RUBIACE^E. CXI. GUETTARDA. 



551 



Native of New Granada, near Ibague and Cuesta de Tolina, in 

 hot places. Said to be nearly allied to G. scabra. 



Cordate-leaved Guettarda. Tree or shrub. 



7 G. RUOO'SA (Swartz, prod. p. 59. fl. ind. occ. 1. p. 632.) 

 leaves ovate-subcordate, mucronate, scabrous above, and tomen- 

 tose beneath ; peduncles 3 or 4 times longer than the leaves, 

 compressed, villous ; cymes bifid : flowers hexamerous, with a 

 villous tube, which is 3 times longer than the ovarium. Pj . S. 

 Native of the Caribbee islands, as of Santa Cruz, Antigua, and 

 Dominica. Vahl, symb. 3. p. 50. Tube of corolla an inch and 

 a half long, silky. Very nearly allied to G. scabra, but differs 

 in the nervules of the leaves being less prominent and straight, 

 not reticulated. Drupe purplish, containing a 6-seeded putamen. 



Wrinkled Guettarda. Clt. 1793. Tree. 



8 G. SCA'BRA (Lam. ill. t. 154. f. 3.) leaves obovate, mucro- 

 nate, coriaceous, scabrous above, reticulated and pubescent be- 

 neath ; stipulas lanceolate, acuminated, caducous ; peduncles 

 compressed, villous, almost 4 times longer than the petioles ; 

 cymes bifid ; limb of corolla 6-7-parted ; stamens 6-7 ; tube of 

 corolla villous, 3 times longer than the ovarium. \i . S. Native 

 of the West Indies, as of Porto-Rico. Vent, choix. t. 1. 

 Mathlola scabra, Lin. spec. 1661. Mathlola, Plum. ed. Burm. 

 t. 173. f. 2. Flowers white. Drupe containing an angular 4-7 

 celled putamen, and crowned by the somewhat crenate limb of 

 the calyx. 



Scabrous Guettarda. Clt. 1818. Tree. 



9 G. VIBURNOIDES (Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnaea. 4. p. 182.) 

 leaves ovate, acute, on long petioles, smoothish above, but not 

 scabrous, and clothed with silky tomentum beneath, as well as 

 the branchlets and inflorescence ; stipulas elongated, triangular, 

 very soon falling off; peduncles shorter than the leaves, twice 

 bifid, with the branches expanded ; limb of calyx very short, 

 somewhat truncate ; drupe globose, depressed. Ij . S. Native 

 of Brazil within the tropic. Leaves 4 inches long and 2-| 

 broad, on petioles about 15 lines long. Corolla densely clothed 

 with silky down, having the tube almost an inch long, and the 

 limb 4-6-parted. 



Viburnum-like Guettarda. Shrub 1 feet. 



10 G. PEDUNCULA'RIS (Wall. cat. no. 6222.) leaves ovate- 

 oblong, acuminated, glabrous ; peduncles axillary, solitary, 1 - 

 flowered, girded by a ring just under the fruit, which is extended 

 into 2 opposite subulate points ; fruit oblong, crowned by the 4 

 permanent teeth of the calyx. Tj . S. Native of Sirinagur. 



Peduncular-fiov/ered Guettarda. Shrub or tree. 



11 G. PLATY'PODA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 456.) leaves oval, mu- 

 cronulate, acute at the base, on short petioles, glabrous and 

 smooth above, but hoary beneath ; stipulas triangular, acute ; 

 peduncles compressed, smoothish, length of the leaves, cymose 

 at the apex, and bearing 5-7 flowers ; limb of calyx short, tubu- 

 lar, a little toothed : fruit globose, depressed. Tj . S. Native of 

 Brazil, in the sand by the sea side at Bahia, where it was col- 

 lected by Salzman. 



Broad-peduncled Guettarda. Shrub. 



12 G. MOLLIS (D. C. prod. 4. p. 456.) leaves elliptic, some- 

 what mucronate, downy above and villous beneath ; peduncles 5 

 times longer than the petioles ; cymes capitate, villous ; flowers 

 hexamerous, with a villous tube, which is 2 or 3 times longer 

 than the ovarium. Tj . S. Native of St. Domingo. G. ellip- 

 tica, ex Hispaniola, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 789. 



Soft Guettarda. Tree or shrub. 



13 G. XYLOSTEOIDES (H. B. et Kunth.nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 420.) 

 leaves oblong, acute, rounded at the base, glabrous above, and 

 downy beneath, but hairy on the veins, as well as on the branch- 

 lets; stipulas lanceolate, length of the petioles; peduncles 6 times 

 longer than the petioles ; cymes 3-7-flowered ; flowers hexame- 

 rous, having the tube 8 times longer than the ovarium. (3 . S. 



FIG. 101. 



Native on the banks of the Orinoco, between Angustura and 

 Ferreras. Dicrobotryum divaricatum, Willd. in Schultes, syst. 

 5. p. 221. Flowers white. Fruit globose, downy, containing a 

 5-6-celled putamen. 



Fly-Honeysuckk-like Guettarda. Tree 20 feet. 



14 G. PARVIFLORA (Vahl, eel. amer. 2. p. 26.) leaves oblong, 

 polished, and glabrous on both surfaces, but having the middle 

 nerve rather downy ; stipulas small, subulate ; peduncles crowded 

 at the tops of the branches, rather shorter than the leaves, 3- 

 flowered, rarely bifid, each branch bearing 3 flowers ; flowers 

 small, either pentamerous or hexamerous ; ovarium striated ; 

 tube of calyx often obscurely bifid ; tube of corolla villous. f? . 

 S. Native of Santa Cruz, Montserrat ; and of Mexico, at Aca- 

 pulco. Edechi, Lcefl. trav. 259. and p. 271. ex Rohr. Ixora 

 pentandra, West. mss. Fruit globose, about the size of a pea, 

 not crowned. 



Small-flowered Guettarda. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



15 G. ODORA'TA (Lam. ill. t. 

 154. f. 4.) leaves oval, acute at 

 both ends, glabrous above, but 

 rather villous on the nerve be- 

 neath, as well as on the petioles 

 and branchlets ; stipulas subu- 

 late, deciduous ; peduncles al- 

 most one-half shorter than the 

 leaves, villous, as well as the 

 cymes, which are bifid ; flowers 

 pentamerous ; tube of calyx un- 

 equal, 7 times longer than the 

 ovarium. Tj . S. Native about 

 Carthagena and Havannah, 

 among bushes by the sea side. 

 Laugeria odorata, Jacq. amer. 

 p. 64. t. 177. f.21. pict. t. 259. 



f. 16. Drupe containing a roundish 5-furrowed 5-celled puta- 

 men. Flowers of a dirty reddish colour, 9-10 lines long, villous 

 on the outside, very sweet-scented at night. Fruit black, 

 size of a pea. There is a spinescent variety of this species ac- 

 cording to Jacquin. 



Stveet-scented-fiowered Guettarda. Clt. 1818. Sh. 6 to 10 ft. 



16 G. MEMBRANA'CEA (Swartz, prod. p. 59. fl. ind. occ. 1. p. 

 635.) leaves ovate, acuminated, membranaceous, rather hispid 

 on both surfaces ; down very minute, curved ; peduncles length 

 of the petioles, dichotomous ; flowers secund, tetramerous ; limb 

 of calyx rather bifid, truncate ; tube of corolla downy. Jj . S. 

 Native of Hispaniola, among bushes on the mountains. Corolla 

 white, half an inch long. Drupe oblong, 4-seeded. 



Membranous Guettarda. Shrub. 



17 G. ELLI'PTICA (Swartz, prod. p. 59. fl. ind. occ. 1. p. 634.) 

 leaves elliptic, obtuse, smoothish above, and downy beneath, as 

 well as on the branches ; peduncles shorter than the leaves ; 

 cymes bifid ; flowers tetramerous, with a silky tube, which is 

 3 times longer than the calyx, f; . S. Native of Jamaica, in 

 dry fields. Drupe roundish, 4-seeded. Stigmas 2, blunt. 

 Flowers small. This species is easily distinguished from G. 

 mollis, with which it has been confused by Sprengel in his syst. 



Elliptic-leaved Guettarda. Tree 20 feet. 



18 G. MICROPHY'LLA (Bartl. in herb. Haenke, ex D. C. prod. 

 4. p. 457.) leaves ovate-oblong and oblong, smoothish above, 

 and rather downy beneath ; peduncles 3 or 4 times shorter than 

 the leaves, 3-flowered ; calyx quadrifid, with acute segments ; 

 corolla silky on the outside, with rounded lobes. J? . S. Native 

 of Luzon, one of the Philippines. Very like G. parvifldra. 



Small-leaved Guettarda. Shrub. 



19 G. URUGUE'NSIS (Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnaea. 4. p. 183.) 

 leaves elliptic-oblong, acuminated, rather pilose above, and 



