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Sect. 4. Eupstchotkia. — Pyrena involute by a large furrow at the commissure, 5-3- 

 cristate or -angled, rarely smooth. Albumen of Mapouriopsis. — Stipules persistent, gemi- 

 nate or 2-fid. Panicles terminal : flowers clustered. 



* Bracts large, exceeding the calyx. (Nonatelia, Sw.) 



128. P. brachiata, Sw. ! Shrubby, glabrous ; branches slightly 4-g6nal j leaves char- 

 taceous, elliptical-oblong or lanceolate-oblong, pointed, arch-veined : stipules united at the 

 base, each shortly 2-fid, persistent ; panicle peduncled, hairy : branches spreading, %-clus- 

 tered and involucrate at the top : bracteoles ovate, shortly exceeding the calyx; corolla 

 glabrescent within : lobes puberulous, shorter than the infundibular tube ; anthers oblong, 

 included ; berry ovoid, crowned with the subentire calyx-limb : pyrense 5-cristate. — P. capi- 

 tellata, DC. ?— 6'-8' high ; leaves 4"-5", petioles 3"'-6"', stipules 3'", corolla 2\'" long ; 

 flowers straw-coloured ; berries indigo-blue. — Hab. Jamaica !, all coll., in woods ; Trinidad !, 

 Lockh.; [Cuba!]. 



129. P. arcuata, Benth. Shrubby; branches slightly compressed-4-gonal, puberulous 

 or glabrate ; leaves chartaceous, elliptical-oblong, pointed : veins costate, numerous : stipules 

 united at the base, two on each side, linear-acuminate, nearly as long as the petioles, per- 

 sistent ; panicle peduncled, corymbiform-trichotomous : bracteoles oblong-linear, exceeding 

 the calyx ; corolla glabrous, pilose within : lobes shorter than the clavate tube ; anthers 

 linear, included.— Leaves 7"-5", petioles 6"'-3"', stipules 6"'-4'", corolla 2*"' long.— Hab. 

 Trinidad !, Lockh., Sch. ; [Guiana!]. 



** Bracteoles small or inconspicuous. 



130. P. pubescens, Sw. Shrubby; branches cylindrical, smooth, constricted below 

 the nodes, puberulous ; leaves membranaceous, elliptical or lanceolate-oblong, costate-veiny, 

 puberulous beneath : stipules united at the base, 2 or several on each side, subulate, as long 

 as their sheath, persistent ; panicle peduncled, pubescent, pyramidal : branches terminated 

 with cymules and sessile alar flowers : bracteoles linear, shorter than the calyx ; corolla 

 with hair-tufts at the throat : lobes shorter than the tube ; anthers linear ; berry roundish, 

 contracted at the commissure, smooth : pyrenae 4-angled. — P. scabriuscula, Bartl. I — ltf- 

 12' high ; leaves 6"-4" long, variable : stipules 1"' long above the sheath ; corolla greenish- 

 straw-coloured ; berry 2'" broad. — Hab. Jamaica !, all coll., common ; [Cuba !, Mexieo !, 

 Panama!]. 



131. P. pedunculata, Sw. Shrubby or arboreons, glabrous below the puberulous 

 panicle ; branches slightly compressed-4-gonal ; leaves membranaceous, elliptical- oblong, 

 pointed, arch-veined : stipules united, 2 on each side, small, deltoid, shorter than their 

 truncate sheath, persistent ; panicle long-peduncled, corymbiform, usually 5-rayed : peduncle 

 as long as the leaves : branches terminated with cymules and sessile alar flowers : bracteoles 

 minute, lanceolate ; corolla slender, filiform-clavate, glabrous at the throat : lobes half as 

 long as the tube ; anthers linear ; berry roundish, contracted at the commissure : pyrena? 

 5-angled. — 16'-20' high ; leaves 5"-3" long ; corolla yellow, 4"' long ; berry 3'" broad. — 

 — Hab. Jamaica !, all coll., in mountain-woods ; Barbadoes ), Lane. 



132. P. corymbosa, Sw. Shrubby, glabrous ; branches subcylindrical ; leaves charta- 

 ceous, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate : veins distant : stipules united at the 

 base, 2 on each side, small, deltoid, longer than their annular sheath, marcescent ; panicle 

 peduncled, trichotomous, corymbiform ■. branches coloured, terminated with cymules and 

 subsessile alar flowers: bracteoles lanceolate, shorter than the calyx; calyx-limb 5(-4)- 

 partite ; corolla glabrous at the throat : lobes half as long as the campanulate tube ; anthers 

 linear; berrv roundish, contracted at the commissure: pyrena? 3-5-angled. — Leaves 3 "-2" 

 louw • corolla purple, 2\'" long ; berry purple, 2\"' broad. — Hab. Jamaica !, all coll., in the 

 BlueMountains, from 4000' upwards. 



133. P. patens, Sw. ! Shrubby, glabrous ; branches cylindrical, subconstricted below the 

 nodes ; leaves chartaceous, elliptical -oblong or elliptical, pointed, arch-veined : stipules united 

 at the base 2 on each side, linear-acuminate, much longer than their sheath, persistent ; pani- 

 cle lono-pedunc/ed corymbiform : branches coloured, terminated with scorpioid cymes and 

 sessile alar flowers: bracteoles lanceolate-linear, as long as or a little exceeding the calyx; 

 corolla glabrous at the throat : lobes half as long as the clavate tube ; anthers linear ; berry 



