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roundish, contracted at the commissure, transversely rugulose : pyrense 5-angled. — Leaves 

 4"-3", stipules l"'-2 m long ahove their sheath ; corolla white, 2'" long j berry black, 2"'-l'" 

 broad. — Hab. Jamaica!, Sw., Wils., in the mountains; [Cuba!]. 



134. P. cornig-era, Benth. ! Shrubby, glabrous ; branches smooth, cylindrical or com- 

 pressed-cylindrical, subconstricted below the nodes ; leaves chartaceous, ovate or elliptical- 

 oblong, pointleted, costate-veiny •. stipules united at the base, 2 on each side, subulate, 

 longer than their sheath ; panicle sessile or shortly peduncled, corymbiform, often bearded 

 at the ramifications ; cymes contracted : bracteoles setaceous, minute or inconspicuous ; 

 corolla subcylindrical, villous at the throat : lobes corniculate, as long as the tube ; berry 

 biglobose, smooth. — Leaves 6"-4", stipules l'"long above the sheath; corolla 1£"' long; 

 berry 2'" broad. — Hab. Trinidad !, Lockh. ; [Guiana !]. 



Sect. 5. Stkempelia, Benth. — Pyrena separating from each other in the axis, 



incurved at the commissure, obsoletely 5-cristate, or ^-furrowed, or smooth on the back. 

 Albumen devoid of furrows on the concave or jiattish commissural side. — Stipules sub- 

 cartilagiuous, wholly, or their sheath marcescent. Flowers in terminal, peduncled cymes. 



135. P. nutans, Sw. ! Shrubby, glabrous ; leaves membranaceous, lanceolate or 

 spathulate-lauceolate, bluntish, arch-veined : stipules small, cartilaginous, deltoid, 2 on each 

 side or combined-rumpent ; cyme 3-rayed, few-flowered : flowers clustered, minutely brac- 

 teolate ; calyx-limb produced, subentire, longer than the tube ; corolla-lobes one-third as 

 long as the tube ; berry globose : pyrense smooth or slightly 5-cristate. — Leaves 4"-2" long, 

 gradually tapering into the petiole ; berries 2'" diam., cernuous. — Hab. Antigua !, Wullschl. ; 

 [Cuba !, Haiti !]. 



136. P. horizontalis, Sw. Shrubby, glabrous , branches spreading ; leaves membra- 

 naceous, elliptical or elliptical-oblong, pointed, arch-veined, bearded at the vein-axils be- 

 neath : stipules roundish, denticulate, single on each side, marcescent, with the teeth decidu- 

 ous, at length cartilaginous ; cyme twice 3-rayed, few-flowered : flowers clustered ; calyx- 

 limb produced, minutely denticulate, longer than the tube ; corolla salver-shaped, tranversely 

 plaited at the glabrous throat : lobes one-third as long as the tube ; berry ovate-globose, 

 at length nearly smooth. — 3-4' high ; leaves l£"-3" long ; corolla-tube 2s'" long ; berries 

 2'" diam., erect. — Hab. Antigua!, Wullschl., S. Vincent !, Guild.; [Haiti, on limestone, 

 Guadeloupe ;, Martinique !, Sieb. Marl. 76 ; Guiana !]. 



137. P. parasitica, Sw. Trailing-radicant, shrubby, glabrous ; leaves succulent, ovate 

 or ovate-lanceolate, pointed : veins inconspicuous, more approximate below the middle of the 

 midrib •. stipules connate-tubular, chartaceous ; cymes trichotomous, few-flowered : flowers 

 pedicellate, minutely bracteolate ; calyx-limb 5-dentate, as long as the tube ; corolla " pubes- 

 cent at the throat : lobes acuminate, shorter than the tube ; berry small, ovoid-globose : 

 pyrense nearly smooth. — Jacq. Jmer. Pict. t. 73. — Branches subtetragonal above, hanging 

 from old trees; leaves 2"-l long, rounded at the shortly petioled base; berry V"-\?" 

 long, red. — Hab. S. Kitts, Montserrat, Dominica, S. Vincent !, Guild., in mountain- woods , 

 [Cuba !, Portorico !, French islands !]. 



138. P. crassa, Benth. ! Trailing, shrubby or arboreous (Perrot.), glabrous ; leaves 

 rigid, leathery, elliptical or elliptical-oblong, pointed, margined : veins inconspicuous, more 

 approximate below the middle of the midrib ; stipules connate-tubular, chartaceous ; cyme 

 trichotomous, corymbiform : flowers pedicellate, minutely bracteolate : calyx-limb 4-dentate, 

 shorter than the tube ; corolla "bearded at the throat :" lobes corniculate, nearly as long 

 as the tube ; berry-globose : pyrense nearly smooth. — Nearly allied to the preceding. — 

 Leaves black in drying, 3"-l" long, subacute at the base ; berry 2'" diam. — Hab. Dominica !, 

 Imr. ; Trinidad !, Or. ; [Cuba !, Guadeloupe ! ; Venezuela !, Guiana !]. 



139. P. Myrtiphyllum, Sw. Shrubby, diffuse, glabrous; leaves small, chartaceous, 

 elliptical or lanceolate : veins distant, delicate or inconspicuous : stipules combined at the 

 base, deltoid-roundish, chartaceous, deciduous, with a short base persistent ; cyme trichoto- 

 mous, as long as the leaves : pedicels filiform, as long as the calyx ; calyx-limb 5-dentate, 

 as long as the tube ; corolla villous at the throat : lobes shorter than the clavate tube ; berry 

 " ovoid-oblong."— SI. t. 209./. 2.— A fragrant, little shrub, l'-3' high ; leaves 1" (18"'-6"') 

 long, bluntish or acuminate, shortly petioled ; corolla whitish, 2"' long ; berry red. — Hab. 

 Jamaica !, Pd., Al., Wils., March, Wullschl., Manchester, S. Anns ; [Haiti.!]. 



