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petioles and longest peduncles 6'"- 8'", ? calyx-liinb 1"'-*"', corolla-tube 2"'-S'", berry 6"' 

 long. — Hab. Triaidad !, Pd., Or.; [Panama !, Guiana, equat. Brazil]. 



11. A. corymbosa, Kth. Branchlets subcylindrieal, sericeous ; leaves elliptical, 

 shortly pointleted, glabrous, sericeous on the veins beneath : petioles sericeous ; corymbs pe- 

 duncled, fascicled-termiual, sericeous : peduncle exceeding the petiole : flowers pedicellate ; 



<? calyx-liinb half as long as the corolla-tube : teeth lanceolate, much shorter than the tube, 

 distant; corolla-lobes lanceolate, as long as the tube. — Kth. N. Gen. ^294. — Leaves 4"-6", 

 petioles 10"'-1 2'", peduncles 2", <? calyx-limb 3"'-2'", corolla-tube 4"'-5"' long j pedicels 

 variable in length (<>.), 2"'-3'" long in our specimens. — Hab. Trinidad !, Or,, at Acaro; 

 [Venezuela]. 



6. CORDIERA, Rich. C**A, 



Flowers unisexual. Calyx-limb truncate. Corolla salver-shaped : tube subcylindrieal : 

 limb sinistrorsely contorted, 4-5-partite. Stamens included, inserted below the corolla- 

 throat : anthers subsessile. " Stigma 4-5-fid. Ovary 4-5-celled : cells 2 ovulate. Berry- 

 cells 1 -seeded." — Glabrous shrubs ; flowers sessile, terminal, $ ternate, $ solitary. 



12. C. triflora, Rich. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, bluntish, chartaceous ; corolla pube- 

 rulous : lobes lanceolate, acuminate, nearly as long as the tube. — Leaves 3"-2V', S calyx- 

 limb 1'", corolla 10"'-12'" long.— Hab. Trinidad!, Fd., Or., in the Savannah de Omara; 

 [Guiana I]. 



7. SCHRADERA, V. 



Calyx-limb truncate. Corolla salver-shaped or infundibular : lobes 5-10, imbricative, 

 one interior, the others usually valvate. Stamens inserted into the corolla-tube or its throat : 

 anthers linear or oblong, affixed to the filaments above their base. Stigma 2-4-fid. Berry 

 2-4-celled : cells many-seeded. — Trailing shrubs, rooting on their supports; stipules deci- 

 duous ; flowers capitate : heads involucred by connate bracts. 



13. S. capitata, V. Leaves elliptical, pointed : stipules oblong, blunt, exceeding the 

 petiole ; flower-heads peduncjed, terminal ; corolla infundibular : tube campanulate, shortly 

 exceeding the calyx : lobes 5-6, oblong-lanceolate, nearly as long as the tube ; stamens in- 

 cluded ; berry 2-celled. —Vahl, Eclog. 1. t. 5 s the tube longer than in our specimen — 

 Corolla 10'" long or smaller. — Hab. Montserrat {F.), Dominica !, Imr. 



14. S. cephalotes, V. Leaves elliptical or lanceolate-oblong : stipules spathulate-ob- 

 long, blunt, as long as the petiole ; flower-heads pednncled, terminal, single : involucre entire, 

 much shorter than the calyx ; corolla salver-shaped : tube cylindrical, twice as long as the 

 calyx : lobes 8-10, linear-lanceolate, pointed, as long as the tube ; stamens exserted, in- 

 serted into the corolla-throat ; berry 4-celled. — Fuchsia involucrata, Sw. ! — Corolla white : 

 tube 8'" long. — Hab. Jamaica !, Sic., AL, Wtfs., M'Nab, March, on rocks in mountain- 

 woods, S. Anns, Morca's Gap. 



Subtribe 3. HAMELIEM. — Corolla-lobes imbricative. Ovules «, superficial upon the 

 central placentas. Pericarp baccate, indehiscent : sarcocarp thin : seeds minute, wing- 

 less. — Stipules interpetiolar ; flowers usually in cymes. 



8. 1SERTIA, Schreb. 

 (Brignolia, DC. Bruinsmia, Miq.) 

 Calyx-limb 4 (-6) -dentate. Corolla tubular, infundibular below the limb : lobes 6, valvate 

 below, imbricative at the top. Stamens included or semiexserted, inserted into the middle 

 of the corolla-tube -. anthers linear-acuminate, affixed to short filaments above their base. 

 Stigma-lobes 6, distinct or connate. Berry 6(-4)-pyreuous. — Woody plants ; interpetiolar 

 stipules 2-partite or combined; cymes in a terminal, trichotomous, thyrsoid panicle: 

 flowers red or yellow. 



15. I. coccinea, V. Leaves elliptical, pointleted, glabrous above, pubescent with stel- 

 late down beneath ; panicle pubescent : central flowers subsessile ; calyx-teeth blunt ; corolla 

 pubescent, bearded at the throat : lobes reduplicate-crested near the margin below, 10 times 

 shorter than the tube; stigma-lobes filiform, distinct.— Jubl. t. 123; Miq. Sunn. t. 48.—. 



