SOLANACE^E. XXXVIII. CESTRLM. 



481 



$ 1. Filaments toothless and naked, and sometimes villous at 

 their insertion. 



* Floners solitary, or aggregate, sessile. 



1 C. BuxiFotiDM (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 57.) 

 leaves approximate, elliptic, bluntish, rather cordate, glabrous, 

 shining ; axillary flowers solitary : terminal ones crowded, ses- 

 sile ; filaments naked and toothless. <? . S. Native of New- 

 Granada, near the monastery of Mont Serrat, at the altitude of 

 650 hexapods. Branchlets clothed with fuscescent tomentum. 

 Leaves 7-8 lines long. Corollas white. 



Box-leated Bastard Jasmine. Shrub. 



2 C. MARIQUITE'NSE (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c.) leaves oblong, 

 acute, membranous, glabrous; axillary flowers solitary: term- 

 inal ones crowded, nearly sessile ; segments of corolla ovate, 

 acute : filaments naked and toothless. ^. S. Native of New 

 Granada, near Santa Ana and Mariqnita, at the altitude of 550 

 hexapods. C. Bogotense, Willd. rel. ex Ro3m. et Schultes, 

 syst. 4. p. 807. Branches downy. Leaves 2-8 lines long. 

 Corollas white. Berry ovate-elliptic, size of a pea. 



Mariquita Bastard Jasmine. Shrub. 



3 C. PEXDULIXUM < v Jacq. schoenbr. 3. p. 42. t. 327.) branches 

 gmoothish, leaves ovate-oblong, sub-acuminated, rather hairy ; 

 flowers crowded at the tops of the branches, almost sessile ; 

 segments of corolla oblong, obtuse, with reflexed edges ; fila- 

 ments naked and toothless. t? . S. Native of New Granada, 

 near Turbaco and Mahates ; and of Caraccas. H. B. et Kunth, 

 nov. gen. 3. p. 57. Branches rather downy. Leaves 2 inches 

 long. Corolla greenish white. Berry elliptic, size of those of 

 Cornus alba, blue. 1'he branches are said to be pendulous. 



Pendufous-branched Bastard Jasmine. Fl. June, July. Clt. 

 1824. Shrub 4 to 8 feet. 



4 C. PAUCIFIORI M (Nees, et Mart, in act. bonn. 11. p. 79.) 

 leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute, downy beneath ; flowers axil- 

 lary, solitary, sessile ; filaments naked, toothless. f; . S. Na- 

 tive of Brazil, at the river Ilheos. Young branches muricated, 

 but glabrous in the adult state. Leaves 3-4 inches long ; peti- 

 oles marginate, rather scabrous. Each flower is furnished with 

 a lateral, subulate bracteole. Segments of calyx and corolla 

 narrow, linear-lanceolate, keeled. Corolla yellowish, 4-5 Lines 

 long. Berry 2-celled, 4-seeded. C. Mariquitensis differs from 

 this species in the leaves being smaller and glabrous, in the seg- 

 ments of the corolla being broader, glabrous, and ovate, and it 

 differs from all other species in the axillary, solitary flowers. 



Fen-faltered Bastard Jasmine. Shrub. 



5 C. CORYMBOSUM (Schlecht. in Linnaea, 7. p. 57.) glabrous ; 

 leaves elliptic, or obovate-lanceolate, cuneated at the base, 

 rather coriaceous, shining ; corymbs terminal, sessile ; calycine 

 teeth triangular, bearded at the tip ; segments of corolla acute, 

 very short ; filaments villous at the adnate part ; berries globose. 



*J.S. Native of Brazil, Sello. Branchlets clothed with dirty, 

 rusty, curled down. Leaves 2-3 inches long. Berry size of a 

 large pea. 



Corym&ose-flowered Bastard Jasmine. Shrub. 



6 C. VESPERTINL-M (Lin. syst. 227.) glabrous ; leaves elliptic ; 

 flowers aggregate, sessile, terminal, and axillary ; filaments 

 naked, toothless. I? . S. Native of the West Indies. Jacq. 

 schoenbr. 3. p. 43. t. 328. Lher. stirp. 1. p. 72. Murr. nov. 

 comm. grett. 5. p. 41. t. 8. C. confertum, Mill. diet. no. 5. C. 

 Jamaicense, Lam. diet. 1. p. 687. C. ramosissimum, Hort. 

 patav. Jasminum, Sloane, hist. 2. p. 96. t. 204, f. 2. ? Plum, 

 ed. Burm. p. 150. t. 157. f. 1. Ixora alternifblia, Jacq. amer. 

 pict. 16. t. 177. f. 8. Branches tomentose. Corolla greenish 

 white, with narrow, acute segments ; tube long, filiform. Berry 

 blue. The flowers are disposed in short, crowded spikes. 



VOL. IT. 



Evening Bastard Jasmine. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1759. Shrub 

 10 to 12 feet. 



7 C. ? ROSEGM (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c. p. 59. t. 197.) leaves 

 oblong, bluntish, clothed with soft down on both surfaces ; 

 peduncles axillary and terminal, ? 4-6-flowered ; flowers sessile, 

 crowded into involucrated heads ; calyx tubular, 5-cleft, downy ; 

 segments of the corolla ovate, narrow-acuminated ; filaments 

 naked, toothless. J? . S. Native of Mexico, in frigid places, 

 near Real del Moran and Hacienda de Regla, at the altitude of 

 1200 hexapods. Young branches clothed with villous down. 

 Leaves 2 to 2j inches long. Calycine segments lanceolate, 

 acute, unequal, reflexed at top. Corolla glabrous, rose-coloured. 

 Segments of corolla reflexed. Berry unknown. 



Rose-coloured-Qowered Bastard Jasmine. Shrub 6 feet. 



* * Florcers spicate, or racemose. Spikes and racemes 

 axillary and terminal. 



8 C. CALYCI HUM (Willd. rel. ex Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 

 809. H. B. et Kunth, 1. c. p. 58.) branches and under sides of 

 leaves clothed with canescent, stellate tomentum ; leaves ovate- 

 elliptic, glabrous and shining above, sub-acuminated, stiffish ; 

 peduncles axillary and terminal, many-flowered, short, spicate ; 

 flowers sessile ; calyx elongated, 5-cleft ; corollas tomentose ; 

 filaments naked, toothless. J? . S. Native of Peru, near 

 Gonzanama ; and of Brazil, Sello. Leaves 2-3 inches long. 

 Calycine segments ovate-lanceolate, acuminated. Corolla pale 

 green. Stamens inserted at the top of the tube, glabrous. 

 Habit of Sessea. Very like C. stipulalum, Ruiz, et Pav. 



Large-calyxed Bastard Jasmine. Shrub 10 feet. 



9 C. PETIOLA'RE (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c.) branches and the 

 nerves on the under sides of the leaves clothed with powdery 

 tomentum ; leaves on long petioles, glabrous above, elliptic- 

 oblong, sub-acuminated, costately veined ; peduncles axillary 

 and terminal, few-flowered, very short, spicately approximate ; 

 flowers sessile ; filaments naked, toothless. ? fy . S. Native of 

 Peru, in shady places between Ayavaca and Yanta, at the alti- 

 tude of 800 hexapods. C. venosum, Willd. herb. no. 4438. ex 

 Roam, et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 807. Sessea petiolaris, Spreng. 

 syst. 1. p. 584. Branches glabrous: floriferous ones clothed 

 with fuscescent tomentum. Leaves 5-7 inches long, and 2-3 

 broad. Petioles of the upper leaves biauriculate at the base ; 

 auricles lunate. Peduncles spicately approximate at the tops of 

 the branches, tomentose. Teeth of calyx short, acute. 



Petiolate-leaved Bastard Jasmine. Shrub. 



10 C. CONGLOMERA'TCM (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 29. t. 156. 

 f. a. H. B. et Kunth, 1. c. p. 60.) leaves oblong-lanceolate, 

 acute, reticulately veined, stilf, glabrous, having the veins be- 

 neath prominent ; spikes axillary, short, sessile ; calycine teeth 

 ovate, acute ; filaments naked, toothless. ^ . S. Native on 

 the western declivities of the Andes of Peru, among the debris 

 of rocks. C. reticulatum, Willd. rel. ex Rcem. et Schultes, 

 syst. 4. p. 808. Branches subtrigonal. Leaves 3-4 inches 

 long. Spikes approximate at the tops of the branches. Co- 

 rolla greenish yellow, with ovate, acute segments. The plant 

 of Ruiz, et Pav. is probably the same as that of H. B. et 

 Kunth, 1. c. 



Congkmerate-QoTxered Bastard Jasmine. Shrub. 



11C. AFFI'NE (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c.) leaves lanceolate, or 

 lanceolate- oblong, acuminated, membranous, glabrous ; spikes 

 axillary, short, sessile, approximate ; flowers sessile ; segments 

 of corolla ovate, acute ; filaments naked, glabrous. ^ . S. 

 Native of Peru, on Mount Tinguragua : also near Ayavaca. 

 C. Peruvianum, Willd. rel. ex Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 

 807. Branches trigonal, smooth. Leaves 5 inches long, 

 and Ij inch broad. Spikes approximate at the tops of the 

 branches. Corolla whitish green, glabrous. Teeth of calyx 

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