solanej:. 443 



pubescent beneath; cymes lateral, few-1 -flowered, sessile; calyx deeply 4-5-^rf, half as 

 long as the small corolla: lobes oblong, blunt ; corolla white, 4,-5-parlite : segments ovate- 

 oblong, bluntish, twice as long as the anthers ; berry globose. — Vahl, Syntb. 3. t. 55. — It 

 approaches Lycianthes iu the form of the anthers, but Leptostemon in habit and other 

 characters, especially S. Aquartia, Dun., and S. crotonoides, Lam. (both gracilijlora of 

 Cuba).- Leaves 3"-2", pedicels 3'", corolla 2'", anthers 1'" long ; berry 3'" diam.— Hab. 

 Trinidad !, Fd., Lockh., in waste ground, Port of Spain ; [S. Thomas, S. Croix]. 



13. CESTRUM, L. 



Corolla infundibular or salver-shaped •" tube clavate or filiform : limb short, induplicative. 

 Stamens 5 (7-4), inserted into the corolla-tube : anthers longitudinally dehiscent. Pericarp 

 baccate. Embryo straight. — Shrubs ; leaves entire ; cymes usually extra-axillary , resem- 

 bling a centripetal inflorescence .- flowers usually fragrant, expanding at fixed hours, often 

 changing colour during anihesis : corolla-limb pubescent at the margin. 



The teeth appearing on the filaments, are often suppressed in otherwise identical speci- 

 mens, and the inflated corolla-base depends upon the growth of the ovary : hence both chief 

 characters, upon which Duual arranged the utterly confounded species of this genus, are 

 quite obsolete. I call subsessile flowers those in which a short pedicel is developed late and 

 above a joint. *5 



* Filaments very short, inserted into the corolla-throat. 



60. C. vespertinum, L., Sw. ! {non Dun.). Branchlets puberulous ; leaves chartaeeous- 

 membranaceous, ovate-lanceolate or elliptical-oblong, bluntish, glabrescent : veins delicate; 

 cymes contracted, few-flowered, subsessile: flowers subsessile, white; calyx 5 -dentate : 

 teeth subulate-deltoid ; corolla-tube filiform, glabrous, inflated abruptly at the throat : 

 lobes oblong-linear ; stamens included, mserted into the corolla-throat : filaments as long as 

 the anthers, entire ; berry ovoid, blue, shortly tapering at the base. — Jacq. Amer. Pict. 

 t. 16. Jacq. Schambr. t. 328. Murr. in Nov. Comm. Got. 5. I. 8. — Ixora alternifolia, 

 Jacq. C. depauperatum, Dun. C. hirtum, Sieb. (non Sw.). C. Pceppigii, Sendtn. !, a form 

 with shorter flowers.— Leaves 2"-4", calyx l'"-l$'", corolla 8"'-12 A ' (-6'";, berry 3'" long. 

 — Hab. Dominica!, Imr., St. Vinceut !, Guild.; Trinidad!, Cr. ; [French islands; Pana- 

 ma ! to Peru ! and equatorial Brazil !] 



61. C. pallidum, Lam. Glabrous 5 leaves chartaceous-membrauaceous, oblong or el- 

 liptical, with a bluntish point : veins delicate; cymes racemiform, or few-(Iowered : flowers 

 pedicellate, pale-yellow; calyx 5 -dentate : teeth ovate, blunt ; corolla-tube clavate, gradu- 

 ally dilated into the throat .- lobes ovate, blunt, at length reflexed, with the style exserted ; 

 stamens included, inserted into the corolla-throat : filaments as long as the anthers, entire ; 

 berry ovoid, blue, shortly tapering at the base. — SI. t. 204. f. 2. — C. tinctorium, Jacq. 

 (Schvenbr. t. 332) is to be compared : in the figure there are white flowers, and globose 

 berries.— Leaves 5"-l£", pedicels 1'", calyx 2"'-l£"', corolla 6"'-8"', berry 3"'long.— Hab. 

 Bahamas !, Swains. ; Jamaica !, A I., March, near Kingston ; [Haiti I]. 



** Filaments much longer than the anthers, inserted above or into the middle of the 



corolla-lube. 



62. O. latifolium, Lam. Branchlets pubescent; leaves membranaceous, ovate, 

 pointed, glabrescent: veins delicate; cymes contracted, subsessile: flowers subsessile; 

 calyx shortly 5 -fid : lobes deltoid-subulate ; corolla-tube filiform, clavate, gradually taper- 

 ing, glabrous : lobes lanceolate-linear ; stamens included, inserted above the middle of the 

 corolla-tube: filaments entire; berry "oblong." — Vahl, Hclog. t. 10. — C. chloranthum, 

 Dun..'— Leaves 6"-5", calyx 1'", corolla 12"'-10"' long.— Hab. Trinidad!, Sieb. Dr. 143, 

 Cr., at S. Anne. 



63. C. macrophyllum, Vent. Glabrous (except the axis of the cymes) ; leaves char- 

 taceous, large, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, arch-veined : primary veins promi- 

 nent beneath, at length impressed above ; cymes contracted, subsessile 1 flowers subsessile, 

 yellowish, changing colour ; calyx 5*dentate: teeth deltoid or minute ; corolla tube clavate, 

 gradually' tapering, glabrous : lobes ovate-lanceolate or ovate-oblong ; stamens included, 

 inserted" about the middle of the corolla-tube : filaments puberulous, entire or bearing a 



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