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Leaves finely lineolate between the veins; inflorescence not capitate. 



Flowers in secund racemes, small. 48. Plocaniophyllon. 



Flowers not racemose or secund, large. 



Calyx subtruncate, very shallowly and irregularly iobed. 49. NothophlEbia. 



Calyx spathaceous or conspicuously and regularly lobed. 



Calvx spathaceous or lobate, the lobes not foliaceous; leaves 



often pinnatifid. 50. Watsonamra. 



Calyx deeply lobate, the lobes subfoliaceous ; leaves entire. 51. Sommera. 

 Leaves not lineolate; inflorescence usually capitate or cymose-capitate. 



Plants herbaceous, prostrate; ovary 2-celled. 52. Tontanea. 



Plants woodv or suffrutescent. 



Ovary 3-5-celled. 53. Sabicea. 



Ovary 2-celled. 54. Xerococcus. 



43. URCEOLARIA Willd. (in Cothen. Disp. Veg. Meth. 10; hyponym. 

 1790); J. F. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 2: 390. 1791. 



Fuchsia Sw. Prodr. 62. 1788. Not Fuchsia L. 1753. 

 Schradera Vahl, Eclog. 1: 35. 1796. 

 Uncariopsis Karst. Linnaea 30: 152. 1859. 



Glabrous shrubs, subepiphytic, sometimes scandent, the branches stout, terete. Leaves 

 opposite, petiolate, coriaceous. Stipules interpetiolar, large, connate at the base, deciduous. 

 Flowers densely globose-capitate, sometimes heterostylous, the heads terminal, pedunculate, 

 involucrate; hypanthium turbinate or hemispheric; calyx short, truncate, persistent; corolla 

 coriaceous, salverform, the tube short or elongate, the throat subampliate, villous, the limb 

 5-10-lobate, the lobes narrow, spreading, valvate. Stamens 5-10, inserted in the throat of 

 the corolla; filaments very short; anthers dorsifixed, linear, obtuse at the apex, obtuse or 

 bilobate at the base, included or exserted. Disk annular. Ovary 2-4-ceHed; style elongate, 

 with 2-4 branches; ovules numerous, the placentae fleshy, affixed to the axis of the ovary. 

 Fruit baccate, 2- or 4-celled. Seeds numerous, minute, suborbicular, compressed, the testa 

 crustaceous, granulate ; endosperm fleshy; embryo clavate, bifid. 



Type species, Urceolaria exotica J. F. Gmel. 



Style quadrifid; lateral veins of the leaves prominent beneath, reticulately 



anastomosing; corolla-lobes usually 6-8, obtuse. 1. U. involucrata. 



Style bifid; lateral veins scarcely prominent beneath, not anastomosing; corolla- 

 lobes usually 5 or 6, acutish. 2. U. exotica. 



1. Urceolaria involucrata (Sw.) Standley. 



Fuchsia involucrata Sw. Prodr. 62. 1788. 



Schradera cephalotes Willd. Sp. PI. 2: 238. 1799. 



Schradera jamaicensis Pers. Syn. PI. 1: 201. 1805. 



Schradera involucrata K. Schumann, in Mart. Fl. Bras. 6 6 : 295. 1889. 



Branches stout, yellowish; stipules spatulate-oblong, obtuse, as long as the petioles; 



petioles stout, 5-8 mm. long; leaf-blades elliptic, lance-oblong, or oval, 5-9.5 cm. long, 2-5.5 



cm. wide, rounded at the base, acute to very obtuse at the apex, herbaceous, the lateral veins 



prominent beneath and reticulately anastomosing; heads pedunculate, solitary, the peduncles 



2.5 cm. long or shorter; involucre entire, shorter than the calyces; corolla salverform, white, 



the tube 1.6-2 cm. long, 5-6 mm. thick, the lobes 5-10, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, about as 



long as the tube, 3.5-4 mm. wide, cucullate at the apex; stamens exserted, the anthers 7 mm. 



long; style quadrifid; fruit subglobose, about 12 mm. in diameter. 



Type locality: Jamaica. 

 Distribution: Mountains of Jamaica. 



2. Urceolaria exotica J. F. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 2: 390. 1791. 



Schradera capitata Vahl, Eclog. 1: 35. 1796. 



Schradera brasiliensis Mart.; Schultes, in R. & S. Syst. Veg. 7: 164. 1829. 

 Schradera cephalophora Griseb. Mem. Am. Acad. II. 8: 504. 1862. 

 Urceolaria capitata Fritsch, Oesterr. Bot. Zeits. 44: 288. 1894. 



Scandent shrub, the branches very stout, grayish or yellowish; stipules obovate, about 



1.5 cm. long, rounded at the apex, brown; petioles stout, 1-2.5 cm. long; leaf-blades oval to 



oblong, 5.5-10.5 cm. long, 2.5-5.5 cm. wide, rounded or obtuse at the base, rounded or very 



obtuse at the apex, coriaceous, lustrous above, paler beneath, the lateral veins prominulous or 



obscure, the margin plane or revolute; heads solitary, the peduncles very stout, 2.5-4 cm. long; 



