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• — P. rotundifolia, Sw. (non L.). — This species by its singular crown, connects Becaloba with 

 Murucuja. Leaves 3"-2" diam. ; flowers V'-i" long j berry 10'" diam.— Hab. Jamaica !, 

 all coll., common in the mountains. 



** Calyx red: tube campanulate or cyuthiform ; crown filamentose. 



27. P. oblongata, Sw. Glabrous ; leaves longer than broad, rounded or cuneate at 

 the base, 3-2-lobed or rounded at the top, 3-mucronulate, ocellated with biseriate, distant 

 glands beneath; pedicels jointed above the middle, equalling the petiole, simple, 1-2 (-5), 

 superior or lateral racemose : bracteoles setaceous ; calyx crimson : tube campanulate, thrice 

 shorter than the oblong-linear lobes ; petals linear, exceeded by the calyx ; crown short, fila- 

 mentose, distant from the lacerate appendages of the disc; gynophore nearly equalling the 

 petals ; berry globose. — Stem shrubby : bark rimose-corky : scandent branches striate-angular ; 

 leaves very variable : lobes erect, bearing 3-4 glands between the lateral nerves and the mid- 

 rib; pedicels 8"', bracteoles li'"-2'", calyx-tube 4'", lobes 12'", petals 10'", crown-filaments 

 1'" long : interior crown reaching to the middle of the calyx-tube. 



a. Leaves cuneate or rounded at the base (4"-l£" long, 3"-f * broad) : lobes 3, short, 

 blunt, equal, or the middle longer, or all obsolete. 



0- lyrifolia, Tuss. Leaves rounded at the base, oblong, bilobed about to one-fifth (6" 

 long, 3" broad) ■. lobes acuminate, much exceeding the middle mucro. — Tuss. Fl. 1. t. 4. 

 Desc. Fl. 4. t. 255.— Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., M'Nab, March (a) ; Bancroft (0), eg. S.Anns. 



28. P. tacsonioides, Gr. [n. sp.). Glabrous ; leaves broader than long, subtruncate 

 or slightly 3-lobed, 3-mucronulate, broadly rounded or truncate at the base, ocellated with 

 biseriate distant glands beneath ; pedicels axillary, simple, 2-1, twice as long as the petiole, 

 jointed about the middle: bracteoles 3, setaceous; calyx red; tube campanulate, thrice 

 shorter than the oblong-linear lobes ; petals linear, exceeded by the calyx ; crown short, 

 filamentose, distant from the lacerate appendages of the disc ; gynophore equalling the petals. 

 — Stem, bark, and flower- structure as in preceding, but the leaves of P. orbiculata, Cav. 

 Leaves 3"-2" broad, \\"-\" long, bearing 6-4 glands between the midrib and the lateral 

 nerves, which diverge in a right-angle : petiole eglandular, 8"'-6'" long : stipules lanceolate- 

 setaceous, 1'" long; tendrils as long as the leaves ; pedicels 12"'— 15'", bracteoles l^"'-2'" 

 long; calyx-tube 4"'-5"'long: segments 12"'-15"Mong, 3"'-4'" broad ; petals 8'" long, 

 1"' broad ; crown-filaments 1 long : interior crown reaching to the middle of the calyx- 

 tube ; immature berry ovoid, exserted. — Hab. Jamaica !, Wullschl., Manchester at Huntley. 



29. P. perfoliata, L. Stem and petioles pubescent ; leaves glabrous, 4-2 times broader 

 than long, shortly petioled, deeply cordate at the base, clasping with their rounded auricles, 

 slightly 2-3-lobed, subretuse to 3-mucronulate, glaucous and ocellated with scattered glands 

 beneath : lateral lobes horizontally diverging, oblong, middle reduced ; pedicels axillary, 

 single, much exceeding the petiole, often equalling the leaf, jointed above the middle : 3 

 bracteoles setaceous ; calyx crimson : lobes linear, acuminate, half as long again as the 

 campanulate tube; petals oblong-lanceolate, pointed, exceeding the concolor calyx ; crown- 

 leaflets linear, blunt, much exceeded by the calyx, approximate to the plaited disc-covering; 

 gynophore equalling the petals; berry large, globose.— rSl. t. 143./. 3, 4. — P. normalis, L. 

 ex PL Cult. — Leaves 4"-2" broad, l"-8"' long, cordate to the middle : -petiole 2"'; pedicels 

 l"-li" long, jointed 3"'-4"' below the top; calyx-tube 4"'-5'", petals 8'" long; berry 10'" 

 diam. — Hab. Jamaica !, all coll., on fences from the seacoast upwards to the mountains. 



30. P. cuprea, L. Glabrous ; leaves roundish-oval, entire, mucronulate, shortly petioled, 

 reticulated on both sides, ocellated with a few glands beneath ; pedicels single, much exceed- 

 ing the petiole, jointed at the middle, ebracteolate, uppermost racemose ; calyx purple -. tube 

 shortly cyathiform, much exceeded by the oblong-linear segments ; petals oblong-linear, 

 shortly exceeded by the calyx ; crown-leaflets linear, blunt, much exceeded by the calyx, 

 approximate to the disc ; gynophore equalling the flower, dilated at the top ; berry ovoid- 

 globose. — Jacq. Ic. Bar. t. 606. — P. Cavanillesii, DC. (Cav. Diss. t. 273), probably a pubes- 

 cent form.— Leaves H" long, 15"'-12'" broad: petiole 3'" long; pedicels 1", calyx-tube 

 li'", segments 10"'-12'" long ; berry 6"' long, 4"'-5'" broad.— Hab. Bahamas (Linn.) 

 [Cuba I]. 



*** Calyx red: tube cyathiform ; crown entire. 



31. P. Murucuja, L. Glabrous, leave* bilobed, or transversely oblong, 3-mucronu- 



