496 VERBENACE^. 



Swains. ; Jamaica !, AL, Wullschl., common ; Antigua !, Wullschl., Dominica !, Imr., S. 

 Vincent 1, Guild. ; Trinidad !, tick, Lockh. ; [Cuba ! and Mexico ! to Buenos Ayres !]. 



16. Ij. crocea, Jacq. Leaves ovate, pointed, serrate, hispid above, pubescent or gla- 

 brescent beneath, usually shorter than the long peduncles ; heads fiattish, exinvolucrate : 

 bracts linear-acuminate, mostly one-third as long as the corolla-tube ; corolla yellow, 

 changing into orange.— Jacq. Schcenbr. t. 473. — Leaves \"-Zi", corolla-tube 4'" long; 

 drupes 2'" diam. — Hah. Bahamas; Jamaica!, March; S. Vincent!, Guild.; [Haiti! to 

 Guiana !]. 



Sect. 2. Callioreas, Cham. — Cells of the putamen contiguous. — Unarmed shrubs. 



* Heads subglobose or jlattish. 



17. !•• involucrata, L. Leaves small, oval or ovate, blunt, crenate, pubescent, as 

 long as or shorter than the peduncles ; heads subglobose : involucral bracts broadly ovate, 

 as long as the Jlowers, interior ovate-roundish, half as long as the corolla-tube ; corolla 

 "lilac: throat yellow."— Leaves 12"'-6'"(-3"'), corolla-tube l£"'-2"' long; drupes 1'" 

 diam. — Hab. Bahamas !, Swains. ; Jamaica !, AL, March, in savannahs ; [Cuba ! to Gua- 

 deloupe ! ; Panama !]. 



18. Ij. odorata, L. Leaves ovate or oval, bluntish or blunt, crenate, pubescent, about 

 as long as the peduncles ; heads subglobose : involucral bracts ovate-lanceolate, as long as 

 the exterior Jlowers, interior ovate, half as long as the corolla-tube; corolla "pale lilac. 

 — Plum. Ed. Burm. t. 71. f. 2. Jacq. Schwnbr. t. 360. — L. recta, Ait. L. peduncularis, 

 Anders. ! : a form with longer peduncles. — Leaves 2"-6"', corolla-tube 2'" long ; drupes 

 1'" diam. — Hab. Jamaica!, all coll. ; Antigua!, Wullschl., Dominica!, Imr., S. Vincent 1, 

 Guild.; Trinidad!, Sieb. Tr. 117; [Bermudas!; Cuba! to Guadeloupe!; Honduras!; 

 Galapagos !]. 



19. Ij. reticulata, Pers. Leaves ovate, bluntish, crenate, pubescent, usually shorter 

 than the peduncles ; heads flattish, at length hemispherical .- involucral bracts broadly 

 ovate-deltoid, exceeded by the jlowers, interior ovate, little shorter than the corolla-tube ; 

 corolla white. — St. t. 194. /. 2. — L. involucrata, Sw. — Leaves ^"-2", slender corolla-tube 

 3"'-2'" long ; drupes rugose, H'" diam. — Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., March, Pedro plains ; 

 [Cuba !, Haiti ! ; Venezuela !]. 



** Meads at length longer than broad. 



20. I*, stricta, Sw. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, ovate-acuminate or lanceolate-acuminate, 

 rounded above the cuneate base, crenate, hispidulous or glabrescent above, hoary-pubescent 

 beneath, as long as or shorter than the peduncle ; heads hemispherical, at length ovoid- 

 oblong, exinvolucrate : bracts ovate-lanceolate (or ovate), shorter than the corolla-tube, 

 exterior .usually larger; corolla rosy-lilac, much longer than the minute calyx. — SI. t. 195. 

 f. 4. — Drupes 1-j'" diam. 



a. Leaves lanceolate-acuminate ; corolla-tube 2"'-3"' long. 



jB. lilacina, Desf. Leaves ovate-acuminate ; corolla-tube 3"'-4'" long. — Mart. Fl. Bras. 

 10. t. 44./. 1. 



Hab. Jamaica !, all coll. (o, 0) ; [Mexico ! to Brazil !]. 



21. Ij. Radula, Sw. Leaves ovate or ovate-rouudish, blunt, rounded above the 

 cuneate base, crenate, bullate-hispid above, pilose beneath, a3 long as or shorter than the 

 peduncles ; heads subglobose, at length shortly oblong, exinvolucrate : bracts ovate or 

 ovate-roundish, mucronate or cuspidate, shorter than the corolla-tube ; corolla rosy (or 

 white). — Leaves l"-2", corolla-tube 2'" long. — Hab. Dominica, S. Vincent!, Anders.; 

 Trinidad!, Sieb. Tr. 168; [Brazil!]. 



22. It. trifolia, L. Leaves elliptical or elliptical-oblong, pointed, cuneate-iapering at 

 the base, serrate, hispidulous or hoary-pubescent beneath, often whorled, as long as or 

 usually exceeding the peduncles ; heads ovoid-globose, at length oblong, exinvolucrate : 

 bracts subulate, shorter than or equalling the corolla-tube ; corolla rosy-lilac (or white) : 

 throat yellow.—Sl. t. 195./. 3.— L. annua, Z.— Leaves 5"-2", corolla-tube 3"' long; 

 drupes IV" diam.— Hab. Jamaica!, all coll., in the mountains; S. Vincent !, Guild.; 

 Trinidad !, Sch., Cr. ; [Cuba! and Veraguas ! to Brazil!]. 



