RUBIACE^E. LIV. CATESB.EA. LV. CONDAMINEA. 



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bractless. This genus comes very near to Scolosdnthus, but 

 differs in the cells of the fruit being many seeded. 



1. Recwviflora (from recurvus, recurved, an&Jlos, a flower; 

 in allusion to the flowers being pendulous from the pedicels 

 being recurved). D. C. prod. 4. p. 400. Pedicels \-flowered, 

 recurved. Flowers pendulous. Corollas glabrous. Stamens ex- 

 serted. 



1 C. LATIFOLIA (Lindl. bot. reg. 858.) leaves obovate, shin- 

 ing, convex, rather shorter than the spines ; teeth of calyx subu- 

 late ; tube of corolla very long, obconical at the apex. Jj . S. 

 Native of the West Indies, particularly in Cuba near the Ha- 

 vannah. Corolla pale yellow, 4 inches long. Fruit ovate, crowned 

 by the 4 subulate calycine teeth. 



Broad-leaved Lily-thorn. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1823. Shrub 

 4 to 5 feet. 



2 C. SPINOSA (Lin. spec. p. 159.) leaves ovate, acutish at both 

 ends, rather longer than the spines ; teeth of calyx short, acute ; 

 berry oval ; tube of corolla very long, cylindrical, widening at 

 the apex. Jj . S. Native of the Bahama Islands, but particu- 

 larly of Providence, near Nasma. Lam. ill. 67. f. 1. Curt. bot. 

 mag. t. 131. Tratt. tab. t. 259. C. longiflora, Swartz, prod. p. 

 30. Catesb. car. 2. t. 100. Corolla pale yellow, 3-6 inches 

 long. Leaves like those of box, roundish, rising in fascicles. 

 Berry about the size of a middling plum, yellowish, with rather 

 tart pulp. 



Spinose Lily- thorn. Fl. May, Sept. Clt. 1726. Shrub 10 

 to 14 feet. 



3 C. ? VAVASSORII (Spreng. syst. 1. p. 416.) leaves elliptic- 

 oblong, obtuse, shining above, and are, as well as the spinescent 

 branches, glabrous; pedicels 1-flowered. fj . S. Native of St. 

 Domingo. Cinchona spinosa, Vavass. journ. phys. oct. 1790. 

 p. 243. t. 2. Lamb, cinch, p. 38. t. 13. C. elliptica, Spreng. in 

 litt. The fruit is said to be capsular and dehiscent at the apex, 

 and the seeds are said to be edged with a wing, but should this 

 be the case it is certainly not a species of Catesbce'a. 



Vavasseur's Lily-thorn. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



2. Erectrflbrce (from erectus, erect, and Jlos, a flower ; the 

 flowers are erect, not drooping as in the first section). D. C. 

 prod. 4. p. 401. Pedicels axillary, \-flomered. Flowers erect, 

 glabrous. Stamens inclosed. Perhaps all are species of the 

 genus Rdndia. 



4 C. PAR.VIFLORA (Swartz, prod. 30. fl. ind. occ. 1. p. 236.) 

 leaves ovate, stiff, with revolute margins, mucronate, and are, as 

 well as the branches, glabrous ; teeth of calyx short, acute ; 

 flowers sessile among the leaves ; tube of corolla short, tetra- 

 gonal; berries roundish. Tj . S. Native of the north of Ja- 

 maica, among bushes by the sea side. Vahl, symb. 2. p. 31. 

 eclog. 1. p. 12. t. 10. f. 1. but not of Lam. Gaertn. fil. carp. t. 

 192. f. 3. C. parviflora, ex Jamaica, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 416. 

 exclusive of the diagnosis and synonymes. Sloan, hist. t. 207. 

 f. 1. Corolla white, with a tetragonal tube, about 4 lines long. 



Small-flowered Lily-thorn. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1810. Shrub 

 4 to 5 feet. 



5 C. CAMPANULA TA (La Sagra, in litt. ex D. C. prod. 4. p. 

 401.) leaves ovate-roundish, coriaceous, and are, as well as the 

 branchlets, quite glabrous ; spines opposite, longer than the 

 leaves ; flowers erect, short, sessile in the axils of the leaves. 

 ^ . S. Native of Cuba, near the Havannah, where it was col- 

 lected by Ramon de la Sagra. Perhaps sufficiently distinct from 

 C. parviflora. 



Camjjanulate-fioviereA Lily-thorn. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 



6 C. PARVIFOLIA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 401.) leaves ovate-round- 

 ish, mucronate, glabrous ; spines axillary, subulate, a little longer 

 than the leaves ; branchlets hairy ; flowers short, usually twin, 



axillary, on very short pedicels. ^ S. Native of St. Do- 

 mingo. Catesbse'a parviflora var. Domingensis, Spreng. syst. 1. 

 p. 416. Gardenia parvifolia, Dietr. suppl. gart. lex. 3. p. 441. 

 ex Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 247. Randia parvifolia, Lam. 

 diet. 3. p. 25. (exclusive of the syn. of Sloane,) ill. t. 156. f. 2. 

 but the flowers in the figure are drawn 5-cleft. Spines opposite, 

 straight, about 5 lines long. Leaves like those of box, in fas- 

 cicles. Berries globose, almost sessile. Flowers white, chang- 

 ing to yellowish. 



Small-leaved Lily-thorn. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1818. Shrub 

 4 to 5 feet. 



7 C. ERE'CTA (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. ex D. C. 

 prod. 4. p. 401.) leaves oval-oblong, acute; branchlets oppo- 

 site, spreading, unarmed ; flowers almost terminal, nearly ses- 

 sile, solitary, erect ; tube of corolla very long. Tj . S. Native 

 of Mexico. Flowers white, almost like those of C. spinosa, but 

 erect. Spines none in the figure given. 



Erect Lily-thorn. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 



Cult. All the species of Catesbc&a are very ornamental 

 while in bloom. They grow best in a mixture of light turfy 

 loam and peat ; and cuttings will root if planted in sand plunged 

 in heat, with a bell-glass placed over them. The plants being 

 apt to be infested with insects, they should be kept clean or they 

 will not thrive. 



Tribe III. 



HEDYOTI'DEjE (this tribe contains plants agreeing with 

 the genus Hedydtis in particular characters). Cham, et Schlecht. 

 in Linnsea. 4. p. 150. D. C. prod. 4. p. 401. Fruit capsular, 

 2-celled, dehiscing in the middle of the cells : or rather mem- 

 branous and indehiscent ; cells many seeded. Seeds not winged. 

 Albumen fleshy. Shrubs and herbs, with opposite leaves, and 

 interpetiolar stipulas. 



SUBTRIBE I. RONDELETIE'/E (plants agreeing with the genus 

 Rondelctia in important characters). D. C. prod. 4. p. 401. 

 Stipulas twin on both sides, combined or distinct, neither sheath- 

 ed nor ending in bristles. 



LV. CONDAMI'NEA (in honour of La Condamine, a 

 famous astronomer, and traveller in South America, and who 

 was the first who described and figured Cinchona lanccolata). 

 D. C. prod. 4. p. 402. Macrocn&mum, Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 

 2. p. 48. but not of Browne. Macrocnemum, sect. 2. Kunth, 

 and A. Rich. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx with a cup-shaped 

 tube, and a 5-crenated or 5-toothed limb (f. 95. a.), which at 

 length becomes circumcised at the base, and falls off. Corolla 

 funnel-shaped, with a somewhat curved tube (f. 95. 6.), which is 

 a little longer than the calyx, a dilated throat, and a 5-parted 

 limb (f. 95. e.) ; the segments ovate, acute, spreading, and 

 thickened at the apex (f. 95. c.). Stamens 5, inserted above the 

 middle of the corolline tube (f. 95. 6.), or near its throat ; fila- 

 ments shorter than the corolla ; anthers oblong-linear, bifid at 

 the base, length of corolla. Stigma 2-lobed (f. 95. /.). Capsule 

 turbinate (f. 95. g.\ rather compressed, truncate, umbilicate, 2- 

 celled, dehiscing in the middle of the cells (f. 95. A:.). Seeds small, 

 numerous, cuneiform, not winged. South American shrubs. 

 Leaves large, opposite, on short petioles. Stipulas intrafolia- 

 ceous, bipartite, acuminated, adpressed, usually connate. Co- 

 rymbs or racemes terminal, many flowered. This genus differs 

 from Macrocnemum in the form of the calyx, in the stamens being 

 inserted above the middle of the corolline tube, not at its base, 

 as in that genus, and in the seeds being wingless ; and from 

 Siclcingia in the stigma being double, not simple, and in the 

 seeds not being winged, &c. 



1 C. CORYMBOSA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 402.) leaves ovate-oblong, 



