HL BIACE.fi. 82S 



incumbent. Stigma bilamellar. Capsule oblong, loculicide from the middle upwards and 

 downwards : valves united at the top : seeds minute, parallel to the placenta, peltate, com- 

 pressed, margined, tailed at both ends. — Leaves pelioled: stipules large, deciduous ; corymbs 

 in terminal and axillary peduncled 'panicles : 



33. M. jamaicense, L. Glabrous ; leaves large, obovate, nearly as long as the axil- 

 lary peduncles ; calyx-teeth miuute, distant ; corolla greenish-white : tube clavate : lobes 

 reduplicate in the bud, ovate-roundish. — Sw. Obs. t. 3./. 1. — A shrub, 10-15' high (Pd.), 

 or a tree (Macf.) ; leaves 6"-10", corolla-tube 6'", lobes IV", capsule 1" long, the latter 

 tapering at the base ; flowers odorous. — Hab. Jamaica !, Bancr., M'Nab, At., Pd., in moist 

 woods along rivers, S. Thomas i. V., S. Marys, and southern districts ; [Guadeloupe], 



16. CHIMARRHIS, Jacq. 



Calyx-limb truncate. Corolla rotate: segments 5 (-6), oblong, bearded below the middle 

 within, valvate. Stamens exserted, inserted into the corolla-throat : filaments villous below : 

 anthers incumbent. Stigma 2-lobed. Capsule small, obovate-roundish, septicide at the top : 

 valves at length 2-fid : seeds minute, oval-roundish, reticulated, margined, compressed, pa- 

 rallel to the placenta. — Habit and inflorescence of Macrocnemum, but corymbs more con- 

 tracted, fastigiate ; stipules deciduous, acuminate. 



34. C. cymosa, Jacq. Branchlets angular, at length cylindrical j leaves obovate-oblong 

 or elliptical, pointed, tapering into the petiole, glabrous, nearly as long as the long-peduncled 

 panicles; capsule bluntish at the base. — A large tree, 50-60' high ; leaves 6' -12" long ; 

 flowers odorous, whitish-green ; corolla 2'" long. — IIab. Jamaica !, Maqf., Al., Wils., 

 March, along river-banks ; Antigua !, Ponthieu ; Dominica I, Imr. ; S. Vincent !, Anders., 

 Guild. ; [Cuba ! ; French islands !]. 



Subtkibe 6. RONDELETIEjE— Corolla-lobes imbricative. Capsule 2-celled. — 

 Stipules interpetiolar. 



17. COUTAREA, Aubl. 



Calyx-limb 6 (5-7) -partite. Corolla infundibular, unequal below: lobes imbricative. 

 Stamens exserted, free from the corolla : anthers linear, erect. Style subentire. Capsule 

 septicide, at length loculicide above : seeds surrounded with a large, entire, oblong, wing. — 

 Trees or shrubs ; flowers large, ternate-single, terminal. 



35. C. speciosa, Aubl. Branchlets glabrous ; leaves ovate or elliptical-oblong, sub- 

 acute at the base, glabrous above, glabrescent beneath : segments of the calyx-limb subulate- 

 filiform ; corolla-lobes ovate, pointed, much shorter than the curved, clavate, glabrous tube ; 

 capsule elliptical, acute at the base. — Aubl. £.122; Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 65.— Portlaudia 

 hexandra, Jacq.— Leaves l"-3" long, variable, pointed or blunt ; corolla pale-rosy : tube 

 l"-2", lobes about 4'" long ; anthers 6"' long ; capsule subcompressed, usually black, with 

 white points, 8"'-12'" long.— Hab. Trinidad!, Sieb. Tr. 35, Lockh., Pd., Cr. ; [Yucatan!, 

 Panama !, New Granada .', Venezuela \, Guiana t, Brazil !]. 



18. EXOSTEMMA, DC. 



Calyx-limb 5 (-4) -partite. Corolla salver-shaped : tube filiform-cylindrical : lobes linear, 

 slightly imbricative, 2 exterior. Stamens of Coutarea. Style filiform : stigma thickish. 

 Capsule septicide : valves entire or at length 2-fid: seeds oval, winged. — Woody plants; 

 flowers in terminal corymbs or axillary. 



An anomalous congener is Catesbaa Vavassorii, Spreng., of Haiti, Schomb. It has a 4- 

 lobed corolla, minute leaves, and spinescent branchlets. 



36. E. floribtmduxn, R. S. Glabrous ; leaves elliptical or oblong ; flowers in a co- 

 rymbose panicle : pedicels as long as the cylindrical calyx-tube ; corolla-tube nearly as long 

 as the lobes : capsule lanceolate-oblong, smooth.— lamb. Cinch, t. 7 ; Desc. Ft. 1. t. 13.— 

 Cinchona Su> -A high tree; leaves 4"-6", pedicels 4'", corolla-tube 14"M5'". capsule 6"' 

 long ; flowers pale-red.— Hab. S. Lucia (Sw.), Dominica !, Imr., S. Vincent !, Guild., in 

 mountain-woods; [Haiti, French islands]. 



