VERBENACE.E. 501 



4'" diam. — Hab. Naturalized in S. Kitts!, Trinidad!, Cr., [and Guiana!, introduced from 

 the East Indies] . 



14. AMASONIA, L.fil. 



Character of Clerodendron, but short eorolla-limb 2-lipped. — Stem simple, sujfruticose ; 

 most leaves scattered; cymes subsessile, few{-\)-flowered, in a simple raceme; corolla 

 yellow : tube clavate. 



44. A. ere eta, Z. Stem hispidulous; leaves flaccid, spathulate-oblong or elliptical- 

 oblong, unequally serrate or repand, long-tapering towards the subsessile base: down flaccid, 

 disappearing ; calyx one-third as long as the corolla : lobes ovate-lanceolate, acuminate : 

 sinus not plaited. — Aubl. t. 252. — Tachigalea campestris, Aubl. A. puuicea, Schau. (non 

 V). — li'-3' high ; floral leaves coloured, elliptical, often as long as the 3-flowered cymes; 

 calyx 4'", corolla 1" long. — Hab. Trinidad !, all coll., in savannahs ; [Venezuela ! to 

 Brazil!]. 



45. A. punicea, V. Stem rigid, hispidulous; leaves somewhat rigid, obovate-oblong 

 or spathulate-oblong, unequally dentate or dentate-repand, tapering at the base : down 

 hispidulous or disappearing ; cymes 3-1-tiowered ; calyx one-fourth as long as the corolla : 

 lobes subulate-nwcronate: tube shortly plaited at the sinus. — lj'-2' high, subaphyllous 

 above the middle ; floral leaves obovate or spathulate-lanceolate, about as long as the 

 pedicels ; calyx 3'", corolla 1" long : calyx-lobes passing abruptly into a half as long, ciliate 

 point. — Hab. Trinidad !, Sch., Cr., in savannahs, Piarco. . 



15. CORNUTIA, L. 



Calyx 4-5-dentate-repand. Corolla 2-lipped: upper-lip subentire, inferior 3-lobed. 

 Stamens 2, fertile, shortly exserted : anthers didymous. Stigma emarginate: lobes bluntish. 

 Drupe with the endocarp 4-celled, or 3-1 -celled by abortion, perforated in the axis.— Fra- 

 grant shrubs ; leaves simple ; cymes dichotomous, in a large, racemiform panicle .- flowers 

 blue. 



40. C. pyramidata, L. Puberulous ; branches virgate, sharply 4-gonal ; leaves 

 broadly elliptical, apiculate, cuneate at the base, hoary subtomentose beneath ; calyx cupuli- 

 form, subtruueate, tomentose : teeth minute or obsolete ; corolla puberulous, much longer 

 than the calvx : tube clavatc-cvliudrical ; style included ; drupe puberulous, glabrescent. — 

 Plum. Ed. Burm. I. 106./. 1.— Leaves 3"-5", calyx i'", light-blue corolla 6'" long.— Hab. 

 Dominica !, Imr., S. Lucia !, Anders., S. Vincent !, Guild. ; [Haiti ! to French islands !, 

 Sieb. Mart. 158]. 



47. O. punctata, W. Branches 4-gonal, glabrescent ; leaves broadly elliptical, with a 

 bluntish point, cuneate at the base, glabrescent, glandular-dotted and pubescent on the 

 primary ribs beneath ; calyx cupuliform, subtruncate, puberulous : teeth 4-2, distant, 

 inferior larger; corolla puberulous : tube cylindrical, 3-4 times as long as the calyx, twice 

 as long as the lower lip ; style exserted ; drupe rugose, glandular-powdery. — Jacq. Schcenbr. 

 t. 114. Hosta crerulea, Jacq. — Leaves 4"-2 , calyx §", corolla (the lips included) 4'" long. 

 — Hab. Jamaica !, March, Wullschl. 



16. PETITIA, Jacq. 



Calyx 4-dentate. Corolla shortly salver-shaped, 4-lobed, equal. Stamens 4, equal, sub- 

 included or shortly exserted. Stigma in $ shortly bifid with filiform lobes, in J thin, 

 emarginate Drupe with the endocarp 4-celled, or 2-celled by abortion, perforated in the 

 ax j s — Trees or shrubs ; leaves entire, reticulated-veiny beneath, \-foliolate : the petiole 

 jointed above ; cymes in trichotomous, axillary panicles: flowers small, polygamous. 



48. P. domingensis, Jacq. Leaves elliptical or elliptical-oblong, pointed, powdery- 

 tomentose beneath with rusty down ; panicles as long as or shorter than the leaves ; corolla- 

 tube as long as the calyx or shortly exserted ; drupe obovoid or subglobose, small, 2-celled 

 bv abortion. — Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 259./". 5: a leaf. — Citharexylum inelanocardium, Sw. 

 Premna reticulata, Juts. Callicarpa anipla, Schau. sec. Mac/. ■. but in Schauer's description 



