498 VERBENACE.E. 



drupe 4"' long ; corolla-limb puberulous. — Hab. Jamaica !, all coll., in high mountains, S. 

 Thomas i. V. 



29. C. Berterii, Spreng. Branches obsoletely 4-gonal, early striate-cylindrical ; 

 leaves chartaceoics, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous, polished above, 

 archveined beneath ; racemes compound at the base, slender, erect, lateral ascending : 

 pedicels numerous, as long as the calyx ; calyx obconical, minutely denticulate-repaud, one- 

 half to two-thirds as long as the corolla-tube ; stamens 4 ; drupe obovoid-globose, black. — 

 Leaves 5 "-3" long, 12"'-6'" broad ; racemes 5"-8", calyx -I'"-!'", drupe 3'" long ; flowers 

 scarcely half as long as in the preceding : corolla-limb ciliate, glabrous on the back ; anthers 

 ovoid-roundish. — Hab. Jamaica !, Marf. .■ [Cuba !]. 



9. DURANTA, L. 



Calyx 5-dentatc, at length enlarged, enclosing the drupe. Corolla salver-shaped •. limb 

 slightly unequal. Stamens didynamous, included. Stigma blunt. Drupe 4-pyreuous with 

 2-celled pyrense, or endocarp at length 8-celled. — Shrubs ; flowers blue, in compound {or 

 simple) racemes ; corolla-tube exserted, pubescent at the throat. 



30. D. Plumieri, Jacq. Leaves chartaceous, elliptical-lanceolate, elliptical, or obovate- 

 roundish ; calyx tubular: teeth mucronate or subulate: limb produced iuto a beak above 

 the included, globose drupe; corolla-tube shortly exserted. — Br. Jam. t. 29._/. 1. Jacq. 

 Amer. Pict. t. W*. JDesc. Fl. 7. t. 488. -D. Ellisia, Jacq. Ellisia acuta, L.—k shrub, 

 6'-] 5' high, unarmed or spiny ; leaves serrate or entire, whorled or opposite, glabrous or 

 pubescent ; corolla-tube 4"'-3'" long. — Hab. Bahamas !, Swains. ; Jamaica !, all coll., in 

 savannahs and sunny places; Antigua!, Wullschl., Dominica!, Imr., S. Vincent!, Guild.; 

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



10. PETREA, L. 



Calyx coloured •. limb double, exterior large, 5-partite, excrescent in fruit, at length 

 scarious, reticulated-veiny, interior minute, 5-dentate. Corolla infundibular. Stamens 4, 

 included. Stigma blunt. Achenium 2(-l)-cellcd, 1-seeded by abortion of the ovule of the 

 second cell. — Woody, scabrous plants, usually climbing ; flowers blue, in lax racemes: 

 pedicels clavate at the summit. 



31. P. volubilis, Jacq. Climbing ; leaves rigid, elliptical or elliptical-oblong, rounded 

 at the base, shining above: petiole very short ; raceme terminal, elongated : pedicels con- 

 tinuous with the calyx ; calyx-tube smooth, scabrous, one-fourth to one-half as long as the 

 pedicel, in fruit one-third to one-fourth as long as the spathulate-oblong or oblong-linear 

 exterior lobes; corolla included. — Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 173. — Leaves 2"-5", calyx-tube 

 3"'-2'", exterior lobes at length 10"'-6'" long.— Hab. S. Kitts !, Antigua !, Wullschl., Do- 

 minica !, Tint., S. Lucia !, Anders., S. Vincent !, Guild., in woods ; Trinidad !, Sieb.; [Cuba 

 to Martinique!, Sieb. Mart. 157; Veraguas ! to Brazil]. 



32. P. arborea, Kth. Arborescent ; leaves rigid, elliptical-oblong or lanceolate- 

 oblong, minutely rounded at the base, shining above : petiole very short ; racemes axillary, 

 nodding : pedicels continuous with the calyx ; calyx-tube smooth, densely hispidulous, as 

 long as or two-thirds as long as the pedicel, in fruit one-fourth as long as the spathulate 

 exterior lobes ; corolla included. — Schauer's description disagrees by longer pedicels, but 

 E. Otto's specimen (quoted by him) is identical with our plant. A tree or shrub ; leaves 

 3"-5"(-7"), calyx-tube 2'", exterior lobes at length 9"'-7'" long.— Hab. Trinidad !, Loclch., 

 Cr. ; [Mexico!, Guatemala!, Venezuela!, Peru]. 



Tribe II. FITICBM— Ovules suspended.— lowers cymose. 



1]. CALLICARPA, L. 



Calyx 4(-5)-dentate, rarely 4-fid. Corolla shortly infundibular, equal. Stamens 4(-5), 

 exserted. Stigma thickish, emarginatc, with the lobes subtruucate. Drupe 4-pyrenous : 



