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eluded within the corolla-tube ; berry orbicular.— SI. t. 188. f. 3 ; Jacq. Jmer. Pict. t. 69 ; 

 Desc. Fl. 4. t. 292.-4'-10' high ; berry white, S'"-2 W diani. 



o. Jacquiniana. Leaves elliptical, pointed (l"-2 V long) j racemes oblong ; corolla cleft 

 beyond one-third. 



P. laxiflora, DC. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, with a bluntish point (3"-lV' long) ; 

 racemes usually 3-partite-pyramidal ; corolla cleft to one-third. — Kl. and Guimp. Arzn. 1. 

 t. 3. — Stem scandent. 



y. longifolia, DC. Leaves oblong or ovate-oblong, apiculate-acute (3"-2" long) ; racemes 

 oblong ; corolla 5-fid nearly to the middle. — C. caracasana, Kl. ! C. anguifuga trinitensis, 

 DC. ex Sieb. Tr. 38. 



Hab. Bahamas !, Swains. ; Jamaica !, all coll. 03 ; a sec. SI.) ; Antigua !, Wullschl. (7), 

 Dominica ; Trinidad !, Sieb., Cr. (&, y) ; [Bermudas !, Florida ! ; Cuba ! (a, 0) and Mexico ! 

 to Uruguay ! ; Galapagos !]. 



98. C. parvifolia, Wullschl. MS. Leaves small, ovate or ovate-oblong, with a bluntish 

 point, shortly cuneate at the base : stipules subulate, points longer than their sheath ; racemes 

 lax, simple, twice or more exceeded by the leaves : bracts 2-dentate at the base ; calyx-teeth 

 deltoid-ovate, bluntish ; corolla 5-lobed to one-half (or one-third) ■ lobes lanceolate or ovate- 

 lanceolate ; points of the anthers exceeding the corolla-tube ; berry orbicular. — C. racemosa, 

 var., Sw. Obs. C. racemosa, Sieb. Mart. 33. — In C. phanostemon, Schlecht., the anthers 

 are longer exserted. A high climber (P. Br.)-, branches usually horizontal; leaves 8"'-l" 

 (-2") long ; berry 2'" diam. — Hab. Jamaica !, Wullschl., March ; Antigua 1, Wullschl. ; 

 Trinidad !, Cr. ; [Portorico !, Martinique ! ; Panama !, Venezuela !]. 



Subtribe 3. VANGTJIERIEJE. — Ovules pendulous. Seeds albuminous: embryo small, 

 included. Pericarp fleshy. Corolla-lobes valvate. — Inflorescence axillary. 



40. MALANEA, Aubl. 



Calyx-limb narrow, 4-dentate. Corolla salver-shaped or subrotate : lobes valvate. Sta- 

 mens exserted, inserted near the corolla-throat : anthers oval. Stigma 2-lobed. Drupe 

 "2-celled: seeds cylindrical, pendulous." — High, climbing or erect shrubs; leaves arch- 

 veined : veins prominent beneath : stipules deciduous ; flowers clustered, bracteolate, in 

 axillary, trichotomous panicles. 



99. M. sarmentosa, Aubl. Branches climbing, with the panicles rusty-tomentose ; 

 leaves obovate, rugose with impressed veins above, rusty-tomentose beneath . stipules ovate- 

 oblong, bluntish ; flowers sessile ; corolla puberulous : lobes ovate, pointed, as long as the 

 tube, villous-bearded within. — Aubl. t. 41. — Leaves 4"-7" long; corolla blue: beard 

 whitish. — Hab. Trinidad!, Lockh., on woody hills, Arima ; [Guiana!]. 



100. M. macrophylla, Bartl. ! {MS. in Rich. Schom. Fl. Guian. p. 947). Erect ; 

 branches glabrescent; leaves elliptical, shortly pointleted, smooth, glabrous or glabrate 

 beneath: stipules obovate-oblong, rounded at the top; panicles hoary-sericeou9 : flowers 

 sessile ; corolla pubescent : lobes ovate-oblong, blunt, about half as long as the tube, villous 

 within.— A shrub ; leaves 8"-3" long ; corolla-tube 2'" long. — Hab. S. Vincent !, Guild. \ 

 Trinidad !, Cr., at S. Anns; [Guiana !]. 



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 Subtkibe 4. IXOREJS. — Ovules laterally attached. Seeds albuminous : embryo included. 

 Pericarp fleshy. Corolla-lobes contorted. • 



41. IXORA, L. 



(Siderodendron, V.) 



Calyx-limb 4-5-dentate. Corolla salver- shaped: tube slender : limb contorted. Amlkert 

 exserted, inserted into the corolla-throat. Stigma 2-fid, or lobes agglutinated. Berry 

 smooth subglobose, 2-celled : seeds concave on the inner side, affixed to the middle of the 

 dissepiment. Embryo curved : radicle inferior : cotyledons foliaceous. — Woody plants ; 

 stipules apicu late, persistent ; flowers in axillary or terminal corymbs. 



101*. I. Bandhuca, Roxb. Shrubby, glabrous; leaves oval-oblong, subcordate-sesbilc, 



