338 liVlilACEM. 



rounded at the top : stipules subulate ; corymbs subsessile, contracted, terminal ; corolla 

 red : tube filiform (1J" long), -3-4 times as long as the oval, bluntish lobes ; stigma sub- 

 included; berry "crowned with the open calyx-limb." — Wight, Ic. 1. t. 149. — Leaves 

 2"-3" long. — Hab. Naturalized in S. Kitts !, Trinidad (Sieb.) ; [introduced from the East 

 Indies]. 



102*. X. tenuiflora, Roxb. Glabrous ; leaves oblong, pointleted, shortly petioled : sti- 

 pules mucronate-sheathing ; corymbs peduncled, contracted, terminal ; corolla pale : tube fili- 

 form (2" long), 6-8 times as long as the oblong, bluntish lobes; stigma long-exserted. — Leaves 

 8'' long. — Hab. Naturalized in Jamaica !, Wils. ; [introduced from the Moluccau islands]. 



103*. I. Pavetta, Roxb. Glabrous or puberulous above ; leaves oblong, petioled : sti- 

 pules deltoid, mucronate, superior often sheathing at the base ; corymbs trichotomous, pyra- 

 midal, terminal, and axillary : flowers fastigiate in the branches ; corolla white : tube filiform, 

 clavate (4'" long), about half as long again as the oblong lobes; stigma long-exserted. — 

 flight, Ic. 1. 1. 148. — Pavetta indica, i. — Leaves 6"-4" long, variable. — Hab. Naturalized 

 in Jamaica !, March; [introduced from the East Indies !]. 



104. X. ferrea, Benth. Arboreous, glabrous; leaves oblong, pointed, shortly petioled : 

 stipules subulate ; corymbs axillary or lateral, sessile, contracted, few-flowered ; corolla 

 rosy: tube filiform-clavate (4'" long), 3-4 times as long as the oval lobes ; stigma subin- 

 cluded. — Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 259. f. 7 : the flower. — Sideroxyloides, Jacq. Siderodendron 

 triflorum, V.— 30' high; leaves 6"-4" long.— Hab. Antigua!, Nichols., Dominica!, Imr., 

 S. Lucia !, S. Vincent !, Anders.; [Martinique !, in mountain woods ; Veraguas !, Venezuela !, 

 Guiana !]. 



42*. COFFEA, L. 



Calyx-limb 5(-4)-dentate. Corolla salver-shaped: tube cylindrical-infundibular: limb 

 contorted. Stamens inserted into or below the corolla-throat -. anthers linear. Stigma 2- 

 fid. Berry smooth, ovoid, 2-celled : seeds attached to the middle of the dissepiment, with a 

 longitudinal furrow on the inner flat side. Embryo of Lrora, but straight. — Woody plants ; 

 stipules of Ixora ; flowers clustered in the axils. 



105*. C. arabica, L. Shrubby or arboreous, glabrous; leaves oblong, pointleted: sti- 

 pules subulate ; flowers pedicellate ; corolla 5-lobcd to or beyond the middle : lobes oblong; 

 anthers and style exserted. — Tuss. Fl. 1. t. 18 ; Desc. Fl. 8. t. 564. — C. guianensis, Sieb. Tr. 

 33, 34 (vix Aubl.) -. apparently a form with a 4-cleft corolla. — Hab. Cultivated in the hills at 

 3000'-6000' alt., and naturalized in Jamaica !, Antigua !, to Trinidad ! ; [introduced from 

 eastern trop. Africa]. 



Subtribe 5. FSYCB.OTRIFM — Ovules erect (rarely attached above the base). Seeds 

 albuminous: embryo included. Fericarp fleshy. Corolla-lobes valvate. 



43. FARAMEA, Rich. 



Calyx-limb produced, truncate, or 4-dentate. Corolla salver-shaped : lobes 4, valvate. 

 Stamens inserted into the corolla-tube : anthers linear, Sessile. Stigma 2-fid. Ovary 2-ovu- 

 late : ovules erect, contiguous in a single cell, or separated by a thin or incomplete dissepi- 

 ment. Berry globose or ovoid, dry, chartaceous, smooth, 1-seeded by abortion -. seed often 

 umbilicated at the base. — Glabrous shrubs or trees ; flowers white, in corymbiform or um- 

 belliform, trichotomous, terminal and axillary cymes. 



106. P. odoratissima, DC. Leaves subcoriaceous, elliptical or oblong, pointleted, pe- 

 tioled : stipules rounded, shorter than their elongated dorsal awn ; corymbs lax : pedicels 

 ternate, ebracteate, longer than the truncate calyx ; corolla-lobes linear, from a lanceolate 

 base, nearly as long as the cylindrical tube; anthers included; ovary 1-celled; berry glo- 

 bose.— Br. Jam. t. 6./. 2 ; Jacq. Amer. Fict. t. 68 ; Tuss. Fl. 2. 1. 16.— Coffea occidentalis, 

 Jacq. Antoniana laurifolia, Tuss. -F. montevidensis borealis, DC. {ex specim. Hostm. a 

 Benth. cit.) : the longer calyx-limb crowning the fruit proves a variable character. — 6'-8' 

 high ; leaves 8"-3" long, variable ; corolla-tube 6'" long : limb subulate in the bud ; berry 

 4'" diam.— Hab. Jamaica !, all coll.; Dominica !, Imr., S. Vincent !, Guild.; Trinidad !, Or. ; 

 [Cuba I and Mexico! to Venezuela! and Guiana!]. 



