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RUBIACE;E. LXIV. RONDELETIA. 



Petioles clothed with rufescent villi. Calyx villous. Corolla 

 yellowish, tomentose outside, with a narrow throat. Seeds 

 girded by a wing, according to A. Rich : if this be the case it is 

 referrible to the genus Bouvdrdia. 



Hirsute Rondeletia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. Sh. 5 to 6 ft. 



10 R. TRIFOLIA'TA (Jacq. amer. p. 60. t. 43. pict. t. 62.) 

 leaves oblong-lanceolate, 3 in a whorl, on short petioles, glabrous 

 above but tomentose beneath ; petioles and branches hairy ; 

 panicles axillary, shorter than the leaves. Jj . S. Native of 

 Jamaica, at the foot of the mountains. Flowers reddish, small. 

 Leaves 3 inches long. Teeth of calyx acuminated. Corolla 

 with a very long tube. Capsule many-seeded. 



Trifoliate Rondeletia. Tree 12 to 14 feet. 



11 R. UEVIGA'TA (Ait. hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 1. p. 366.) 

 leaves oblong or elliptic, acuminated at both ends, glabrous, 

 paler beneath, petiolate ; stipulas deltoid, glabrous on the out- 

 side, but bearded inside; peduncles axillary, trichotomous, 

 rather panicled, 3 times longer than the petioles, but one half 

 shorter than the leaves. ^ S. Native of Cuba, about the 

 Havana ; and of Trinidad. An6nyma, Sieb. fl. trin. no. 374. 

 Tube of calyx downy ; limb of 3-5 linear lobes, which are 3- 

 times shorter than the tube of the corolla. Capsule downy, 

 smaller than a pea. 



Smooth Rondeletia. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1793. Sh. 5 to 6 ft. 



12 R. AMERICA'NA (Lin. spec. 243.) leaves lanceolate or 

 elliptic, acuminated at both ends, glabrous, hardly petiolate, 

 paler beneath ; stipulas deltoid, downy outside ; peduncles op- 

 posite, axillary, a little longer than the leaves, dichotomously 

 cymose at the apex. J? . S. Native of Cuba, near the Ha- 

 vana ; Jamaica, and many other West India islands, ex Plum, 

 ed. Burm. t. 242. f. 1. Flowers white, bibracteolate, with a 

 little scent. Tube of calyx clothed with adpressed villi ; lobes 

 of limb oblong-linear, 4 times shorter than the tube of the 

 corolla. Capsule many-seeded. 



American Rondeletia. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1752. Sh. 8 to 10 ft. 



13 R. CUMANE'NSIS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 

 394.) leaves oblong, acuminate, almost sessile, glabrous, paler 

 beneath ; stipulas rather deltoid, with ciliated silky margins ; 

 panicles terminal, sessile. T? . S. Native of New Andalusia, 

 near Cumanacoa. Panicle sessile, and the peduncles opposite, 

 dichotomous, and 3-5-flowered, ex Kunth. Lobes of calyx 

 ovate-oblong. Flowers white. 



Cumana Rondeletia. Shrub 8 to 1 feet. 



14 R. MICRODON (D. C. prod. 4. p. 408.) glabrous; leaves 

 oval or oblong, acute at both ends, on very short petioles ; sti- 

 pulas bipartite, obtuse, permanent ; corymbs pedunculate, rising 

 from the forks of the branches ; calyx truncate, with 5 very 

 short teeth. fj S. Native of Cuba, about the Havana, where 

 it was collected by De la Ossa. Flowers white in the dried 

 state, form of those of the other pentamerous species of Ronde- 

 letia, but the calyx is hardly 5-toothed. 



Small-toothed-ca\yxed Rondeletia. Shrub. 



15 R. ODORA'TA (Jacq. amer. p. 59. t. 42. pict. t. 61.) leaves 

 hardly petiolate, ovate, or subcordate, acutish, scabrous above, 

 paler beneath and rather scabrous on the nerves ; corymbs ter- 

 minal. V} . S. Native of Cuba, on rocks by the sea-side, at 

 the Havana; and of Mexico. Lin. spec. 1671. H. B. et 

 Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 394. R. coccinea, Moc. et Sesse, 

 fl. mex. icon. ined. R. obovata, Lin. syst. veg. Branchlets 

 villous. Stipulas wide, acute. Peduncles trichotomous. Flowers 

 handsome scarlet, with the projecting rim of the tube orange- 

 coloured, having the scent of violets, downy on the outside, 

 either pentamerous or hexamerous. Lobes of calyx linear, 

 erect, one half shorter than the tube of the corolla. Capsule 

 containing many angular seeds. 



Sweet-scented Rondeletia. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 







* * * African species, with pentamerous flowers. 



16 R. FEBRI'FUGA (Afz.) leaves oval coriaceous, deep green, 

 glabrous, petiolate ; corymbs terminal. f; . S. Native of 

 Sierra Leone, in the low lands about Freetown. A branched 

 spreading shrub, with the habit of Lauristlnus. Flowers pale 

 red. Stamens 5, a little longer than the tube of the corolla. 

 Calyx 5 -cleft. 



Febrifugal Rondeletia. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 



17 R. FLORIBU'NDA ; leaves ovate, acuminated, membranous, 

 petiolate ; corymbs lateral and terminal, numerous ; stamens 5, 

 exserted. Jj . S. Native of Sierra Leone, in woods on the 

 mountains. Corolla tubular, 5-cleft, white. Calyx 5-cleft. 



Bundle-flowered Rondeletia. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



18 R. LONICEROIDES ; shrub twining ; leaves roundish, ovate, 

 coriaceous, glabrous, petiolate ; corymbs panicled ; corolla with 

 a long tube and a 5-cleft border ; stamens 5, longer than the 

 tube. Jj . S. Native of Sierra Leone, among bushes in the 

 low lands. A branched twining shrub. 



Honeysuckle-like Rondeletia. Shrub tw. 



2. Telramera (from rtrpae, tetras, by fours, and pepis, meris, 

 a part ; in reference to the flowers being tetramerous). D. C. 

 prod. 4. p. 409. Calyx 4-lobed. Corolla ^-lobed. Stamens 4. 

 Bouvdrdia species of Juss. Hedybtis species of Spreng. 



* Unarmed. Panicles terminal. 



19 R. VIRGA'TA (Swartz, prod. p. 41. fl. ind. occ. 1. p. 354.) 

 leaves roundish-cordate, on very short petioles, quite glabrous, 

 paler beneath ; stipulas minute, acute ; branches filiform, spread- 

 ing ; peduncles elongated, trifid ; flowers crowded by threes, fj . S. 

 Native of the north of Hispaniola, among bushes by the sea-side. 

 Hedyotis cordifolia, Spreng. pug. 2. p. 26. Flowers of a dusky 

 purple colour, clothed with silky down outside. Lobes of calyx 

 linear. Capsule pubescent, subdidymous, many-seeded. 



Twiggy Rondeletia. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



20 R. DISCOLOR (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 396. 

 t. 291.) leaves ovate-oblong, acuminated, petiolate, with revo- 

 lute edges, glabrous above and on the branches, but clothed 

 with white tomentum beneath ; stipulas linear-subulate ; pani- 

 cles terminal, sessile. Tj . S. Native of New Granada, between 

 Maraquita and Honda. Hedyotis discolor, Spreng. syst. 1. 

 p. 411. Flowers pedicellate, sweet-scented, red on the outside. 

 Lobes of calyx ovate-lanceolate. Capsule dehiscing at the dis- 

 sepiment ; valves bifid at the apex. 



Discoloured-\eave<\ Rondeletia. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



21 R. PDBE'SCENS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 

 396. t. 291.) leaves oblong, acute, petiolate, clothed with fine 

 down above, and with canescent pubescence beneath, as well as 

 on the branchlets ; stipulas lanceolate-subulate ; panicles ter- 

 minal, sessile, tripartite. J; . S. Native of New Granada, 

 between Maraquita and Honda. Lobes of calyx lanceolate, 5- 

 times shorter than the tube of the corolla. Corolla tomentose, 

 outside. Fruit unknown. 



Downy Rodeletia. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



22 R. ELONOA'TA (Bartl. in herb. Hsenke, ex D. C. prod. 4. 

 p. 409.) leaves elliptic-oblong, acuminated at both ends, pubes- 

 cent above, but clothed with white tomentum beneath, but thev 

 at length become glabrous from the down being deciduous ; 

 stipulas lanceolate, equal in length to the petioles ; panicles 

 terminal, on long peduncles ; flowers crowded ; lobes of calyx 

 linear, 3 times shorter than the tube of the corolla. I? . S. 

 Native of Mexico, about Acapulco. An intermediate species, 

 between R. pubescens and R. leucophyllum. 



Elongated Rondeletia. Shrub. 



23 R. LEUCOPHY'LLUM (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. 



