RUBIACEH®. CLXXVI. Crpnauis. 
Native of equinoxial 
ha as: 
Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 
late, longer than the calyx, 
Brazil. 
Ruellia-leaved Cepheelis. 
Secr. II, Carrico'cca (from kadXoroc, kallistos, the most beau- 
tiful, and xoxxoc, kokkos, a berry; the berries are blue or pur- 
plish). D. C. prod. 4. p. 533. Heads of flowers involucrated 
by distinct ovate or oblong erectly adpressed bracteas. 
* Shrubs. 
5 C. susticrzré11a (Rudge, pl. guian. 1. p. 28. t. 43.) gla- 
brous ; branches dependent, knotted; leaves oval-lanceolate ; 
stipulas truncate, bidentate; heads on long peduncles, involu- 
crated by broad-lanceolate bracteas; calyx nearly entire. h. S. 
Native of Guiana, on the banks of rivers. Peduncles downy. 
Bracteas fulvous. Corolla with a bearded throat. Flowers ses- 
sile on a disk formed by the bases of the bracteas. 
Justicia-leaved Cephzelis. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 
6 C, stiputa’cea (Blum. bijdr. p. 1005.) stem suffruticose, 
nearly simple; leaves cuneate-oblong, acuminated, glabrous ; 
stipulas semiorbicular ; heads on very short peduncles, axillary, 
and terminal, involucrated by roundish bracteas. h.S. Native 
of Java, on the mountains. Stipulas large, membranous. Mar- 
gin of calyx truncate, entire. Berries dry, 2-celled, compressed, 
the commissure drawn out into a prominent angle on both sides. 
Stipulaceous Cephelis. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. ` 
7 C. ticuta‘ris (Rich. mss. ex D. C. prod. 4. p. 533.) gla- 
brous ; leaves petiolate, oval, acutish ; stipulas broad, emargi- 
nate; peduncles compressed, solitary, involucrated by 9-10 
ligular bracteas; calyx hardly 5-toothed. p. S. Native of 
French Guiana. Schradéra ligularis, Rudge, pl. guian. 1. p. 
29. t. 815. Tratt. tab. t. 84, According to Richard, the ova- 
rum is 2-celled, and the cells 1-seeded, and therefore it is a true 
species of Cephe'lis. 
Ligular-bractead Cepbelis. Shrub. 
8 C. sazictrétia (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 376.) 
glabrous ; leaves almost sessile, lanceolate, acuminated. shining ; 
stipulas subulate, combined at the base; heads of flowers pe- 
dunculate, terminal, involucrated by 4 ovate-cordate leaves or 
bracteas. h.S. Native of New Andalusia, in arid places on 
Mount Cocollar. Involucrum green. Branches compressed 
while young. 
Willow-leaved Cephælis. Tree 20 feet. 
9 C. cra`sra (Willd. spec. |. p. 979.) branches terete, clothed 
With rufous villi while young ; leaves ovate-oblong, acute, gla- 
brous, downy on the veins beneath; stipulas bipartite, acute ; 
heads pedunculate, terminal, rather hairy. h.S. Native of 
rench Guiana, in open places. Tapogomea glabra, Aubl. guian. 
l. P. 168. t. 63. Callicócca glabra, Gmel. syst. 1. p. 372. 
Corollas and berries blue. 
Glabrous Cephelis. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 
10 C. sracrgoca’rpia (D. C. prod. 4. p. 534.) branches 
terete, clothed with velvety down while young, but glabrous in 
= adult state; leaves elliptic-oblong, tapering to both ends, 
Owny on the veins beneath; stipulas twin on both sides, subu- 
ate, Joined a little way at the base ; heads of flowers peduncu- 
ate, terminal, downy, involucrated by 4-6 acute bracteas, which 
ate cordate at the base. h. S. Native of French Guiana, 
where it was collected by Patris; and of Brazil, in the province 
of Bahia by Salzmann. 
Var. a; bracteas acuminated, purplish. Native of Guiana. 
B Var. B; bracteas pale, less acuminated. Native of Brazil, at 
ahia. Corollas flesh-coloured. 
ar. y; bracteas pale, hardly acuminated, rather ovate at the 
ase.— Native of Guiana. 
Heads of flowers pedunculate. 
605 
Heart-bractead Cephelis. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 
11 C. ampr'eva (D. C. prod. 4. p. 534.) branches terete, 
downy, compressed while young; leaves elliptic-oblong, tapering 
to both ends, downy on the veins beneath; stipulas twin on both 
sides, subulate, joined together a little way at the base ; heads 
pedunculate, terminal, smoothish, involucrated by 4-6 bracteas, 
which are hardly cordate at the base, and very blunt at the 
apex. h.S. Native of Brazil, near Bahia, in shady valleys, 
where it was collected by Salzmann. Involucrum violaceous. 
Ambiguous Cephelis. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 
12 C. crocea (Meyer, esseq. p. 107.) glabrous; branches 
rather tetragonal; leaves ovate, short-acuminated at both ends ; 
stipulas linear, twin; heads terminal, globose, on short pedun- 
cles, involucrated by 8 oblong-linear bracteas, and without any 
paleze among the flowers. h.S. Native of Dutch Guiana, at 
Essequebo. Corolla saffron-coloured, villous outside. Leaves 
of involucrum ciliated, yellowish. 
Saffron-coloured-flowered Cephzlis. Shrub. 
13 C. Humegorpria wa (Cham. et Schlecht. in Linnea. 4. p. 
136.) glabrous; leaves elliptic-lanceolate, tapering to both ends, 
on short petioles, firm and shining; stipulas tooth-formed on 
both sides at the base of the petioles ; heads terminal, peduncu- 
late, nearly globose, loose; bracteas membranous, nerved : outer 
ones roundish-ovate: inner ones more acute. h.S. Native of 
South America, at Javita, in shady places. 
Humboldt’s Cephelis. Shrub. 
14 C. picuo’toma (Rudge, pl. guian. 1. p. 29. t, 44.) gla- 
brous; branches dichotomous ; leaves on short petioles, ovate- 
lanceolate ; stipulas bidentate ; heads terminal, on short pedun- 
cles, involucrated by nearly orbicular bracteas. h. S. Native 
of French Guiana, and of Brazil, near the river Iheos, if C. di- 
chétoma, Nees et Mart. nov. act. bonn. 12. p. 17. be the same. 
Bracteas fulvous. Calyx obsoletely 5-cleft. Fruit furrowed, as 
in the genus Psychétria. 
Dichotomous Cepheelis. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 
15 C. Swa’rrzu (D.C. prod. 4. p. 534.) glabrous; branch- 
lets rather tetragonal; leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, 
nerved, petiolate; stipulas broad, combined, acuminated, at 
length ciliated; heads terminal, globose, pedunculate, involu- 
crated by 5 ovate concave bracteas ; paleæ among the flowers 
obtuse. h. S. Native of the West India Islands, and of St. 
Lucia, &e. C. violacea, Swartz, prod. p. 45. fl. ind. occ. 439. 
exclusive of the synonymes. Peduncles an inch long, quadran- 
gular. Corollas bluish. Berries blue. Bracteas violaceous. 
It differs from the true C. violacea in the heads of the flowers 
being pedunculated, in the stipulas being ciliated, and in the 
paleze among the flowers being obtuse. 
Swartz’s Cephelis. Shrub 4 to 6 feet ? 
16 C. Maranuame nsis; leaves broad-oblong, acuminated, 
membranous, glabrous ; heads of flowers terminal and axillary. 
h. S. Native of Maranham, on the banks of rivulets. Shrub 
branched. Flowers violaceous. 
Maranham Cepheelis. Shrub 4 feet. 
17 C. rerrucineA; climbing, villous; leaves oblong-lanceo- 
late, acuminated, rusty beneath, petiolate; peduncles axillary, 
elongated, villous ; heads involucrated by many leaves. h. S 
Native of Sierra Leone, on the banks of rivulets. 
Rusty Cephelis. Shrub cl. 
18 C., pepuncura'ra (Salisb. par. lond: 2. t. 99.) stem terete, 
swelled below the joints; leaves oblong-lanceolate, glabrous, 
tapering to both ends; stipulas twin on both sides, combined 
almost to the top, keeled; heads of flowers pedunculate, ter- 
minal, or in the forks of the branches; outer bracteas repandly 
toothed; calyx bearded; segments of calyx horned on the 
back. h. S&S. Native of Sierra Leone. Flowers white. 
Peduncled Cephelis, Fl. Feb. Clt.? Shrub 2 feet. 
