RUBIACE^E. XX. CALYCOPHYLLUM. XXI. SARCOCEPHALUS. XXII. ZUCCARINIA. XXIII. LUCIN.SEA. 



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LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Lirab of calyx truncate, 

 or bluntly S-toothed ; one of the teeth expanded into a petiolate 

 coloured membranous leaf. Corolla campanulate or funnel- 

 shaped, with a 5-parted limb. Stamens 5 ; filaments rising from 

 the throat, free, length of corolla ; anthers oval, exserted. Style 

 ending in 2 reflexed stigmas. Capsule dehiscing at the apex, 

 oblong, 2-celled, many seeded. Seeds fixed to the linear pla- 

 centas, imbricate, oblong, girded by a very narrow membranous 

 wing. Small smoothish trees, natives of the West Indies. 

 Leaves opposite, petiolate, membranous, glabrous above, but vil- 

 lous on the veins beneath. Stipulas short, broad, deciduous. 

 Flowers disposed in axillary and terminal trichotomous corymbs ; 

 peduncles compressed. Habit of Mussee'nda. 



\ C. CANDIDI'SSIMUM (D. C. prod. 4. p. 367.) leaves ovate, 

 bluntly acuminated ; corymbs terminal ; limb of calyx truncate, 

 except the petiolate leaf; corolla campanulate, with a bearded 

 throat. \) . S. Native of St. Martha, Vahl, and near St. Fer- 

 nando de Atabapo, on the banks of the Orinoco, H. B. et 

 Kunth ; and of Cuba, about the Havannah. Macrocnenum 

 candidissimum, Vahl, symb. 2. p. 38. t. 30. Mussae'nda candi- 

 dissima, Roam, et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 251. M. Candida, Poir. 

 diet. 4. p. 395. The peduncles of the corymbs are 2-edged. 

 Calyxes villous. Flowers 3 together, the middle one bearing a 

 petiolate leaf, but the 2 lateral ones are naked. Leaves 2-3 

 inches long. Leaf of calyx hardly an inch long, white, some- 

 times ovate, and sometimes subcordate. 



Pery-rvkite-leaved Calycophyllum. Tree 20 feet. 



2 C. COCCI'NEUM (D. C. prod. 4. p. 367.) leaves elliptic-lan- 

 ceolate ; corymbs axillary, disposed in an elongated panicle ; 

 limb of calyx bluntly 5-toothed ; corolla somewhat funnel- 

 shaped, glabrous. "j. S. Native of 'the island of Trinidad. 

 Macrocnenum coccmeum, Vahl, symb. 2. p. 38. t. 29. Mus- 

 sae'nda coccinea, Poir. diet. 4. p. 395. Leaves a foot long and 

 a hand broad. Flowers crowded, few, bearing each an oval- 

 oblong, purple or scarlet calycine leaf, which is about 6 inches 

 long. 



Scarlet-leaved Calycophyllum. Clt. 1823. Tree 20 feet. 



3 C. TUBULOSUM (B.C. prod. 4. p. 367.) leaves oval, acute 

 at the base, acuminated at the apex, clothed with fine velvety 

 down on both surfaces ; panicles terminal ; limb of calyx 

 bluntly 5-toothed ; corolla tubular, pubescent on the outside ; 

 large lobe of calyx petiolate, orbicular and pubescent on the 

 nerves and veins, fj . S. Native of Brazil. Macrocnemum 

 tubulosum, A. Richard, in herb. mus. par. Capsule ovate, trun- 

 cate, dehiscing from the apex to the base at the dissepiment. 

 Anthers exserted. Filaments joined together beyond the middle 

 into a tube. 



jT6u/ar-stamened Calycophyllura. Tree. 



Cult. Like Mussee'nda this genus is remarkable for the large 

 coloured segment of the calyx, which see for culture and pro- 

 pagation, p. 492. 



Tribe II. 



GARDENIA'CE^E (this tribe agrees with the genus Gar- 

 denia in important characters). A. Rich. diss. p. 108. D. C. prod. 

 4. p. 367. Gardenieas and Coccocyselese, Cham, et Schlecht. in 

 Linnaea. 4. p. 138. and 197. Fruit baccate, 2-celled, or from 

 abortion only 1 -celled ; cells many seeded. Albumen fleshy, 

 Seeds not winged. Trees or shrubs, with opposite leaves, and 

 interpetiolar stipulas. 



SUBTRIBE I. SARCOCEPHA'LEJE (agreeing with Sarcocephalus in 

 the fruit being combined and fleshy). D. C. prod. 4. p. 367. 

 Flowers collected into a bracteated head (f. 90. a.), sessile upon 

 the receptacle. Fruit combined (f. 90. 6.). 



XXI. SARCOCE'PHALUS (from <mp vapKos, sarx sarkos, 



fleshy, and Kc<f>a\ri, kephale, a head ; in allusion to the fruit being 

 combined into a fleshy head). Afz. in herb. Banks, Sabin. hort. 

 trans. 5. p. 442. t. 18. D. C. prod. 4. p. 367. Cephalina, 

 Thonn. in Schum. pi. guin. p. 105. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Flowers 5-6-parted, 

 sessile upon the globose receptacle (f. 90. a.), which with the 

 calyxes are combined into a globose fleshy mass. Limb of calyx 

 with a very short margin. Corolla funnel-shaped, 5-cleft : lobes 

 erect, obtuse. Anthers sessile in the throat of the corolla. Style 

 exserted; stigma oblong, capitate, undivided. Berries 1-celled? 

 many seeded, the whole combined into one mass (f. 90. 6.), 

 which is areolate from the margins of the calyxes. Seeds 

 small, somewhat kidney-shaped. A spreading branchy shrub. 

 Leaves opposite, on short petioles, roundish-oval, acute, shining 

 above, and pubescent in the axils of the veins beneath. Stipulas 

 solitary on each side, triangular, undivided, almost concrete at 

 the base. Heads terminal, on short peduncles or sessile, about 

 the size of a peach. Flowers rose coloured or yellowish. 



FIG. 90. 



1 S. ESCULE'NTUS (Sabin. in 

 hort. trans. 5. t. 18.) Native of 

 Guinea, in many parts, as of 

 Sierra Leone and Gambia. Lindl. 

 bot. reg. t. 1827. Cephalina 

 scandens, Thonn. in Schum. pi. 

 guin. 105. Nauclea latifblia, 

 Smith in Rees' cycl. 24. no. 5. 

 The heads of fruit are edible, 

 and by the negroes of Sierra 

 Leone called peach ; they are 

 brown when ripe. Cephalina 

 scandens of Schum. is probably 

 a distinct species, as the Sierra 

 Leone plant does not climb at 

 all. (f. 90.) 



Edible-fruited Sarcocephalus. 

 Fl. July. Clt. 1822. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



Cult. A mixture of loam and peat is the best soil for this 

 plant ; and cuttings are easily rooted in the same kind of soil 

 under a hand-glass, in heat. The shrub requires to be kept in 

 a strong heat, or it will neither flower nor fruit. 



XXII. ZUCCARI'NIA (J. G. Zuccarini, a professor in the 

 academy at Monach ; author of some papers in the transactions 

 of that academy). Blum, bijdr. (1826.) p. 1006. but not of 

 Spreng. (1827.) 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx with an oval tube 

 and a 5-toothed limb. Corolla with a short tube, and an erect 

 5-lobed limb. Anthers 5, linear, inclosed, adnate to the tube 

 between the segments. Stigma bifid, hardly exserted. Ovarium 

 covered by a depressed disk. Berries oval, stipitate, crowned 

 by the calyx, 2-celled. Seeds compressed, 2 rows in each cell. 

 Embryo albuminous, centripetal. A fine tree, having the ulti- 

 mate branches compressed. Leaves elliptic-oblong, acuminated, 

 undulated, glabrous. Stipulas twin, keeled, semi-concrete on 

 both sides. Heads of flowers pedunculate, axillary, solitary. 

 Receptacle hemispherical. Flowers aggregate, sessile, bracteate. 



1 Z. MACROPHY'LLA (Blum. 1. c.) fj . S. . Native of the west 

 of Java, in woods on the mountains, where it is called Kibara. 

 Leaves more than a foot long. 



Long-leaved Zuccarinia. Tree. 



Cult. See Sarcocephalus above for culture and propagation. 



XXIII. LUCINJTA (Lucina is one of the names of Juno or 

 Diana). D. C. prod. 4. p. 368. 



LIN. SYST. Tetrdndria, Monogynia. Flowers combined into 

 a dense head. 'Margin of calyx entire. Corolla funnel-shaped, 



