RUBIACE-iE. LXV. WENDLANDIA. LXVI. XANTHOPHYTUM. LXVII. CARPHALEA. LXVIII. SIPANEA. 



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23 W.? CORYMBO'SA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 413.) leaves obovate- 

 lanceolate ; peduncles for the most part terminal, dichotomously 

 corymbose ; flowers unilateral, tetrandrous. Tj . S. Native, of 

 Pulo-Penang. Rondeletia corymbdsa, Jack, in mal. misc. 1. 

 no. 1. p. 4. Corolla white, tinged with red. Perhaps a separate 

 genus. 



Cor^m&ose-flowered Wendlandlia. Tree. 



24 W. WIGHTIA'NA (Wall. cat. no. 6277.) young branches 

 downy ; leaves obovate-oblong, rather acuminate at the apex, 

 tapering much to the base, glabrous; panicle trichotomous ; 

 flowers small, sessile, tetrandrous, disposed in a single row, on 

 the upper side of the branches of the panicle. f? . S. Native 

 of the East Indies. Tournefortia, herb. Wight. Leaves 1 to 

 1^ foot long. Stipulas broad, membranous. Very like W. 

 corymbosa. 



Wight's Wendlandia. Shrub or tree. 



25 W. ? LAWSO'NLS: (D. C. I.e.) sub-arboreous; branchlets 

 quadrangular ; leaves lanceolate, acuminated, glabrous ; corymbs 

 terminal, trichotomous ; fruit oblong. Tj . S. Native of Ma- 

 labar. Poutaletsje, Rheed. mal. 4. t. 57. Petesia species, ex 

 Juss. Ligustrum species, ex Comm. Lawsonia purpurea, Lam. 

 diet. 3. p. 107. Barsoti, anc. enclycl., where the fruit is said 

 to be baccate, but in the figure the fruit is drawn capsular and 

 many-seeded, it is therefore more likely to be a species of 

 Wendlandia than Petesia. 



Larvson's Wendlandia. Tree. 



"j" A species hardly known. 



26 W. ? SCA'NDENS ; shrubby, scandent, smooth ; leaves 

 opposite, petiolate, oblong, entire ; panicles axillary, small, 

 brachiate ; capsules globular ; seeds small, numerous. ^ . S. 

 Native of the Mauritius. Rondeletia scandens, Roxb. fl. ind. 2. 

 p. 137. 



Climbing Wendlandia. Shrub cl. 



Cull. See Rondelelia, p. 517. for culture and propagation. 



LXVI. XANTHOPHYTUM (from 4a,<6 , xanthos, yellow, 

 and ibvTor, phyton, a plant ; so called from the first species being 

 clothed with rufous villi). Blum, bijdr. p. 989. A. Rich, 

 mem. soc. hist. nat. par. 5. p. 275. D. C. prod. 4. p. 413. 



LIN. SYST. Tetra-Pentdndria, Mnnogynia. Calyx with an 

 ovate tube and a 4-5-cleft limb. Corolla funnel-shaped, with 

 a short tube, a villous throat, and a 4-5-cleft limb. Stamens 

 4-5, exserted ; filaments inserted in the throat, connivent. Style 

 sub-clavate, perforating the disk of the ovarium ; stigma thick, 

 2-lobed, in the throat. Drupe didymous, crowned by the 

 calyx, divisible into 2 many-seeded parts or cells. Placentas pro- 

 minent, fixed to the middle dissepiment on both sides. Seeds 

 minute, angular, wingless. This genus is nearly allied to WenA- 

 Idndia, but differs in the fruit not being dehiscent. 



1 X. FRUTICULO'SUM (Reinw. in Blum, bijdr. p. 989.) suffru- 

 ticose, clothed with rufous villi ; leaves oblong-lanceolate ; 

 stipulas bifid ; peduncles axillary, trichotomous, many-flowered, 

 fj . S. Native of the islands of Java and Nusse-Kambanga, on 

 the mountains, among bushes. Branches, peduncles, calyxes, 

 and lower surfaces of leaves clothed with adpressed rufous 

 silky villi. Stipulas large, deciduous. 



Shrubby Xanthophytum. Shrub. 



i X. SPICA'TUM (Blum, in litt. ex D. C. prod. 4. p. 413.) 

 suffruticose, glabrous, erect ; leaves oblong, acuminated at both 

 ends ; spikes axillary and terminal, nutant ; flowers in heaps. 

 >2 . S. Native of Java, especially on calcareous mountains. 

 Chiococca spicata, Blum, bijdr. p. 958. Berries small, inde- 

 hiscent, dry, didymous, striated. Seeds small, not winged. 

 Stipulas twin on both sides, subulate at the apex, combined into 

 a short sheath at the base. Spikes slender, elongated. 



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Spicate-Rowered Xanthophytum. Shrub. 



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



LXVII. CARPHA'LEA (from KapQaXios, carphaleos, dry ; 

 the shrub is stiff" and dry). Juss. gen. p. 198. mem. mus. 6. 

 ]). 383. Lam. ill. t. 59. A. Rich. mem. soc. hist. nat. par. 5. 

 p. 274. D. C. prod. 4. p. 413. 



LIN. SYST. Tetrandria, Monogynia. Calyx with a turbinate 

 tube, and a 4-parted limb ; lobes large, oval-oblong, rather spa- 

 tulate, scarious, permanent. Corolla with a long filiform tube, 

 a ventricose throat, which is hairy inside, and a 4-parted limb ; 

 lobes oblong, acute. Anthers almost sessile, inclosed, oblong. 

 Stigma 1 (ex Juss.), but slender and bifid according to La- 

 marck's figure. Capsule crowned by the calyx, 2-celled, de- 

 hiscing at the cells : valves semi-septiferous. Seeds many in 

 each cell. A dry stiff" shrub, with the habit of Senssa, and 

 leaves like those of hyssop. Leaves sessile, linear, acute. 

 Stipulas unknown. Flowers terminal (ex Lam.) ; capitate (ex 

 Juss.); corymbose. It is doubtful which place this genus 

 should occupy in the order, both the seeds and stipulas being 

 unknown. 



1 C. MADAGASCARIE'NSIS (Lam. ill. 1. p. 258. t. 59.). fj . S. 

 Native of Madagascar. Poir. suppl. 2. p. 119. C. corym- 

 bosa, Willd. spec. 1. p. 585. 



Madagascar Carphalea. Shrub. 



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



LXVIII. SIPA'NEA (Aublet does not give the meaning of 

 this name). Aubl. guian. (1775.) 1. p. 147. t. 56. H. B. et 

 Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 397. A. Rich. mem. soc. hist. 

 nat. par. 5. p. 275. D. C. prod. 4. p. 414. Virecta, Lin. fil. 

 suppl. (1781.) p. 17. Vahl. eclog. 2. p. 211. Gsertn. fil. 

 carp. 3. p. 31. t. 184. Juss. mem. mus. 6. p. 385. Sipanea 

 and Virecta, 1'ers. ench. 1. p. 205. Rcem. et Schuites, syst. 5. 

 p. 2. no. 853-856. 



LIN. SYST. Penlandria, Monogynia. Calyx with a turbi- 

 nate tube, and a 5-parted limb ; lobes lanceolate-subulate, per- 

 manent. Corolla with a terete tube, about 3 times longer than 

 the lobes of the calyx, a bearded throat, and a 5-parted 

 limb ; segments ovate. Anthers 5, sessile, inclosed. Stigma 

 bifid, acute. Capsule almost globose, crowned by the calyx, 

 2-celled, dehiscing at the cells into 2 valves. Placentas central, 

 rather fleshy. Seeds very numerous, wingless, very minutely 

 tuberculated. Annual green herbs. Leaves ovate. Stipulas 

 linear, acuminated, solitary on both sides. Flowers axillary 

 and terminal. This genus is nearly allied to Rondeletia. 



1 S. PRATE'NSIS (Aubl. guian. 1. p. 147. t. 56.) stems creep- 

 ing at the base ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, rather scabrous, ciliated 

 at the base ; flowers sessile, almost terminal, sub-corymbose. 

 Q. S. Native of Cayenne. Poir. diet. 7. p. 199. Cham, et 

 Schlecht. ex Linnsea. 4. p. 166. with a good description. Vi- 

 recta pratensis, Vahl. eclog. amer. 2. p. 11. Corolla rose- 

 coloured, with a bearded throat. Stem rather villous. The 

 plant is used in Guiana in astringent ptisans, and in the cure of 

 gonorrhoea; and a decoction of it is used to wash ulcers and 

 other sores. 



Field Sipanea. PI. creeping, 2 feet. 



2 S. DICHOTOMA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 397.) 

 stem tetragonal ; leaves lanceolate, clothed with silky villi on 

 both surfaces ; panicle terminal, dichotomous. Q. H. Native 

 of South America, in humid places near Atures, at the cataract 

 of the Orinoco. Corolla rose coloured, pilose on the outside, 

 with a bearded throat. Virecta dichotoma, Spreng. syst. 1. 

 p. 702. Ptychodea dichotoma. Willd. herb, ex Cham, et Schlect. 

 in Linnsea. 4. p. 16C. Stem villous, branched. 



Dichotomous Sipanea. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



