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oblong-lanceolate, acuminated, wrinkled, a little ciliated, downy 

 beneath ; flowers in dense axillary heaps ; fruit containing 4 

 pyrena. J; . S. Native of Java, on the top of Mount Cede. 

 Stigma exserted, 4-cIeft. 



Wrinkled Metabolos. Shrub procumbent. 



4 M. PROSTRA'TUS (Blum. 1. c.) stem suffruticose, prostrate ; 

 leaves oblong-lanceolate, glabrous ; heads of flowers axillary, 

 sessile or pedunculate, fj . S. Native of Java, in woods on the 

 mountains. 



Prostrate Metabolos. Shrub prostrate. 



5 M. RI'GIDUS (Blum. 1. c.) stem suffruticose, erect ; leaves 

 elliptic-oblong, acuminated at both ends, stiff", glabrous ; heaps 

 of flowers axillary, bibracteate ; calyx campanulate, quadrifid. 



I? . S. Native of Java, on Mount Seribu, and on Mount Bon- 

 kok, in the province of Bantam. Leaves 6 inches long. 

 Stiff Metabolos. Shrub. 



6 M. IINEA'TUS (Bartl. in herb. Haenke, ex D. C. prod. 4. p. 

 435. under the name of Sclerococcus') stem herbaceous, erectish, 

 and are, as well as the branches, beset with hairs ; leaves on 

 short petioles, ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, downy, lined with 

 veins ; heads of flowers somewhat corymbose, axillary, on short 

 peduncles. Ij . S. Native of Mexico, according to Hasnke, 

 herb. ; but probably of the Philippine Islands. Very like the 

 following species, and probably only a variety of it. Stipulas 

 membranous, and connate at the base, ending in long subulate 

 bristles, as in M. cceruleai Flowers small. Stamens a little 

 exserted. 



Zzned-leaved Metabolos. PI. erect. 



7 M. CCERU'LEA (Blum, bijdr. p. 991.) stem suffruticose, pro- 

 cumbent, and is, as well as the branches, beset with soft hairs ; 

 leaves lanceolate, on short petioles, acuminated, downy, lined 

 with veins ; heads of flowers subcorymbose, axillary. Tj . S. 

 Native of Java, about Buitenzorg, in humid shady places. 



Blue- flowered Metabolos. Shrub procumbent. 



8 M. RADI'CANS (Bartl. in herb. Haenke, under the name of 

 Sclerococcus,) stem herbaceous, radicant at the base, glabrous, 

 having 2 downy lines at the apex ; leaves lanceolate, petiolate, 

 glabrous, pale beneath ; teeth of stipulas setaceous ; pedicels 

 axillary, very short, disposed in a kind of half whorles, very 

 short. Native of the island of Luzon, one of the Philippines. 



Rooting Metabolos. PI. creeping. 



9 M. ANGCSTIFO'LIUS (Bartl. in Haenk. herb, under the generic 

 name of Sclerococcus,} stems shrubby ; leaves linear-lanceolate, 

 almost sessile, lined with veins, downy on the nerves beneath, as 

 well as the branchlets ; stipulas ovate-lanceolate, cuspidate, 

 downy, a little toothed at the apex ; flowers on short pedicels, 

 disposed in axillary and terminal heaps, fj . S. Native of the 

 island of Manilla, near Sorzogon. 



Narrow-leaved Metabolos. Shrub. 



10 M. FERRUGINEUS (Bartl. in herb. Haenke, under the 

 generic name Scler<;coccus, ex D. C. prod. 4. p. 436.) plant 

 shrubby ; leaves linear-oblong, attenuated at the base, glabrous 

 above in the adult state, and clothed with rusty wool beneath, 

 particularly on the nerves, as well as the branchlets ; stipulas 

 ovate, acute, quite entire ; flowers axillary, glomerate, almost 

 sessile. Tj . S. Native of Luzon, one of the Philippines, at 

 Sorzogon. Some of the fruit examined have 3 cells only. 



Rusty Metabolos. Shrub. 



1 1 M. LJEVIGA'TUS (Bartl. in herb. Haenke, under the generic 

 name of Sclerococcus, ex D. C. 1. c.) plant shrubby, smoothish ; 

 leaves ovate-lanceolate, petiolate, glabrous above, rather sca- 

 brous on the nerves beneath, as well as on the petioles and 

 branchlets ; stipulas lanceolate, pectinately ciliated ; flowers ax- 

 illary, glomerate, almost sessile, Tj . S. Native of the island 

 of Luzon, one of the Philippines. 



Smooth Metabolos. Shrub. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Hamelia, p. 542. 



VOL. III. 



LXXXVI. GONZALEA (this genus is dedicated by Ruiz 

 and Pavon to F. Gonzaler Laguna, a Spanish botanist). Pers. 

 ench. no. 265. Juss. mem. mus. 6. p. 400. Rcem. et Schultes, 

 syst. no. 466. D. C. prod. 4. p. 436. 



LIN. SVST. Tetrandria, Monogynia. Calyx with a subglobose 

 tube, and a 4-lobed limb. Corolla funnel-shaped or salver- 

 shaped, villous outside : with a long cylindrical tube, ovate lobes 

 or segments, and a downy or hairy throat. Stamens 4, inclosed. 

 Style filiform ; stigma usually 4, somewhat pressed together 

 into a head. Berry containing 4 pyrenae, rarely 3-2-celled ; cells 

 or pyrenas many seeded. Seeds minute, angular, dotted. 

 South American shrubs, with terete villous branches. Leaves 

 oval-lanceolate, acuminated. Spikes terminal, or from the axils 

 of the upper leaves, very long. Flowers disposed in fascicles on 

 one side of the spikes, and sessile along its axis. This genus is 

 possibly divisible into two or three. 



SECT. I. GONZALAGI/NIA (see genus for derivation). Ruiz et 

 Pav. fl. per. prod. p. 12. t. 3. Berries fleshy, containing 4 

 bony pyrenae. Stipulas twin on both sides. 



1 G. PE'NDULA (Pers. ench. 1. p. 132.) leaves ovate, acute, 

 bullately crenated; flowering branches pendulous; teeth of calyx 

 bluntish ; stipulas twin on both sides, subulate, fj . S. Native 

 of Peru, in groves in the province of Chinchao. Gonzalagunia 

 dependens, Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 1 . p. 56. t. 86. quinol. suppl. p. 

 84. t. 1. f. a. Corolla of a purplish rose-colour, woolly, with a 

 bearded throat and acutish lobes. Berries black, woolly. 



Pendulous-branched Gonzalea. Shrub 10 to 12 feet. 



2 G. PARVIFLORA ; young parts of plant and inflorescence ca- 

 nescent from down, but the older parts are smoothish j leaves 

 elliptic-lanceolate, acuminated at both ends ; stipulas triangular, 

 acute, keeled ; cymes 3-7-flowered, on short peduncles, the 

 whole disposed in a terminal, elongated raceme. fy . S. Native 

 of Mexico, at Cuesta Grande de Jalacingo. Gonzalagunia? par- 

 viflora, Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnaea. 6. p. 415. Leaves half 

 a foot long, feather-nerved, and reticulately veined. Tube of 

 calyx tomentose outside. Corolla smoothish outside, and seg- 

 ments downy, and tube hairy inside. Stigma 2-lobed. 



Small- flowered Gonzalea. Shrub. 



SECT. II. LYGISTOIDES (from lygistum and idea, similar ; the 

 plants contained in this section resemble species of Lygistum). 

 D. C. prod. 4. p. 436. Buena, Cav. icon. 6. p. 50. t. 571. 

 anal. hist. nat. hisp, 2. p. 279. but not of Pohl. Lygistum spec. 

 Lam. Kunth. Coccocypselum species, Kunth. Berry almost 

 dry, containing 4, rarely 3 or 2 chartaceous pyrenae. Stipulas 

 solitary on each side. 



3 G. TOMENi6sA (Humb. et Bonpl. pi. equin. 1. p. 225. t. 64.) 

 leaves oblong, petiolate, acuminated, glabrous and bullate 

 above, and clothed with white tomentum beneath, and on the 

 branchlets ; stipulas short, ovate, acute, fj . S. Native of Peru, 

 in hot places between Loxa and Gonzanama. H, B. et Kunth, 

 nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 416. Corolla white, tomentose on the 

 outside, with a hairy throat, and obtuse lobes. 



Tomentose Gonzalea. Shrub 8 to 9 feet. 



4 G. NIVEA (Bartl. in herb. Haenke, ex D. C. prod. 4. p. 436.) 

 leaves oval-oblong, cuneated at the base, and acuminated at the 

 apex, smoothish and flat above, and clothed with white tomen- 

 tum beneath, as well as the branchlets and racemes ; stipulas 

 subulate. Jj . S. Native of Mexico. Very nearly allied to 

 G. tomentosa. 



Snowy Gonzalea. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



5 G. PULVERULE'NTA (Humb. et Bonpl. pi. equin. 1. p. 228.) 

 leaves lanceolate, obtuse at the base, clothed with powdery pu- 

 bescence beneath, as well as the branches ; stipulas subulate. 



F? . S. Native of Peru, in hot places near Gonzanama. Corolla 

 white. The rest unknown. 

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