RUBIACE^. 321 



10. BERTIERA, Aubl. 



Calyx-limb 5-dentate. Corolla infundibular : lobes 5, imbricative, cuspidate. Stamens 

 inserted into the corolla-throat, semiexserted : anthers linear-acuminate, sessile. Stigma 

 bifid. Berry 2-celled. — Shrubs, with accumbent down on the branchlets and the under 

 side of the leaf -veins ; stipules single: the pair united at the base ; panicle terminal, race- 

 miform-trickotomous : flowers white, small, mucronate in the bud, serial on the inner side 

 of the scorpioid branches. ♦ 



23. B. g-uianensis, Aubl. leaves oblong or elliptical-oblong, pointed: stipules subu- 

 late ; branches of the panicle distant : flowers sessile ; corolla pubescent, bearded at the 

 throat ; berry globose, striate, crowned with minute calyx-teeth. — Aubl. t. 69. — Leaves 

 6"-4", corolla 3'" long ; berry 2'" diam— Hab. Trinidad !, Pd., Cr., S. Anus ; [Venezuela !, 

 Guiana !, equat. Brazil !]. 



11. HOFFMANNIA, 9m. 



(Higginsia, Pers.) 



Calyx-limb 4-dentate. Corolla rotate or salver-shaped : divisions oblong, slightly im- 

 bricative. Stamens inserted into the glabrous corolla-throat or tube, exserted : anthers erect. 

 Stigma 2-fid. Berry 2-celled. — Shrubs ; leaves membranaceous ; cymes axillary, trans- 

 formed into unilateral-scorpioid racemes or spikes, or reduced into clusters. 



Planchon's and Link's Higginsia represent exactly Swartz's Hoffmannia, while Ruiz and 

 Pavon's original Ohigginsice (known to me only from the figures of the Fl. Peruviana) are 

 said to have shorter, subincluded anthers. They are however undoubtedly congeners, being 

 united by my H. tubiflora. 



24. H. pedunculata, Sic. ! Branchlets rusty-pilose ; leaves elliptical, pointed, cuneate 

 at the long-petioled base, glabrescent above, rusty-pilose with scattered down beneath ; ra- 

 cemes few-8-flowered, peduncled : peduncles as long as or exceeding the petiole : pedicels 

 as long as the calyx ; corolla rotate : segments twice as long as the calyx ; stamens inserted 

 into the corolla-throat : anthers linear, subsessile ; stigma-lobes short. — Sw. Fl. t. 5 : analyt. : 

 the stigma-lobes too short. — 2'-3' high, woody below, herbaceous above ; leaves 3"-4", pe- 

 tiole 6"'-12"', peduncles 1", calyx 1" long ; corolla yellow and variegated with red: segments 

 bluntish. — Hab. Jamaica !, Sw., in mountain woods. 



25. H. tubiflora, Gr. (». sp.). Glabrous; leaves elliptical, pointleted, cuneate at the 

 long-petioled base ; racemes few-flowered, sessile, twice exceeded by the petiole -. pedicels 

 approximate, as long as or longer than the calyx ; corolla salver-shaped -. segments half as 

 long as the tube, tube twice as long as the calyx ; stamens inserted into the middle of the 

 corolla-tube : anthers oblong, as long as the filaments ; stigma-lobes semi-ovoid. — Related 

 to H.psychotriifolia (.Higginsia, Beuth.). Leaves 3"-4", petiole 6'"-8"', pedicels 2"'-l / ", 

 corolla-tube 2'" long ; corolla-lobes bluntish, twice as long as the anthers. — Hab. S. Vin- 

 cent !, Guild. 



12. GONZALEA, Pers. 



Calyx-limb 4-fid. Corolla infundibular or salver-shaped, hairy at the throat : lobes im- 

 bricative, 2 exterior, 2 interior induplicate. Stamens included, inserted into the corolla- 

 tube : anthers incumbent. Stigma 2-fid. Drupe 4-2-pyrenous. — Shrubs or trees ; flowers 

 fascicled, in terminal racemes. 



26. G. Pete»ia, Gr. Leaves elliptical -oblong or lanceolate-oblong, pointed, puberulous 

 beneath or glabrate : stipules deltoid-subulate, shorter than the petiole ; calyx-lobes minute, 

 deltoid ; corolla infundibular, villous at the throat : lobes nearly as long as the infundibular 

 tube; anthers oblong ; drupe fleshy, 4-celled. — Petesia spicata, Sw. — A tree, 25' high, or 

 redifced to a virgate shrub ; corolla 2'" long; drupe l"'diam — Hab. Jamaica!, Pd., Al. r 

 Wits., March, uncommon in woods, Moneague, Manchioneal ; [Cuba 1]. 



27. G. spicata, DC. Leaves elliptical-oblong, elliptical, or lanceolate-oblong, pointed, 

 pubescent beneath or glabrate : stipules subulate, nearly as long as the petiole ; calyx-lobes 

 linear or spathulate-linear, as long as the tube; corolla saletr-shaped, strigose-pubescejit, 

 villous at the throat ; tube cylindrical, slightly dilated at the top, 3-4 times as long as, th\ 



