p. 574. 
CLXVI. FARA’MEA (Aublet does not give the meaning of 
this name). A. Rich. mem. soc. hist. nat. Par. 5. p. 175. t. 17. 
f. l and2. D.C. prod. 4. p. 496.—Faramea and T'etramérium, 
Juss. mem. mus. 6. p. 376. 
Lin. syst. Tetrandria, Monogynia. Calyx with a turbi- 
nately globose tube, and a very short 4-toothed or entire limb. 
Corolla with a short terete tube, a naked throat, and 4 spreading 
oblong or linear acute lobes, which are longer than the tube. 
Anthers 4, sessile, inclosed. Style short, bifid at the apex. 
Berry dry, 2-celled while young, but in the adult state it is glo- 
bose, depressed, 1-celled, and 1-seeded, marked by 8 crenula- 
tions at the cicatrice. Seeds fixed to the bottom of the cell, 
umbilicate at the base, globosely depressed. Albumen horny. 
Embryo lateral, small, horizontal.—Glabrous, dichotomously 
branched shrubs, natives of America. Leaves petiolate, oval or 
oblong, acuminated. Stipulas interpetiolar, solitary on each 
side, broad at the base, and setaceously cuspidate at the apex. 
Flowers corymbose or umbellate, on the tops of the branches or 
peduncles. Corollas white. 
Sect. I, Evrara mea (this section is supposed to contain the 
true species of the genus). D. C. prod. 4. p. 496.—Faramea, 
Aubl. guian. 1. p. 102. t. 40. Lam. dict. 2. p. 460. ill. t. 63.— 
Famarea, Vittm. summ., pl. 1. p. 357. Peduncles terminal, 1-3 
together, bearing each a simple umbel of flowers at the apex. 
Flowers involucrated by caducous bracteas. Stipulas ending in 
an awn. 
1 F. sesstnirto‘ra (Aubl. guian. 1. p. 104. t. 40. f. 2.) um- 
bels terminal, solitary, simple, sessile ; calyx 4-toothed. h. S. 
Native of Guiana, in the woods called Cauxwoods. Leaves ob- 
ovate. Flowers white. 
Sessile-flowered Faramea. Shrub 7 to 8 feet. 
2 F. serturrrera (D. C. prod. 4. p. 496.) peduncles ter- 
minal, solitary, nearly terete, bearing a simple umbel of flowers 
at the apex; calyx truncate. h.S. Native of Cuba, about 
the Havannah. Branches slender, dichotomous. Leaves oblong, 
acuminated at both ends. 
Garland-bearing Faramea. Shrub. 
3 F. rrunca‘ra (D. C. prod. 4. p. 496.) peduncles terminal 
by threes, compressed at the apex, bearing each a simple umbel 
of flowers; calyx truncate. h.S. Native of French Guiana. 
Very like the following species, but differs in the calyx being 
truncate. Corolla marcescent. Fruit pale, but exactly like 
those of F. odoratissima. 
Truncate-calyxed Faramea. Shrub:4 to 5 feet. 
4 F. corymeròsa (Aubl. guian. 1. p. 102. t. 40. f. 1.) pedun- 
cles terminal by threes, compressed at the apex, each bearing a 
simple umbel of flowers; calyx 4-toothed. h.S. Native of 
French Guiana, in the woods called Cauxwoods. Lam. ill. t. 63. 
Flowers white. 
Corymbose-flowered Faramea. Shrub 7 to 8 feet. 
Sect. IH. Terrame‘rium (from rerpac, tetras, fourfold, and 
pepeg, meris, a part; in reference to the flowers being tetrame- 
rous). D. C. prod. 4. p. 496.—Tetramérium, Geertn. fil. carp. 
3. p. 90. t. 196. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. PES 
Cofféa section Potima, Pers. ench. 1. p. 209.—Darlùca, Rafin. 
ann. gen. sc. phys. 6. p. 87.? Coffèa and Ixòra species, Lin. 
Corymbs terminal, trichotomous. Flowers naked. 
RUBIACEÆ. CLXV. RvurtIDEA. 
CLXVI. Faramea. 
* Stipulas ending in an awn. 
5 F. oporati'ssiua (D.C. prod. 4. p. 496.) leaves oval-ob- 
long, acutish at the base, and abruptly acuminated at the apex; 
stipulas broad, ending in a subdorsal awn ; corymbs terminal; 
limb of calyx very short, truncate, ten times shorter than the 
tube of the corolla; berry crowned by the very short bluntly 
4-toothed limb of the calyx. h.S. Native of the West Indian 
islands, as in St. Domingo, Jamaica, Porto-Rico, Guadaloupe, 
Cayenne, Panama, and probably of Mexico. Plum. ed. Burm. 
t. 156. f. 2. P. Browne, jam. t. 6. f. 1. but not fig. 2.—Cofféa 
occidentalis, Jacq. amer. t. 47. Lin. spec. p. 246. Ixòra Ame- 
ricana, Lin. ameen. acad. 5. p. 393. ex Swartz. Tetramerium 
odoratissimum, Geertn. fil. carp. 3. p. 90. t. 196. Tetramérium 
occidentale, Nees and Mart. nov. act. nat. cur. 12. p. 13. 
Flowers white, sweet-scented, about the size of those of the jas- 
mine ; hence it is called jasmine in Jamaica. 
Very-sweet-scented-flowered Faramea. Clt. 1793. Sh. 6 ft. 
6 F. rartro'ria (D. C. prod. 4. p. 497.) leaves oval, abruptly 
acuminated ; stipulas broad, ending in a subdorsal awn ; corymbs 
terminal; tube of calyx slightly tetragonal, somewhat 4- 
toothed, 5 times shorter than the tube of the corolla. R. S. 
Native of Brazil, in the province of Rio Janeiro. Tetramèrium 
latifòlium, Cham. et Schlecht. in Linnæa. 4. p. 30. It differs 
from the preceding species in the flowers being one-half smaller. 
This plant is probably also a native of Trinidad and Santa Cruz, 
Broad-leaved Faramea. Shrub 6 feet. 
7 F. Montevipe’ysts (D. C. prod. 4. p. 497.) leaves oblong, 
acuminated at both ends; stipulas broadish at the base, ending 
in a subdorsal awn at the apex; corymbs terminal; berries 
crowned by the limb of the calyx, which is tubularly cup-shaped 
anù subtruncate. h. S. Native of Brazil, about Monte- 
Video ; and of Porto-Rico. Tetramèrium Montevidénse, Cham. 
et Schlecht. in Linnæa. 4. p. 29. Flowers white. Leaves and 
inflorescence almost like those of F. odoratissima; but the limb 
of the calyx on the fruit is very different. 
Monte-Video Faramea. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 
8 F. sriputa’cea D. C. prod. 4. p. 497.) leaves oblong, atten- 
uated at the base, and acute at the apex; stipulas broad at T 
base, and ending in a dorsal awn at the apex ; corymbs termina}; 
limb of calyx acutely 4-toothed ; berry globose, crowned by a 
short limb of the calyx. h.S. Native of Brazil, within the 
tropic. Tetramérium stipulaceum, Cham. et Schlecht. in eis 
nea. 4, p. 31. Flowers white. Habit of F. jasminoides, bu 
differs in the dorsal awn to the stipulas. 
Stipulaceous Faramea. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. h 
9 F.cærv rea (D.C. 1. e.) leaves ovate-elliptic, acute at be 
ends; stipulas dilated at the base, and ending in a short 7 = 
the apex ; peduncles axillary, usually 3-flowered ; limb of j 
acutely 5-toothed, 6 times shorter than the tube of the coro a 
h. S. Native of Brazil. Tetramèrium ccertleum, Nees S 
Mart. nov. act. bonn. 12. p. 12. Peduncles and branches # 
edged. Corolla of an amethyst colour, with lanceolate segments: 
Blue-flowered Faramea. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. jle 
10 F. axıLrarrrLoRa (D. C. prod. 4. p. 673.) leaves sessi Š 
ovate-oblong, cordate at the base, acuminated at the apex; eri 
pulas ending in a long-awned acumen ; branches much compa 
sed ; flowers on short pedicels, in fascicled corymbs pele 
axils of the leaves. h. S. Native of Brazil, about Ba se 
where it was collected by Salzmann, G. Don, &c. Flowe ; 
white. Fruit exactly like that of F. odoratíssima. Leaves T- 
inches long, and about 3 broad. 
Axillary-flowered Faramea. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. i 
11 F. Guayaavize’ysis (D. C. 1. c.) leaves oblong, aije 
nated, almost sessile; stipulas oblong, acuminated, and a lit 6 
awned, permanent: upper ones bifid on both sides ; panicle te 
