RUBIACEjE. XXVI. AMAIOUA. XXVII. MUSS.ENDA. 



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posite according to Desfontaines, mem. mus. 6. p. 12. t. 4. 

 Hamelia sessiliflora, Willd. spec. 1. p. 981. Hamelia glabra, 

 Lam. diet. 3. p. 65. Duhamelia glabra, Pers. ench. 1. p. 203. 

 Berry obovate, areolate at the apex, from the calyx having fallen 

 off, 2-3-celled; cells bearing each 2 rows of seeds, and distinct 

 septa ; hence the fruit appears 4-6-celled at first sight in the dry 

 state. 



Guiana Amaioua. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



2 A. FAGIFOLIA (Desf. mem. mus. 6. p. 14. t. 5.) branchlets 

 nearly terete, smoothish ; leaves opposite, obovate, acuminated, 

 nerved ; corymbs of flowers on short peduncles ; flowers crowd- 

 ed, almost sessile ; limb of calyx tubular, short. Tj . S. Native 

 of Cayenne. Fruit unknown. 



Beach-leaved Amajpua. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



3 A. INTERMEDIA (Mart, in Schultes, syst. 7. p. 90.) branches 

 terete, glabrous ; leaves opposite, oblong, attenuated at both 

 ends, ciliated ; flowers crowded, almost sessile, silky ; upper 2 

 stipulas forming an involucrum to the head of flowers. Fj . S. 

 Native of Brazil, in the province of Bahia, in woods. 



Intermediate Amaioua. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



4 A. CORYMBOSA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 419. 

 t. 294.) branchlets almost terete, smoothish ; leaves opposite, 

 ovate-elliptic, nerved, acuminated ; corymbs panicled, peduncu- 

 late ; limb of calyx tubular, short. 1? . S. Native of New 

 Andalusia, near Cumanacoa, in bushy shady places. Desf. mem. 

 mus. 6. p. 15. Hexactina corymbosa, Willd. rel. ex Schlecht. 

 in Schultes, syst. 1. c. Petioles 6-10 lines long. Fruit un- 

 known. Flowers by threes. 



Corymbose-fiovtered Amaioua. Shrub 8 to 9 feet. 



5 A. PERUVIA V NA (Desf. mem. mus. 6. p. 16. t. 4. f. B.) leaves 

 opposite, elliptic, nerved, acuminated, shining on the upper sur- 

 face ; flowers aggregate, corymbose, fj . S. Native of Peru. 

 Said to be nearly allied to the preceding. 



Peruvian Amaioua. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



6 A. ? SACCI'FERA (Mart, in Schultes, syst. 7. p. 91.) branches 

 angular and bristly at the apex ; leaves 3 in a whorl, obovate- 

 lanceolate, attenuated at the base, saccately scrobiform, hairy, 

 costately nerved ; flowers terminal, crowded, on short peduncles ; 

 calyxes elongated, fj . S. Native of Brazil, in woods, at Barra 

 do Rio Negro, where it is called by the natives Folho de Com- 

 minao and Coa-Jusara. 



Sack-bearing Amaioua. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



7 A. BRASILIA'NA (A. Rich. diss. ex D. C. prod. 4. p. 370.) 

 plant suffrutescent, creeping ; branches assurgent ; leaves ellip- 

 tic, acuminated ; flowers small, disposed in crowded corymbs ; 

 segments of corolla very short, fj . S. Native of Brazil. 



Brazilian Amaioua. Shrub creeping. 



Cult. See Mussce'nda, p. 492. for culture and propagation. 



XXVII. MUSS^E'NDA (the vernacular name of M.frondbsa 

 in Ceylon). Lin. gen. no. 241. Gaertn. fruct. 1. p. 140. t. 28. 

 Lam. ill. t. 157. Juss. mem. mus. 6. p. 386. Ham. in Lin. trans. 

 14. p. 198. and 203. D. C. prod. 4. p. 370. Belilla, Rheed. 

 and Adans. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx with an oblong- 

 turbinate tube, a 5-parted limb, and deciduous erect acute lobes, 

 one of which is usually drawn out into a large petiolate, reticu- 

 lately nerved, coloured leaf. Corolla funnel-shaped, with a 5- 

 parted limb, and a villous throat. Anthers 5, sessile within the 

 tube, linear, inclosed, and sometimes a little exserted. Stigma 

 bifid. Fruit ovoid, fleshy, naked at the apex from the limb of 

 the calyx being deciduous, indehiscent, 2-celled ; cells many 

 seeded. Placentas pedunculate, bifid at the apex, rising from the 

 dissepiment, and appearing like a Burgundian cross. Seeds very 

 numerous, small, lenticularly compressed, scabrous. Embryo in 

 fleshy albumen, with the radicle thick, and turned towards the 

 VOL. m. 



hylum. Small trees or shrubs. Leaves ovate, petiolate, villous 

 or glabrous. Stipulas twin on both sides, free or combined at 

 the base, acuminated. Flowers corymbose, terminal. Bracteas 

 small under the pedicels or branches of the corymb, and ought 

 to be cautiously distinguished from the large coloured calycine 

 lobes. 



SECT. I. BELI'LLA (the name of one of the species in Malabar). 

 Rheed. mal. and Adans. One of the calycine lobes is always 

 drawn out into a large coloured reticulately veined bractea- 

 formed leaf, which has been through want of proper caution 

 taken for and called bracteas. Anthers sessile within the tube 

 of the corolla, inclosed. Capsule ovate. 



1 M. SPECIOSA (Poir. stippl. 4. p. 37.) leaves broad-oval, 

 acute, rather villous at the nerves and veins above, pubescent be- 

 neath ; teeth of calyx obtuse, one of which is usually petiolate, 

 large, and coloured ; corolla tubular, with obtuse lobes. (3 . S. 

 Native of South America, inCaraccas. Macrocnemum speciosum, 

 Jacq. hort. schcenbr. 1. p. 19. t. 43. The bractea- formed caly- 

 cine leaves are rose coloured. Corymbs fastigiate, rather villous ; 

 bracteas subulate. Style exserted. Anthers inclosed. Corolla 

 villous on the outside, an inch long, with a rose-coloured limb. 



Showy Mussaenda. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1820. Shrub 3 

 to 6 feet. 



2 M. ACUTIFLO'RA (Bartl. in Haenke, herb, ex D. C. prod. 4. 

 p. 370.) leaves oval, acuminated, acute at the base, glabrous, 

 except the nerves and veins, which are pubescent on the 

 under surface ; corymbs trichotomous pubescent ; teeth of calyx 

 acute, one of which is usually large, petiolate, ovate, and co- 

 loured ; corolla tubular, with acute lobes. ^ . S. Native of 

 Mexico. Stipulas villous on the outside, bifid, acuminate, and 

 deciduous. The large calycine leaf is 5-nerved and acuminated. 

 Perhaps only a variety of M. specibsa. 



Acute-flowered Mussaenda. Shrub 5 to 6 ftet. 



3 M. FRONDO'SA (Lin. spec. 251.) leaves oblong, acuminated, 

 villous ; branchlets and corymbs downy ; stipulas subulate ; 

 corymbs terminal, dichotomous, somewhat panicled ; lobes of 

 calyx elongated, subulate, one of which is petiolate, ovate, acu- 

 minated, membranous and puberulous. ^ . S. Native of the 

 East Indies, Java, Malabar, &c. Belilla, Rheed. mal. 2. p. 27. 

 t. 17. M. Zeylanica, Burm. zeyl. 165. t. 76. M. formosa, Lin. 

 mant. p. 338. M. frondosa, Roxb. et Wall, in fl. ind. 2. p. 

 227. Lam. ill. t. 157. f. 1. Flowers of a deep golden colour. 

 The bractea- formed leaf of the calyx is 2 inches long and- white. 



Frondose Musssenda. Fl. Ju. Sept. Clt. 1824. Sh. 5 to 6 ft. 



4 M. GLA'BRA (Vahl. symb. 3. p. 38.) leaves oval, acumin- 

 ated at both ends, glabrous on both surfaces, as well as the 

 branches ; corymbs terminal, smoothish ; segments of calyx 

 broad-lanceolate, acute, one of which is large, petiolate, gla- 

 brous, and acute. ^ S. Native of the East Indies. Lodd. 

 bot. cab. t. 1269. Folium Principissae, Rumph. amb. 4. t. 51. 

 Flowers yellow. The bractea-formed leaf of the calyx is about 

 4-5 inches long, white. 



Glabrous Mussaenda. Fl. Ju. Sept. Clt. 1820. Sh. 5 to 6 ft. 



5 M. CALYC!NA (Wall. cat. no. 6253.) leaves ovate or oblong, 

 acuminated, tapering to both ends, almost glabrous, except on 

 the nerves ; stipulas villous, cuspidate at the apex ; calyxes 

 downy : segments large, ovate, cuspidate ; the large foliaceous 

 segment petiolate, ovate, elliptic, acuminated, yellow ; young 

 branches and peduncles villous ; peduncles terminal and axillary, 

 corymbose, or trichotomous, bearing a single flower in each fork ; 

 fruit turbinate. Tj . S. Native of the East Indies, in the 

 Burmese empire, on Mount Taong Dong, and at Prome. 

 Flowers yellow. 



Large-calyxed Musseenda. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



6 M. VILLO'SA (Wall, cat, no. 6254.) leaves oblong, acumin- 

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