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long, the 5 lobes about one third the length of the tube, ovate-oblong, obtuse; corolla white, 

 the tube 6-6.5 cm. long, 4-6 mm. thick, the lobes oblong, 2.5 cm. long, 9-1 1 mm. wide, rounded 

 at the apex; anthers 1.7 cm. long; style hirsute above, the branches 1 cm. long. 



Type locality: Mangrove swamps, vicinity of Viento Frio, Province of Col6n, Panama. 



Distribution: Panama. 



37. HILLIA Jacq. Enum. PI. Carib. 3. 1760. 



Fereiria Veil.; Vand. Fl. Lusit. 21. 1788. 

 Saldanha Veil. Fl. Flum. 141. 1825. 



Shrubs, often epiphytic, glabrous, the branches subangulate. Leaves opposite, peti- 

 olate, fleshy. Stipules intrapetiolar, membranaceous, caducous. Flowers large, white, termi- 

 nal, solitary, subsessile, bracteate and bracteolate; hypanthium obovoid or cylindric; calyx 

 wanting or of 2-4 foliaceous caducous lobes; corolla salverform, the tube elongate, the throat 

 ampliate, naked, the limb 3-7-lobate, the lobes spreading, contorted. Stamens 4-7, inserted 

 below the throat of the corolla; filaments very short; anthers basifixed, elongate-linear, ob- 

 tuse at each end, included. Disk swollen. Ovary 2-celled; style filiform, clavate above, 

 bifid, included ; ovules numerous, ascending, the placentae cylindric, bifid, adnate to the septum. 

 Capsule elongate-oblong or cylindric, truncate, 2-celled, septicidally bivalvate. Seeds nu- 

 merous, imbricate, the body minute, the testa spongious, produced at the base into an append- 

 age and at the apex into a tuft of hairs; endosperm fleshy; embryo compressed, the cotyledons 

 ovate, the radicle short, obtuse. 



Type species, Hillia parasitica Jacq. 



Capsule 4-12 cm. long; leaves 1-6 cm. wide. 



Corolla 4-parted; leaf -blades rounded at the apex. 1. H. tetrandra. 



Corolla 6-parted; leaf -blades cuspidate-acuminate at the apex. 2. H. parasitica. 



Capsule 1.2-2.5 cm. long; leaves 2-3 mm. wide. 3. H. panamensis. 



1. Hillia tetrandra Sw. Prodr. 58. 1788. 



Shrub, 2-10 dm. high, often epiphytic, the roots bearing small tubers, the branches very 



thick, grayish; stipules oval or oblong, 7-10 mm. long, rounded at the apex; petioles very 



stout, 2-8 mm. long; leaf-blades obovate, obovate-oblong, or oval-oblong, 2.5-7 cm. long, 



1-3.5 cm. wide, acute or attenuate at the base, rounded at the apex, thick and fleshy, the 



costa stout, the venation usually obsolete, the lateral veins nearly straight, ascending at a very 



acute angle; bracts stipule-like; hypanthium cylindric, 5-8 mm. long; calyx-lobes 4 or wanting, 



oblong-spatulate, 7-12 mm. long, obtuse; corolla-tube 2.5-8 cm. long, 3-4 mm. thick, the 5 



lobes oval or obovate, 1.5-2.5 cm. long; capsule 4.5-7 cm. long, 5-7 mm. thick, narrowed at 



each end; seed-body 1-2 mm. long, the tuft of brown hairs 10-12 mm. long. 



Type locality: Mountains of Jamaica. 



Distribution: On trees or among rocks, mountains of Cuba and Jamaica; Guatemala to Costa 

 Rica. 



2. Hillia parasitica Jacq. Enum. PI. Carib. 18. 1760. 



Hillia longiflora Sw. Prodr. 58. 1788. 



Shrub, 0.5-2 meters high, epiphytic upon trees, often pendent, the branches stout, brown; 

 stipules oblong or oval, 1-2.5 cm. long, thin, obtuse or rounded at the apex; petioles stout, 

 0.4-2.5 cm. long; leaf-blades obovate, oval, elliptic-oval, or oval-obovate, 5.5-14 cm. long, 

 2.2-6 cm. wide, acute or obtuse at the base, usually rounded or very obtuse at the apex and 

 cuspidate-acuminate, with an acute or obtuse acumen, sometimes acuminate, thick, bright- 

 green, concolorous, lustrous above, the lateral veins mostly obsolete; bracts large, stipule- 

 like; hypanthium cylindric, 3-5 mm. long; calyx-lobes 6, linear-lanceolate, obtuse, about 4 

 mm. long, sometimes wanting; corolla-tube 6t10.5 cm. long, 3-4 mm. thick, the 6 lobes lance- 

 olate or lance-oblong, 2.5-4 cm. long; anthers 4-6 mm. long; capsule 4-12 cm. long, 7-9 mm. 

 thick, brown; seed-body 2-3 mm. long, the brown or yellowish coma 8-12 mm. long. 



Type locality: Martinique. 



Distribution: Widely distributed in the West Indies; also from Venezuela to Ecuador and 

 Brazil; reported from Mexico. 



Illustrations: Sw. Obs. pi. 5, f. 1; Jacq. Sel. Stirp. Am. pi. 66; Mart. Fl. Bras. 6 6 : pi. 110; 

 Lam. Tab. Encyc. pi. 257, f. 1; Andr. Bot. Repos. pi. 145; Bot. Mag. pi. 721; E. & P. Nat. Pfl. 4 4 : 

 /. 19, P-R. 



