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bular : tube narrow, often oblique. Stamens inserted into the lower part of the corolla-tube. 

 Ovaries 2, free or slightly adhering to the narrow calyx-tube : style short : stigma 2-par- 

 tite. Follicles compressed; seeds compressed, winged, with the wing usually terminal, ex- 

 albuminous or " with a thin albumen :" cotyledons broad. — Trees or shrubs ; leaves alter- 

 nate : veins costate, connected by a juxtamarginal arch ; cymes terminal: flowers usually 

 frayrant, variable in size. 



22*. P. rubra, L. Leaves oblong or obovate -oblong, pointed, glabrous, petioled: pe- 

 tiole 2-glandular at the base ; cymes pubescent (or glabrescent), spreading, jointed; calyx- 

 lobes subtruncate ; corolla-lobes broadly oval, longer than the tube ; stamens inserted near 

 its base.— SI. t. 185, 186. /. 1. Catesb. Carol. 2. t. 92. Tuss. Fl. 3. t. 20. Desc. Fl. 

 4. t. 297. — A low tree or shrub ; leaves 8"-5", corolla-lobes \"-\\" long ; flowers preco- 

 cious, red. — Hab. Naturalized in Jamaica!, .4/., S. Kitts!, Barbadoes ; [introduced from 

 the continent : Mexico to Guiana !, Ecuador !]. 



23. P. Tenorii, Gasparr. Leaves large, oblong, mncronulate-blunt, glabrous, petioled : 

 petiole long, eglandular ; cymes glabrous, contracted, long-peduncled ; calyx-lobes roundish ; 

 corolla-lobes obovate-oblony or obovate, twice as long as the tube : stamens inserted near 

 its base. — P. bicolor, Seem. Panam. (non R. Br.). — Leaves 12"-10", peduncles about 6", 

 corolla-lobes 10"'-12'" long. — Hab. Jamaica !, March (who does not mention whether it be 

 naturalized : but no other locality is as yet known). 



24. P. obtusa, L. Leaves spathulate-oblong, oblong, or oblong-linear, rounded or mu- 

 cronate at the top, glabrous, petioled : veins obliquely transverse, connected by an immersed 

 network ; cymes glabrous, contracted, long-peduncled ; calyx-lobes rounded or mucronulate- 

 truncate ; corolla-lobes spathulate-linear or oblong-linear, usually longer than the tube : 

 stamens inserted below its middle. — Catesb. Carol. 2. t. 93. — A variable tree or shrub ; 

 leaves 8"-3", corolla-lobes 10"'-12"' (6"'-18"') long; flowers white.— Hab. Bahamas!, 

 Swains. ; Jamaica !, March, Wullschl. ; [Cuba !]. 



25. P. alba, L. Leaves oblong-linear or linear, rounded or acuminate at the top, revo- 

 lute at the margin, tomentose (or glabrous) beneath, petioled : veins rectangular-transverse, 

 conuected by a network, which is prominent beneath ; cymes spreading, long-peduncled ; 

 calyx-lobes broadly rounded; corolla-lobes obovate, longer than or as long as the tube; 

 stamens inserted above its base. — Plum. Ed. Barm. t. 231 : the narrow-leaved form. Jacq. 

 Amer. Pict. t. 31 : the broader-leaved form. Desc. Fl. 3. 1. 178. — P. hypoleuca, Gasparr. 

 — A low tree ; leaves variable ; corolla white : lobes 12"'-8"' long. — Hab. Antigua !, Finl., 

 Wullschl., on maritime rocks ; [Cuba! to French islands !]. 



11. ASPIDOSPERMA, Mart. 



Calyx 5-partite. Corolla small, salver-shaped. Stamens inserted into the upper part of 

 the corolla-tube. Ovaries 2 -. stigma thickened at the base, 2-fid. Follicles compressed : 

 seeds falcate, compressed, winged, exalbuminous. — Trees ; leaves alternate ; cymes many- 

 flowered, terminal. 



26. A. sessiliflorum, /. Mull. ! Glabrous ; leaves chartaceous, oblong or lanceolate- 

 oblong, blunt, reticulated-archveined, shortly petioled ; cymes contracted-racemiform : 

 flowers glomerate, shortly pedicellate ; corolla-tube twice as long as the calyx, thrice as long 

 as the ovate blnntish lobes ; follicles semiovoid, 3-nerved, tubercled : seeds oblong : cell as 

 long as the terminal wing. — Leaves shining above, undulate, 4"-2", flowers 2'", follicles 14'" 

 long.— Hab. S. Vincent !, Guild. ; Trinidad !, Sieb. Tr. 53, Cr., at La Ventilla. 



Series 2. Echiteee. — Connective enlarged, produced below the anther-cells. Seeds with a 

 terminal coma {rarely devoid of it). — Leaves opposite (or whorled). Calyx 5-partite. 

 Ovaries 2 : stigma indusiate. Follicles elongated. 



12. MALOUETIA, A. DC. ., 



Corolla salver-shaped, with minute scales at the throat : lobes dextrorsely contorted. 

 Stamens inserted near the corolla-throat : anthers connivent-cohering : connective hastate 



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