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. CXI. GUETTARDA. 



canescent from tomentum beneath, as well as the petioles, branch- 

 lets, and inflorescence ; stipulas lanceolate, triangular, cadu- 

 cous ; peduncles twice bifid, shorter than the leaves ; limb of 

 calyx very short, somewhat truncate ; corolla silky ; drupe ob- 

 long, 3-4-seeded. b . S. Native of the south of Brazil, on the 

 banks of the Uruguay. Leaves 2 inches long, and an inch 

 broad, on petioles 1-2 lines long. Tube of corolla 2-3 lines 

 long ; lobes 5, roundish. 



Uruguay Guettarda. Shrub 1 feet. 



20 G. FINLAYSONIA'NA (Wall, cat.no. 6223.) leaves obovate- 

 oblong, obtuse at the apex ; calyx truncate ; pedicels solitary, 

 axillary, 1 -flowered, much shorter than the leaves; corolla villous 

 outside. Tj . S. Native of the East Indies. 



Finlayson's Guettarda. Shrub. 



21 G. WALLICHIA'NA ; leaves oblong, acuminated, glabrous; 

 pedicels 1 -flowered, rising in numbers from short axillary pe- 

 duncles ; calyx truncate ; corolla glabrous, apparently purple, 

 5- inch long. Jj . S. Native of the East Indies ; fruit round- 

 ish, not crowned. Perhaps belonging to the first section. 



Wallich's Guettarda. Shrub. 



2. Doubtful species, having 4-cleft silky corollas, and the 

 drupes containing a Z-3-celled puiamen. Perhaps species of 

 the genus Stenostomum. 



22 G. ? PROTRA'CTA (Bartl. in herb. Haenke, ex D. C. prod. 

 4. p. 457.) leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, rather 

 villous on both surfaces, silky on the nerves and veins beneath ; 

 peduncles cymose, bifid, having the branches recurved, fy . S. 

 Native of Mexico. Perhaps a species of Stenostomum. 



Far. a, brevipes (D. C. prod. 4. p. 457.) leaves ovate, with 

 9 very prominent nerves on each side of the mid-rib ; peduncles 

 twice the length of the petioles ; limb of calyx truncate, irregu- 

 larly sublobate ; corolla 4-cleft ? clothed with silky tomentum 

 outside. Tj . S. Native of Mexico. 



Var. /3, longipes (D. C. 1. c.) leaves ovate -lanceolate, with 

 7-8 rather prominent nerves on each side of the mid-rib ; pe- 

 duncles 4 times longer than the petioles ; drupes ovate-oblong, 

 acute, 2, sometimes 3-celled. Jj . S. Native of Mexico, at 

 Acapulco. 



Protracted Guettarda. Shrub. 



23 G. ? ARMA'TA (Bartl. in herb. Haenke, ex D. C. prod. 4. 

 p. 457.) armed with opposite spines ; leaves ovate, acuminated, 

 smoothish above, but clothed with hoary tomentum on the nerve 

 and veins beneath, as well as on the branchlets ; peduncles cy- 

 mosely bifid, 3 or 4 times longer than the petioles ; segments of 

 calyx 4, narrow-lanceolate, acute ; corolla silky, with acute 

 lobes ; drupe ovate-oblong, (ex Bartl.) 2-3-celled. Tj . S. Na- 

 tive of Mexico. Very nearly allied to G. protracta. 



Armed Guettarda. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



24 G. ? PANICULA'TA (Bartl. in herb. Haenke, ex D. C. 1. c.) 

 leaves ovate, acuminated, glabrous above, clothed with silky to- 

 mentum on the nerve and veins beneath, as well as on the 

 branchlets; cymes dichotomous, many-flowered, on long pedun- 

 cles, axillary, but the ultimate ones are disposed in a panicle ; 

 corolla clothed with silky tomentum outside, with ovate-oblong 

 lobes. \i . S. Native of Peru, on the mountains. Corolla 6 

 lines long. Teeth of calyx acute, smoothish. Fruit unknown. 



.PanicW-flowered Guettarda. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



SECT. III. ULO'LOBUS (from ovXoc, oulos, curled, and \o- 

 /3o, lobos, a lobe ; in reference to the curled lobes of corolla). 

 D. C. prod. 4. p. 457. Laugeria, Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 22. 

 but not of Jacq. Limb of calyx short, 5-parted almost to the 

 base, permanent. Corolla silky on the outside, with 5 lobes, 

 which are curled on the margins. 



25 G. CRISPIFLORA (Vahl, eclog. 1. p. 36. t. 6.) leaves broad- 



ovate, acuminated, obtuse at the base, having the lower lateral 

 nerves approximate. (j . S. Native of the Island of Mont- 

 serrat, towards the tops of the mountains, ex Vahl ; and of St. 

 Vincent, on the edges of mountains, in inundated places, ex 

 Forsyth ; and about Santa Fe de Bogota, ex Mutis, in H. B. et 

 Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 420. G. crispiflora var. a, Pers. 

 Roem. et Schultes. Stipulas large, undulated, foliaceous, ovate, 

 acuminated. Guettarda membranacea, Sieb. pi. exsic. mart. no. 

 57. from Martinico, is the same, or a very nearly allied species. 

 Curled-flowered Guettarda. Tree or shrub. 



26 G. HIRSU'TA (Pers. ench. 1 . p. 200.) leaves ovate-oblong, 

 acuminated, acute at the base ; stipulas longer than the petioles ; 

 drupes ovate. T? . S. Native of Peru, and in the hot parts of 

 New Granada. Laugeria hirsuta, Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 22. 

 t. 145. f. a. Guettarda hirsuta, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 

 amer. 3. p. 420. Peduncles equal to the petioles, even to the 

 bifurcation, having the branches subrevolute and many flowered. 



Hairy Guettarda. Clt. 1820. Tree 20 feet. 



27 G. DEPE'NDENS (D. C. prod. 4. p. 458.) leaves oval-ob- 

 long, acuminated, acute at the base ; stipulas shorter than the 

 petioles ; drupes oblong, 3-4-celled. F? . S. Native of Peru, 

 in groves about Muna. Lauge'ria dep^ndens, Ruiz et Pav. fl. 

 per. 2. p. 23. t. 145. f. b. Branches of cyme spreading, usually 

 dependent. G. crispiflora var. /3, Pers. and Rcem. et Schultes, 

 but is more nearly allied to hirsuta than to G. crispiflora. 



Dependenl-cymed Guettarda. Tree 20 feet. 



SECT. IV. LAUGE'RIA (named after Albert Laugier, professor 

 of botany and chemistry at Vienna). D. C. prod. 4. p. 458. 

 Laugeria, Jacq. Juss. but not of Ruiz et Pav. Limb of calyx 

 truncate or toothed. Corolla glabrous, 4-5-lobed. Stamens 4-5. 



28 G. CORIA'CEA (Pers. ench. 1. p. 200.) quite glabrous; 

 leaves elliptic-ovate, rather coriaceous, bluntish, almost nerve- 

 less, rather paler beneath ; stipulas acuminated, deciduous ; pe- 

 duncles about equal in length to the leaves, compressed, bifid or 

 twice bifid ; flowers tetramerous, glabrous, unilateral, and dis- 

 tant along the branches of the peduncle ; tube of calyx bluntly 

 4-toothed. ^ .S. Native of the Island of Montserrat, ex Vahl; 

 and Guadaloupe, at Pointe-a-Pitre. Laugeria coriacea, Vahl, 

 eclog. 1. p. 26. Laugeria tubulosa, Fors. in herb. L'Her. 

 Drupe oblong, ex Vahl, containing a 4-celled putamen. Co- 

 rolla 6-7 lines long. Perhaps Viviania Domingensis, Rafin. 

 speech. 1. p. 117- 



Coriaceous-leaved Guettarda. Tree or shrub. 



29 G. RESINOSA (Pers. ench. 2. p. 200.) leaves lanceolate, 

 attenuated at both ends, glabrous, glaucous beneath ; stipulas 

 combined into a somewhat truncate ciliated sheath ; branchlets 

 and cymes clothed with clammy resin ; peduncles a little shorter 

 than the leaves ; cymes bifid, crowded with flowers ; flowers 

 pentamerous, glabrous ; limb of calyx short, truncate, or hardly 

 5-toothed. f? . S. Native of Montserrat, on the mountains, ex 

 Vahl ; of Guadaloupe, where it was collected by Perrottet ; of 

 Porto Rico, Riedley ; of Trinidad, ex Sieber, fl. trin. no. 

 112; and of Mexico, ex herb. Puerari. Laugeria resinosa, 

 Vahl, eel. 1. p. 27. t. 10. f. 6. with a figure. Terebraria, Sesse, 

 fl. mex. icon. ined. Drupe oblong, containing a 4-celled, 4- 

 seeded putamen, ex Vahl, but in the specimen examined the 

 drupe contains a 4-5-celled 4-5-seeded putamen ; there are 

 therefore 2 species confused under this name. 



Resinous Guettarda. Shrub 8 to 10 feet. 



30 G. ? BRUNONIS (Wall. cat. no. 6220.) leaves elliptic, acu- 

 minated, coriaceous, quite glabrous ; peduncles axillary, solitary, 

 or twin ; cymes dichotomous ; stipulas ovate, acuminated, fj . S. 

 Native of the East Indies, in Sirinagur. Flowers small. Calyx 

 a little twisted. 



Brown's Guettarda. Shrub. 



