RUBIACEjE. XLIX. COCCOCYPSELUM. L. FERNELIA. LI. PETUNGA. 



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Allied to C, canescens, but differs in the above characters, and in 

 the flo\vers being larger and slenderer, and less hairy ; and in 

 the lobes being more acute and longer. 

 Golden Coccocypselum. PL cr. 



8 C. NUMMULARIFOLIUM (Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnasa. 4. p. 

 397.) plant very hairy, prostrate, creeping; leaves ovate-round- 

 ish, very blunt at the base, obtuse at the apex, and somewhat 

 mucronulate ; heads on short peduncles ; bracteas linear. 2/. S. 

 Native of equinoxial Brazil. Corolla violaceous, beset with 

 spreading pili at the tops of the lobes. Allied to C. campanu- 

 liflorum and C. cordifblium. 



Money-wort-leaved Coccocypselum. PI. cr. 



9 C. CORDIFOLIUM (Nees et Mart, in nov. act. bonn. 12. p. 

 14.) plant creeping ; leaves cordate, obtuse, hairy ; peduncles at 

 length equal in length to the petioles ; heads of flowers almost 

 globose; calyxes and petioles very villous. %. S. Native of 

 Brazil, on the road to Felisbert and of St. Catharine. Corolla 

 white, pubescent. Berries globose, blue. Habit of Geoph'da, 



Heart-leaved Coccocypselum. PI. cr. 



10 C.? ERYTHROCE'PHALUM (Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnsea. 

 4. p. 144.) branches or stems simple, hairy ; leaves ovate, acute, 

 obtuse at the base, hairy on both surfaces, often purplish beneath ; 

 heads on short peduncles, beset with purplish hairs. 1. S. 

 Native of equinoxial Brazil. Flowers and fruit unknown. 



Red-headed Coccocypselum. PI. cr. ? 



1 1 C. PEDUNCULA'RE (Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnsea. 4. p. 

 142.) plant ascending, clothed with adpressed strigose hairs ; 

 leaves lanceolate-oblong, with revolute edges ; peduncles alter- 

 nate, longer than the leaves, usually reflexed after flowering ; 

 heads 10-1 2-flowered. I/ . S. Native of equinoxial Brazil. 



Peduncular Coccocypselum. PI. cr. 



12 C. TONTA'NEA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. S. p. 

 406.) leaves ovate, acutish, clothed with hairy down on both 

 surfaces ; heads axillary, pedunculate, 3-5-flowered ; bracteas 

 subulate; anthers a little exserted. 1. S. Native of Cayenne, 

 Guiana, Caraccas, Popayan, and of Jamaica, if C. Sicelium, P. 

 Browne, jam. 144. be the same. Tontanea Guianensis, Aubl. 

 guian. 1. p. 108. t. 408. Tontanea repens, Pers. Bellardia 

 repens. Willd. spec. 1. p. 626. Bellardia Tontanea, Rcem. et 

 Schultes, syst. 3. p. 205. Corolla either white or blue, ex 

 Aubl. Berries blue. Tontanee is the Guiana name of the 

 plant. 



Tontanea Coccocypselum. PI. cr. 



13 C. GLA'BKUM (Bartl. in herb. Haenke, ex D. C. prod. 4. p. 

 397.) plant creeping, quite glabrous ; leaves ovate, subcordate, 

 acutish ; heads few-flowered, axillary, when bearing the fruit 

 on longer peduncles, which are deflexed. 1 . S. Native of 

 Panama. Very nearly allied to C. Tontanea, and probably only 

 a glabrous variety of that species, but the flowers are unknown. 



Glabrous Coccocypselum. PI. cr. 



14 C. CILIA'TUM (Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnaea. 6. p. 414.) 

 leaves roundish-ovate, ciliated, as well as the petioles, having the 

 nerves furnished with long hairs on the upper surface ; heads of 

 flowers equal to about half the length of the leaves. T? . S. Na- 

 tive of Mexico, between Huilamalco and Cuapa. Very like C. 

 wnbellala. Leaves an inch and a half long and 14 lines broad. 



Ciliated Coccocypselum. PI. creeping. 



t The generic character of the two following species is 

 doubtful, and according to Kunth, syn. should probably be ex- 

 cluded from the present genus, Erect suffruticose glabrous plants. 



15 C. OBOVA'TUM (Pers. ench. 1. p. 132.) stem erect, suffru- 

 ticose ; leaves obovate, acuminated ; peduncles axillary, aggre- 

 gate, unequal, racemose. ^ . S. Native of Peru, at Chinchao, 

 on mountains. Condalia obovata, Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 1. p. 54. 

 Corolla greenish white. Berries purple. 



Obovate-leaved Coccocypselum. Shrub 3 feet. 



16 C. SE'SSILE (Pers. 1. c.) stem erect, suffruticose; leaves 

 oblong, acute ; flowers sessile, crowded, axillary. T? . S. Native 

 of Peru, on the mountains about Chinchao. Condalia sessilis, 

 Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 1. p. 54. Corolla purplish. Berries ovate, 

 purplish. 



Sessile-flowered Coccocypselum. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



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

 species ; and they will be easily increased by separating the 

 creeping stems from the main plant. 



L. FERNE'LIA (named after J. Fernel, M. D. physician to 

 Henry II. of France ; he died in 1558). Comm. in Juss. gen. p. 

 196. mem.mus. 6. p. 393. Lam. ill. t. 67. f. 1. Gsertn. fil. carp. 



3. p. 61. A. Rich. mem. soc. hist. nat. par. 5. p. 275. D. C. 

 prod. 4. p. 398. Coccocypsilum species, Willd. and Spreng. 



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

 tube, and a 4-cleft limb ; lobes subulate at the apex. Corolla 

 small, with a short tube, and a 4-lobed spreading limb. Stamens 



4, inserted in the tube of the corolla, inclosed, or a little ex- 

 serted. Stigma bind. Berry crowned by the limb of the calyx, 

 2-celled, having the dissepiment incomplete and semilunar, and 

 elliptic. Seeds numerous, somewhat compressed. Albumen 

 cartilaginous. Embryo almost dorsal, with a centripetal radicle, 

 and flat roundish cotyledons. Small glabrous branched trees, 

 having much the habit of box. Leaves obovate, stiffish, Sti- 

 pulas short, acute, solitary on each side. Pedicels axillary, 

 very short, bracteolate, 1 -flowered. 



1 F. BUXIFOLIA (Lam. ill. no. 1478. but not of Gsertn.) lobes 

 of corolla obtuse ; berry obovate, crowned by the subulate lobes 

 of the calyx. ^ S. Native of the Mauritius, where it is call- 

 ed bois de buis. F. obovata, Gaertn. fil. carp. 3. p. 62. t. 191. 

 but not of Lam. Coccocypselum buxifolium, Spreng. syst. 1. 

 p. 416. Leaves 5-6 lines long, and 3-4 broad. 



Box-leaved Fernelia. Clt. 1816. Shrub. 



2 F. OBOVA'TA (Lam. ill. t. 67. f. 1.) lobes of corolla acumi- 

 nated ; berries nearly globose, crowned by the lobes of the 

 calyx, which are bluntish and velvety inside. I? . S. Native of 

 the Mauritius, where it is called bois Malabare and bois de ronde. 

 F. buxifolia, Gaertn. fil. carp. 3. p. 63. t. 197. f. 6. Coccocyp- 

 silum uniflorum, Willd. spec. 1. p. 618. Sieb. fl. maur. exsic. 

 2. no. 100. Leaves 8-10 lines long, and 6-7 broad. 



O6oa/e-leaved Fernelia. Clt. 1816. Shrub. 



3 F. PEDUNCULA V TA (Gaertn. fil. carp. 3. p. 191. f. 3.) lobes 

 of corolla unknown ; berry obovate, tapering a long way into the 

 stipe at the base, crowned by the lobes of the calyx, which are 

 bluntish. f? . S. Native of the Mauritius. Shrub and flowers 

 unknown. 



Pedunculate-fruited Fernelia. Shrub. 



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



LI. PETU'NGA (Peetunga is the name of P. Roxburghii in 

 the Bengalee language). D. C.prod. 4. p. 398. Randia species, 

 Roxb. Higginsia, Blum, bijdr. p. 988. but not of Pers. 



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

 tube, and a permanent 4-toothed limb. Corolla funnel-shaped, 

 with a short obconical tube, a 4-parted limb, and a very villous 

 throat. Stamens 4 ; anthers a little exserted. Style filiform, 

 villous: stigma bidentate, a little exserted. Berry globose, de- 

 pressed and umbilicate at the apex, 2-celled. Seeds 2-4 in 

 each cell, fixed to the upper part of the dissepiment, ex Roxb., 

 scale-formed, and imbricated downwards, ex Blum. Albumen 

 cartilaginous. Embryo inverted, with linear cotyledons. Un- 

 armed erect glabrous shrubs, with decussate horizontal branches. 

 Leaves opposite, oblong, attenuated at both ends. Stipulas 

 long-acuminated, deciduous. Spikes axillary, solitary or twin, 



