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compressed. — Shrubs, with opposite or whorled oblong petioled leaves, lanceo- 
late stipules, and orange-colored flowers, in axillary and terminal cymes. 
1. H. patens, Jacq. Pubescent; branches angled; leaves 3 in a whorl, 
oblong, acute ; cymes terminal, peduncled, umbellate; corolla cylindrical, the 
lobes concave at the apex, and mucronate on the back. — South Florida. — 
Leaves 3'-5']ong. Flowers crimson. Berry black. 
15. RANDIA, Houst. 
Calyx obovate, 5-toothed. Corolla salver-shaped, 5-lobed, Anthers 5, sessile 
in the throat of the corolla, linear. Style simple, short. Stigma clavate, 2-lobed. 
Fruit somewhat dry, 2-celled, many-seeded. Seeds wingless. — Branching mostly 
spiny shrubs, with opposite leaves, and solitary stipules between the petioles. 
Flowers solitary or in short racemes. 
1. R. aculeata, L. Spiny; leaves small, obovate, smooth, coriaceous : 
flowers solitary, axillary ; corolla (white) hairy in the throat, the tube 2—3 times 
as long as the calyx, the limb convolute in the bud. (R. latifolia, Lam.) — 
South Florida. — Branches rigid. Leaves 5/ — 10"! long, rather longer than the 
subulate spreading spines. Corolla 3/!—4/ long. Fruit ovoid, as large as a 
pea, about 6-seeded. Sinuses of the calyx hairy. 
2. R.? clusisefolia. Spineless; leaves large, clustered at the end of the 
branches, obovate, smooth, mucronate ; stipules large, ovate, persistent ; racemes 
terminal, corymbose, shorter than the leaves; calyx-teeth subulate; corolla 
smooth within, fleshy, the tube many times longer than the calyx, the limb 
late, convolute in the bud. (Gardenia clusizfolia, Jacq. ?) — South Flor- 
ida.— Leaves 3! — 4! long, 2' wide, apparently somewhat fleshy, black when dry. 
Corolla 1' Jong. 
16. PINCKNEYA, Michx. Gerorcra Bark. 
Calyx oblong-obovate, 5-lobed; the lobes lanceolate, deciduous, or one of 
em, in the outer flowers, often transformed into a large colored leaf. Corolla 
tubular, hairy, with 5 linear-oblong revolute lobes, slightly imbricated in the bud. 
ns 5, exserted: anthers oblong. Stigma obtuse. Capsule globose, papery, 
celled, opening loculicidally at the apex, and at length septicidally to the base. 
humerous, in 2 rows, horizontal, membranaceous, winged. — A shrub or 
Small tree, with pubescent branches. Leaves large, oval or oblong, acute, 
‘moothish above, the lower surface, like the terminal compound cyme, hoary- 
t. Stipules linear, deciduous. : 
l. P. pubens, Michx.— Marshy banks of streams in the pine barrens, 
_ vida to South Carolina. May and June. — More conspicuous for its ovate 
Pink-colored floral leaves, than for its purplish spotted corolla. a 
