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RUBIACEjE. XCIV. HAMELIA. XCV. ALIBERTIA. XCVI. SCHRADERA. XCVII. BRIGNOLIA. 



bushes ; and of St. Domingo near rivers. Branches sub-her- 

 baceous. Flowers pale yellow. Berries small. 



Var. /3, appendiculata (D. C. prod. 4. p. 442.) leaves on 

 longer petioles, and more distinctly acuminated, fj . S. Native 

 of Porto Rico. H. appendiculata, Gaertn. fil. carp. 3. p. 64. 

 t. 91. f. 4. H. lucida, Desf. 



Axillary Hamelia. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1822. Sh. 2 to 3 ft. 



10 H. ROSTRA'TA (Bartl. in herb. Haenke, ex D. C. prod. 4. 

 p. 442.) leaves usually opposite, rarely 3 in a whorl, ovate, 

 acuminated, downy beneath, as well as the petioles and branch- 

 lets ; cymes terminal, 3-4-parted, downy ; corollas glabrous ; 

 berries ovate-globose, glabrous, beaked. Tj . S. Native of 

 Mexico, at Acapulco. Branches terete or trigonal. 



Beaked-berried Hamelia. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 



Cult. All the species of this genus are very ornamental while 

 in blossom. They are free flowerers and of easy culture. A 

 mixture of loam and peat is the best soil for them ; cuttings 

 strike root freely in the same kind of soil, under a hand-glass, 

 in a moist heat. 



XCV. ALIBE'RTIA (named after M. Alibert, a celebrated 

 French chemist, author of Traitedes Fievres attaxique ; in which 

 work he mentions the effects of Peruvian bark). A. Rich. mem. 

 soc. hist. nat. par. 5. p. 234. t. 21. f. 1. D. C. prod. 4. p. 

 443. Genipella, L. C. Rich. ined. Melanopsidium, Poit. ined. 

 herb. mus. par. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Flowers incompletely 

 unisexual by abortion. Limb of calyx tubular, 5-toothed. Co- 

 rolla tubular, longer than the calyx ; limb spreading, 5-parted : 

 segments oval, acute. Stamens 5, almost sessile, inserted in the 

 tube ; anthers linear, inclosed. Style simple, in the male flower 

 it is clavate, striated, and terminated by an acute simple stigma ; 

 in the female and hermaphrodite flowers the anthers are shorter 

 than in the males, and the stigmas are 5 and linear. Berry 

 somewhat corticate, globose, depressed, crowned by the tubular 

 limb of the calyx, 5-celled ; cells many-seeded. Seeds wrapped 

 in thin pulp. A small tree. Leaves opposite, coriaceous, ob- 

 long, acuminated. Stipulas rather connate, entire, acute. Flowers 

 solitary or in fascicles, terminating the branches, cream-coloured, 

 almost sessile. Habit of Genipa. 



1 A. EDXJ'LIS (A. Rich, 1. c.). T? S. Native of French 

 Guiana, where it is called Goiave noire. Genipa edulis, Rich, 

 act. soc. hist. nat. par. p. 107. Gardenia edulis, Poir. stippl. 2. 

 p. 708. Melanopsidium nigrum, Coll. hort. rip. t. 35. Leaves 

 shining above and bearded in the axils of the veins beneath. 

 Fruit edible. 



Edible-fruited Alibertia. Clt. 1823. Tree 12 feet. 



Cult. See Hamelia above for culture and propagation. 



XCVI. SCHRADE'RA (so named by Vahl, in honour of 

 Henry Adolph. Schrader, author of Spicelegium Flora Ger- 

 manicse, Hanover 1794.). Vahl. eclog. 1. p. 35. Juss. mem. 

 mus. 6. p. 403. D. C. prod. 4. p. 443 Fuchsia, Swartz, but 

 not of Lin. Urceolaria Willd. in Coth. disp. p. 10. Gmel. 

 syst. 1. p. 390. but not of Molino nor others. 



LIN. SYST. Penta-Octdndria, Monogynia. Calyx with an 

 obovate tube, and a short truncate or sub-denticulated limb. 

 Corolla funnel-shaped, with a terete tube, and a rather dilated 

 pilose throat ; lobes or segments 5-8, spreading, thickened in- 

 side, and sometimes furnished with a retrograde callous too'thlet. 

 Anthers 5-8, sessile, linear, inserted in the throat of the corolla, 

 hardly exserted. Style short; stigma bifid (ex Vahl and Rich), 

 quadrifid (ex Swartz). Berries pea-formed, 3-4-sided, crowned 

 by the limb of the calyx, 2-4-celled ; cells many-seeded. Seeds 

 very minute, nestling in the pulp. Glabrous radicant shrubs, 

 growing on trees. Leaves petiolate, oval or lanceolate, coria- 

 ceous. Stipulas oval-oblong, falling off at length, but those at 

 1 



the base of the peduncles are more permanent, and may be 

 called bracteas. Peduncles solitary or numerous, longer than 

 the petioles. Flowers 4-12 together, sessile, capitate, girded by 

 an orbicular, entire, or rather lobed involucrum, which is formed 

 from two combined bracteas. 



1 S. CAPITA'TA (Vahl, eel. 1. p. 35. t. 5. exclusive of the syn. 

 of Swartz) leaves elliptic, bluntish, but more acute at the base ; 

 peduncles solitary, terminal ; head of flowers girded by a sub- 

 lobate involucrum ; limb of calyx truncate, quite entire ; corolla 

 5-6-lobed. Jj . S. Native of Mont-Serrat, on the higher 

 mountains. Urceolaria exotica, Gmel. syst. 2, p. 390. Branches 

 square. A climbing sub-parasitical shrub. 



Capitate-flowered Schradera. Shrub cl. 



2 S. BRASILIE'NSIS (Mart, in Schultes, syst. 7. p. 164.) 

 leaves elliptic, obtuse ; peduncle terminal, solitary ; head of 

 flowers surrounded by an entire involucrum ; limb of calyx 

 quite entire ; corolla 5-6-lobed : trie-segments reflexed. Ty . S. 

 Native of Brazil, in woods at Lake d'Almada, in the province 

 of Bahia. 



Brazilian Schradera. Shrub cl. 



3 S. CEPHALOTES (Willd. spec. 2. p. 238.) leaves oblong, acu- 

 minated ; peduncle terminal, solitary, short ; head of flowers 

 surrounded by an entire involucrum ; limb of calyx somewhat 

 denticulated; corolla 7-8-lobed. Jj . S. Native of the interior 

 of Jamaica, in woods on the mountains. Fuchsia involucrata, 

 Swartz, prod. p. 62. fl. ind. occ. 2. p. 674. Flowers 4-8, within 

 the involucrum, while. Stigma quadrifid. Berry 4-celled, ex 

 Swartz. 



Headed Schradera. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. Shrub cl. 



4 S. POLYCE'PHALA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 444.) leaves oval, acu- 

 tish ; peduncles numerous, terminal ; heads surrounded by en- 

 tire involucra ; limb of calyx quite entire ; corolla 5-lobed. 



17 . S. Native of French Guiana, where it was collected by 

 Patris. Berries ovate, crowned by the entire limb of the calyx, 

 2-3-cellecl ; cells many-seeded. 



Many-headed Schradera. Shrub cl. 



Cult, The species of this genus are elegant when in flower. 

 Vegetable mould is the best soil for them ; and they will be 

 easily increased by separating the rooted branches. 



XCVII. BRIGNO'LIA (in honour of J. L. Brignoli, a 

 professor of Verona, author of Fasciculus rariorum plantarum 

 Forajuliensium, 4to. Urbina, 1810). D. C. diss. ined. with a 

 figure, prod. 4. p. 444. but not of Bertol. 



LIN. SYST. Hexandria, Monogynia, Calyx with a short 

 roundish tube, and a 4-toothed limb ; 2 of the teeth larger than 

 the other 2, and probably made up of 2 combined ones each. 

 Corolla with a short tube, and a 6-lobed limb ; lobes linear- 

 oblong, bluntish, longer than the tube, very hairy inside as well 

 as the throat. Stamens 6, inserted in the tube, alternating with 

 the lobes ; filaments very short ; anthers linear. Style filiform ; 

 stigma capitate, undivided. Fruit globose, fleshy, many-seeded, 

 crowned by the calyx. The rest not sufficiently known. A 

 shrub or tree. Branches terete, villous. Leaves opposite, pe- 

 tiolate, oval-oblong, obtuse at the base, acuminated at the apex, 

 downy on the petioles and nerves, the rest glabrous. Stipulas 

 twin on both sides, lanceolate, acuminated, but when young 

 combined into an inter-petiolar stipula, but at length separating 

 from the base to the apex into 2 parts each. Corymbs terminal, 

 pedunculate, with a short hairy rachis, and downy crowded, 

 trichotomous branches. Bracteas ciliated. Flowers sessile in 

 the forks of the corymb, and at the tops of the pedicels. This 

 genus is nearly allied to Isertia, but from the fruit not being 

 sufficiently known, its place in the order is very doubtful. 



1 B. ACUMINA'TA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 444.). Jj . S. Native 

 of Trinidad, where it was collected by Lockhart. Leaves almost 



