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RUBIACEvE. CLXV. RUTIDEA. CLXVI. FARAMEA. 



oblong, clothed with soft hairs on both surfaces, but most so 

 beneath ; corymbs terminal, dichotomous ; fruit rather villous, 

 globose, 1-seeded. ^ . S. Native of the island of Pulo- 

 Penang. The fabric of the seed is unknown. 



Soft Rutidea. Shrub. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Ixora, p. 574. 



CLXVI. FARA'MEA (Aublet does not give the meaning of 

 this name). A. Rich. mem. soc. hist. nat. Par. 5. p. 175. t. 17. 

 f. 1 and 2. D. C. prod. 4. p. 496. Far&mea and Tetramerium, 

 Juss. mem. mus. 6. p. 376. 



LIN. SYST. Tetrdndtia, Monogynia. Calyx with a turbi- 

 nately globose tube, and a very short 4-toothed or entire limb. 

 Corolla with a short terete tube, a naked throat, and 4 spreading 

 oblong or linear acute lobes, which are longer than the tube. 

 Anthers 4, sessile, inclosed. Style short, bifid at the apex. 

 Berry dry, 2-celled while young, but in the adult state it is glo- 

 bose, depressed, 1 -celled, and 1-seeded, marked by 8 crenula- 

 tions at the cicatrice. Seeds fixed to the bottom of the cell, 

 umbilicate at the base, globosely depressed. Albumen horny. 

 Embryo lateral, small, horizontal. Glabrous, dichotomously 

 branched shrubs, natives of America. Leaves petiolate, oval or 

 oblong, acuminated. Stipulas interpetiolar, solitary on each 

 side, broad at the base, and setaceously cuspidate at the apex. 

 Flowers corymbose or umbellate, on the tops of the branches or 

 peduncles. Corollas white. 



SECT. I. EUFARA'MEA (this section is supposed to contain the 

 true species of the genus). D. C. prod. 4. p. 496. Faramea, 

 Aiibl. guian. 1. p. 102. t. 40. Lam. diet. 2. p. 460. ill. t. 63. 

 Famarea, Vittm. summ. pi. 1. p. 357. Peduncles terminal, 1-3 

 together, bearing each a simple umbel of flowers at the apex. 

 Flowers involucrated by caducous bracteas. Stipulas ending in 

 an awn. 



1 F. SESSILIFLO'RA (Aubl. guian. 1. p. 104. t. 40. f. 2.) um- 

 bels terminal, solitary, simple, sessile ; calyx 4-toothed. ^ S. 

 Native of Guiana, in the woods called Cauxwoods. Leaves ob- 

 ovate. Flowers white. 



Sessile-flowered Faramea. Shrub 7 to 8 feet. 



2 F. SERTULI'FERA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 496.) peduncles ter- 

 minal, solitary, nearly terete, bearing a simple umbel of flowers 

 at the apex ; calyx truncate. Tj . S. Native of Cuba, about 

 the Havannah. Branches slender, dichotomous. Leaves oblong, 

 acuminated at both ends. 



Garland-bearing Faramea. Shrub. 



3 F. TRUNCA'TA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 496.) peduncles terminal 

 by threes, compressed at the apex, bearing each a simple umbel 

 of flowers ; calyx truncate. T? . S. Native of French Guiana. 

 Very like the following species, but differs in the calyx being 

 truncate. Corolla marcescent. Fruit pale, but exactly like 

 those of F. odoratissima. 



7Yncaie-calyxed Faramea. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 



4 F. CORYMBOSA (Aubl. guian. 1. p. 102. t. 40. f. 1.) pedun- 

 cles terminal by threes, compressed at the apex, each bearing a 

 simple umbel of flowers ; calyx 4-toothed. Tj . S. Native of 

 French Guiana, in the woods called Cauxwoods. Lam. ill. t. 63. 

 Flowers white. 



Corymbose-flowered Faramea. Shrub 7 to 8 feet. 



SECT. II. TETRAME'RIUM (from rtrpuc, tetras, fourfold, and 

 /xepic, meris, a part ; in reference to the flowers being tetrame- 

 rous). D. C. prod. 4. p. 496. Tetramerium, Gsertn. fil. carp. 



3. p. 90. t. 196. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 373 



Coffea section Potima, Pers. ench. 1. p. 209. Darluca, Rafin. 

 ann. gen. sc. phys. 6. p. 87. ? Coffea and Ixora species, Lin. 

 Corymbs terminal, trichotomous. Flowers naked. 



* Stipulas ending in an ann. 



5 F. ODORATI'SSIMA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 496.) leaves oval-ob- 

 long, acutish at the base, and abruptly acuminated at the apex ; 

 Stipulas broad, ending in a subdorsal awn ; corymbs terminal ; 

 limb of calyx very short, truncate, ten times shorter than the 

 tube of the corolla ; berry crowned by the very short bluntly 

 4-toothed limb of the calyx. Tj . S. Native of the West Indian 

 islands, as in St. Domingo, Jamaica, Porto-Rico, Guadaloupe, 

 Cayenne, Panama, and probably of Mexico. Plum. ed. Burm. 

 t. 156. f. 2. P. Browne, jam. t. 6. f. 1. but not fig. 2. Coffea 

 occidentals, Jacq. amer. t. 47. Lin. spec. p. 246. Ixora Ame- 

 ricana, Lin. amcen. acad. 5. p. 393. ex Swartz. Tetramerium 

 odoratissimum, Gaertn. fil. carp. 3. p. 90. t. 196. Tetramerium 

 occidentale, Nees and Mart. nov. act. nat. cur. 12. p. 13. 

 Flowers white, sweet-scented, about the size of those of the jas- 

 mine ; hence it is called jasmine in Jamaica. 



Very-smeet-scented-fio\vereA Faramea. Clt. 1793. Sh. 6 ft. 



6 F. LATIFO'LIA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 497.) leaves oval, abruptly 

 acuminated ; Stipulas broad, ending in a subdorsal awn ; corymbs 

 terminal ; tube of calyx slightly tetragonal, somewhat 4- 

 toothed, 5 times shorter than the tube of the corolla. J? . S. 

 Native of Brazil, in the province of Rio Janeiro. Tetramerium 

 latifolium, Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnsea. 4. p. 30. It differs 

 from the preceding species in the flowers being one-half smaller. 

 This plant is probably also a native of Trinidad and Santa Cruz. 



Broad-leaved Faramea. Shrub 6 feet. 



7 F. MONTEVIDE'NSIS (D. C. prod. 4. p. 497.) leaves oblong, 

 acuminated at both ends ; Stipulas broadish at the base, ending 

 in a subdorsal awn at the apex ; corymbs terminal ; berries 

 crowned by the limb of the calyx, which is tubularly cup-shaped 

 and subtruncate. ^ . S. Native of Brazil, about Monte- 

 Video ; and of Porto-Rico. Tetramerium Montevid6nse, Cham, 

 et Schlecht. in Linnaea. 4. p. 29. Flowers white. Leaves and 

 inflorescence almost like those of F. odoratissima ; but the limb 

 of the calyx on the fruit is very different. 



Monte-Video Faramea. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



8 F. STIPULA'CEA D. C. prod. 4. p. 497.) leaves oblong, atten- 

 uated at the base, and acute at the apex ; stipulas broad at the 

 base, and ending in a dorsal awn at the apex ; corymbs terminal ; 

 limb of calyx acutely 4-toothed ; berry globose, crowned by the 

 short limb of the calyx. ^ . S. Native of Brazil, within the 

 tropic. Tetramerium stipulaceum, Cham, et Schlecht. in Lin- 

 naea. 4. p. 31. Flowers white. Habit of F. jasminoides, but 

 differs in the dorsal awn to the stipulas. 



Stipulaceous Faramea. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



9 F. CCERU'LEA (D. C. 1. c.) leaves ovate-elliptic, acute at both 

 ends ; stipulas dilated at the base, and ending in a short awn at 

 the apex ; peduncles axillary, usually 3-flowered ; limb of calyx 

 acutely 5-toothed, 6 times shorter than the tube of the corolla. 

 Tj . S. Native of Brazil. Tetramerium cceruleum, Nees et 

 Mart. nov. act. bonn. 12. p. 12. Peduncles and branches 2- 

 edged. Corolla of an amethyst colour, with lanceolate segments. 



5/ue-flowered Faramea. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



10 F. AXILLARIFLO'RA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 673.) leaves sessile, 

 ovate-oblong, cordate at the base, acuminated at the apex ; sti- 

 pulas ending in a long-awned acumen ; branches much compres- 

 sed ; flowers on short pedicels, in fascicled corymbs from the 

 axils of the leaves. >? . S. Native of Brazil, about Bahia, 

 where it was collected by Salzmann, G. Don, &c. Flowers 

 white. Fruit exactly like that of F. odoratissima. Leaves 7-8 

 inches long, and about 3 broad. 



dxillary-flomered Faramea. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



11 F. GUAYAQUILE'NSIS (D. C. I.e.) leaves oblong, acumi- 

 nated, almost sessile ; stipulas oblong, acuminated, and a little 

 awned, permanent : upper ones bifid on both sides ; panicle ter- 



