﻿Plate 1801. 



PHIALANTHUS MYRTILLOIDES, Griseb. 



Rubiacej!. Tribe Chiococceje. 



P. myrtilloides, Griseb. Flora Brit. West Ind. 335 ; fruticosus, glaber, 

 viscosus, foliis breviter petiolatis oblongis obtusis e medio ad basin 

 angustatis rigide coriaceis margine revolutis, floribus subsessilibus 

 paucis glomeratis, calycis segmentis oblanceolatis foliaceis ovario asqui- 

 longis, corollas tubo campanulato segmentis brevibns ovatis flore 

 expanso patulis. 



Hab. Bahamas, Swainson ; Acklin's Island, Fggers, 3968 ; For- 

 tune Island, Eggers, 3858 ; Cuba, 0. Wright, 2724. 



Frutex ramosissimus 6-8-pedalis, babitu Buxi. Folia 6-8 lin. 

 longa, vennlis inconspicuis immersis, stipulis in annulam campanula- 

 turn coalitis. Calyx (cum ovario) 1 lin. longus. Corolla expansa 

 1 lin. diam. Ovarium biloculare, ovnlis solitariis pendulis. Fructus 



A lmk between the Cuban and Bahaman floras. The genus is not 

 elsewhere known. There are five species in Cuba, and this is the only 

 one at present known in the Bahaman group.— J. G. Baker. 



^ Fig. 1. Connate stipules. 2. A flower. 3. Calyx and pistil. All enlarged. 



