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figure, the most notable differences are the shape of the fruit and 

 the entire absence, in this species, of calycine teeth. 



25. H. LANUGINOSA Mart, et Gal. in Bull. Acad. Brux. xi. 1, 

 p. 233 (1844). 



Hab. South Mexico, Jalapa, Mirador, &c. : Galeotti, 2615. 



Pringle, 8150 ! and Botteri, 502 ! in Hb. Mus. Brit, seem to 

 answer to the description of this species ; but in view of the 

 extensive range of variability in the indumentum of H. patens, I 

 am unable to decide the point without consulting the type of 

 H. lamiginosa, which has hitherto been unavailable to me. 



26. H. PATENS Jacq. Stirp. Amer. 72, t. 50 (1763) ; DC. Prodr. 

 iv. 441 ; K. Schumann, Fl. Bras. vi. vi. 322. H. chrysantha Sieber 

 ex Steud. Nom. ed. ii. i. 721 ; H. coccinea Swartz, Prodr. 46 ; 

 H. erecta Jacq. Enum. PI. Carib. 16 ; H. latifolia Eeichb. ex 

 DC. Prodr. iv. 442 ; H. verticillata M09. & Sesse ex DC. Prodr. 

 iv. 442. To the list of synonyms must be added Schcenleinia 

 thyrsoiclea Miers, in Proc. Eoy. Hort. Soc. iv. 186. The type of 

 this plant was collected at Eio Magdalena, New Granada, by Weir 

 (no. 26), and passed, with Miers's collection, into the National 

 Herbarium. The type is accompanied by sketches of Miers's 

 own examination, and, with one exception, they leave no doubt 

 that the plant is a Hamelia. This exception is, that the ovary is 

 figured as bilocular. Owing to the poorness of the material, I 

 have been unable to ascertain definitely if five loculi are present, 

 as typically in the genus ; but I find that there are certainly more 

 than two. There is, moreover, a duplicate specimen in the Kew 

 Herbarium bearing the words " Havielia, fide Triana" 



H. ixitens is a shrub which is cultivated extensively in the Old 

 World tropics, particularly in India (Cooke, Fl. Bombay, i. 626 ; 

 Prain, Bengal Plants, 563), where, Prain says {loc. cit.), it is 

 " often subspontaneous near villages in Central Bengal." The 

 plant collected in Bangkok by Zimmermann (no. 76 ! Hb. Mus. 

 Brit.), bearing the name Hamelia ventricosa Sw., is a form of 

 H. i^atens, interesting on account of its leaves, borne four in a 

 whorl instead of the more usual number, three. 



Hab. Florida: Nash, 1278! Bugel, 311! 312! Pollard, 27! 

 Curtiss, 1128! 5500! Mexico: Anclrieux, 329! 330! Liehmann, 

 55 ! 56 ! Gonin, s. n. ! Salle, 502 ! Palmer, 1277 ! Jurgensen, 1 ! 

 Bourgeau, 1607 ! 2627 ! Coulter, 202 ! Guatemala : Salvin & 

 Godman ! /. D. Smith, 1974 ! Yucatan : Gaumef ! Nicaragua : 

 Seemann, 136 ; Tate, 198 ! Baker, 2002 ! 2478 ! Costa Pica : Endress, 

 19 ! Lehmann, 1778 ! Tonduz, 11,460 ! 12,813 ! Cooper ex herb. 

 J. D. Smith, 5790! Polakowsky, 142! 241 ! Honduras, San Carlos, 

 Gulf of Fonseca : Barclay, 2664 ! Panama: Hinds ! Hayes, s. n. ! 

 Cuming, 1235 ! Colombia : Harttceg, 1054 ! Triana, 138 ! Holton, 

 439! Kalbreyer,2QQ\ 852\ Cmning, 12351 West Indies, Jamaica : 

 Macfadyen ! Marsh, 636 ! Porto Rico: Heller, 3391 Sintenis, 65 ! 

 2851 ! Cuba : Comhs, 29 ! Wright, 227 ! TranqueviUe, 310 ! 

 Bahamas : Northrop, 40 ! Martinique : Hahn, 428 ! Dominica : 

 Hoskin, 14! Hispaniola : Sivartzl Trinidad: Fl Trin. 32! 



