332 RUBIACEiE. 



celled : cndocarp large, with the cells distant from the surface, and as narrow as the seed. — 

 Woody plants ; stipules mostly deciduous ; peduncles axillary, 2-Jid, rarely simple and few- 

 flowered at the top : flowers sessile on the inner side of their spiciform or contracted 

 branches, one between them. 



Sect. 1. Guettardaria, DC. — Drupe smooth, globose or ovoid: cells straight. Calyx- 

 limb tubular, subentire or lacerate at the top. 



* Corolla-tube cylindrical. — Trees. 



75. Q. longiflora, Gr. (». sp). Leaves large, ovate, cordate or bluntish at the base, 

 glabrescent, or glabrate between the veins beneath, inuricate or hispidulous on the veins, re- 

 pand : quaternary veins approximate-reticulated : stipules ovate-lanceolate, with the pe- 

 tioles and peduncles pubescent ; peduncles exceeding the petiole : flowers approximate on their 

 short blanches \ bracts lanceolate-linear, exceeded by the truncate calyx-limb ; corolla-tube 

 cylindrical (1 a" long), slightly curved, 8-10 times as long as the calyx, tomentose : lobes 5-6, 

 hairy within ; recurved point of the anthers exserted. — Allied to G. macrantha, Benth., in 

 which the corolla is still longer and the minute network in the leaves is wanting. The 

 drupe is still unknown. — Leaves 8"-5" long, 5"-3" broad: petiole 2"-l" long; calyx 2" 

 long. — Hab. Jamaica !, March ; [Cuba!]. 



76. G. argentea, Lam. Leaves cordate or subcordate, glabrous above, silvery-serice- 

 ous, or at length glabrate beneath .- quaternary veins inconspicuous : stipules deltoid-subu- 

 late ; peduncles sericeous, exceeding half the leaf: flowers approximate, 4-8 on their short 

 2-tid branches, ebracteate ; calyx-limb lacerate-repand at the top; corolla-tube cylindrical, 

 (8"'-14"' long), often curved, 4-6 times as long as the calyx, tomentose : lobes 6, pubescent 

 within ; anthers wholly included ; drupe globose, tomentose, veinv, 3-6-seedcd. — Br. Jam. 

 t. 20. /. 1; Lam. Lit. t. 154, fig. sin. sup.—G. ambigna, DC.— A tree, 30'-40' high; 

 leaves 3 "-6" long, 2"-4" broad : transverse secondary veins not prominulous beneath ; calyx 

 2 J"' long; drupe 3'" diam. — Hab. Jamaica!, Mac/., Al., Wits., March, common in the 

 eastern districts ; [Guadeloupe, Guiana]. 



77- G. scabra, Lam. Leaves elliptical or oblong-elliptical, crenulate-repand, mucro- 

 nate, subcordate at the base, scabrous, at length rugose above, tomentose beneath: pri- 

 mary and secondary veins prominent beneath, quaternary inconspicuous : stipules subu- 

 late ; peduncles tomentose, often as long as the leaves : branches contracted ; bracts lanceo- 

 late, exceeded by the lacerate-repand calyx-limb; corolla-tube cylindrical (5"'-12'" long), 

 slightly curved, 3-4 times as long as the calyx, villous-tomentose : lobes 6—5 (-7), puberu- 

 lous ; drupe globose, puberulous, slightly rugulose, 3-6-seeded. — Lam. III. t. 1 54, fig. sin. 

 inf.; Fent. Choix, t. 1. — Matthiola, L. G. rugosa, Sw. G. viburnoides, Cham. — A small 

 tree"; leaves 5"-2" long, 3"-l" broad: petiole of variable length; calyx 2"'-3'" long; 

 corolla white ; drupe 3'" diam. — Hab. Bahamas !, Swains. ,- Jamaica !, Mac/., Wils., Pd., 

 Manchester, at 3000' alt. ; Antigua!, Wullschl., Dominica!, Imr., S.Vincent!; [Cuba!, 

 French islands !, Sieb., Mart. 58 ; Yucatan !, Brazil !]. 



78. G. elliptica, Sw. ! Leaves elliptical, elliptical-roundish, or elliptical-lanceolate, 

 hispidulous and glabrate above, pubescent with serial hairs along the veinlets beneath ■■ 

 quaternary veins inconspicuous : stipules lanceolate, acuminate ; peduncles pubescent, ex- 

 ceeded by the leaf : branches contracted, few-flowertd : bracts lanceolate, exceeded by the 

 repand or lacerate calyx-limb; corolla-tube cylindrical (3"' long), thrice as long as the 

 calyx, sericeous : lobes 4, slightly puberulous within ; drupe globose, velvety, glabrescent, 

 slightly rugulose, 4-2-seeued. — A small tree ; leaves 2" long, 2"-8'" broad : petiole l'"-3'" 

 long ; calyx 1'" long ; drupe 2'" diam. — Hab. Jamaica !, Sw., Mac/., March, Wullschl., in 

 dry soil, along the seashore ; [Florida!, Mexico !, Cuba !]. 



** Corolla-tube filiform or clavate. — Shrubs. 



79. G. odorata, Lam. Leaves elliptical or elliptical-oblong, glabrous, pubescent on 

 the veins beneath : network of the veinlets with many serial meshes : stipules subulate ; pe- 

 duncles pubescent, often as long as the leaf: branches contracted, sub-3-flowered : bracts 

 linear, deciduous, half as long as the truncate calyx ; corolla-tube filiform (6"'-8'" long), 

 4-6 times as long as the calyx, pubescent : lobes 5 (-6) ; drupe globose, velvety, glabres- 

 cent 5-seeded.— Jacq. Jmer. Pict. t. 259. /. 16 ; Lam. 111. I. \h\,fig.dextr. inf.; Kth. 



