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floribus amplis axillaribus solitariis breviter pedunculatis, calycis lobis lineari-oblongis acuti- 
usculis persistentibus, corolla late infundibuliformi, lobis triangulari-rotundatis, staminibus 
inclusis, capsula turbinata, seminibus numerosissimis minute granulatis. 
Frutex glaberrimus, ramis teretibus vel obsolete angulatis. Folia petiolata, crasse coriacea, nitida, 
oblonga, 2-8-pollicaria, mucronata, margine recurva, petiolo crasso circiter 1}—2 lin. longo; 
stipule triangulares, subulate. lores solitarii, axillares, pedunculati, pedunculis 4-6 lin. 
longis,. basi bibracteatis ; bractezee minut, persistentes; calycis lobi lineari-oblongi, 4-6 lin. 
longi, acutiusculi, persistentes; corolla late infundibuliformis, 23-3-pollicaris, intus basi 
hirsuta, lobi triangulati, rotundati; stamina inclusa ; filamenta filiformia; anthere anguste, 
equilonge. Capsula turbinata, circiter 9 lin. longa, lobis calycinis coronata; semina numero- 
sissima, minuta, granulata.—Coutarea mexicana, Zucc. et Mart. in DC. Prod. iv. p. 350? 
Souta Mexico, Zimapan (Coulter, 225). Hb. Kew. 
There is little donbt that this is the Coutarea mexicana of the ‘ Prodromus ;’ but the 
description there given is too meagre to decide the question. 
15. POGONOPUS. 
Pogonopus, K\. in Monatsber. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1853, p. 500; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. 
p. 47. 
Howardia, Wedd. in Ann. Sc. Nat. sér. 4, 1. p. 66, t. 10. 
About six shrubby and arboreous species, restricted to Tropical America. 
1. Pogonopus exsertus, CErst. Act. Soc. Hist. Nat. Havn. 1852, p. 45; L’Amér. 
Centr. p. 17, t. 13. | 
Howardia caracasensis, Wedd. in Ann. Sc. Nat. sér. 4, 1. p. 71, t. 10. figg. 4-7; Bot. Mag. 
t. 5110. 
Calycophyllum tubulosum, Seem. Bot. Voy. ‘ Herald,’ p. 185, nee DC. 
Costa Rica (Ersted); Panama, Mamei railway-station (S. Hayes, 164), VENEZUELA ; 
CotomBia. Hb. Kew. | 
Tribe V. RONDELETIEA. 
Rondeletiee, Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. 11. pp. 8, 12. 
There are sixteen genera of this tribe, all American except one (Madagascar), and 
all except two limited to America. 
16. WARSCEWICZIA. 
Warscewiczia, Kl. in Monatsber. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1858, p. 496; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. 
li. p 48. 
Three or four shrubby or small arboreous species, confined to Tropical America. 
1. Warscewiczia coccinea, Kl. in Monatsber. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1853, 
p. 496. 
Calycophyllum coccineum, DC. Prodr. iv. p. 367. 
-Macrocnemum coccineum, Vahl, Symb. ii. p. 38, t. 29. 
