842 RUBIACE^E. 



nerves beneath : stipules connate, dimidiate-sheathing, oblong, acuminate, rusty -hispid, de- 

 ciduous ; panicle peduncled, lax, trichotomous, exceeding the leaves : flowers clustered ; 

 calyx-limb minutely 5-denticulate ; corolla-lobes shorter than the tube. — R. villosa, R. P. 

 {Ft. Peruv. t. 207) sec. Bantl. — A large, spreading shrub ; leaves black in drying, 5"-3" 

 long, 15"'-12'" broad; petioles 6"'-4'"; stipules 8"'-4"', white corolla 2'" long.— Hab. Ja- 

 maica ! Wils. ; [Peru! Pcepp. 1568]. 



124. P. tmdata, Jacq. Shrubby, glabrous; leaves chartaceous, elliptical, pointleted, 

 costate-veiny : stipules large, connate, dimidiate-sheathing, obovate, blunt, or emarginate, 

 rusty-membranaceous, deciduous, with the short base marcescent ; panicle sessile, trichoto- 

 mous, much exceeded by the leaves : flowers clustered ; calyx-limb minutely 5-denticulate or 

 subentire ; corolla-lobes shorter than the tube; berry ellipsoidal: pyrense flat, albumen 

 with 2 large furrows at the commissure. — P. nervosa, Sw. I P. stipulacea, Sw. ! P. oligo- 

 tricha, DC. : a form with the vein-axils pilose beneath. — Nearly allied to P. rufescens, 

 Kth., but usually broader-leaved and the branches perfectly glabrous. Leaves rusty-green in 

 drying, tapering at the base, 5 '"-3"' long, 2"-l" broad ; petioles 6"'-4"', stipules 9'"-6"', 

 corolla 2%"' long ; flowers white ; anthers equalling the corolla-lobes, included in other 

 flowers 5 berry 3'" long, 1£'" broad. — Hab. Bahamas ; Jamaica !, all coll., along road- 

 sides. 



125. P. rufescens, Kth., Bartl. ! Shrubby, rusty-pubescent above; leaves charta- 

 ceous, lanceolate-elliptical, acuminate, costate-veiny, glabrate above, hispidulous or glabrate 

 between the nerves beneath: stipules connate or rumpent, dimidiate-sheathing, obovate, 

 often pointed, 2-fid, rusty-membranaceous, deciduous, with the short base marcescent ; pani- 

 cle sessile, trichotomous, exceeded by the leaves : flowers clustered ; calyx-limb minutely 5- 

 dentate ; corolla-lobes shorter than the tube ; berry ellipsoidal : pyrenae flat, albumen 2- 

 furrowed at the commissure. — P. portoricensis, DC. — Leaves rusty-green in drying, tapering 

 at the base, 4''-2£" long, l\"-V> broad ; petioles 2"'-5"', stipules 6"'-3'", corolla 2'" long ; 

 berry of the preceding. — Hab. Jamaica !, M a-cf., Al., March, Wullschl., in woods; An- 

 tigua !, Wullschl. ; [Cuba ! ; Mexico ! to New Granada]. 



126. P. lanceolate, Nutt. Shrubby, glabrous, or slightly rusty-hairy above ; leaves 

 chartaceous, lanceolate, rarely lanceolate-elliptical, costate-veiny, glabrous above, glabrate 

 beueath : stipules connate or rumpent, dimidiate-sheathing, obovate-roundish, often emar- 

 ginate with blunt lobes, rusty-membranaceous, deciduous, with the short base marcescent ; 

 panicle sessile, trichotomous, exceeded by the leaves : flowers clustered ; calyx-limb minutely 

 5-denticulate or subentire : corolla-lobes shorter than the tube ; berry ovoid, rounded at 

 both ends. — P. chimarroide», DC. ex Sieb. Tr. 236 : from Florida specimens, reduced to 

 NuttalPs species. — Less hairy than the preceding, leaves usually narrow, and berry of dif- 

 ferent shape. Leaves 4"-2" long, 12"'-8'" broad, rusty in drying, tapering into a short 

 petiole ; stipules 5"'-3'", corolla 2^'" long ; anthers often exserted ; berry 2'" long, 1'" 

 broad. — Hab. Bahamas!, Swains.; Jamaica!,^/./ Antigua!, Wullschl., Dominica !, Imr., 

 S. Vincent !, Guild. ; Trinidad !, Sieb. ; [Florida ! ; Cuba !, French islands !]. 



Sect. 3. Mapouriopsis. — Pyrena smooth, involute at the commissure. Albumen campy- 

 lospermous, overlapjting the projection of the pyrena. — Stipules deciduous, leaving a very 

 short base. Panicles terminal : clusters distant, minutely bracteolate, most terminal on 

 spreading branches. 



127. P. foetida, Gr. Shrubby, glabrous, variegated-glaucous ; branches cylindrical, 

 smooth ; leaves chartaceous, ovate-oblong, bluntish, rounded at the base : veins costate, 

 distant : persistent base of the stipules rusty -hairy ; panicle peduncled, lax : branches 5-3- 

 nate; calyx-limb 5-dentate, at length 5 -partite; corolla-lobes twice shorter than the tube; 

 anthers oblong ; berry smooth, ellipsoidal-oblong, crowned with the calyx-limb. — P. foetens, 

 Sw., parlim : Shakspeare's specimen (in Hb. Bks.) belongs to this, Swartz's own (in Hb. 

 Stockh.) to P. Brownei. — Leaves 8"-3" long, 4"-H" broad, shining, glaucous-black in dry- 

 ing, variegated with dark spots beneath : petiole 2"-i" long ; panicle as long as the leaves : 

 clusters many-flowered, usually 6"'-12"' distant from each other; corolla \\'" % berry 3'" 

 long. — Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., AL, Wils., rare on shady rocks, S. Katherine's, S. Anns, §. 

 Thomas J. E. 



