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XLVIII. PJETESIA. XLIX. COCCOCYPSELUM. 



* * Flowers terminal. 



FIG. 



5 P. ? HI'SPIDA (Bartl. in herb. Hsenke. ex D. C. 1. c.) leaves 

 opposite, membranous, obovate-oblong, acuminated at both ends, 

 having the middle nerve on both surfaces, and the veins beneath 

 hispid from bristles ; corymbs terminal, short. Jj . S. Native 

 of the island of Luzon. 



Hispid-leaved Petesia. Tree or shrub. 



6 P.? TOMENTOSA (Jacq. amer. p. 18.) leaves oblong, attenu- 

 ated at both ends, very soft on both surfaces from hardly conspi- 

 cuous tomentum ; corymbs lateral and terminal, tj . S. Native 

 of New Spain, in woods about Carthagena. Flowers tetra- 

 rnerous. Fruit unknown. Perhaps a species of Rondeletia. 



Tomenlose Petesia. Tree. 



7 P.? SPICA'TA (Swartz. fi. ind. occ. 3. p. 1945.) leaves ellip- 

 tic, attenuated, glabrous, pubescent on the nerves beneath ; pe- 

 tioles hairy ; racemes terminal, spicate. Fj . S. Native of the 

 south of Jamaica, among bushes. Flowers small, white, 4-parted. 

 Berry crowned by the very minute calyx. 



Sjncate-fiov/ered Petesia. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



8 P. ? SIMPLICI'SSIMA (Lour. coch. p. 77.) stem herbaceous, 

 quite simple, tetragonal ; leaves lanceolate-linear, glabrous ; 

 racemes erect, almost terminal ; calyx 5-toothed. 3. G. Native 

 of Cochinchina. The fruit is said to be baccate, 2-celled, and 

 many seeded. Flowers white. 



Quite-simple-stemmed Petesia. PI. 1 foot. 



9 P. ? TERMINA'LIS (Hook, et Am. in Beech, voy. pt. bot. p. 

 85.) leaves oblong, obtuse at the base, acutish at the apex, mem- 

 branous, glabrous ; panicles terminal, racemose, one-half shorter 

 lhan the leaves ; corolla salver-shaped, having the lobes shorter 

 than the tube. Tj . S. Native of the Sandwich Islands. Stem 

 dichotomously branched. Leaves 4 inches long, and 1 and 1^ 

 inch broad. Corolla funnel-shaped, 4-lobed, inclosing the an- 

 thers. Much the habit of Stylocoryna racemosa, Cav. 



Terminal-fioviered Petesia. Tree or shrub. 



10 P.? CORIA'CEA (Hook, et Arn. in Beech, voy. pt. bot. p. 

 85.) leaves oblong, acute at the base, and obtuse at the apex, 

 coriaceous, glabrous ; corymbs terminal, dense, few-flowered, 

 much shorter than the leaves. Tj . S. Native of the Sandwich 

 Islands. 



Coriaceous-leaved Petesia. Tree or shrub. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Rondeletia, p. 517. 



XLIX. COCCOCY'PSELUM (from KOKKO , kokkos, a berry, 

 and Kv^tXrj, kypsele, a vase ; in allusion to the form of the 

 fruit). Swartz, fl. ind. occid. 1. p. 245. H. B. et Kunth, nov. 

 gen. amer. 3. p. 403. Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnaea. 4. p. 138. 

 D. C. prod. 4. p. 390. Coccocypsilum and Sicelium, P. Browne, 

 jam. 144. Coccocypsilum and Tontanea, Juss. mem. mus. 6. p. 

 394. Coccocypselum and Bellardia, Schreb. gen. no. 1721. and 

 1723. Condalia, Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. prod. p. 11. t. 2. but not 

 of Cav. 



LIN. SYST. Tetrdndria, Monogynia. Calyx with an ovate 

 tube, and a 4-parted permanent limb (f. 94. a.); lobes narrow. 

 Corolla funnel-shaped (f. 94. b.), with a 4-parted limb (f. 94. 6.), 

 and a glabrous throat. Stamens 4, inserted in the tube of the 

 corolla, inclosed (f. 94. b.); anthers oblong-heart-shaped. 

 Stigma bifid. Berry ovate, crowned (f. 94. d. e.), 2-celled (f. 

 94. c.) ; cells many-seeded. Seeds lenticularly angular, wing- 

 less. Creeping herbs. Leaves opposite, on short petioles. Sti- 

 pulas subulate, solitary on both sides. Peduncles axillary, soli- 

 tary, and in the alternate axils, bearing each a few-flowered 

 head, surrounded by a short involucrum. Corollas and berries 

 blue or purple. 



May. 



Clt. 1793. PI. cr. 

 p. 307.) leaves ovate, 



1 C. RE'PEKS (Swartz, fl. ind. 

 occ. 1. p. 245.) plant prostrate, 

 creeping ; leaves ovate, pubescent 

 on both surfaces ; peduncles very 

 short while bearing the flowers, 

 but afterwards becoming more 

 elongated; heads few-flowered ; 

 bracteas subulate. () S. Na- 

 tive of Jamaica and St. Do- 

 mingo, in temperate parts on the 

 mountains. Browne, jam. 144. 

 t. 6. f. 2. C. herbaceum, Lam. 

 diet. 2. p. 56. ill. t. 64. Flowers 

 almost sessile, collected in the 

 axils of the leaves, blue. Fruit 

 seated on peduncles, 4-5 lines 

 long, blue, inflated, (f. 94.) 



Creeping Coccocypselum. Fl. 



2 C. UMBELLA'TUM (Poir. suppl. 



acute, shining, pubescent ; peduncles one-half shorter than the 

 leaves ; bracteas of the heads of flowers subulate. Native of 

 Peru, at Pillao, Cuchero, and Chinchao, in woods. Condalia 

 repens, Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 1. p. 54. t. 84. f. a. C. Condalia, 

 Pers. ench. 1. p. 132. Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnaea. vol. 4. 

 p. 139. C. capitatum, Willd. herb. There are glabrous and 

 downy varieties of this plant. Corolla purplish. Berries blue. 

 Umbellate-fiowered Coccocypselum. PI. creeping. 



3 C. OVA'TUM (Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnaea. 4. p. 141.) 

 plant ascending, rooting at the base ; leaves ovate, very blunt at 

 the base, and acute at the apex, beset with minute adpressed 

 down ; peduncles alternate, shorter than the leaves, clothed with 

 strigose hairs ; heads 8-1 0-flowered. If.. S. Native of Brazil. 

 Allied to C. umbellatum and C. lanceolatum. 



Ovate-leaved Coccocypselum. PI. cr. 



4 C. LANCEOLA'TUM (Pers. ench. 1. p. 132.) plant densely 

 clothed with down ; leaves lanceolate, acute ; heads many 

 flowered, pedunculate ; bracteas lanceolate ; berries ovate-ob- 

 long. I/ . S. Native of Peru, in shady groves at Cuchero and 

 Chinchao, ex Ruiz et Pav. ; and on the mountains about the 

 Orinoco, ex Haenke ; and at Caraccas, ex Vargas. Condalia 

 lanceolata, Ruiz et Pav. fi. per. 1. p. 54. Corolla of a pale vio- 

 laceous colour. Berries blue. 



Z/anceo/fl<e-leaved Coccocypselum. PI. cr. 



5 C. HIRSU'TUM (Bartl. in herb. Haenke, ex D. C. prod. 4. p. 

 396.) plant ascending, very hairy in every part ; leaves broad- 

 ovate, acute ; heads axillary when in flower, almost sessile ; 

 peduncles a little elongated when in fruit, and recurved, y. . S. 

 Native country unknown. 



Hairy Coccocypselum. PI. ascending. 



6 C. CANE'SCENS (Willd. herb, ex Cham, et Schlecht. in 

 Linnaea. 4. p. 139.) plant prostrate, creeping; leaves ovate, 

 clothed with silky yellow down on both surfaces ; heads axillary, 

 and almost terminal, on long peduncles ; bracteas of heads 5-6, 

 oblong, acute. ^ . ? S. Native of South America, in temperate 

 shady places, near Buenavista, Caraccas, Popayan, and of tro- 

 pical and extratropical Brazil. C. repens, H. B. et Kunth, nov. 

 gen. amer. 3. p. 405. exclusive of the synonymes. Schwen- 

 kfcldia aspera, Spreng. neu. entd. 1. p. 280. but not of Willd. 

 Bellardia mollis, Willd. herb, ex Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnaea. 

 vol. 4. Corolla bluish or red. Berries blue. 



Canescent Coccocypselum. PI. cr. 



7 C. AU'REUM (Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnaea. 4. p. 139.) 

 leaves oblong, acute, with parallel veins, clothed with golden 

 silky down ; heads axillary, sessile, few-flowered ; bracteas 4-5, 

 narrow, acute. I/ . S. Native of tropical Brazil. Schwenk- 

 feldia aurea, Spreng. neu. entd. 1. p. 280. syst. 1. p. 764. 



