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RUBIACE^l. LI. PETUNOA. LII. HIGGINSIA. LIII. HOFFMANNIA. LIV. CATESB^A. 



simple, many flowered, 3 times shorter than the leaves. Bracteas 

 short, 1-flowered. Flowers disposed in 2 or 4 rows, sessile 

 along the rachis of the spike, small, greenish white. This genus 

 differs from fidndia in the flowers being tetramerous, and very 

 much bearded in the throat, and in the spicate inflorescence and 

 whole habit ; and from Higginsia in the throat of the corolla 

 being bearded, in the genitals being a little exserted, and in the 

 globose depressed fruit, &c. 



1 P. ROXBU'RGHII (D. C. prod. 4. p. 399.) leaves elliptic-ob- 

 long, glabrous, acuminated at both ends ; spikes axillary ; brae- 

 teas and calyxes glabrous. I? . S. Native of the East Indies, 

 about Luksmeeapoora, where it is called Peetunga by the natives. 

 Randia racemosa, Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 144. Branches almost 

 horizontal. Leaves drooping, 3-4 inches long, and about 1 

 broad. Stipulas large, caducous. Spikes about one-half or one- 

 third shorter than the leaves. Flowers small, pale, greenish 

 white. Berries round, smooth, shining, straw coloured, size of 

 a pea. 



Roxburgh's Petunga. Clt. 1820. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



2 P. LONGIFOLIA (D. C. 1. c.) leaves elliptic-oblong, acumi- 

 nated at both ends ; branches terete ; bracteas and calyxes 

 downy. (j . S. Native of Java. Higginsia longifolia, Blum, 

 bijdr. p. 988. Leaves 6-7 inches long, and 2 broad. Spikes 

 about 2 inches long. Flowers small, greenish white. 



Long-leaved Petunga. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



3 P. MICROCA'RPA (D. C. 1. c.) leaves oblong-lanceolate, acu- 

 minated, finely veined ; spikes short, quadrifariously imbricated ; 

 tube of corolla very short. fj . S. Native of Java, where it is 

 called Ki-Apiet by the natives. Higginsia microcarpa, Blum, 

 bijdr. p. 988. Leaves 3 inches long, and 9 lines broad. Spikes 

 5-6 lines long. Flowers small, greenish white. 



Small-fruited Petunga. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



4 P. GLOMERULA'TA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 399.) leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate, veiny ; spikes densely glomerulated. Tj . S. Native 

 of Java, on mount Salak, and in woods on the island of Nusae- 

 Kambanga. 



G lomerulated-sp\\ied Petunga. Shrub. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Catesbcea, p. 511. 



LII. HIGGI'NSIA (named after General O-Higgins, some- 

 time Governor of Chili). Pers. ench. 1. p. 133. D. C. prod. 4. 

 p. 399. O-Higginsia, Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 1. p. 55. Rcem. et 

 Schultes, syst. 3. p. 10. (exclusive of all the species with 4- 

 celled fruit). Evosmia species, Spreng. Nacibea species, Juss. 



LIN. SYST. Tetrdndria, Monogynia. Calyx with a short ob- 

 ovate tube, and a permanent limb, which is 4-toothed to the 

 base. Corolla funnel-shaped, and somewhat campanulate, with 

 a short tube, a 4-parted spreading limb, and a naked throat. 

 Stamens inserted into the middle of the tube ; filaments short ; 

 anthers ovate, inclosed. Stigmas 2, exserted. Berry oblong, 

 somewhat tetragonal, bisulcate, 2-celled, crowned by the calyx. 

 Placentas adnate to the dissepiment. Seeds many in each cell, 

 small, wingless. Shrubs about 3 or 4 feet high, with bluntly 

 tetragonal branches. Leaves opposite or in whorles, obovate or 

 oblong, acute. Stipulas solitary on both sides, small, acute, de- 

 ciduous. Peduncles axillary, racemose, bearing short unilateral 

 pedicels. Corollas reddish. 



1 H. VERTICILLA'TA (Pers. ench. 1. p. 133.) leaves 3 in a 

 whorl, lanceolate, downy beneath ; peduncles solitary, depen- 

 dent, bearing about 4 flowers. T? . S. Native of Peru, at 

 Muna, where it is called Cnrpales. O-Higginsia verticillata, 

 Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 1. p. 55. t. 85. f. a. Evosmia verticillata, 

 Spreng. Corolla scarlet. Berries purplish white. 



W Aor/erf-leaved Higginsia. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



2 H. ANGUSTIFOLIA (Bartl. in herb. Hajnke, ex D. C. prod. 

 4. p. 399.) leaves opposite, narrow-oblong-lanceolate, glabrous, 



tapering much at both ends ; fruit axillary, usually twin, oblong, 

 opposite, on short pedicels. >j . S. Native of Peru, on moun- 

 tains about the Guanocco. Flowers red. 



Narrow-leaved Higginsia. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



3 H. LATIFOLIA (Bartl. in herb. Haenke, ex D. C. prod. 4. p. 

 399.) leaves opposite, obovate, acuminated, attenuately cuneated 

 at the base, glabrous, having the nerves and veins clothed with 

 rusty tomentum beneath ; flowers axillary, in fascicles, pedicel- 

 late, nutant. Jj . S. Native of Peru, on mountains about the 

 Guanocco. Fruit membranous, somewhat tetragonal. 



Broad-leaved Higginsia. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



4 H. OBOVA'TA (Pers. ench. 1. p. 133.) leaves opposite, ob- 

 ovate, short-acuminated, glabrous ; peduncles aggregate, unequal, 

 spreading, many flowered. Tj . S. Native of Peru, in shady 

 places at Muna. O- Higginsia oboyata, Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 1. 

 p. 56. t. 85. f. b. Evosmia obovata, Spreng. Corolla flesh 

 coloured. Berries purple. 



Obovate-leaved Higginsia. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



Cult. See Catesbce 'a, p. 511. for culture and propagation. 



LIII. HOFFMA'NNIA (named by Swartz, in memory of 

 Maurice Hoffmann, professor of botany at Altorff, author of 

 Florilegium Altorfinum, 1 C60). Swartz, prod. p. 30. fl. ind. occ. 

 1. p. 241. t. 5. Schreb. gen. no. 1719. Juss. mem. mus. 6. p. 

 383. but not of Lcefl. nor Willd. 



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

 somewhat tetragonal tube, and a 4-toothed limb : teeth erect, 

 acute. Corolla salver-shaped, with a very short tube, and a 

 4-parted spreading limb ; segments lanceolate. Anthers 4, ses- 

 sile upon the tube, erectly connivent, linear, acute. Stigma ob- 

 tuse, hardly emarginate. Capsule baccate, indehiscent, crowned 

 by the calyx, 2-celled, slightly tetragonal. Placentas ovate, dis- 

 tinct in the cells of the fruit. Seeds numerous, minute, round- 

 ish. A herb, which is suffruticose, and branched at the base, 

 having the branches hairy. Leaves ovate, acuminate, rough 

 from dots above, and hairy beneath. Stipulas very short, acute. 

 Peduncles axillary, longer than the petioles, many flowered. 



1 H. PEDUNCULA'TA (Swartz, 1. c.; Jj . S. Native of the 

 higher mountains of Jamaica, in rather humid shady places. H. 

 Jamaicensis, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 416. Corolla with a red tube, 

 and the segments of the limb striped with blood-colour at the 

 base, but they are yellow at the apex. Berries scarlet. 



Pedunculate Hoffmannia. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



Cult. See Catesbce'a, p. 511. for culture and propagation. 



LIV. CATESB^A (named by Gronovius after Mark 

 Catesby, author of the natural history of Carolina). Gron. in 

 Lin. gen. no. 130. Juss. gen. 199. mem. mus. 6. p. 393. Lam. 

 ill. t. 67. Gsertn. fil. carp. 3. p. 67. t. 192. A. Rich. mem. soc. 

 hist. nat. Par. 5. p. 256. D. C. prod. 4. p. 400. 



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

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

 with a very long tube, gradually widening and dilated to the 

 throat, and a 4-parted limb. Stamens 4 ; filaments inserted at 

 the base of the tube of the corolla; anthers linear, exserted. 

 Stigma bidentate, from the lamellae being combined. Berry 

 globose or oblong, 2-celled, crowned by the limb of the calyx ; 

 having the dissepiment perforated according to Jussieu, but ac- 

 cording to Gaertner, it is entire. Placentas spongy, fixed to the 

 upper part of the dissepiment on both sides. Seeds numerous, 

 scale-formed, inverted, imbricated downwards, collected in 2 

 bundles in each cell. Albumen fleshy. Embryo minute, in- 

 verted. Glabrous shrubs, bearing supra-axillary simple spines. 

 Leaves small, oval, usually in fascicles. Stipulas solitary on each 

 side, deciduous. Pedicels axillary. Flowers whitish, elongated, 



