148 HIPPOCRATEACEjE. 



LIV. HIPPOCKATEACEiE. 



Calgx Sr-fid. Petals 5. Stamens 3, inserted on the inside of a large disc. Omrff 

 3-ceUed : styles coliering below : ovules definite, ascending. Embryo exaltuminons. — ^Woody 

 plants ; leaves simple, opposite, stipulate ; inflorescence axillary. 



The oily seed of Hippocratea comosa is eatable, and so are the berries of Salacia. 



1. HIPPOCKATEA, i. 



Anthers transversely dehiscent : cells conflnent. Carpids at length separated, striated, 

 leathery, navicular-compressed, medianicidal-bivalved : seeds attached to their base, usually 

 by means of an elongated, inferior wing. — Shrubs, usually climbing ; leaves glabrous in, the 

 West Indian species ; panicles or cymes diehotomous, peduncled. 



1. m. scandens, Jacq, Leaves elliptical or oblong, serrulate ; cymes, rusty-pruinose, 

 exceeded by the leaves : divisions distant ; petals obovate, small ; carpids spathulate-oblong, 

 emarginate at the top. — Jacq^. Amer. Pict. t. 12. — H. volnbilis, Z. H. obcordata, Zam. — 

 A cCmbing shrub : petals greenish-yellow, li'" long ; disc obtusely conical ; filaments short ; 

 carpids li''-2i" long, 8'" broad : seeds 4-6. — ^Hab. Caribbean Islands ; [Haiti, Martinique ; 

 Panama !, New Granada I]. 



3. IX. ovata, Zam. Zeaves elliptical-oblong, serrulate; panicles rusty -velutinons, 

 usually exceeding the leaves : special cymes distant ; petals oblong, small ; carpids oval, or 

 oval-roundish, rounded at the top. — Lam. III. t. 28./. 2. Desc. PI. 4. t. 290. — H. volu- 

 hilis, 8w. H. laevigata, Bich. H. discolor, Mey. I — A climbing shrub ; petals 1'" long j 

 disc and filaments as in the preceding ; carpids 1^" long, 1" broad : seeds about 4. — Hab. 

 Jamaica [Eobins) ; Trinidad I, Pd. ; [Cuba ! to Guiana !, Panama !, New Granada !, Kio 

 Negro !]. 



3. H. Bcutellata, Gr. {n. sp."). Leaves ovai-ohlong, quite entire ; cymes hoary-velutl- 

 nous, twice exceeded by the leaves ; powers enlarged by the broad, depressed disc: petal- 

 limb roundish ; carpids obovate-oblong, or ovoid-oblong, rounded at both ends. — Branches 

 puhemlous or glabrate j leaves 3"-4" long, shortly apiculate, rounded at both ends : petiole 

 thickish, 3'" long, puhemlous ; cymes usually contracted, as long as their peduncle ; flowers 

 5"'-6"' diam. ; calyx-lobes ovate, pointed, half as long as the petals ; petals li"'-2"' diam., 

 shortly and broadly clawed : limb lacerate on the margin ; disc orbicular-depressed, scutelli- 

 form with an involute-erect margin, pubescent, 2'" diam. : stamens inserted into its centre ; 

 filaments linear, divergent, 1'" long : anthers minute, roundish, with confluent cells ; carpids 

 li" long, 9'" broad.— Hab. Trinidad !, Pd., Lockh.; [Guiana!]. 



4. IZ. comosa, Sw. Zeaves oblong, qidte entire ; panicles glabrous, equalling the 

 leaves, bearing numberless, sterile, hair-like, rusty pedicels, which exceed much the inter- 

 mixed fertile ones ; flowers minute ; petal-limb ovate, blunt ; " carpids obovate or oblong." 

 — A high climber ; leaves 6"-4" long, reticulated-veiny ; the sterile pedicels about 8'" long, 

 either naked or terminated with an abortive flower ; flowers i'" diam. ; disc cupuUform, 

 thin ; stamens very short, contiguous. — Hab. Trinidad !, Sch., Cr. ; [Haiti.]. 



5. H. malpighifolia, Sudge. Zeaves oblong or oval-oblong, quite entire; panicles 

 lax, glabrous, equalling or exceeding the leaves ; petals large, obovate, 6-8 times exceeding 

 the calyx ; " carpids orbicular : seeds wingless." — Rudge, Ouian. t. 8. Payer, Organ, t. 35. 

 /. 34-44 : anabjt. TonseUa, Mey. I H. integrifolia. Pick. H. grandiflora, Pay. H. Kap- 

 pleriana, Miq^. I — Petals 4'" long, not clawed, glabrous, devoid of the transverse keel of other 

 species; disc cupuliform, thinj stamens short: young anthers 4-ceUed, 4-lobed. — Hab. 

 Jamaica 1, Wils.; S. Vincent!, Quild.; [Cuba to Guiana!, Veraguas]. 



2. SALACIA, L., Benth. 

 Anthers adnate, bilocular. Pericarp baccate. 



6. S. scandens, Qr. Leaves oblong, pointed, quite entire, glabrous j cymes axillaiy, 



diehotomous, exceeded by the leaves ; " berry globose, minute." — Aubl. t. 10. Tontelea, 



Aubl. — A climbing shrub. — Hab. Trinidad; [Gniana, Panama!]. 



