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nated, acute at the base, reticulately quintuple-nerved ; branches, 
calyxes, and corollas glabrous. h.S. Native of South Ame- 
rica, in the province of Choco, in one place near the town of 
Cali, towards Cerro de San Antonio, where it is called Quereme 
de Cali. Leaves 3 or 34 inches long. Pedicels tribracteate at 
the base, red. Corollas tubular, ventricose at the base, red. 
Calycine teeth ovate, acute, short. The flowers, bracteas, and 
wood, are very sweet scented when dried, and which scent is 
easily communicated to water, spirits, or wine, Spirits of wine 
saturated with this aroma smells like cloves, and is useful in 
mitigating tooth-ache. 
Quereme Thibaudia. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 
20 T. arpisiæròLra (H. B. et Kunth, |. c. p. 274.) branches 
terete, glabrous; leaves opposite, sessile, oblong, obtuse, sub- 
cordate, reticulately nerved, and are, as well as the branches, 
calyxes, and corollas, glabrous. h.S. Native of New Gre- 
nada, near Fusagaruga, in woody places. Leaves 34 inches 
long, with diaphanous edges, Racemes axillary, sessile, soli- 
tary, pendulous, girded by small imbricated bracteas at the 
base. Corollas cylindrically tubular, scarlet, with a white limb. 
Calycine teeth ovate, acute, ciliated. 
Ardisia-leaved Thibaudia. Tree 16 to 20 feet. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Agarista, p. 838. 
Extremely elegant shrubs when in blossom. 
LVI. AGAPETES (from ayaznroc, agapetos, beloved ; 
in reference to the plants being showy). D. Don, mss. in 
herb. Lamb. Thibatidia species, Wall and Blume. Ceratos- 
téma species, Roxb. 
Lin. syst. Decéndria Monogy'nia. Limb of calyx 5-cleft. 
Corolla tubular; limb 5-cleft. Stamens 10; filaments very 
short, flattened ; anthers mutic, very long, furnished at the base 
with a short thick appendage, exserted, emarginate at the 
apex; cells of anthers confluent, filiform, glabrous. Stigma 
clavate. Ovarium 5-celled. Berry 5-celled, many-seeded. 
Seeds angular.—Evergreen shrubs, natives of the East Indies. 
Leaves lanceolate, coriaceous, with denticulated margins. 
Flowers corymbose and racemose, rarely almost solitary. Co- 
rollas scarlet. 
§ 1. Corollas tubular. 
1 A.sxticzra (D. Don, in herb. Lin. soc.) leaves scattered, 
lanceolate, petiolate, acuminated, obtuse at the base; flowers 
disposed in racemose corymbs ; peduncles and calyxes hispid ; 
filaments bearded ; anthers bifid; segments of corolla ovate- 
oblong. h. G. Native of the East Indies, on the Pundua 
mountains. Thibaúdia setigera, Wall. cat. no. 752. Leaves 
about 4 inches long, on very short robust petioles, obsoletely 
denticulated. Flowers numerous, in lateral and terminal co- 
rymbose racemes, furnished with bristly hairs. Corolla about 
an inch long. 
Bristle-bearing Agapetes. Shrub. 
2 A. VERTICILLA'TA (D. Don, T. c.) leaves verticillate, lanceo- 
late, acuminated, finely denticulated, acute at the base; flowers 
corymbose ; peduncles and calyxes hispid; corolla glabrous, 
with short blunt lobes; filaments nearly smooth ; anthers bifid. 
h G. Native of the East Indies, on the Pundua mountains. 
Thibaddia verticillata, Wall. cat. no. 753. Leaves on very short 
petioles, disposed in interrupted verticillate fascicles. Corolla 
scarcely an inch long. Stigma almost simple. 
Whorled-leaved Agapetes. Shrub. 
3 A. LORANTHIFLÒRA (D, Don. |. c.) leaves sessile, lanceolate, 
bluntly acuminated, quite entire; flowers generally solitary ; 
1 
ERICACEZ. LV. THIBAUDIA. 
LVI. Acareres. 
segments of the corolla elongated; anthers emarginate at the 
apex; filaments and corollas smoothish. h.G. Native of the 
East Indies. Thibatidia loranthifolia, Wall. cat. no. 754. 
Leaves 3 inches long, cuneate-lanceolate. Calyx with ovate 
acute teeth, and is, as well as the peduncles, rather bristly. 
Segments of corolla ovate at the base. 
Loranthus-flowered Agapetes. Shrub. 
4 A. varieca‘ta (D. Don, |. c.) leaves on short petioles, lan- 
ceolate, acuminated, denticulated, attenuated at the base, veiny ; 
flowers lateral, corymbose ; segments of corolla lanceolate, re- 
volute; filaments bearded; anthers bifid. h.G. Native of 
the East Indies, on the Pundua mountains. Thibatidia varie- 
gata, Wall cat. no. 751. Leaves 6 incheslong. Peduncles and 
calyx glabrous. Corolla glabrous, an inch long. 
Variegated Agapetes. Shrub. 
§ 2. 
5 A. acumina'ta (D. Don, 1. c.) leaves petiolate, lanceolate, 
long-acuminated, toothed; flowers copious, corymbose, lateral. 
h.G. Native of Silhet. Thibatidia acuminata, Wall. cat. no. 
6297. Leaves a span long. Calycine segments ovate, mucronate. 
Calyx and peduncles finely downy. 
Acuminated-\eaved Agapetes. Shrub. 
6 A. SPRENGE`LII ; leaves petiolate, ovate-lanceolate, acumi- 
nated, denticulated, attenuated at the base, woolly; flowers 
racemose, glabrous; peduncles glabrous; calycine segments 
ovate, denticulated; filaments downy; anthers bifid. h. G. 
Native of the East Indies. ‘Thibatidia Sprengélii, Wall. cat. 
no. 6298. Leaves 3 inches long. Flowers drooping, from 5 to 
7 in a cluster. Corolla ovate-oblong, about 2 lines long. 
Sprengel’s Agapetes. Shrub. 
7 A. serra‘ta; leaves verticillate, petiolate, lanceolate, acu- 
minated, serrated, attenuated at the base; flowers racemose, 
pendulous, and are, as well as the filaments, glabrous : branch- 
lets chaffy. .G. Native of the East Indies. Thibatdia 
serrata, Wall. cat. no. 6299. Leaves 2 inches long, on very short 
foot stalks. Calycine teeth very short, mucronate. Corolla 
ovate-oblong, 2 lines long. 
Serrated-leaved Agapetes. Shrub. 
8 A. symrLociròLIA (D. Don, 1. c.) branchlets downy; leaves 
ovate, mucronate, serrulated ; flowers and calyxes downy ; caly- 
cine segments rounded, mucronulate ; filaments bearded. h . 
G. Native of the East Indies. Andrómeda symplocifòlia, 
Wall. cat. no. 1522. Corolla a line long. 
Symplocos-leaved Agapetes. Shrub. Macs 
9 A. xxxirtica; stem parasitical ; leaves elliptic-oblong, 
acutish at both ends, biglandular at the base, coriaceous, veiny, 
glabrous ; racemes secund, finely tomentose. h. G. Native 
of Java, on Mount Salak, upon trees. Thibaudia elliptica, 
Blum. bijdr. p. 859. a 
Elliptic-leaved Agapetes. Fl. Year. Shrub parasitical. 
10 A. FLORIBU'NDA; leaves elliptic-oblong, acuminated at 
both ends, coriaceous, glabrous, veiny; calyxes ciliated. R. 
G. Native of Java, on the tops of the mountains, where it 1s 
called Prut by the natives. Thibaddia floribanda, Blum. bijdr. 
kie 
Bundle-flowered Agapetes. Shrub. 
11 A. ŁAURIFÒŁIA ; stem parasitical ; leaves cuneated-oblong, 
bluntish, coriaceous, glabrous, almost veinless; racemes gla- 
brous. h.G. Native of Java, on the top of Mount Buran- 
grang, upon trees. Thibaúdia laurifòlia, Blum. 1. c. 
Laurel-leaved Agapetes. Shrub parasitical. : 
12 A. VARINGIÆFÒLIA ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, acutish 
coriaceous, glabrous, nearly veinless; racemes leafy, and are, as 
Corollas short, ovate. 
