KUBIACE^. 817 



celled : placentas 2, almost touching each other in the axis. Berry apparently 2-eelled by 

 the placentas contiguous or overlapping. — Flowers in terminal corymbs. 



The character is enlarged, to admit Gardenia cluaiifolia, Jacq., bat I want materials to 

 decide whether Swartz has not correctly united Genipa with Gardenia. The ovary presents 

 the same structure ; thus the distinction is confined to the greater number of pkcentaj in 

 the Gardenia, figured by Wight, and to the inflorescence. 



1. G. americana, L. Leaves ]a,aceo\&i&-a}>\aag, glabrous ; corymbs shortly peduncled : 

 pedicels shorter than the truncate calyx ; corolla silky, hirsute at the throat : tube shortly 

 exserted, as long as the lobes ; anthers exserted ; stigma clavate ; berry " ovoid." — Besc. 

 Fl. 2. t. 87. — Gardenia Genipa, Sw. — A tree; leaves 5"-10", white flowers 1", "berry 2" 

 long." — Ha.b. Caribbean Islands I ; [Haiti, i'rench islands I ; New Granada I, Guiana !]. 



2. G. Caruto, Kth. Leaves obovate, pubescent beneath (or glabrate) ; corymbs shortly 

 peduncled : pedicels as long as the truncate-i^epaud or dentate calyx ; corolla strigose-to- 

 mentose on the outside and within : tube shortly exserted, as long as the lobes ; anthers ex- 

 serted ; stigma clavate ; berry ovate-oblong. — ^A tree ; leaves 6"-8", calyx 4"'-5"', corolla- 

 tube 6'" long.^HAB. S. Vincent 1, Guild. ; Trinidad !, Cr. ; [Cuba ! ; Tabasco !, Veraguas I. 

 J^ew Granada I, Guiana !]. 



3. G. cluaiifolia, Gr. Leaves obovate, subtmncate at the tap, glabrous ; corymbs 

 shortly peduncled : pedicels as long as the calyx ; calyx-limb h-fid: lobes Hnear, distant; 

 corolla glabrous : tube exserted, nearly as long as the lobes ; anthers semi-exserted ; stigma 

 2-fld : lobes lanceolate-setaceous ; berry ovoii. — Catesb. Carol. 1. t. 59; Jacq^. Coll. 5. t. 4. 



f. 3 : anal. — Gardenia, Jacq^. — A shrub ; leaves 4"-2" loug, black in drying ; corolla-tube 

 6'", "berry 3" long." — Hab. Bahamas I, Swains. ; [Cuba !, on maritime rocks]. 



SuBTKiBE 2. RANDIER. — Corolla-lobes imbricative or contorted. Pericarp fleshy, inde- 

 hiscent: ovules oo (-2), immersed into thick central placentas. — •Woody plants; stipules 

 interpetiolar ; flowers corymbose, clustered, or single. 



2. CATESB.a;A, L. 



Calyx-limb 4-partite. Corolla infundibular : tube tapering downwards : lobes 2 exterior, 

 2 interior induplicative. Stamens inserted into the corolla-base, exceeding its throat : an- 

 thers linear, erect. Style subentire. Berry 2-celled : seeds compressed, wingless, parallel 

 to the placenta-projections. — Small-leaved shrubs : axils spiny ; pedicels axillary. 



4. C. Bpinosa, L. Leaves ovate or obovate, nearly as loug as the spines ; flowers 

 large, yellow, nodding ; calyx as long as the pedicel : limb-segments subulate, much shorter 

 than,the tube; corolla-tube gradu^y tapering from the Kmb to the middle, filiform below 

 it, 6 times longer than the ovate, pointed lobes; berry ovoid. — Catesb. Carol. 2. t. 100 i 

 Bot.Mag.t.'iZl; Bot. Beg. t. 85$^ Rich. Cub. <. 47.— C. longiflora, Sw. C. latifolia, 

 Lindl. C. macrantha, Bich. — Leaves 4"'-8"', coroUa-tube 5"-6 , berry IJ" long.-r-HiB. 

 Bahamas !, Swains. ; cultivated in Jamaica !, Al. ; [Cuba I]. 



5. C. parviflora, /SW. Leaves roundish-elliptical or obovate, usually exceeded by the 

 spines ; flowers small, white, shortly pedicellate ; segments of the calyx-hmb lanceolate, aca- 

 minate, longer than the tube ; corolla-tube tapering from the Umb to the base, timce as long 

 as the ovate, pointed /oie* ; berry globose. — SI. t.SOT./.l. — C. parvifolia, DC: a form 

 with puberulons branchlets and small leaves. 0. campanulata, Bam. I — Very spiny, Q' high ; 

 leaves 3"'-6"', coroUa^tube 4'" long ; berry 3"'-4"' diam. — Hab. Jamaica iSw.), in maritime 

 thickets along the northern coast; Antigua I, Lane, Wullschl.; [Cuba I, Haiti]. 



3. POSOQUERIA, Aubl. 



Calyx-limb 5-dentate. Corolla salver-shaped : tube long, filiform : limb gibbous, 5-par- 

 -tite, imbricative. Stamens esferted : filaments short, inserted into the corolla-throat : an- 

 thers oblong-linear, pointed, inserted above their base. Berry 2-celled. — Shrubs ; flowers 

 white, in terminal corymbs. 



6. P. latifolia, B. S. Leaves ovate or eUiptioal, rounded at the base, leathery, gla- 

 brous ; calyx-teeth blunt ; corolla-tube straight, much longer than the nodding limb : lobes 



