566 



RUBIACEJE. CXLIX. SIDERODENDRON. CL. EUMACHIA. CLI. DECLIEUXIA. 



p. 19. t. 175. f. 9 Pluk. aim. t. 224. f. 2. Petioles short, and 



the leaves are acute at the base, ex Vahl. 



Three-flowered Ironwood-tree. Clt. 1793. Tree tall. 



2 S. MULTIFLO'RUM (A. Rich. 1. c.) peduncles axillary, tri- 

 partite, having the lateral branches trifid, and the middle one 

 twice trifid. f? . S. Native of French Guiana. Petioles 2-3 

 lines long. Peduncles 3 or 4 lines longer than the petioles. 

 Leaves acuminated at the apex, but hardly acute at the base. 



Var. ft, angustifblium (D. C. prod. 4. p. 478.) leaves oblong, 

 acuminated. Jj . S. Native along with the species. 

 Many-flowered Ironwood-tree. Tree. 



f A doubtful species. 



3 S. PANICULA'TUM (Willd. herb. no. 2811. ex Cham, et 

 Schlecht. in Linnsea. 4. p. 26.) panicles axillary, pedunculate, 

 hairy, with subdichotomous branches ; leaves ovate-cordate, 

 acutely mucronate, nearly sessile. T? . S. Native of South 

 America, on the banks of the river Atabapo, near San-Balthazar. 

 Psychotria cordifolia, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 

 365. but not of Dietr. The fruit is unknown, but the tree 

 agrees better with Siderodendron than with Psychotria in the 

 tetrandrous flowers and axillary panicles. Flowers blue, gla- 

 brous, with a villous throat. 



Panicled-flowered Ironwood-tree. Shrub. 



Cult. See Chiococca, p. 569. for culture and propagation. 



CL. EUMA'CHIA (Eumachus, an author cited by Theophras- 

 tus). D. C. prod. 4. p. 478. Petesia, Gsertn. fil. carp. 3. p. 

 66. t. 192. but not of P. Browne, nor Lin. Petesia species, 

 Juss. and Spreng. 



LIN. SYST. Tetrandria, Monogy'nia. Calyx with an obovate 

 tube, and a 4-toothed deciduous limb. Corolla funnel-shaped, 

 with a short tube, a naked throat, and a 4-parted limb ; lobes 

 roundish, spreadingly reflexed. Stamens inserted in the bottom 

 of the tube ; filaments short ; anthers oblong in the throat. 

 Stigma bifid, having the lobes long and acute. Berry globose, 

 naked at the apex, 2-celled ; cells 1 -seeded. Seeds convex on 

 the back, and flattish in front, with a moon-shaped umbilicus. 

 Albumen cartilaginous. Embryo unknown A glabrous Aus- 

 tralian tree. Branches terete. Leaves opposite, petiolate, 

 smooth, oblong-lanceolate. Cymes terminal and axillary, trifid. 

 Corolla flesh coloured. 



1 E. CA'RNEA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 479.) Tj . S. Native of the 

 island of Namoka, one of the Friendly Islands. Petesia carnea, 

 Forst. 2. no. 51. 



/YesA-coloured-flowered Eumachia. Tree. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Chiococca, p. 569. 



CLI. DECLIEU'XIA (named after M. Declieux, a French 

 gardener, who carried the coffee plants first into Martinico). 

 H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 352. Mart, et Zucc. in 

 Rcem. et Schultes, mant. 3. p. 111. Cham, et Schlecht. in 

 Linnsea. 4. p. 4. A. Rich. mem. soc. hist. nat. Par. 5. p. 193. 

 D. C. prod. 4. p. 479. Psyllocarpus, Pohl, in litt. but not of 

 Mart. 



LIN. SYST. Tetrandria, Monogy'nia. Calyx with an obovate 

 tube, and a 4-parted limb (f. 105. 6.). Corolla funnel-shaped 

 (f. 105. g.\ with a terete tube (f. 105./.), a bearded throat, and 

 4 spreadingly reflexed lobes. Stamens 4, inserted in the throat ; 

 filaments filiform ; anthers linear, fixed by the middle, exserted 

 (f. 105. e.) ; stigma bifid (f. 105. c.). Berry nearly dry, 2-cell- 

 ed, subdidymous, compressed (f. 105. A.), crowned by the per- 

 manent calyx (f. 105. 6.), containing 2 chartaceously coriaceous 

 1 -seeded pyrenae. Albumen horny. Embryo unknown. 

 Shrubs, rarely herbs, natives of America. Stems erect, tetra- 

 gonal when young. Leaves opposite or in whorles, nearly ses- 



sile. Stipulas small, interpetiolar. Corymbs terminal, tripar- 

 tite, bracteate, with dichotomous branches. Flowers white, 

 lateral and sessile, or terminal and pedunculate, bibracteate. 



1 D. CHIOCOCCOIDES (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 

 353. t. 281.) shrubby, glabrous ; leaves opposite, sessile, oblong- 



FIG. 105. 



lanceolate, acute, cuneated at the 

 base, with rather revolute edges ; 

 corymbs sessile, tripartite ; sta- 

 mens about equal in length to 

 the lobes of the corolla. ^ . S. 

 Native of New Andalusia, on 

 the banks of the Orinoco, near 

 the monastery of Caripe : and of 

 Rio Janeiro, ex Cham, et 

 Schlecht. in Linnsea. 4. p. 4. 

 Roam, et Schultes, mant. 3. p. 

 112. Houstonia fruticosa.Willd. 

 mss. in Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 

 3. p. 527. Shrub 4 feet high. 

 Flowers white, (f. 105.) 



CAzocoeca-izAre Declieuxia. Sh. 

 4 feet. 



2 D. MEXICA'NA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 479.) suffruticose, gla- 

 brous ; leaves opposite or 3 in a whorl, sessile, oblong-lanceo- 

 late, obtuse at the base, acute at the apex ; corymbs peduncu- 

 late, 4-5-parted ; stamens about equal in length to the lobes of 

 the corolla. T? . S. Native of Mexico. D. chiococcoides, 

 Bartl. in herb. Hsenke. Flowers white. 



Mexican Declieuxia. Shrub 1-J- foot. 



3 D. THYMBROIDES (Mart, et Zucc. in Rcem. et Schultes, 

 mant. 3. p. 111.) shrub much branched ; leaves disposed in ver- 

 ticillate fascicles, sessile, linear, acute, attenuated at both ends, 

 and are, as well as the branches, roughish ; flowers solitary or 

 few together on the tops of the branches. T; . S. Native of 

 Brazil. 



Thymbra-like Declieuxia. Shrub. 



4 D. SATUREIOIDES (Mart, et Zucc. in Rcem. et Schultes, 

 mant. 3. p. 111.) shrub much branched ; leaves linear-lanceolate, 

 attenuated at the base, sessile, opposite or 6 in a whorl, and are, 

 as well as the branches, scabrous from hairs ; flowers axillary, 

 solitary. Tj . S. Native of Brazil. The rest unknown. 



Savory-like Declieuxia. Shrub. 



5 D. GALIOIDES (Pohl, in litt. under the name of Psyllocdr- 

 pus,} plant subherbaceous, glabrous ; branches terete ; leaves 3 

 in a whorl, linear ; whorles distant ; panicles terminal, having 

 the branches disposed 3 in a whorl, cymose. Tj . S. Native of 

 Brazil, where it was collected by Pohl. 



Galium-like Declieuxia. Shrub 1 foot. 



6 D. SPERGCLIFOLIA (Mart, et Zucc. 1. c.) shrubby, glabrous ; 

 leaves linear-subulate, opposite, sessile ; racemes dichotomous ; 

 terminal. fj . S. Native of the south of Brazil. Cham, et 

 Schlecht. in Linnaea. 4. p. 6. Panicle terminal, dichotomously 

 compound from cymes : having the branchlets capillary, elongated, 

 and erect, with alternate flowers. Flowers twin, one of each 

 pair sessile. Stamens inclosed. Cham, et Schlecht. 



Spurry-leaved Declieuxia. Shrub. 



7 D. MARIOIDES (Mart, et Zucc. 1. c.) shrubby; stem and 

 branches clothed with soft down ; leaves 3 in a whorl, rarely 4, 

 ovate-lanceolate, almost sessile, glabrous, with revolute edges ; 

 flowers axillary, almost terminal. ^ . S. Native of Brazil. 



Cat-thyme-like Declieuxia. Shrub. 



8 D. CENANTHOIDES (Mart, et Zucc. 1. c.) plant herbaceous, 

 glabrous ; stem nearly simple ; leaves 4 in a whorl, sessile, re- 

 mote, linear-lanceolate, acute ; racemes bifid, forming a terminal 

 panicle. Tj . S. Native of the south of Brazil. Panicle, ex 

 Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnaea. 4. p. 5. terminal, from whorles 



