82* RUBIACE.E. 



lobes; anthers oblong-linear; drupe dry, 2-celled. — Lygistum, Lam. — A shrub; corolla 

 4"'-5'" long ; drupe furrowed at the commissure, \\'" diam. — Hab. Antigua !, Wullschl., 

 Dominica!, Imr., S. Vincent!, Guild.; Trinidad!, Sieb. Tr. 87, Lockh., Cr. ; [Cuba, 

 French islands ! ; Guiana !, Bahia !]. 



S ubtribe 4. SJBICIH^E. — Character of Hameliese, but corolla-lobet valvate. — Flowers 



clustered. 



13. SABICEA, Aubl. 



Calyx-limb 5-4-partite (or -dentate). Corolla salver-shaped, hairy on the outside: lobes 

 valvate. Stamens included, inserted into the corolla-tube : anthers oblong-linear. Stigma 

 5-4-fid. Berry 5-4-celled. — Scandent shrubs; leaf-veins curved; flowers fascicled or 

 glomerate, axillary, white. 



28. S. hirta, Sw. Pilose ; leaves elliptical, pointleted : stipules large, cordate-roundish ; 

 fascicles 3-5 -flowered, supported by a 4-lobed involucre, shortly peduncled : pedicels longer 

 than the calyx-tube ; calyx-lobes 5, oblong-lanceolate, twice as long as the tube, twice ex- 

 ceeded by the strigose corolla-tube ; corolla-lobes oblong, blunt. — Sw. Fl. t. 10. f. inf. : 

 analyt. — Schwenkfelda, Sw. — Corolla-tube 5"'-6"\ lobes 2'" long ; berry white. — Hab. 

 Jamaica !, Macf., Pd., Wils., in mountain-woods, at 3000' alt., e.g. Manchester. 



29. S. hirsuta, Kth. Pilose ; leaves elliptical, pointleted, pilose with scattered hairs 

 above and on the nerves beneath : stipules large, cordate-roundish ; flowers glomerate, ses- 

 sile ; calyx-lobes 5, lanceolate, pointed, twice as long as the hispid tube, twice exceeded by 

 the hispid corolla-tube — S. hirta trinitensis, DC. — Leaves quite glabrous or glabrate beneath 

 between the primary veins ; corolla-tube 4'" long. — Hab. Trinidad !, Lockh., Cr., along 

 roadsides ; [Venezuela] . 



14. COCCOCYPSELUM, P. Br. 



Calyx-limb 4-partite. Corolla infundibular : lobes valvate. Stamens inserted into the 

 corolla-tube •. anthers oblong. Stigma 2-fid. Berry 2-celled. — Creeping or trailing herbs ; 

 leaf-veins curved ; flowers glomerate, axillary, blue or purple. 



30. C. repens, Sw. Annual, pubescent ; leaves ovate, subacute : stipules linear-acumi- 

 nate, exceeded by the petioles ; flower-heads subsessile or shortly peduncled, few-flowered : 

 bracts linear, as long as the calyx ; calyx-lobes linear, as long as the globose berry ; stamens 

 included. — Br. Jam. t. 6./. 1.— Corolla blue, 3'" long. — Hab. Jamaica!, Macf., M'Nab, 

 A I., March, on dry hills ; [Cuba !, Haiti]. 



31. C. Paeudotontanea, Gr. (n. sp.). Suffrutescent, trailing, pubescent with minute 

 down ; leaves ovate, subacute : stipules linear, as long as or exceeded by the petiole ; flower- 

 heads few-flowered : peduncle as long as the leaf: bracts linear, half as long as the calyx ; 

 calyx-lobes linear, as long as the globose berry ; stamens included, not reaching to the 

 throat. — Habit of C. Tontanea, Kth., but peculiar by having deeply inserted stamens, twice 

 exceeded by the corolla-tube, which is 3'" long. — Hab. Jamaica!, Pd., on moist banks near 

 Coldspring Gap. 



32. C. nummnlarifoliTiin, Cham. Schlechl. f Creeping, villous ; leaves ovate or 

 ovate-roundish, subacute or mucronulate : stipules setaceous, much exceeded by the petioles ; 

 flower-heads few-flowered : peduncle exceeding the long petiole : bracts linear, shorter than 

 the calyx-tube ; calyx-lobes lanceolate-linear, shorter than the globose berry ; stamens ex- 

 ceeding the corolla-tube. — Distinguished from C. Tontanea (Guiana !, Brazil !) by its soft, 

 spreading down, but perhaps a villous variety of the same. Corolla 2"' long. — Hab. Tri- 

 nidad !, Lockh., Lane, Cr., on rotten trees, in shady woods ; [Mexico !, Guiana !, Brazil 1]. 



Subtkibe 5. CINCHONEJE. — Corolla-lobes valvate. Capsule 2-celled. — Woody plants ; 

 stipules interpetiolar ; flowers usually corymbose. 



15. MACROCNEMUM, P. Br. 



Calyx-limb 5 -denticulate. Corolla infundibular : lobes 5, short, pubescent within, valvate 

 •r reduplicate. Stamens included, inserted into the corolla-tube : filaments villous : anthers 



