320 RUBIACftS. 



Guettarda, Aubl. I. tlava, Miq.— A tree : leaves 10"-6", corolla 2i"-2f" long, the latter: 

 crimson and yellow above. — Hab. S. Vincent I, Guild.; [New Granada, Guiana 1]. 



16. I. XXsenkeana, DC. Leaves obovate or elliptical, pointleted, glabrous above, pu- 

 bescent with stellate down beneath ; panicle pubescent : central flowers pedicellate ; calyx- 

 teeth deltoid ; corolla glabrescent, bearded at the throat : lobes reduplicate -crested near the 

 margin below, about 6 times shorter than the tube ; stigma-lobes filiform, subdistinct. — 

 Miq. Sarin, t. 48 aa.: flower. — I. coccinea, Bartl. ! J. commutata, Miq. — A tree; leaves 

 12"-8", corolla 8"'-14"' long, the latter crimson. — Hab. Caribbean islands; [Guadeloupe!; 

 Mexico!, New Granada!, Guiana]. 



17. I. parviflora, V. Leaves oblong or elliptical-oblong, glabrous above, hispidulous 

 beneath with nearly simple hairs or glabrescent ; panicle hispidulous : special cymes con- 

 tracted, with the central flowers subsessile ; calyx-teeth deltoid-roundish ; corolla glabrous, 

 pilose within : lobes slightly keeled below on the margin, about as long as the tube ; stigma- 

 lobes semiovoid, usually combined. — Vahl, Eclog. 2. t. 15; Miq. Sunn. t. 49. — Brignolia 

 acuminata, DC. Brninsmia isertioides, Miq. — A shrub ; leaves 12"-6", corolla 4"'-6'"long. 

 — Hab. Trinidad !, Lockh., Pd., common in woods, Arima hills ; [Guiana !]. 



9. HAMELIA, Jacq. 



Calyx-limb short, 5-lobed. Corolla tubular or campanulate above the base : tube plaited: 

 lobes 5, imbricative. Stamens inserted above the corolla-base : anthers linear, erect, in- 

 cluded, with their summit exserted. Stigma entire. Berry 5-celled, 5-furrowed, produced 

 above the calyx-limb. — Shrubs or trees ; cymes terminal: flowers red or yellow, the lateral 

 ones on the inner side of racemiform, scorpioid branches. 



18. H. ventricosa, Sw. Leaves 3 (-2) in the whorl, elliptical, pointleted, glabrous 

 or glabrate beneath ; cymes 3-5-rayed ; calyx-tube turbinate at the base, longer than the 

 pedicel ; corolla-tube glabrous, constricted above the base, campanulate above the stricture, 

 8-6 times longer than the rounded, spreading lobes ; berry ovoid or oblong. — SI. t. 183. f. 

 2. — A large tree or shrub ; corolla yellow, 1 8'" long, 6"'-5'" broad above. — Hab. Jamaica !, 

 all coll., in dry soil. 



19. XI. cuprea, Gr. (n. sp.). Leaves 2 (-3) in the whorl, lanceolate-elliptical, shortly 

 acuminate, glabrous ; cymes 3 -rayed : central pedicels longer than the calyx; calyx-tube 

 ovate, as long as the lateral pedicels ; corolla-tube glabrous, constricted above the base, 

 campanulate above the stricture, 6 times longer than the rounded, spreading lobes ; berry 

 ovoid-subglobose. — Br. Jam. t. 14../". 1. — Nearly allied with the preceding. A small tree, 

 with bronze-coloured flowers ; leaves 2"-3" long, 10"'-18'" broad ; calyx 1 5'", corolla 1" 

 long, 3"'-4 w broad above ; berry 3'" long, 2'" broad. — Hab. Jamaica !, M'Nab, WUs., 

 March, e.g. S. Anns. 



20. XI. chrysantha, Sw. (exclus. syn.). Leaves opposite, cuneate-elliptical, glabrous ; 

 cymes 3-rayed; calyx-tube ovate-subglobose, at length shorter than all pedicels; corolla- 

 tube glabrous, tubular, slightly dilated above the base, 6 times longer than the ovate, erect 

 lobes; berry "oblong." — A shrub, 5 '-8' high; corolla orange, 6"'-8"' long. — Hab. Ja- 

 maica!, A I., WUs., in the northern and western districts, in mountain-thickets. 



21. XX. patens, Jacq. Leaves 3-4 (5-2) in the whorl, elliptical, pointleted, cuneate at 

 the base, glabrate above, pubescent beneath or glabrescent ; cymes 3-5-rayed, often twice 

 divided : central flowers subsessile ; calyx-tube ovate, much tonger than the very short pe- 

 dicel ; corolla-tube puberulous or glabrate, tubular, subcylindrical, much longer than the 

 dentiform, suberect lobes; berry ovoid. — Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 72; Desc.Pl. t. 107- — H. 

 latifolia, Rchb. 1: the glabrescent form (Sieb. Tr. 32). — A shrub; corolla crimson, 12"'-6'" 

 long. — Hab. Jamaica !, all coll. ; S. Kitts !, Dominica !, Imr., S. Vincent t, Guild. ; Tri- 

 nidad !, Sieb., Cr. ; [Key West !, Cuba ! and Mexico ! to Peru ! and Brazil !]. 



22. XX. lutea, Bohr. Leaves opposite, elliptical, pointleted, glabrous ; cymes 3-rayed 

 or trichotomouB below ; calyx-tube campanulate, much longer than the very short pedicels : 

 lobes of the limb linear, blunt, spreading ; corolla-tube glabrous, campanulate-tubular above 

 the cylindrical base, 6 times longer than the suberect lobes ; berry ovoid. — Jacq. Ic. Bar. t. 

 33a.-^H. chrysantha, Jacq. (?i&n Sw.). H. axillaris, Sw. : a form with the cymes exceeded 

 by dichotomous branches. — A low shrub ; corolla yellow, 6"' long. — Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., 

 Marth, Wils., in woods; Trinidad!, Pd., Cr. ; [Cuba!, S.Thomas!; Venezuela]. 



