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1. H. patens (Jacq.) : leaves ternate, oval-oblonp:, acuminate at each end, 

 villous-pubescent underneatli ; cvmcs colored, di-tricliotoiuous, in a lernurial 

 pedunculate umbel : corolla cvlindrical. DC— Jacq. Uirp. Anur. I. c. : Smdh, 

 exot. bot. t. 24; DC. prodr: 4. p. 441. 11. coccinea, Swarlz, prodr. p. 

 46. Duhamelia patens, Fers. syn. 1. p. 203. 



Key West, Florida, Mr. Bennell.'—A shrub 8-10 feet hi^h, with a 



Tbibe V. EUCINCHONEyE. (Cinchonacejc, DC.) 

 Fruit capsular, 2-c(3llecl ; tho cells inanv-soodod. Soods ^viuged. 

 Albumen fleshy.— Trees or shrubs. Stipules l)otwoen the petioles. 



14. EXOSTEMMA. DC. diss. 180G ,• A. Rich. mem. I. c p. 280. 

 Exostema, Pcrs. (§ of Cuichona), L. C. Ricluml. 

 Calyx-tube obovate ; the limb 5-footh(^d. Corolla wifh a lonir terete tiiho; 



