340 RUBIACEjE. 



Sect. 1. Notopleura, Benth. — Pyrenae compressed from the back, %-cristate: lateral 

 crests contiguous to the angles of the commissure. Albumen Jlat-compressed, devoid of 

 furrows. — Stem herbaceous, large-leaved : stipules single: upper part deciduous, leaving 

 a persistent, connate-sheathing base. 



111. P. uliginosa, Sw.f Glabrous or glabresccnt, somewhat succulent; leaves obo- 

 vate or elliptical, usually pointleted, costate- veiny, long-petioled : stipules pointed ; panicles 

 axillary, trichotomous : flowers clustered, bracteolate; calyx-limb 5-dentate; corolla villous 

 at the throat ; anthers linear; berry ovate, at length nearly smooth. — P. laevis, DC. — Habit 

 of Patima. A suffrutescent herb, 2'-3' high ; leaves 10"-6", petiole 2" long ; axillary pani- 

 cles short : peduncle 3" long or none ; flowers small, pale-red ; berry crimson. 



o. Glabrous ; leaves pointleted ; panicles long-peduncled. 



/3. discolor, Sm. ined. Leaves oval, rounded at the top, acute at the base : under side of 

 the midrib and subsessile panicles puberulous. 



Hab. Jamaica!, all coll., in wet places (a, j8) ; Dominica!, Imr., S. Lucia; Trinidad!, 

 Cr. i [Cuba ! ; Central America, Guiana!]. 



Sect. 2. Mapoukia, Benth. — Pyrence half -terete, 5 (-3) -cristate : crests equidistant. Al- 

 bumen furrowed between the crests, flat with 2 minute, or no furrows on the commissural 

 side. — Stipules single, deciduous from or near the base. Panicles terminal : flowers mi- 

 nutely bracteolate. 



In the West Indian species the corolla is villous at or below the throat, and the anthers 

 are oblong ; exserted and included stamens occur in the same branch. 



* Stipules distinct, wholly or above. 



112. P. grandis, Sw- .' Herbaceous, suffrutescent, glabrous; leaves large, obovate, 

 pointed, cuneate towards the shortly petioled base, costate-veiny : stipules broadly ovate- 

 subulate, tardily deciduous, membranaceous, slightly cohering at the base, as long as the 

 petiole ; panicle large, peduncled, trichotomous, with accessory branches, slightly puberu- 

 lous : flowers clustered -.'calyx -limb minutely denticulate ; berry "ovate." — 12-15' high ; leaves 

 15"-8", stipules 10"'-8"', corolla 2"' long; panicle often terminal between two branches. — 

 Hab. Jamaica !, A/., Wils., among mountain shrubs, e.g. near Bath. 



113. P. Mapouria, R. S. Suffrutescent, glabrous; leaves large, elliptical, shortly pe- 

 tioled, costate-veiuy : stipules broadly ovate, blunt, membranaceous ; panicle large, pedun- 

 cled, trichotomous, with accessory branches ; flowers clustered ; calyx-limb minutely denti- 

 culate ; berry V ovoid-globose." — Aubl. t. 67. — 7-8' high ; leaves 6"-S", stipules 6"', corolla 

 2'" long. — Hab. Dominica !, Imr v S. Vincent !, Guild. ; [Guiana !]. 



114. P. floribunda, Kth. Shrubby, glabrous; leaves leatbery, oblong, costate-veiny. 

 stipules oblong, blunt, membranaceous, deciduous, with the short base marcescent ; panicle 

 trichotomous, with accessory branches, peduncled, slightly puberulous above : flowers clus- 

 tered; calyx-limb subentire; corolla-lobes shorter than the tube ; berry ovoid: pyrena: mi- 

 nutely 2-furrowed at the commissure. — 25-5' high ; leaves 8"-3", petiole 4"'-10'", stipules 

 4"'-8'", corolla 2'" lonii ; flowers white; berry yellowish. — Hab. Dominica !, Imr. ; [Gua- 

 daloupe !, in damp woods ; Martinique !, Sieb. Mart. 77 ; New Granada]. 



115. P. dura, Sm. ined. (in Hb. Bks.). Shrubby, glabrous; leaves leathery, shining 

 above, elliptical or oblong, costate-veiuy beneath : stipules broadly ovate, blunt, membrana- 

 ceous, deciduous, with the short base marcescent ; panicle trichotomous, with accessory 

 branches, peduncled, slightly puberulous above : flowers clustered ; calyx-limb shortly 5- 

 lobed ; corolla-lobes shorter than the tube ; berry ovoid : albumen 2-furrowed at the com- 

 missure. — Leaves 5"-2£", petiole 4"'-8'", stipules 4"'-6'", corolla 2"'long. — Hab. Jamaica!, 

 Pd., Wils., At., March, in woods, Manchester, S. Anns. 



116. P. marginata, Sw. ! Shrubby, glabrous; leaves chartaceous, lanceolate-oblong 

 or oblong, pointed, gradually tapering into the petiole, costate-veiny : stipules oblong, bluut or 

 bluntish, membranaceous, deciduous ; panicle lax, trichotomous, peduncled : flowers pedi- 

 cellate ; calyx-limb minutely 5-dentate ; corolla-lobes as long as the-tube ; berry subglobose .- 

 pyrenae minutely 2-furrowed at the commissure. — 3'-4' high ; leaves black in drying, 6"-3", 

 petiole 10"'-4'", stipules 6"'-3'", corolla 14/" long.— Hab. Jamaica !, Sw., M'Nab, March, 

 iu woods. 



