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19 C. corta‘cea; leaves oblong, coriaceous, dark green ; 
heads on long peduncles, involucrated by many leaves. k. S. 
Native of Sierra Leone, on the edges of woods. 
Cortaceous-leaved Cephelis. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 
** Shrubs. Heads of flowers sessile. 
20 C. viora`cea (Willd. spec. 1. p. 977. exclusive of the syno- 
nyme of Swartz.) glabrous; branches nearly terete; Jeaves oval, 
acuminated, on short petioles; stipulas broad, somewhat con- 
crete, obtuse, rather scarious at the apex; heads of flowers 
terminal, globose, sessile, declinate, involucrated by 5 ovate- 
roundish bracteas; paleæ among the flowers acute. h.S. Na- 
tive of French Guiana, in woods, in humid places. Tapogdmea 
violacea, Aubl. guian. 1. p. 157. t. 60. Leaves 3-5 inches long. 
Bracteas and corollas violaceous. Berries blue, angular. 
Violaceous-flowered Cephelis. Shrub. 
21 C. nu'pa (Cham. et Schlecht. in Linnea. 4. p. 135.) gla- 
brous ; leaves elliptic-lanceolate, sub-acuminated, membranous, 
on short petioles; stipulas small, twin, on both sides acute; 
heads terminal, sessile, few-flowered, involucrated by pellucid, 
membranous bracteas. h. S. Native of Brazil, near Rio 
Janeiro. ; 
Naked Cephelis. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 
22 C. muscdsa (Swartz, prod. p. 46. fl. ind. occ. p. 442.) gla- 
brous; leaves ovate-oblong, attenudted at both ends, on short 
petioles; stipulas sheathing, bidentate on both sides; heads ter- 
minal, almost sessile, involucrated by numerous oblong bracteas ; 
paleze among the flowers toothed. h. S. Native of Marti- 
nique, in mountain woods, and by river sides. . The same plant 
has been found in French Guiana, Trinidad, about the Havannah, 
in Cuba, &c. Morinda muscòsa, Jacq. amer. p. 65. t. 35. Ta- 
pogòmea muscòsa, Poir. dict. 7. p. 587. Leaves 3-4 inches 
long. Stipulas rusty. Corollas white. The branches are always 
covered with moss. 
Mossy Cephælis. Tree 15 feet. 
23 C. axıLra`Rıs (Swartz, prod. p. 45. fl. ind. occ. p. 441.) 
glabrous ; leaves petiolate, oblong, acuminated at both ends; 
stipulas ovate, combined, membranous, obtuse; heads axillary, 
sessile, globose, involucrated by 4-6 bracteas; paleæ among the 
flowers ovate, obtuse. h.S. Native of the West India Islands, 
as of St. Christopher, Guadaloupe, &c. Tapogòmea axillaris, 
Poir. dict. 7. p. 585. 
Axillary-fiowered Cephælis. 
Shrub 4 feet. 
24 C. osrónca (D. C. prod. 4. p. 535.) glabrous; branches 
dichotomous, terete ; leaves oblong, tapering to both ends, on 
short petioles; stipulas acuminated at length, truncate, ciliated ; 
heads terminal, sessile, involucrated by 4 oblong bracteas. h. 
S. Native of French Guiana. Branches purplish. Leaves 
painted with white above, as in C. purpùrea, 2-3 inches long, 
and an inch broad. Berries almost dry, striated, much smaller 
than peas. 
Oblong-leaved Cephælis. Shrub. 
25 C. pruniréria (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 377.) 
bracteas terete, downy ; leaves oblong, acute, mucronate, gla- 
brous, shining; stipulas bidentate: teeth furrowed ; heads ter- 
minal, sessile, involucrated by 4 spatulate ciliated bracteas. 
hk. S. Native of South America, in shady places on the banks 
of the Orinoco, near the cataract of Maypures. Involucrum 
green. Corollas blue. There is a variety of this species with 
tetramerous flowers, hence the genus Hvéa has been joined with 
Cephe'lis. 
Plum-leaved Cephelis. Shrub. 
26 C. rra orans (Hook. et Arn. in Beech. voy. pt. bot. p. 64, 
t. 13.) flowers tetrandrous; branchlets compressed; leaves 
1 
F). April, May. Clt. 1816. 
RUBIACEÆ. CLXXVI. Cepuatis. 
broad-oval, obtuse, coriaceous, glabrous, reticulately veined, on 
short petioles ; stipulas ovate, acuminated ; peduncles bibracteo- 
late at the base ; bracteas heart-shaped ; flowers by threes, ses- 
sile. h. G. Native of Elizabeth Island, one of the Society 
Islands. It seems to approach C. specidsa, Sprengel, from Ota- 
hiti. Corollas red. 
Fragrant Cephelis. Tree 20 feet.” 
27 C. Eve'a (D. C. prod. 4. p. 535.) glabrous; branchlets 
rather tetragonal; leaves oval-oblong, on short petioles; sti- 
pulas oblong, undivided ; heads axillary, sessile, involucrated by 
4 ovate, obtuse bracteas; flowers tetramerous and tetrandrous. 
h. S. Native of French Guiana, in woods, where it is called 
Eve by the natives. Evéa Guianénsis, Aubl. guian. 1. P 100, 
t. 39. Lam. ill. t. 59. dict. 2. p. 392. Cephee'lis tetrandra, 
Willd. spec. 1. p. 979. Paleze among the flowers acute. Co- 
rollas white. 
Evea Cephelis. Shrub. 
* * * Herbaceous plants. 
28 C. purru'rea (Willd. spec. 1. p. 978.) stems creeping, 
ascending, hispid from rufescent hairs at the tops; leaves ob- 
long, acuminated, hispid on the nerves beneath, and ciliated on 
the edges; stipulas twin, hispid ; heads terminal, almost sessile, 
involucrated by 2 oblong bracteas, which are, as well as the 
paleæ among the flowers, ciliated. 2.H.S. Native of French 
Guiana, in woods, and of Maranham. Tapogomea purpurea, 
Aubl. guian. 1. p. 162. t. 63. f. 3. Callicócca purpurea, Gmel. 
syst. 1. p. 371. Leaves painted with a white line above. Co- 
rollas and berries purple. ‘ 
Purple-flowered Cephelis. Fl. April, June. Pl. creeping. 
29 C. arga (Willd. spec. 1. p. 978.) stems creeping, hairy ; 
leaves broad-ovate, acute, petiolate, villous ; stipulas lanceolate; 
heads terminal, sessile, involucrated by 5 ciliated bracteas. %- 
S. Native of French and Dutch Guiana, in woods, Meyer 
esseq. p. 106. Tapogdmea alba, Aubl. guian. 1. p. 164. t. 62. 
f. 4. Callicécca alba, Gmel. syst. 1. p. 371. Leaves of invo- 
lucra rufescent. Corolla reddish on first expanding, but almost 
immediately afterwards becoming white. Berries red. 
White-flowered Cephelis. Pl. creeping. 
80 C, Ipecacua’nua (A. Rich, bull. fac. med. 1818. pol. 4. 
p. 92. dict. se. med. vol..26. with a figure) stems ascending 5 
first, but at length becoming erect, rather downy at the apex; 
leaves oblong-ovate, scabrous above, and clothed with fine 
down beneath ; stipulas setaceously cleft; heads terminal, pe- 
dunculate, erect at first, but at length becoming pendulous, s$ 
volucrated by 4 subcordate bracteas. %. S. Native of Brazil, 
in woods and valleys on the mountains. Tuss. in Desv. joun 
4. p.247. Mart. mat. med. bras. 1. p. 4.t. 1. St. Hil. pl. pes 
bras. t. 6. Steph. et Church. 2. t. 62. C. emética, Pers. re : 
1. p. 203. exclusive of the synonymes Callicócca pee 
Brot. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 137. t. 11. Ipecacuanha officinalis; 
Arrud. disc. p. 44. ex. St. Hil.—Pis. bras. 231.—Marcgr. bras: 
17. Root creeping, annular, brown or greyish, and is the Ipeca 
cuanha of the shops of Europe, and the Poyas of those of Brazi. 
Leaves crowded at the tops of the stems, which are simple, an 
obscurely tetragonal. Flowers white, downy outside. aa 
Although the root of ipecacuanha has been long employ set 
a valuable article of the Materia Medica, yet the botanical cha 
racters of the plant which produced it remained onina a 
Professor Brotero, of Coimbra, determined the genus to W oe 
it ought to be referred, with the assistance of observations ms : 
in Brazil, on living plants, by Bernardo Gomez, a res! par 
medical botanist. The plant is a native of moist woods n J 
Pernambuco, Bahia, Rio Janeiro, and other provinces of nne 
It is called Zpecacuanha by the natives of some parts of Brazii 
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