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RUBIACEjE. XXVIII. KUTCHUB.EA. XXIX. CASSUPA. XXX. GYNOPACHYS. XXXI. TOCOYENA. 



f- Species not sufficiently known. 



33 M.? OLOMERULA'TA (Lam. in Poir. diet. 4. p. 393.) leaves 

 ovate, acute, smoothish beneath, but clothed with fuscous velvety 

 down above and on the petioles ; branches rather villous ; flowers 

 terminal, glomerate ; calyx campanulate, with a 5-6-toothed limb. 

 ?2 . S. Native of French Guiana. Rodeletia glomerulata, 

 Spreng. syst. 1. p. 707. Peduncles and calyxes beset with 

 white silvery hairs. Corolla tubular, white, rather villous out- 

 side. Stamens 5-6. 



G7ojH<rate-flowered Musssenda. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



34 M. DISCOLOR (Pet. Th. in Willd. rel. ex Schultes, syst. 5. 

 p. 254.) hairy ; leaves scabrous, strigose above, and clothed 

 with canescent pili beneath ; flowers corymbose, permanent. 

 fj . S. Native country unknown, as well as flowers. 



Trvo-coloured-\eave<\ Mussaenda. Shrub. 



35 M.? CHINE'KSIS (Lour. coch. p. 152.) leaves in fascicles, 

 lanceolate, glabrous ; flowers solitary, terminal ; berries 4-celled, 

 many-seeded. Tj . G. Native of China, in the suburbs of Can- 

 ton. Calyx 5-parted, with lanceolate segments. Seeds bony, 

 almost kidney-shaped. This is certainly not a species of Mus- 

 sce'nda. 



China Musssenda. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



36 M. ECHrrolDES (Willd. rel. in Schultes, syst. 5. p. 254.) 

 leaves oblong, acute, glabrous ; flowers corymbose. ^ . w . S. 

 Native country unknown. A climbing shrub. 



Echitus-lihe Mussaenda. Shrub cl. 



37 M. TETRA'NDRA (Schultes, syst. 5. p. 254.) leaves smooth, 



labrous, acute ; corymbs tripartite ; flowers tetrandrous. Tj . 

 Native country unknown. Macrocnemum tetrandrum, Cav. 

 ami. sc. ex Schultes. 



Tetrandrous-fiovtered Mussaenda. Shrub. 

 Cult. Some of the species of this genus are very pretty, 

 and worth cultivating in collections. A mixture of loam and 

 peat is the best soil for them ; and cuttings are easily rooted 

 in the same kind of mould under a hand-glass, in heat. 



XXVIII. KUTCHUB^A (named after Koutchouba, 

 minister of the home department of Russia ; a promoter of the 

 sciences). Fisch. in litt. ex D. C. prod. 4. p. 373. 



LIN. SYST. Ocldndria, Monogynia. Calyx with a turbinate 

 tube, and a tubular truncate limb, which is longer than the 

 ovarium. Corolla with a cylindrical tube, much longer than 

 the calyx, a villous throat, and an 8-parted limb, which is 

 twisted in aestivation ; segments of corolla lanceolate, acu- 

 minated. Anthers 8, almost sessile, oblong, acute, inserted in 

 the throat of the corolla among the hairs. Style filiform ; 

 stigma large, clavate, with 2 lobes, which are applied to each 

 other, hairy and convex on the outside, but flat and smooth on 

 the inside. Fruit unknown. A glabrous tree, native of Guiana. 

 Branches terete. Leaves obovate, bluntish, on short petioles. 

 Stipulas ovate, broad, short, combined, permanent, sometimes 

 bifid. Flowers terminal, somewhat corymbose, pedicellate, large, 

 bractless. Corolla purple at the base and pale at the apex. 

 This genus comes very near Genipa and Cassiipa ; from the 

 first it differs in the tube of the corolla being much longer than 

 the calyx ; and from the second in the calyx being tubular, and 

 in the stigma being clavate ; and from both in the greater num- 

 ber of the parts of the flower. 



1 K. INSIGNIS (Fisch. 1. c. with a figure). J? . S. Native of 

 French Guiana, where it was collected by Martin. A tall ele- 

 gant tree. Tube of corolla 3 inches long, coriaceous. 



Famous Kutchubaea. Tree. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Mussce'nda above. 



XXIX. CASSLTPA (called Cassupo by the natives on the 

 banks of the Rio Negro, in Brazil). Humb. et Bonpl. pi. 



equin. 1. p. 43. t. 12. Juss. mem. rnus. 6. p. 389. D. C. 

 prod. 4. p. 373. 



LIN. SYST. Hexdndria, Monogynia. Calyx with a globose 

 tube and a short entire hardly perspicuous limb. Corolla much 

 longer than the calyx, tubular, wrinkled on the outside, with a 

 villous throat, and a 6-parted short limb ; lobes acutish and 

 spreading a little. Anthers 6, almost sessile, inserted in the 

 throat of the corolla among the villi. Stigma bifid, slender, 

 inclosed. Berry almost globose, crowned, 2-celled, many- 

 seeded ; placentas fixed to the middle dissepiment. Seeds mi- 

 nute. 'An American tree. Leaves obovate-oblong, on long 

 petioles, coriaceous, rather tomentose, about a foot long. Thyrse 

 panicled, terminal, with opposite flowers. Bracteoles 2-3 under 

 each flower, sometimes adnate to the calyx. Corolla 1-2 inches 

 long, pale red. 



1 C. VERRUCO'SA (Humb. et Bonpl. 1. c.). Tj . S. Native of 

 South America, in shady places on the banks of the Rio Negro, 

 near San Carlos. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 412. 



Warted Cassupa. Tree 30 to 40 feet. 



Cult. See Mussce'nda above for culture and propagation. 



XXX. GYNOPA'CHYS (from yuvij, gyne, a female, and 

 ira^ue, pachys, thick ; in reference to the thick 2-lobed stigma). 

 Blum, in flora, 1825. p. 134. bijdr. p. 933. D. C. prod. 4. 

 p. 374. 



LIN. SYST. Pentandria, Monogynia. Limb of calyx turbi- 

 nate, urceolate, almost quite entire, deciduous. Corolla with a 

 short tube, a 5-parted spreading limb, and a bristly throat. 

 Stamens 5, seated in the mouth of the tube ; filaments short ; 

 anthers linear, rather incumbent, exserted. Style short ; 

 stigma thick, 2-lobed, exserted. Berry globose, umbonate, 

 crowned by the circular base of the calyx, 2-celled, many- 

 seeded ; placentas membranous, stipitate, rather fleshy, trans- 

 versely lamellate. Seeds compressed. Climbing shrubs, na- 

 tives of Java. Leaves distich. Stipulas interpetiolar, undi- 

 vided, or twin and rather concrete. Flowers rising from the 

 axils of the leaves in dense corymbs, unilateral. This genus 

 comes near to Canthium and Bertiera, but differs from them in 

 the undivided limb of the calyx, and in the short tube of the 

 corolla. 



1 G. ACUMINA'TA (Blum. 1. c.) leaves ovate or elliptic-oblong, 

 acuminated, almost sessile, glabrous ; cymes short, interfoli- 

 aceous ; pedicels numerous, 1-flowered. tj . ,_,. S. Native of 

 Java, on the west side, on the mountains. Leaves 7-8 inches 

 long. 



Acuminated-\eaved. Gynopachys. Shrub cl. 



2 G. TOMENTO V SA (Blum. 1. c.) leaves sessile, rather cordate- 

 oblong, acuminated, shining above, but clothed with deciduous 

 rufous tomentum on the veins beneath and on the corymbs, 

 which are dichotomous and interfoliaceous. Tj . ^. S. Native 

 of Java, on Mount Burangrang, in woods. 



Tomentose Gynopachys. Shrub cl. 



3 G. CORYMBOSA (Blum. 1. c.) leaves almost sessile, elliptic- 

 oblong, bluntish, glabrous ; corymbs trichotomous, interfoli- 

 aceous, divaricate. Fj . w . S. Native of Java, on Mount 

 Salak, in woods. Throat of corolla beset with yellowish rufous 

 bristles. Fruit globose, size of a pea. 



Corymbose-fiovfered Gynopachys. Shrub cl. 



Cult. See Mussce'nda above for culture and propagation. 



XXXI. TOCOYE'NA (the name of the first species in 

 Guiana). Aubl. guian. 1. p. 131. t. 53. Lam. ill. t. 163. 

 Juss. mem. mus. 6. p. 390. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 

 3. p. 411. B.C. prod. 4. p. 374. Ucriana, Willd. spec. 1. 

 p. 961. 



LIN. SYST. Pentandria, Monogynia. Calyx with a turbinate 

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



