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lobes. Berry almost dry, globose, somewhat didymous, crowned 

 by an areola formed by the falling of the calyx, 2-celled, many- 

 seeded. Placentas rather tumid. Seeds angular. Embryo 

 straight, in fleshy albumen, with a centripetal radicle, and flat 

 ovate-roundish cotyledons. African shrub. Branches terete, 

 hispid in the young state, and glabrous in the adult state. 

 Leaves opposite, almost sessile, oblong-lanceolate, acuminated. 

 Stipulas foliaceous, solitary on each side, oblong, acuminated, 

 almost an inch long. Thyrse spike-formed, terminal. Habit 

 of Bertiera. 



1 P. SPJCA'TUM (Gaertn. 1. c. D. C. diss. ined. with a figure). 

 J; . S. Native of Sierra Leone, where it was collected by 

 Smeathmann and G. Don ; and in the woods of Casamancia at 

 Itou by Perrottet and Leprieur. Genipa labiata, Smeathm. in 

 herb. Lher. Flowers small, white. 



Spicate-fiowered Pomatium. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



2 P. DU'BIUM ; leaves broad-lanceolate, long-acuminated, 

 rather cordate at the base, sessile ; flowers panicled, axillary, 

 and terminal. J? . S. Native of Sierra Leone, on the moun- 

 tains, in woods. Flowers small, white. 



Doubtful Pomatium. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



Cult. See Gardenia, p. 499. for culture and propagation. 



XLIV. BERTIFRA (named by Aublet after a Madam 

 Berthier, who was of great assistance to him while he was col- 

 lecting plants in Guiana). Aubl. guian. 1. p. 180. t. 69. Lam. 

 ill. t. 165. D. C. diss. ined. 1806. with a figure, prod. 4. p. 

 391. Gaertn. fil. carp. 3. t. 192. Juss. mem. mus. 6. p. 390. 

 Rich. mem. soc. hist. par. 5. p. 253. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx with a sub- 

 globose tube, and a very short permanent 5-toothed limb. 

 Corolla funnel-shaped, with a terete tube, andaS-parted spread- 

 ing limb ; segments oval, very acute. Anthers 5, sessile within 

 the throat of the corolla. Stigma bifid ; the lobes acute. Berry 

 almost dry, crowned by the calyx, umbilicate, roundish, 2- 

 celled, many-seeded. Seeds fixed to the central placentas, an- 

 gular, murieated. Shrubs. Leaves oval-oblong, acuminated, 

 petiolate, villous. Stipulas solitary on both sides, combined at 

 the base, acuminated. Thyrse terminal, racemosely panicled, 

 bracteolate. Flowers small, white, and sometimes red. Habit 

 of Lygislum, but differs in the flowers being 5-parted. This 

 genus is probably divisible into several. 



SECT. I. BERTIE'RA (see genus for derivation). D. C. prod. 

 4. p. 392. Bertiera, Aubl. Fruit usually striated, crowned 

 by the calycine teeth, which are erectly connivent and subulate. 

 Inflorescence terminal. 



1 B. GUIANE'NSIS (Aubl. guian. 1. p. 180. t. 69.) leaves 

 ovate-oblong or elliptic, acute, with distant villous nerves ; stipulas 

 undivided on both sides, acuminated ; flowers disposed in a 

 racemose thyrse ; fruit sessile, striated, hairy, disposed along 

 the branches of the panicle, crowned by the erect subulate 

 calycine teeth. ^ . S. Native of French Guiana, in woods ; 

 and of Cayenne. Vahl, symb. 3. p. 35. Lam. ill. t. 165. 

 Spreng. syst. 1. p. 708. exclusive of some synonymes. Branches 

 villous. Stipulas broad at the base, and rather connate. Leaves 

 3-4 inches long. Flowers small, white. 



Guiana Bertiera. Shrub 6 to 7 feet- 



2 B. MUCRONA'TA (Gaertn. fil. carp. 3. p. 74. t. 192. f. 7.) 

 leaves and flowers unknown ; fruit striated, crowned by the 

 erectly connivent calycine teeth, pedicellate, disposed along the 

 branches of the panicle. Jj . S. Native country unknown. 

 Perhaps the same as B, Guianensis. 



Mucronate Bertiera. Shrub. 



3 B. PALU'STRIS (A. Rich, in mem. soc. hist. nat. par. 5. p. 

 245.) leaves elliptic-oblong, acute, hairy, with approximate 



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nerves ; stipulas bifid on both sides ; flowers almost cymose ; 

 fruit not striated, hairy, crowned by the subulate teeth of the 

 calyx. Pj . S. Native of Guiana, in marshy parts of woods. 

 A small sub-herbaceous erect shrub, clothed with rusty down. 

 Leaves soft, usually tapering gradually to the base. 

 Marsh Bertiera. Shrub 1 to 2 feet ? 



SECT. II. ZALUZA'NIA (altered from Zaluzianski, an obscuve 

 Polish botanist). D. C. prod. 4. p. 392. Zaluzania, Comm. 

 mss. Fruit smooth, crowned by the calycine teeth, which are 

 spreading or erect, but not connivenl. Embryo transverse, ovate- 

 cylindrical, in the albumen. Inflorescence terminal, racemosely 

 thyrsoid. 



4 B. BORBONICA (A. Rich, 1. c.) smoothish ; leaves elliptic- 

 lanceolate, acuminated, petiolate ; stipulas undivided, drawn out 

 into a setaceous point each, length of petioles ; racemes thyrsoid, 

 terminal ; fruit glabrous, not striated, crowned by the teeth of 

 the calyx, which are permanent, acute, and straight, but not 

 connivent. Ij . S. Native of the Island of Bourbon. Pe- 

 duncles angular. Bracteas subulate. 



Bourbon Bertiera. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



5 B. Ri/FA(A. Rich, 1. c.) leaves elliptic, acute, on very short 

 petioles, clothed with rufous silky down ; stipulas broad, con- 

 nate, acute, silky inside, and smoothish on the outside; racemes 

 elongated ; pedicels silky ; fruit globose and villous, crowned 

 by the erect calycine teeth. Tj . S. Native of the Island of 

 Bourbon. 



Rnfous Bertiera. Shrub. 



6 B. ZALUZA'NIA (Gaertn. fil. carp. 3. p. 74. t. 192.) smooth- 

 ish ; leaves rather coriaceous, lanceolate-elliptic, acuminated, on 

 short petioles, ciliated on the edges ; stipulas undivided, drawn 

 out into an acumen, length of petioles ; racemes thyrsoid, ter- 

 minal, and are as well as the flowers downy ; branches of ra- 

 cemes dichotomous, with a sessile flower in each fork ; fruit 

 crowned by the limb of the calyx, which is hardly toothed ; 

 teeth spreading. Tj . S. Native of the Mauritius. Mus- 

 sae'nda racemosa, Sieb. fl. maur. 3. no. 362. Stipulas short, 

 broad, concrete. Racemes apparently drooping. Bracteas 

 small, acute. Flowers sessile. Anthers mucronate. Calyx 

 truncate. Corolla widening from the base, with acute segments. 



Zaluzianski' s Bertiera. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



SECT. III. MYCE'TIA (apparently after some botanist of the 

 name of Mycet). Reinwardt. mss. D. C. prod. 4. p. 392. 

 Bertiera, Blum, bijdr. p. 987. Tube of calyx obovate or 

 turbinate. Berry crustaceous inside, crowned by the calycine 

 teeth, which are spreading. Racemules axillary, somewhat 

 corymbose. 



7 B. JAVA'NICA (Blum, bijdr. p. 987.) stem simple ; leaves 

 petiolate, cuneate-oblong, acuminated, with a few scattered 

 hairs above, and more so on the nerves beneath ; corymbs diva- 

 ricate, axillary, and terminal, trichotomous, solitary, drooping ; 

 tube of corolla short. Jj . S. Native of Java, in shady parts 

 of woods. 



Java Bertiera. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



8 B. FASCICULA'TA (Blum, bijdr. p. 987.) stem alittle branched ; 

 leaves cuneate-oblong, acuminated, glabrous above, but some- 

 what strigose on the veins beneath ; corymbs short, axillary, 

 trichotomous, erect ; pedicels in fascicles ; tube of corolla elon- 

 gated, fy . S. Native of Java, on Mount Salak, in humid 

 places. Corymbs often lateral, hardly longer than die petioles. 

 Throat of corolla velvety. 



Far. /3, macrophylla (Blum. 1. c.) leaves obovate, acute. I; . 

 S. Native of Java, on Mount Bonkok, in the province of 

 Bantam. 



Fascicled-peAicetted Bertiera. Shrub. 

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