330 BUBIACIA 



Lindl. (who compared Aublet's specimen). M. cuspidata, Berter., Seem. ! M. havanensis, 

 Kth. — Corolla pale-crimson, 6'" long. — Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., rare, Manchester ; S. Vincent !, 

 Guild, ; Trinidad !, Lockh., Cr., in ravines and on hills ; [Cuba ! and Mexico ! to Venezuela ! 

 and Guiana]. 



67. M. calycosa, Gr. {n.sp.). Stem hispidulous on the angles, glabrescent ; leaves ovate, 

 acuminate, chartaceous, glabrous, or hispidulous on the midrib beneath : stipules deltoid, den- 

 ticulate ; cymes many- or few-flowered, subsessile : pedicels exceeding the petiole, or at length 

 elongated ; calyx-lobes 4-5, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, pointed, devoid of alternating teeth; 

 corolla-tube cylindrical, clavate at the top, somewhat hairy within and on the outside : lobes 

 ovate, pointed ; anthers oblong-linear, included ; seeds surrounded by a broad, denticulate 

 wing. — M. Gtertneri, DC. (G. carpol. t. 197. f. 5), seems to be a related species, but has 

 narrow calyx-lobes. Leaves of the preceding ; calyx-lobes 2"'-3'" long, spreading, usually 

 2"' broad at the base ; corolla red, 8"' long. — Hab. Dominica !, Imr., in the mountains : a 

 form with ovate-lanceolate calyx-lobes ; [Haiti!, Venezuela!, Fendl. 588]. 



26. RHACHICALLIS, DC. 



Calyx-limb 4-partite, often with accessory teeth between the segments. Corolla salver- 

 shaped : lobes 4, imbricative. Stamens included, inserted below the corolla-throat. Stigma 

 2 -fid. Capsule loculicide : seeds wingless. — Low, diffuse, narrow-leaved shrubs ; leaves 

 fleshy, furrowed on the back: stipules sheathing ; flowers solitary, sessile. 



68. R. rupestris, DC. Leaves approximate-decussate, surrounded at the base by the 

 stipular sheath, oblong, pointed, shining : stipules broadly deltoid, mucronate, ciliate ; flowers 

 axillary; calyx-segments linear, alternating with as mauy teeth ; corolla villous. — SI. t. 202. 



f. 1 ; Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 18. — Hedyotis americana, Jacq. H. rupestris, Sw. Buchnera, 

 Sw. — £'-3' high : branchlets thickened : leaves 2"'-4'" long : stipules brown, marcescent ; 

 corolla yellow, 3'" long. — Hab. Bahamas !, Swains., on maritime rocks ; Jamaica !, Pd., 

 along the coast of S. Anns; [Cuba!, Neveza; Bermudas (Sw.)"]. 



Subtbibe 7. HEDYOTEJ2. — Corolla-lobes valvate. Fruit dry, 1-celled. — Stipules con- 

 necting the petioles, usually divided into bristles. Stem herbaceous. 



27. OLDENLANDIA, L. 



Calyx-teeth 4, distant on the fruit. Corolla short, infundibular or rotate : lobes valvate. 

 Stamens inserted into or near the corolla-throat (or dioeciously near the corolla-base). Capsule 

 thin, loculicide at the top : seeds minute, angular, not hollowed. — Peduncles usually fit form, 

 axillary. 



69. O. corymbosa, L. Annual, glabrous or glabrescent; stem slender, branched; 

 leaves lanceolate or linear, 1-uerved, tapering into the sheath : stipular bristles about 3 ; pe- 

 dicels 5-2, filiform, umbellate or corymbose, usually shorter than the peduncle, or fascicled 

 (if the peduncle is wanting) ; corolla-lobes as long as the tube ; authers ovoid ; capsule trun- 

 cate, subglobose : teeth lanceolate,"acuminate. — Desc. PI. 1. 1. 50 (exclus. radice). — Hedyotis 

 Burmanniana, Br. : the East Indian form with 3-1-flowered peduncles. — Leaves 1", corolla 

 1"', seeds \ w long ; flowers white. — Hab. Jamaica !, Al , a weed in cane-fields ; S. Kitts !, 

 Els., Dominica !, Imr., S. Vincent !, Guild. ; Trinidad ! ; [Martinique !, Sieb. Mt. 46 ; 

 Guiana ! to Brazil ! ; trop. Africa ! ; East Indies !]. 



70. O. herbacea, DC. Annual, glabrous ; stem slender, flaccid ; leaves lanceolate or 

 linear -lanceolate, acuminate, 1-nerved: stipular bristles several, or reduced; pedicels subso- 

 litary, filiform, usually exceeded by Jhe leaves ; corolla-lobes half as long as the tube ; an- 

 thers ovoid ; capsule globose, contracted at the commissure : teeth lanceolate, acuminate. — ■ 

 Rheed. Mai. t. 35. — 0. tenuifolia, Forst. ! Hedyotis Heynii, Br. — Leaves l"-2" long, longer 

 and broader in the West Indian than in the common East Indian form ; pedicels 8'" long. 

 My West Indian specimens have lost their corolla. — Hab. Trinidad !, Pd., Cr., along rivu- 

 lets ; [Haiti !, Portorico ! ; Mexico ! to Brazil 1 ; Pacific islands I ; East Indies !]. 



