318 RUBIACE^. 



oblong, blunt, unequal; anthers subequal; stigma subentire; berry subglobose.— iJ»«?^. 

 Guian, t. 40.— Solena, Sud^. P. trinitatis, UC— Stipules variable, oblong or deltoid ; 

 corolla-limb in tBe bud oval-oblong, blunt ; leaves 6"-4,", corolla-tube 6"-3", larger lobes 

 6'" long.— Hab. S. Vincent !, Guild.; Trinidad (5jrf.) ; [Panama!, Veneiuela!, Guianal, 

 Brazil]. 



4. RANDIA, L. 



Calyx-limb witt 5 (4-6) segments or teeth. Corolla aalver-shaped : tube subcylindrical : 

 limb contorted or contorted-imbricative. Stamens exserted : anthers erect, sessile at the 

 eoroUa-throat. StigmM. 2-fid. Berry 2-celled : seeds of CaUshnBa. — Shrubs ; flowers tnb- 

 sessile or pedicellate, usually clustered, white in. the West Indian species. 



Sect. 1. OxYCEROS, DC. — Corolla-limb sinistrorsely contorted : tube cylindrical or 



/ 7. B. aculeata, L. Spines opposite, supra-axillary (or none) ; leaves obovate or ellip- 

 tical, at length leathery, glabrous ; flowers single-temate, subsessile, lateral or axillary ; calyx- 

 limb shortly campanulate : teeth distant, lanceolate, bluntish, recurved ; corolla-tube sub- 

 < cyliudHcal, internally villous, as long as or twice as long as the ovate-oblong or ovate 

 hbes; anthers linear ; berry globose (or ovoid). — Leaves l''-3", coroUa-tube 2"'-4"'long; 

 berry 4"'-6"' diam. 



a. Spiny ; leaves obovate-ronndish, blunt, cuneate at the subsessile base, black in drying. 

 — SI. 1. 11. f. 4 ; Br. Jam. t. 8./. 1.— Gardenia Eandia, Sto. — Mr. March collected a form 

 of this without spines and with ovoid berries. 



p. mitis, L. Usually unarmed; leaves elliptical (or lanceolate-elliptical), pointed, ta- 

 pering into a short petiole, usually larger than in a. — SI. t. 161./. 1. — R. latifolia. Lam. 



Hab. Bahamas !, Swains, (o) ; Jamaica !, all coll. (a, ;3), common on dry hills ; Antigua!, 

 Nichols. ; Dominica I, Imr. ; [Key West!, Cuba!, Haiti !, S. Thomas !]. 



8. B. armata, DC. Spines in fours below the summit of branchlets ; leaves ovate or 

 elliptical, pointleted, membranaceous, glabrate, puberulous on the nerves beneath ; flowers 

 glomerate, terminal ; calyx-limb 5-partite : segments linear, spreading ; corolla-tube cylin- 

 drical, glabrous at the throat, 4 times as long as the. ovate-lanceolate lobes : limb before 

 anthesis subuliform; berry "ovoid." — Jaeq. Amer. Pict. t. 71. — Gardenia, Sw. Musssenda 

 spinosa, Jacq. — Leaves 3''-3'', calyx-limb 3"'-6"', corolla-tube 12'" long. — Hab. S. Lucia 

 (Sw.); [Martinique; New Granada to Guiana!]. 



Sect. 2. EuciiNiA, DC. — Corolla-tube long, cylindrical, abruptly dilated at the throat : 

 limb contorted-imbricative : one lobe exterior. Anthers pointed. 



9. B. Mousssendse, DC. Unarmed ; leaves lanceolate-elliptical or lanceolate, pubes- 

 cent beneath, membranaceous ; flowers single at the top of reduced branchlets, sessile ; calyx- 

 limb h-fd : lobes distant, subulate-setaceous, erect ; corolla-tube 4-2 times as long as the 



U ovate, pointed lobes, externally pubescent, villous at the throat ; berry glabrate, ovoid. — 

 Jacq. Amer Pict. t. 70. — Musssenda formosa, Jacq. — Leaves l"-3", calyx-limb 2'", corolla- 

 tube 2"-3", berry 1" long. — Hab. S. Vincent!, Guild.; Trinidad 1, Cr., in savannahs; 

 [Mexico to Guayaquil I and Guiana I]. 



5. AMAJOUA, Aubl. 



Flowers usually unisexual. Calyx-limb campanulate, deciduous, 6-dentate, or subtruncate. 

 Corolla salver-shaped : tube cylindrical : Umb sinistrorsely contorted, 6-partite. Stamens 

 included, inserted into the coroUa-tube : anthers linear, erect, subsessile. Stigma clavate. 

 Ovary 2-celled, with a thin dissepiment ; cells many-ovulate. Berry dry : cells incompletely 

 subdivided by slight lamellar projections of the endocarp between the 2-serial seeds. — Shrubs ; 

 arched leai-vauB prominulous beneath ; flowers clttstered or corymbose, hairy. 



10. A. fagifoUa, Deif. Branchlets striate-cylindrical, strigose ; leaves elliptical or 

 obovate, shortly pointleted,' glabrous, sericeous on the veins beneath, petioled; clusters 

 fascicled-terminal, shortly peduncled or subsessile, sericeous : flowers subsessile ; calyx-limb 

 short : teeth minute, setaceous, distant ; corolla-lobes lanceolate, as long as the tube ; berry 

 ovoid.— Jfm. Mus. 6. t. 5.— A. guianensis. Seem. Panam. («o» Desf.). — Leaves 3"-B', 



