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149. C. muscosa, Sw. Shrubby or arboreous, glabrous ; internodes cylindrical, up- 

 permost subtetragonal ; leaves shortly petioled, lanceolate-oblong or elliptical-oblong, acumi- 

 nate: stipular sheath truncate, spreading, with several deciduous, rigid awns ; flower-heads 

 terminal, subsessile : bracts and palefe quadrate- oblong, cut at the summit. — Jacq. Amer. 

 Pict. t. 66. — Morinda, Jacq. — 15' high; leaves 4"-3", peduncle 2'" long or none; flower- 

 heads 3"'-6"'diam. j bracts pale-blue, flowers white, berries blue.— Hab. S. Vincent !, Guild.; 

 Trinidad !, Pd., Lockh,, Cr., in shady woods and ravines ; [Martinique, Guiana !, equat. 

 Brazil !]. 



150. C. axillaris, Sw. Shrubby, glabrous ; internodes obtusely subtetragonal ; leaves 

 long-petioled, lanceolate-oblong or elliptical, pointleted: stipules as long as their sheath, 

 ovate, 2-lobed, awnless ; flower-heads mostly axillary, sessile: bracts roundish, exceeded by 

 the flowers: palese obovate, lacerate and ciliate at the summit. — Leaves 5"-3", petiole 12'"- 

 6 long ; flower-heads 6"'-10"' diam. ; berry subglobose : furrows between the convex juga 

 narrow. — Hab. S. Kitts, Dominica!, Imr. ; [Guadeloupe; New Granada!; Venezuela!; 

 Guiana !]. 



49. MORINDA, L. 



Calyx-limb short, denticulate, or subentire : tubes concrete. Corolla infundibular : 

 lobes 5 (4-7), valvate. Stamens inserted into the corolla-tube. Stigma 2-fid. Ovary 2- 

 celled : cells 1 -ovulate : ovules erect or attached above the base. Syncarpium baccate. Al- 

 bumen fleshy. Radicle inferior. — Woody plants ; flower-heads peduncled: receptacle glo- 

 bose. 



151. M. Royoc, L. Shrubby, glabrous or glabrescent: branches cylindrical; leaves 

 lanceolate-oblong, pointed : stipules subulate ; flower-heads small, single in the axils or ter- 

 minal, exceeding in length the short peduncle ; syncarpium globose. — Jacq. H. find. t. 16. 

 Desc. Fl. 2. t. 129.— 1' high; leaves 3"-2", peduncles 3"'-l'" long; flowers white, odorous; 

 syncarpium 4"'-6"' diam. — Hab. Jamaica!, all coll., along the seacoast ; [Cuba!, Haiti !]. 



152*. M. citrifolia, L. Arborescent, glabrous ; branchlets tetragonal ; leaves elliptical, 

 large : stipules roundish ; flower-heads leaf-opposed or axillary, nearly as long as their short 

 peduncle ; syncarpium subglobose. — M. macrophylla, Desf. — Leaves pointed or blunt, 6"-S", 

 peduncles 6"'-8"' long ; syncarpium 1" diam. — Hab. Naturalized in Jamaica !, March, and 

 in the Caribbean islands! ; [introduced from the East Indies!]. 



50. GEOPHILA, Don. 



Calyx-limb 5 (-4) -partite: segments narrow, recurved-spreading. Corolla salver-shaped : 

 lobes valvate. Stamens inserted into the corolla-tube, included. Stigma 2-fid. Ovary 2- 

 celled : cells 1-ovulate : ovules erect. Berry 2-pyrenons, slightly angular. Albumen carti- 

 laginous, flat at the commissure. — Creeping, radicant herbs ; leaves long-petioled, cordate: 

 stipules single, undivided; peduncles terminal, bearing contracted, few-flowered, umbelli- 

 form cymes. 



153. G. reniformis, Don. Leaves as long as broad, rounded or bluntish at the top, 

 with a narrow basilar sinus, glabrescent, glabrous beneath: petiole shaggy on the upper 

 side ; peduncles 3 (-2-6) -flowered : bracts linear, acuminate, nearly as long as the pedicel — 

 Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 67. Tuss. Fl. 1. 1. 8.— Psychotria herbacea, L.— Flowers white, berry 

 scarlet.— Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., Dist., March, in moist woods, creeping among roots ; Do- 

 minica !, Imr. ; [Cuba ! and Mexico ! to Brazil ! ; Pacific islands !, East Indies !]. 



51. ERNODEA, Sw. 



Calyx-limb 4-6-partite: segments lanceolate-acuminate. Corolla salver-shaped; lobes 

 valvate. Stamens inserted into the corolla-tnbe, exserted. Stigma emargiuate. Ovary 2- 

 celled : cells 1-ovulate : ovules laterally attached. Drupe 2-pyrenous, smooth. Albumen 

 cartilaginous, deeply furrowed at the flat commissure. — A decumbent, glabrous shrub; 

 branches tetragonal ; leaves elliptical-lanceolate, rigid, sessile, pungent ; stipules connate- 

 sheathing, lobed ; flow«^s sessile, single in the axils, yellowish. 



154. E. litoralis, Sw.—Sl. t. 189./. 1, 2 ; Sw. Fl. 1. 4./. inf. : analyt.— Leaves ap- 



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