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of branches, usually twin, and forming a terminal umbel, with a 

 central flower. Flowers sessile. 

 GEnanthe-like Declieuxia. Shrub. 



9 D. FOLIO'SA (Pohl, in litt. under the Psyllocarpus,) shrubby, 

 scabrous in every part; branches tetragonal; leaves opposite, 

 linear-oblong, acuminated at both ends, revolute at the margins 

 while young ; cymes terminal, few-flowered. Tj . S. Native of 

 Brazil, where it was collected by Pohl. In the axils of the 

 leaves there are two young leaves, and therefore at first sight 

 appear 6 in a whorl. 



Leafy Declieuxia. Shrub. 



10 D. CORDI'GERA (Mart, et Zucc. 1. c.) suffruticose, nearly 

 simple, clothed with roughish pubescence ; leaves opposite, de- 

 cussate, approximate, sessile, ovate-cordate, acute, concave on 

 the back ; racemes bifid, terminal, crowded into a dense panicle. 

 Jj . S. Native of Brazil within the tropic. Cham, et Schlecht. 

 in Linnsea. 4. p. 7. Psyllocarpus cordifolius, Pohl, in litt. 

 Leaves rarely 3 in a whorl. Panicle terminal, erect, many flow- 

 ered, nearly globose, with angular flexuous branches, dichoto- 

 mous, hence bearing sessile flowers. 



Heart-bearing Declieuxia. Shrub. 



11 D. OLAU'CA (Mart, et Schlecht. in Linnaea. 4. p. 8.) 

 shrubby, glabrous, pruinosely glaucescent ; leaves opposite, ses- 

 sile, ovate, very acute, erectly adpressed, coriaceous ; panicle 

 terminal, erect, nearly globose, dense, fj . S. Native of Bra- 

 zil within the tropic. Very nearly allied to the preceding 

 species. 



Glaucous Declieuxia. Shrub. 



12 D. PASSERI'NA (Mart, et Zucc. in Roem. et Schultes, mant. 

 3. p. 112.) shrubby, glabrous; leaves opposite, decussate, ses- 

 sile, adpressed, imbricating in 4 rows, ovate, acute, 3-5 -nerved 

 beneath ; flowers axillary, sessile, covered each by a leaf. Ij . S. 

 Native of Brazil. 



Passerina-\ike Declieuxia. Shrub. 



13 D. DAPHNOIDES (Mart, et Zucc. 1. c.) shrubby; branches 

 twiggy ; leaves opposite, decussate, somewhat imbricating in 4 

 rows, sessile, ovate-cordate, acute, rather concave above, sca- 

 brous from hairs beneath, 7-9-nerved ; peduncles axillary, few- 

 flowered. J?.S. Native of Brazil. The rest unknown. 



Daphne-like Declieuxia. Shrub. 



14 D. IMBRICA'TA (Pohl, in litt. under the name of Psyllo- 

 carpus,} shrubby, glabrous ; branches terete ; leaves opposite, 

 decussate, erect, ovate, hardly subcordate, cuspidate, stiff, having 

 4 small ribs on each side of the midrib ; peduncles axillary, few- 

 flowered. 17 . S. Native of Brazil. 



Imbricated-\esi\ : eil Declieuxia. Shrub. 



15 D. RHEXIOIDES (Mart, et Zucc. 1. c.) shrubby, glabrous; 

 young branches subumbellate, twiggy; leaves opposite, decus- 

 sate, sessile, erectly spreading, imbricating in 4 rows, orbicu- 

 larly ovate, acute, 5-nerved ; flowers axillary, almost solitary. 



J? . S. Native of Brazil. 

 Rhexia-like Declieuxia. Shrub. 



16 D. ORIGANOIDES (Zucc. 1. c.) shrubby, clothed with 

 roughish hairs ; branches dichotomous, terete ; leaves opposite, 

 rather remote, on short petioles, nearly orbicular, acute, many 

 nerved ; flowers terminal, thyrsoid. fj . S. Native of Brazil. 

 Leaves like those of Origanum Dictdmnus. 



Origanum-like Declieuxia. Shrub. 



17 D. MO'LLIS (Zucc. 1. c.) shrubby ; leaves opposite, ovate- 

 lanceolate, somewhat rhomboid, acute, tapering into the short 

 petioles at the base, with ribbed veins, clothed with villi ; flowers 

 terminal, disposed in dichotomous panicles. Jj . S. Native of 

 Brazil. 



Soft Declieuxia. Shrub. 



18 D. LYSIMACHIOIDES (Zucc. 1. c.) plant herbaceous or suf- 

 fruticose, downy ; branches simple, erect ; leaves 3 in a whorl, 



ovate, attenuated at both ends, acute ; flowers terminal, dichoto- 

 rnously panicled. Fj . S. Native of Brazil. 

 Lysimachia-like Declieuxia. Shrub. 



19 D. RUBIOIDES (Zucc. 1. c.) shrubby, glabrous; leaves op- 

 posite, decussate, ovate, acute, rounded and cordate at the base, 

 shining above ; flowers terminal, disposed in dichotomous pani- 

 cles. Tj . S. Native of Brazil. 



Rubia-like Declieuxia. Shrub. 



20 D. A'LBA (Zucc. 1. c.) shrubby, scabrous ; leaves opposite, 

 decussate, ovate, acute, sessile, rounded at the base ; racemes 

 terminal, bifid, disposed in dichotomous cymes, fy . S. Native 

 of Brazil. 



White Declieuxia. Shrub. 



21 D. DIVERGENTIFLORA (Pohl, in litt. under Psyllocarpus,) 

 suffruticose ; branches terete, clothed with velvety hairs ; leaves 

 opposite, sessile, ovate, acutish, nerved, clothed with fine velvety 

 down on both surfaces'; cyme terminal, on short peduncles, of 6 

 diverging rays ; corollas glabrous. Tj . S. Native of Brazil, 

 where it was collected by Pohl. 



Diverging-Jlowered Declieuxia. Shrub. 



22 D. PULVERULE'NTA (Mart. Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnaea. 



4. p. 9.) suffruticose, clothed with short dense hairs in every 

 part except the corollas ; leaves usually 3 in a whorl, rarely op- 

 posite, sessile, ovate, acute or acuminated ; cymes terminal, of 

 many rays, subfastigiate. ^ . S. Native of Brazil within the 

 tropic. 



Powdery Declieuxia. Shrub. 



23 D. POLYGALOIDES (Zucc. in Schultes, mant. 3. p. 113.) 

 sufFruticose ; branches twiggy, erect ; leaves 3 or 4 in a whorl, 

 sessile, lanceolate, acute, erect, smoothish ; flowers terminal, 

 panicled. t? . S. Native of Brazil. The rest unknown. 



Polygala-Uke Declieuxia. Shrub. 



24 D. VINCOIDES (Mart, et Zucc. 1. c.) shrubby, glabrous; 

 leaves opposite or 3 in a whorl, ovate, attenuated at both ends, 

 acute, sessile, shining ; flowers terminal, disposed in dichoto- 

 mous panicles, fj . S. Native of Brazil. 



Vinca-like Declieuxia. Shrub. 



25 D. PRUINOSA (Pohl, in litt. under Psyllocarpus, D. C. 

 prod. 4. p. 481.) suffruticose, glabrous, glaucous; branches 

 terete ; leaves opposite, sessile, orbicularly ovate, mucronate ; 

 cymes terminal, trichotomous, on short peduncles, fastigiate. J? . 



5. Native of Brazil. 

 Frosted Declieuxia. Shrub. 



26 D. MUCRONULA'TA (Mart. Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnaea. 

 4. p. 10.) suffruticose, quite glabrous ; leaves opposite, sessile, 

 elliptic or obovate, cuneated at the base, mucronate at the apex : 

 the mucrone usually rettexed ; cymes terminal, on short pedun- 

 cles, somewhat fastigiate. ^ . S. Native of Brazil within the 

 tropic. Stem and branches terete, furnished with 2 slight wings. 

 Psyllocarpus trichotomus, Pohl, in litt. may be referrible to this, 

 but the mucrones of the leaves are not reflexed in the specimens 

 of that plant collected by Pohl. 



Mucronate-leaved Declieuxia. Shrub. 



27 D. GLA BRA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 481.) plant suffruticose, 

 glabrous ; stem somewhat tetragonal ; leaves opposite, petiolate, 

 elliptic-oblong, acuminated at both ends, but not mucronate ; 

 cymes terminal, of many rays, subumbellate. tj . S. Native of 

 Brazil, Pohl; about Caraccas, Vargas. Psyllocarpus glaber, 

 Pohl. in litt. Very like the preceding. 



Glabrous Declieuxia. Shrub. 



28 D. 1 PSYCHOTRIOIDES (D. C. prod. 4. p. 481.) suffruticose, 

 glabrous ; leaves opposite, on short petioles, elliptic, long-acu- 

 minated, acute at the base ; cymes terminal, on short peduncles, 

 trichotomous, one-half shorter than the leaves, fj . ? !(. . ? S. 

 Native of Cayenne, where it was collected by Patris ; and of 

 Panama and Mexico, according to Haenke. herb. Coffea didy- 



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