RUBIACEjE. CLIII. CHIOCOCCA. CL1V. MARGARIS. CLV. SALDINIA. CLVI. SCOLOSANTHUS. CLVII. CHOMELIA. 569 



Native of Elizabeth Island, one of the Society Islands. Coffea 

 odorata, Forst. prod. 1 . p. 94. ? The flowers are described 

 as fragrant, and smelling like cowslips. 

 Sweet-scented Snow-berry. Shrub. 



5 C. BARBA'TA (Forst. prod. 1. p. 96. Hook, et Arn. in 

 Beech, voy. pt. bot. p. 65. t. 14.) erect; leaves oval, acute at 

 the base, and tapering into the short petioles, acuminated and 

 obtuse at the apex ; peduncles axillary, solitary, 1-3-flowered; 

 corolla with a bearded throat, 5-cleft. Jj . S. Native of the 

 Society and Friendly Islands. Flowers white. Drupe size of a 

 filbert. 



Bearded-flowered Snow-berry. Shrub. 



6 C. ? JAVA'NA (Blum, bijdr. p. 968.) shrub parasitical; 

 leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminated at both ends, glabrous, vel- 

 vety and shining above ; corymbs terminal, trichotomous. Tj . 

 S. Native of Java, in woods on the mountains upon trees. 

 Coffea Javaniea, Blum. cat. hort. buit. p. 46. Perhaps a species 

 of Psychotria. 



Java Snow-berry. Shrub parasitical. 



Cult, A mixture of loam, peat, and sand is the best soil for 

 the species of Chiococca ; and cuttings strike root freely in sand 

 under a hand-glass in heat. 



CLIV. M ARGA'RIS (from napyapov, margaron, a pearl ; the 

 berries are white and shining in M. nudiflora, and are called per- 

 litas, or pearls, by the Mexicans). D. C. prod. 4. p. 483. 

 Descliae'a, Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. ex D. C. 1. c. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx with a globose tube, 

 and a somewhat turbinate semi-5-cleft limb ; teeth acutish, per- 

 manent. Corolla funnel-shaped, with an obconical tube, which 

 is 5-toothed or with 5 short lobes at the apex. Stamens 5, in- 

 serted in the middle of the tube ; filaments a little shorter than 

 the corolla ; anthers ovate. Stigma capitate, undivided or 

 slightly 2-lobed. Berry globose, crowned by the calyx, 2- 

 celled, 2-seeded. Seeds semi-ovate, acute at one end. Shrubs, 

 with slender branches. Lea_ves opposite, ovate, glabrous, about 

 the size of those of the common myrtle. Stipulas small, soli- 

 tary on both sides. Pedicels axillary, opposite, short, 1-flower- 

 ed. Flowers white, usually secund, bibracteolate under the 

 calyx. Berries white. 



1 M. BARBI'GERA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 483 ) leaves acute; co- 

 rollas bearded inside. T? . S. Native of Mexico. Descliae'a 

 leucocarpa, Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. Berries size of a 

 pea. 



Beard-bearing Pearl-berry. Shrub. 



2 M. NUDIFLORA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 483.) leaves mucronate ; 

 corolla glabrous inside. I? . S. Native of Mexico, about Ta- 

 pelpa. Chiococca axillaris, Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. 

 Descliac'a margaritaria, Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. Shrub 

 8 feet high. Berries ovate, globose, a little smaller than a pea, 

 white and shining, hence they are called perlitas by the Mexicans. 



Naked-flowered Pearl-berry. Shrub 8 feet. 



Cult. See Chiococca above for culture and propagation. 



CLV. SALDI'NIA (meaning unknown to us). A. Rich, in 

 mem. soc. hist. nat. Par. 5. p. 206. D. C. prod. 4. p. 483. 

 Morinda species, Poir. 



LIN. SYST. Tetrdndria, Monogynia. Limb of calyx short, 

 subcampanulate, obsoletely repand. Corolla with a short tube, a 

 4-parted limb, and a pilose throat; lobes oblong, acute, spreading. 

 Stamens 4, inserted in the throat, hardly exserted ; anthers ob- 

 long, almost sessile. Fruit small, egg-shaped, compressed, um- 

 bilicated by the limb of the calyx, drupaceous, usually 1 -celled, 

 and 1 -seeded by abortion. Seed erect, oblong. Embryo nearly 

 terete, slender. Albumen fleshy. Shrub. Leaves opposite, 

 elliptic, acuminated, coriaceous, glabrous on short petioles. Sti- 



pulas subulate, acute. Flowers small, almost sessile, 4-5-to- 

 gether in the axils of the leaves. 



1 S. PSEU DO-MORI'NDA (A. Rich. 1. c.) J; . S. Native of 

 Madagascar, Morinda axillaris, Poir. in Lam. diet. 4. p. 315. 

 Ronabea species, Juss. 



False-Morinda Shrub. 



Cult. See Chiococca above for culture and propagation. 



CLVI. SCOLOSA'NTHUS (from <TKU\OC, skolos, a thorn, 

 and avOoe, anthos, a flower ; the peduncles are sometimes har- 

 dened into thorns, which sometimes, though rarely, bear the 

 flowers). Vahl, eel. 1. p. 11. t. 10. Juss. mem. mus. 6. p. 377. 

 A. Rich. mem. soc. hist. nat. Par. 5. p. 205. D. C. prod. 4. p. 

 484. Antacanthus, L. C. Rich. mss. 



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

 ovate tube, and 4 linear-lanceolate acute lobes. Corolla tubu- 

 lar, somewhat tetragonal before expansion ; the tube somewhat 

 quadrangular at the apex ; lobes 4, ovate, acute, revolute. Sta- 

 mens having the filaments downy and adnate to the tube at the 

 base ; anthers linear, not exserted. Stigmas 2, obtuse, hardly 

 longer than the tube. Drupe nearly globose, crowned by the 

 calyx, containing a 2-celled 2-seeded nucleus, ex Rich., or very 

 often 1-celled and 1-seeded by abortion. West Indian shrubs, 

 with the habit of Catesba?a or Justicia spinbsa. Leaves small, 

 almost sessile, oblong or obovate, coriaceous, opposite, usually 

 disposed in fascicles in the axils. Stipulas small, interpetiolar. 

 Peduncles 1-flowered, axillary, 1-4-together, and sometimes they 

 are hardened into simple bifid or trifid spines, which are 

 usually naked, rarely floriferous. Flowers small, purple or saf^ 

 fron coloured. 



1 S. VERSI'COLOR (Vahl, eel. amer. 1. p. 11. t. 10.) leaves 

 obovate, shining above ; spines simple, bipartite or twin. }j . S. 

 Native of Santa Cruz and Porto Rico. Chomelia versicolor, 

 Spreng. syst. I. p. 110. Catesbse'a parviflora, Lam. ill. t. 67. 

 f. 2. Leaves 3 lines long. Spines commonly in pairs from each 

 alternate axil, combined at the base, for the most part a little 

 longer than the leaves, stiff, purplish, often bearing a flower at 

 one of the points ; they are the peduncles which have hardened, 

 and keep growing on after the flowers have fallen. Flowers on 

 short peduncles ; those from the tops of the spines solitary, 

 usually drooping, purple, and abortive ; others are axillary, soli- 

 tary, or more rarely 2-4-together, erect, saffron coloured, and 

 fertile. Fruit snow white. 



Party-coloured-fiowered Scolosanthus. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



2 S. TRIACA'NTHUS (D. C. prod. 4. p. 484.) leaves oblong, 

 rather glaucescent ; spines for the most part trifid. J; . S. Na- 

 tive of St. Domingo, where it was collected by Bertero. Cates- 

 bse'a triacantha, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 416. Leaves 4-5 lines long. 

 Flowers and fruit not sufficiently known, but the habit is that of 

 Catesbcda, 



Three-spined Scolosanthus. Shrub. 



Cult. See Ixora, p. 574. for culture and propagation. 



CLVII. CHOME LIA (named by Jacquin after J. B. Chomel, 

 M.D. physician to Louis XV.; author of Abrege de L'Histoire 

 des plantes usuelles, edition 1st, 12mo. Paris, 1712.) Jacq. amer. 

 p. 18. t. 13. Juss. mem. mus. 6. p. 375. Cham, et Schlecht. in 

 Linnaea. 4. p. 185. A. Rich. mem. soc. hist. nat. Par. 5. 

 p. 182. but not of Lin. Ixora species, Lam. 



LIN. SYST. Tetrandria, Monogynia. Calyx with a turbinate 

 tube, and a permanent limb, which is 4-toothed to the middle. 

 Corolla salver-shaped, with a long slender tube, a glabrous 

 throat, and 4 spreading lobes, which are shorter than the tube. 

 Anthers 4, sessile, or on short filaments, inserted at the throat 

 of the corolla. Style bifid at the apex, situated among the 

 anthers. Drupe ovate, crowned, containing a 2-celled (or 1- 

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