Kdloggia. RUBIACEi. 31 



IT. 513 ; Grbeb. PI. W. Ind. 342. P. nervosa, Swartz, Fl. Ind. <),,;. i. 403. P. lanceotata, 

 Nutt. in Am. Jour. ^. i. y. o'ji). ferruLriiiija=-]ju1iej;cent form, in fruit, and glal.ruu.- I'urm also 

 mentioned : DC. 1. c. .513. P. dumarrhoides, i P. oligotiichii, DC. 1. c. .514, glabrous or neariy 

 ^dabron? forms. P. ruHfCfns. HBK. ? Griseb. 1. c. the ferrutriiiuiL-])ul .tjcent form. — Woo*"'- 

 of E. and '^ Florida along the t.ast. first coll. by Midiaux and Ware. (W. Ind., Mex.?) 

 <P. tenuifolia, Swaktz. Sl,nvr l to 4 feetliigli. K-ith more simple and erect partly herba- 

 ceous floweriiii: branche-. glabrou; or commonly with a very minute pruinose puberulence, 

 no ferrugin^ius hairini.--~j : stipulc-s distinct, ovate, often acute, sometimes seraceuuslv-acumi- 

 nate. cadu. m- . leav.-- obloug-kmceolate or broader (3 to 6 inches lunsi. acuminate at both 

 ends : C}-me either short-peduncled or sessile, compactly many-flowered : tiowtrs uearl\ ut tlie 

 preceding : drupes not seen in the Florida plant, according to ^-v. artz " obl^ .iiif." i ellip.-'.iual, 

 Griseljach,) in Cuban specimen- globose. — Fl. Ind. dec. i. 40i e.x char.) : iiri-e'i. 1. c. .341. 

 P. lanceolata, in Jisrrib. coU. Rugel. iu parr. & coll. Curti-- : also Chapm. Fl. 1. v. in part ; 

 Griseb. Cat. Cub. 135, not Xutt. (Xear P. piibescens, ^'.varrz. but has different -tipules.) 

 — Rich wood*. .'-. Florida; Tampa and Mauatee Eiver, Leaiemcartk, Rugcl, Indian Eiver, 

 Ciiitiss. (W. Ind.) 



17. STRtJMPFIA. .Tricq. (C. C. S'r.n,ij.f. who edited the fourth edition 

 of Linn. (Tenera Plantanim. l — Stirp. Amer. ilS : Lam. 111. t. 7.31 : A. Eich. 

 Mem. Rub. t. : Benth. & Hook. Gen. ii. 117. — ^iIlgle -pc-cies. 



S. maritiina, Jacq. Low shrub, much branched, erect, exceedingly leafy : branches where 

 the leaves have fallen annulate-ronghened by the squarr se remain- of the stipules, which 

 closely approximate : leaves more commonly in threes, firm-coriaceous and rigid, linear, with 

 strongly revolute margins, glabrous or pubemleut, at length shininL'. inch or le-s lorL'. 

 mostly exceeding the flower-clusters: coroUa white; fruit white. — Desc. Fl. Ant. t. iO> : 

 DC. Prodr. iv. 470: Chapm. Fl. 175 : Griseb. L c. 336. Toumf/ortia, &.C., Plum. Amer. ed. 

 Bnrm. t. 251, f. 1. — Rocks on the sea-shore, Keys of Florida. {VT. Ind.) 



18. ERN6DEA, S-iVLirtz. CEpvioSj^s, sprouting or branching.) — Prodr. i.i. 

 ct Fl. Ind. Ooc. i. 223. t. 4. KnoxlfA. P. Browne, Jam. 110. ThijineJto. .'-^loane, 

 Hist. Jam. t. 1G9. — -Single species. 



• B. littoralis, .'^^VAETZ, 1. c. Procimibent, snttraticose. glabrous : leaves fleshy-coriace'nus. 

 lanceolate, acute, inch or le-s long, crowded on the branchler-. oljseurely nerv^se-veined : 

 sripules short- vaginate, produced between the leaf-bases into cuspidate points : corolla yel- 

 lowish, half-inch or less long : drupe yellow, pisiform, crowned by the conspicuous caly.x- 

 lobes. — A. Rich. Mem. Rub. t. 5, f. 2:'Torr. i Gray, Fl ii. 30; Griseb. Fl. W. Ind. .047" — 

 Shores of *. Florida. (W. Ind.) 



19. MITCHELL A. L. Paetridge-dekry. — (Dr. John MdchtU of Vir- 

 ginia, earliest X. American botanical author, founder of several new Sonera in 

 1741. 1 — Go:i. ed. -j. 49 : Lam. 111. t. 63. t'hamcBdaphne, Mitch. — Of a -iijgle 

 species, for that oi Japan seems not different. 



TVT. repens, L .Sma" creeping evergreen, glaV>rons or nearly so : leaves deep green, ovate or 

 subcordate, half-inch to near an inch in length, sieuder-petioled : srijjuies ciiangular-subnlate, 

 minute : pedimcle short, terminal : corollas white or tinged with rose out>ide ; tube half- 

 inch Ion?, surpassiuc: the o' ious lobes : two-eyed "berry" rather dry and tasteless, briglit 

 red, S-'metinieS white. — >pe'.. i. Ill {Lonicera, &c., Gronov. : .s.-fV/a hacciferay &c., Pluk. 

 Acjalth. t. 444. Catesb. Car. t. 20 . Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. &79 : Bart. Yi. Am. Sept. c. 93, f. 1 ; 

 Torr. i Gray, Fl ii. 34 : Gray, .Struct Bot. ed. 6, fig. 467-469. J/, undulala, Sieb. i Zucc; 

 iliquel, Prolns. Jap. 275. — Woods, especially under Couiferte, Xova Scotia and Canada to 

 Florida and Texas, (ilex., Japan.) 



20. K:ELL6GG-IA. Torr. (Dr. Alhert KeUogg, of California.) —Wilkes, 

 s. Pacif. Ex. Exped. svii. 332 (lS74i. t. 6 (l?t;2 : Benth. & Hook. Gen. ii. 137 ; 



