144 BO TANICA. 
presertim in nervis hirtellis, reticulato-venosis; racemo terminali paniculato, ramoso, laciniis 
calycis exterioribus oblongis obtusis reticulato-venosis. 
Crescit in locis sylvaticis insulze Cube. 
TRIBUS SECUNDA VITEZE. 
Inflorescentia definita, di-trichotomo-cymosa. Ovula supra basin loculi ad angulum centralem 
inserta, pendula, amphitropa vel subanatropa. 
PETITIA. Jacq., 4m., 14, t. 182, f. 6; Schauer in DC., Prodr., XI, 639. 
Calyx cyathimorphus, zequaliter 4-fidus vel 4-dentatus. Corolla infundibularis, tubo calycem 
:equante paulove superante, limbo regulariter 5-fido, lobis oppositis «*qualibus. Stamina 4, corollae 
tubo inserta, zequalia, breviter ebarbatis faucibus exserta. Antherz introrsz, erectze, loculis in 
connectivo dorsali parallelis, rimalongitudinali dehiscentes. Germen 4-loculare, loculis 1-ovulatis. 
Stylus filiformis, staminibus brevior. Stigma breviter et inzequaliter bifidum. Drupa baccata mono- 
pyrena? pyrena 4- vel abortu 2-loculari? putamine duri. 
Frutices vel arbuscul:e. Rami tetragoni sulcati ; folia opposita simplicia. Paniculee cymosze bra- 
chiatze, parvæ. Schauer, l. c. ; 
PETITIA PÆPPIGII. Schauer in DC., Prodr., Xl, 639. 
Callicarpa reticulata. Pæpig., Fl., Cu. exs. nec. Swartz. — Petitia Domingensis. Walpers, 
: repert., IV, 71, (non Jacq.) 
P. ramulis, paniculis, petiolis nervoque foliorum medio subtus tomento pulverulento incanis; 
foliis coriaceis ovatis oblongisve postice rotundatis paulove angustatis acuminatis integerrimis, 
margine revoluto supra glabratis nitidis reticulato-rugosis, subtus venoso-reticulatis retique pro- 
minenti villoso-lanuginoso incanis, petiolo longiusculo apice articulato ; paniculis pedunculatis basi 
subfoliaceo-bracteatis, folio brevioribus; calyce brevissime A-dentato. Schauer, /. c. 
Crescit in rupibus aridissimis insulee Cube (Peppig). 
CALLICARP AA. L., gen., 135; Lamk., Il., t. 69; Schauer in DC., Prodr., XI, 640. 
Calyx cupulzformis aut subtubulosus, 4-5-costatus, 4-5-fidus, persistens. Corolla tubuloso- 
campanulata, regularis 5-fida. Stamina 4 :equali exserta. Stylus simplex. Stigma capitatum, obso- 
lete bilobum. Drupa carnosa, calyce paulisper aucto cincta tetrapyrena, pyrenis maturitate dis- 
tinctis unilocularibus osseis. 
Frutices aut suffrutices. Folia opposita simplicia. Cymæ axillares ramosissimee. Flores albi aut 
purpurascentes. 
CALLICARPA RETICULATA. Swartz, Prodr., 31; Ibid., Fl., Ind. occ., I, 9529; Schauer in 
DC., Prodr., XI, 642. 
C. tota albido aut subluteolo-tomentoso-floccosa ; foliis petiolatis figura variis, obovalibus obtu- 
sis, aut subacutis, margine integris, uncialibus, subtus tenuissime reticulato-venosis, floccoso-tomen- 
tosis, pilis stellatis; cymis axillaribus pedunculatis trichotomo-ramosis folia :equantibus ; calyce 
truncato vix obsolete dentato, floccoso, 4-costato ; corolla vix calyce duplo longiore, limbo plano 
A-partito, laciniis obtusis; staminibus exsertis limbo corollze duplo longioribus; drupa sericea 
succosa, calyce cupulzeformi cincta. 
Crescit locis siccis et saxosis insulze Cubæ. 
CALLICARPA FERRUGINEA. Swartz, Prodr., 31; Ibid., Fl. Ind. occ., 1, 250; Schauer zn 
DC., Prodr., XI, 646. 
C. ramulis teretibus subferrugineis; foliis petiolatis oblongo-lanceolatis, utrinque acuminatis, 
membranaceis, margine serratis, superne eglandulosis, leevibus, vel punctis elevatis, scabris; 
