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osme, a smell ; the young fruit of E. Caripensis is sweet- 

 scented). Humb. et Bonpl. pi. equin. 2. p. 165. t. 134. Juss. 

 mem. inus. 6. p. 398. D. C. prod. 4. p. 438. Euosmia, H. B. 

 et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 418. Evosma, Steud. Euos- 

 ma, Wilkl. but not of Andr. Evosmia species, Spreng. 



LIN. SYST. Tetrandria, Monogynia. Calyx with an ovate 

 tube, ;md a very short 4-toothed limb (f. 98. a.). Corolla sub- 

 rotate, 4-cleft beyond the middle(f. 98. e.b.). Stamens 4, inserted in 

 the throat (f. 98. b.}, a little exserted or inclosed ; anthers ovate. 

 Style filiform ; stigma thick or 4-lobed. Fruit ovate (f. 98./.), 

 crowned by the calyx (f. 98. g.), 4-celled (f. 98. h.) ; cells many 

 seeded. Glabrous shrubs or small trees, with terete branches, 

 natives of South America. Leaves petiolate, oval, acute at both 

 ends, membranous. Stipulas ovate, acute, short, deciduous. Ra- 

 cemes short, by twos or threes from the axils of the lower leaves ; 

 pedicels elongated, capillary. Flowers red. The young fruit in 

 . Caripensis is sweet-scented ; hence the generic name. 



FIG. 98. 





1 E. CAuipE'Nsis(Humb. et 

 Bonpl. 1. c.) leaves oval, acumi- 

 nated at both ends ; racemes 

 loose, a little longer than the 

 petioles ; pedicels slender, elon- 

 gated, fj . S. Native of South 

 America, in the province of 

 Cumana, near Caripe. Flowers 

 red (f. 98.). 



Caripe Evosmia. Tree 20 ft. 



2 E. AGGREGA'TA (Spreng. 

 syst. 1. p. 417.) leaves lanceo- 

 late, acuminated ; flowers in 

 fascicles ; pedicels shorter than 

 the calyx. Tj . S. Native of 

 Peru, in groves on the Andes at 

 Cuchero, Chinchao, and Muna. 



O-Higginsia aggreg&ta, Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 1. p. 55. t. 83. 

 f. b. Higginsia aggregate, Pers. ench. 1. p. 133. According 

 to Jussieu, this plant is referrible to Sabicea, but according to 

 Kunth to Gonzalea. But it certainly differs from all the other 

 species of O-Higginsia of the fl. per. in the fruit being 4-celled 

 and many-seeded. Flowers red. 



dggregate-fiowered Evosmia. Shrub. 



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



XC. SABPCEA (altered from Sabisabi, the name of S. 

 dspera in Guiana). Aubl. guian. 1. p. 192. Lam. ill. t. 165. 

 Juss. mem. mus. 6. p. 400. D. C. prod. 4. p. 439. Schwenk- 

 felda, Schreb. gen. no. 306. Schwenkfeldia, Willd. spec. 1. 

 p. 982. 



LIN. SYST. Telra-Pentandria, Monogynia. Calyx with an ob- 

 long or turbinate tube, and a 4-5-parted permanent limb. Co- 

 rolla salver -shaped, with a long slender tube, a hairy throat, and 

 a 4-5-parted limb : with the lobes acute. Stamens 4-5, inclosed 

 or hardly exserted. Style filiform, clavate at the apex, 4-5- 

 lobed. Berry almost globose, crowned by the calyx, 4-5-celled ; 

 cells many seeded. Seeds minute, angular. Climbing shrubs 

 or subshrubs. Leaves oval, acute, on short petioles. Stipulas 

 solitary on both sides. Flowers white, axillary, in sessile fas- 

 cicles, or corymbose and pedunculate. Corollas pilose. 



1. Parts of flowers quinary. 



1 S. CINE'REA (Aubl. guian. 1. p. 192. t. 75.) leaves ovate, 

 acutish, villous above in the young state, but at length becoming 

 glabrous, and clothed with dense white tomentum beneath ; sti- 



Eulas broad-ovate, acutish ; flowers bracteate, disposed in axil- 

 try fascicles. Tj . w . S. Native of Guiana and Cayenne, in 

 hedges and among bushes. Schwenkfeldia cinerea, Swartz, fl. 



ind. occ. 1. p. 452. Willd. spec. 1. p. 492. Flowers white. 

 Berries villous, red, ex Aubl. Branches hispid. Branchlets 

 villous. 



Grey Sabicea. Shrub cl. 



2 S. HI'RTA (Swartz, prod. 1. p. 46.) leaves ovate-lanceolate, 

 acuminated, hairy on both surfaces ; Stipulas cordate-ovate, 

 large, membranous ; umbels 3-flowered, on short peduncles ; in- 

 volucrum of 4 leaves. I? . w . S. Native of Jamaica, and pro- 

 bably of Trinidad, if the specimen in Sieb. fl. trin. no. 327. be 

 the same ; of Porto-Rico, according to specimens from Bertero ; 

 and of Mexico, ex icon. fl. mex. ined. Flowers white. Berries 

 snow white when ripe, ex Swartz ; but in the figure in fl. mex. 

 they are painted reddish, and is therefore probably a distinct 

 species. Branches striated, hairy. 



Hairy Sabicea. Shrub cl. 



3 S. HIRSU'TA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 417.) 

 leaves elliptic-oblong, acuminated, pilose above, and hairy be- 

 neath ; stipulas roundish-ovate, acute, reflexed ; flowers dis- 

 posed in verticillate fascicles, sessile. Ij . w . S. Native of 

 South America, on the banks of the Orinoco ; of Mexico, ex 

 Haenke, and probably of Peru. S. villosa, Roam, et Schultes, 

 syst. 5. p. 265. Schwenkfeldia villosa, Willd. rel. mss. 

 Schwenfeldia hirsuta, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 765. Flowers white. 



Hirsute Sabicea. Shrub cl. 



4 S. ERIA'NTHA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 439.) leaves elliptic-ob- 

 long, acuminated, pilose above, and clothed with hoary tomen- 

 tum beneath ; branches very hairy ; stipulas ovate, acute, gla- 

 brous inside ; flowers numerous, axillary, sessile ; lobes of calyx 

 linear ; tube of corolla very pilose on the outside. J? . w . S. 

 Native of Brazil, at Bahia, in hedges, where it was collected by 

 Salzmann, G. Don, &c. 



Woolly-florvered Sabicea. Shrub cl. 



5 S. ? TRIFLORA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 439.) stems twiggy, vel- 

 vety ; leaves on short petioles, oblong-lanceolate, acuminated, 

 pale and villous beneath ; stipulas lanceolate-subulate, undivided ; 

 flowers axillary, 1-3-together, rising from a short peduncle ; 

 bracteoles ciliated ; ovarium long, glabrous, crowned by the 

 elongated linear-subulate calycine teeth. Tj . w . S. Native of 

 Madagascar. Triosteum triflorum, Vahl, symb. 3. p. 37. 



Three-flowered Sabicea. Shrub cl. ? 



6 S. ? DIVERSIFOLIA (Pers. ench. 1. p. 203.) under side of 

 leaves and branchlets hoary : the opposite leaves very unequal 

 among themselves, the larger one broad, elliptic or ovate, ob- 

 tuse, glabrous above, and hoary beneath ; the smaller one brac- 

 tea-formed ; flowers almost sessile, glomerate in the axils of the 

 smaller leaves. Tj . S. Native of Madagascar and the Mauri- 

 tius. Stamens half exserted. Berry pea-formed, 5-celled, 

 crowned by 5 bristles, ex A. Rich. Schwenkfeldia diversifolia, 

 Spreng. syst. 1. p. 765. The rest unknown. Perhaps this 

 plant is properly referred to the present genus. 



Diverse-leaved Sabicea. Shrub cl. 



2. Parts of flowers usually or always quaternary. 



7 S. A'SPERA (Aubl. guian. 1. p. 194. t. 76.) leaves elliptic, 

 acuminated, rough above, and villous beneath ; stipulas oval-ob- 

 long, acute ; flowers sessile, disposed in subverticillate fascicles. 

 Tj . w . S. Native of Guiana, on the banks of the river Sine- 

 mari. Lam. ill. t. 165. Schwenkfeldia aspera, Willd. spec. 1. p. 

 982. Flowers white. Berries red. Parts of flowers and fruit 

 varying from quaternary to quinary, ex Aubl. 



Rough Sabicea. Shrub cl. 



8 S. UMBELLA'TA (Pers. ench. 1. p. 203.) leaves oval, acu- 

 minated, acute at the base, scabrous on both surfaces from ad- 

 pressed down, pale beneath ; stipulas ovate, spreading ; corymbs 

 many-flowered, pedunculate. J? . w . S. Native of Peru, in 

 groves on the Andes at Cuchero, Macora, and Chinchao. 



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