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1. G. elliptka 1 (Swartz) : leaves ovate and elliptical, rather obtuse, mu- 

 cronulate, hairy on both surfaces ; petioles short ; peduncles usually shorter 

 than the leaves; cymes 2-cleft; flowers tetramerous ; tube of the corolla 

 silkj^-hirsute, three times as long as the calyx; limb of the calyx at length 

 deciduous. — Swarlz.frodr.f. 59? DC. prodr. A. p. 457? 



Key West, Florida, Mr. Blodgett.'—A shrub; the younger branches pu- 

 bescent. Leaves 1-2 inches long, rather acute at the base, the lower surface 

 more hairy than the upper: petiole 2-3 lines long. Peduncles sometimes rather 

 longer than the leaves, twice or thrice dichotomous. Flowers about one- 

 third of an inch long. Calyx truncate, often notched on one side of the orifice, 

 with 2 subulate bracteoles at the base. Corolla dull crimson internally. 

 Style filiform, included : stigma entire. Immature fruit ovate.— We have 

 not seen authentic specimens of G. eUiptica, the species which a.grees most 

 nearly with ours ; but it seems to diifer in the leaves being smoolhish above, 

 and in the 2-lobed stigma. 



12. ERITHALIS. P. Browne, Jam. t. 17, f. 3; Linn. ; Lam. ill. t. 159; 

 Geertn.fr. t. 26 ; A. Rich. mem. I. c. p. 133 ; DC. prodr. 4. p. 465. 

 Calyx-tube ovate ; the limb short, 5-toothed. Corolla somewhat rotate, 

 5-parted ; the segments linear. Stamens 5 : filaments subulate, inserted in- 

 to the base of the corolla : anthers linear-oblong. Style stout, as long as the 

 filaments: stigma bilamellate, the lobes agglutinated. Ovary 5-10-celled, 

 with a single pendulous ovule in each cell. Drupe globose, somewhat fleshy, 

 sulcate, with 5-10 bony nucules.— Glabrous (chiefly West Indian) shrubs. 

 Leaves petioled, somewhat coriaceous. Stipules persistent, short and broad. 

 Flowers in paniculate cymes from the axils of the uppermost leaves. 



1. E.fruticosa {liinxi.): leaves obovate ; panicles pedunculate ; fruit 8-10- 

 sulcate, crowned with the truncate limb of the calyx. — DC. prodr. I. c. E. 

 odorifera, Jacq. stirp. Amer. p. 72. t. 173, /. 23. 



Southern Florida, Dr. Leitner ! — Leaves about 2 inches long, obtuse, the 

 lateral veins indistinct, abruptly tapering at the base into a short petiole. 

 Stipules with a small mucronate point. Cymes 10-15-flowered : flowers 

 odorous, crimson? 



Tribe IV. HAMELIEiE. A. Pdch., DC 



Fruit baccate, 3-many-celled ; the cells many-seeded. Albumen 

 fleshy. — Trees or shrubs. Stipules between the (rarely verticillate) 

 petioles. 



13. HAMELIA. Jacq. stirp. Amer. p. 71. t. 50, c^ ic. rar. t. 335; Lam. 

 ill. t. 155; Gcertn.fr. t. 191 (^•196. 

 Calyx-tube oval ; the lobes 5, short, erect, acute, persistent. Corolla tu- 

 bular, somewhat 5-angled, slightly 5-lobed at the summit ; tlie lobes equal, 

 scarcely spreading. Stamens 5, inserted into the middle of the corolla, in- 

 cluded : anthers oblong-linear. Stigma obtuse, somewhat 5-angled. Berry 

 oval, 5-furrowed, 5-celled ; the cells membranaceous, many-seeded. Seeds 

 minute, compressed. — Tropical American shrubs. Leaves often ternately 

 or quaternately verticillate, petioled. Stipules one on each side, lanceolate- 

 subulate. Flowers red or orange, showy, in di-trichotomous or scorpioid 

 cymes. 



