RUBIACEH. CLXXIX. Georutra. 
1. p. 145. t. 55. Bartl. in herb. Heenke, but not of Willd. Very 
nearly allied to G. reniférmis, but the petioles are shorter, the 
umbels are hardly pedunculate, the corollas violaceous, and the 
berries blue. 
Violaceous-flowered Geophila. PI. creeping. 
3 G. piversiroria (D.C. prod. 4. p. 537.) petioles and pe- 
duncles clothed with short hairs or down; leaves reniformly 
cordate, rounded or acute, glabrous on both surfaces, paler be- 
neath, with the lobes at the base approximate ; heads 2 or few- 
flowered ; bracteas linear-lanceolate, downy. %.S. Native of 
Java, on the mountains ; and probably of Malabar and Silhet, 
&c. if the Karinta-Tali, Rheed. mal. 10. t. 21. be the same. 
Psychétria herbacea, Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 161. and therefore G. 
reniformis, D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 136. Cephae'lis diversi- 
folia, Blum. bijdr. p. 1004. Flowers white? Berries red? 
Diverse-leaved Geophila. Pl. creeping. 
4 G. vioræròra (D. C. l. c.) petioles hairy above; leaves 
roundish-cordate, acutish, glabrous on both surfaces, with the 
lobes at the base divaricate ; peduncles about equal in length to 
the petioles; bracteas lanceolate ; umbels 6-9-flowered. %. S. 
Native of New Granada, on the banks of the river Magdalena, 
in humid places. Cephz'lis violæfòlia, H. B. et Kunth, nov. 
gen. amer, 3. p. 379. Psychótria hederàcea, Willd. in Roem. et 
Schultes, syst. 5. p. 191. Corolla white, glabrous, 4 times 
longer than the calyx. 
Violet-leaved Geophila. P1. creeping. 
5 G. macróropa (D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 136.) petioles 
roughish; leaves cordate, acute, glabrous ; peduncles length of 
leaves; bracteas linear-lanceolate; umbellules 3-6-flowered. 
4%. S. Native of Peru, in groves, along the tract of Pillao to 
Izeutuna. Psychétria macropoda, Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 63. 
t. 211. f. b. Psych. cordifdlia, Dietr. gærtn. lex. 1. p. 618. 
Berries dark purple. Seeds smooth. 
Long-peduncled Geophila. Pl. creeping. 
6 G. Gra’citis (D. Don, 1. c.) petioles striated, beset with 
retrograde hairs at top; leaves cordate, acute, rather pilose 
above; peduncles length of petioles ; bracteas subulate; umbels 
6-9-flowered. 4%. S. Native of Peru, in forests at Pillao and 
Pueblo-Nuevo. Psychótria gracilis, Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 
Got Pll fico" Corollas pale- violaceous, glabrous inside. Ber- 
ries ovate, blackish. Seeds trisulcate. 
Slender Geophila. Pl. creeping. 
Cult, A mixture of vegetable mould and sand, or peat and 
sand, is the best soil for the species of Geédphila ; and they are 
easily increased by detaching their creeping stems. 
CLXXX. PATA‘BEA (the Guiana name of the first species). 
a gwan. 1. p. 111. t. 45. Juss. gen. p. 208. mem. mus. 6. p. 
ke exclusive of the synonymes. Lam. ill. t. 65. H. B. et 
aoe Nov. gen. amer. 8. p. 375.—Cephe'lis species, Willd. 
preng. 
Lix. syst. Tetra-Hexándria, Monogýnia. Calyx with an 
obovate-globose tube, and a very short entire or 4-toothed limb, 
rarely 5-6-toothed. Corolla with a short nearly terete tube, 
and 4-6 oblong spreading lobes. Stamens 4-6; anthers sessile 
within the throat. Stigma bluntly bifid. Berries globose, 
crowned by the nearly closed calyx, smooth, 2-celled, 2-seeded. 
—Glabrous shrubs, natives of South America. Leaves on short 
ibaa oval or ovate, acuminated at the apex. Stipulas broad 
i the base, and subulate at the apex. Flowers sessile, crowded 
nto heads in the axils of the leaves or tops of the branches. 
ate propped by 4 small binately opposite bracteas. This genus 
` gh from Psychótria in the capitate inflorescence, in the 
mooth berries, ‘and in the number of the floral parts being 
Usually quaternary. 
-coccr'Nga (Aubl. |. c.) stipulas undivided ; leaves oval, 
VOL. 111, 
CLXXX. Parasea. 
CLXXXI. SALZMANNIA. 609 
acute at the base; heads of flowers sessile ; flowers tetramerous; 
throat of corolla naked. h.S. Native of French Guiana, in 
the woods of Orapu. Lam. ill. no. 1464. t. 65, Cephee'lis 
sessiliflora, Willd. spec. 1. p. 979. Flowers red. 
Scarlet Patabea. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 
2 P.? renurrtora (D. C. prod. 4. p. 538.) leaves oblong, 
acute at both ends, membranous; stipulas 4, lanceolate-linear, 
connate at the base; heads of flowers some sessile, and others 
pedunculate ; corolla with a naked throat, linear lobes, and a 
slender tube ; limb of calyx truncate. h.S. Native of French 
Guiana, where it was collected by Patris. Leaves 5-6 inches 
long and 14 broad. Bracteas small. Fruit unknown. 
Slender-flowered Patabea. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 
3 P.? a’tBa (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 375.) 
leaves ovate, rounded at the base; stipulas bifid at the apex ; 
cymes pedunculate; flowers pentamerous and hexamerous ; 
throat of corolla villous. h.S. Native of South America, on 
the banks of the Orinoco, near Maypures, and San Fernando, 
Cephze'lis cymosa, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 749. Psychétria Maypu- 
rénsis, Willd. rel. in Roem. et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 190.? ex 
Spreng. Calyx violaceous. Corollas white. 
White-flowered Patabea. Shrub. 
Cult. See Psychotria, p. 599. for culture and propagation. 
CLXXXI. SALZMA'NNIA (named after M. Salzmann, a 
collector of plants in Mauritania, and afterwards in Brazil). 
D.C. prod. 4. p. 617. 
Lin. syst. Tetréndria, Monogynia. Calyx with an oval 
tube, and a cupular very bluntly 4-toothed or sinuated permanent 
limb. Corolla with a short tube, and 4 oblong lobes. Alabastra 
tetragonal. Stamens with very short filaments, and very long 
anthers. Style 1, undivided, or the lobes are combined. Berry 
dry, crowned by the limb of the calyx, 1-celled in the adult 
state by abortion, compressed, oval, 1-seeded. Seed compres- 
sed.—A glabrous Brazilian shrub. Branches at first tetra- 
gonal, but terete in the adult state. Stipulas truncate, very 
short. Leaves opposite, ovate, on short petioles, shining above, 
and as if they were varnished. Peduncles axillary, opposite, 
very short, bearing dense heads composed of 10-12 flowers, 
girded by 2-4 ovate foliaceous bracteas. Flowers sessile within 
the bracteas, white. This genus appears to come nearest to 
Cephe'lis, from whieh it diflers in the very long anthers, in the 
compressed fruit, and in habit. 
1 S. nrrpa (D. C. prod. 4. p. 617.) h. S. Native of Bra- 
zil, about Bahia on arid hills. Corolla a line and a half long. 
Leaves 14 inch long and 1 broad, obtuse. 
Shining-leaved Salzmannia. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 
Cult. See Psychótria, p. 599. for culture and propagation. 
Tribe X. 
SPERMACO'CEÆ (this tribe contains plants agreeing with 
the genus Spermacòce in particular characters). Cham. et 
Schlecht. in Linnea. 3. p. 309. A. Rich. mem. soc. hist. nat. 
Par. 5. p. 147. D. C. prod. 4. p. 538. Stigma bilamellate 
(£. 109. b.). Fruit dry or hardly fleshy, usually of 2, rarely 
of 3-4 1-seeded mericarps or nuts, which are sometimes com- 
bined, and sometimes separating from each other, indehiscent or 
dehiscing in various ways. Albumen between fleshy and horny. 
—Shrubs or herbs. Leaves opposite. Stipulas membranous at 
the base, and usually of many bristles at the apex, 
Susrrize I. CEPHALA’NTHEZ (this subtribe only con- 
tains the genus Cephalanthus). D. C. prod. 4. p. 538. Flowers 
and fruit crowded and sessile, upon globose receptacles. Fruit 
divisible into 2 parts. 
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