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petioles and longest peduucles 6"'-8"', ? calyx-limb l"'-i"', corolla-tnbe 2"'-3"', berry 6'" 

 long. — Hab. Trinidad I, Pd., gr. ; [Panama \, Guiaua, equat. Brazil]. <^ 



11. iV. corymbosa, Kth. Branchlets subcylindrical, sericeous ; leaves elliptical,' 

 shortly pointleted, glabrous, sericeous on the veins beneath : petioles sericeous ; corymbs pe- 

 duncled, fascicled-terminal, sericeous : peduncle exceeding the petiole : flowers pedicellate ; 



S, calyx-hmb half as long as the corolla-tube ; teeth lanceolate, much shorter than the tube, 

 distant ; corolla-lobes lanceolate, as long as the tube. — Kth. N. Gen. t. 294. — Leaves 4"-6", 

 petioles 10'"-] 2'", peduncles 2", S calyx-limb 3"'-2"', coroUa-tube 4"'-6"' long; pedicels ^ 

 variable in length (O.), 2"'-3"' long in our specimens. — Hab. Trinidad !, Or., at Acaro; 



[Venezuela]. 



6. CORDIERA, lUch. -^^^-cjo' /"/c^^ 



Flowers unisexual. Calyx-limb truncate. Corolla salver-shaped : tube subcylindrical : 

 limb sinistrorsely contorted, 4-5 -partite. Stamens included, inserted below the corolla- 

 throat: anthers siibsessile. " Stigma ir-li-fii. Oto?;^ 4-5-oelled : cells 2 ovulate. Berry- 

 cells 1-seeded." — Glabrous shrubs ; flowers sessile, terminal, 3 ternate, $ solitary. 



12. C. trifiora, Rich. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, blnntish, chartaceous ; corolla pube- 

 rulous : lobes lanceolate, acuminate, nearly as long as the tube. — Leaves 3"-2i", S calyx- 

 limb 1'", corolla 10"'-1 2'" long.— Hab. Trinidad!, Prf., Cr.,ia. the Savannah de Omaraj 

 [Guiana 1]. 



7. SCHRADERA, F. 



Calyx-Umb truncate. Corolla salver-shaped or infundibular : lobes 5-10, imbricative, 

 one interior, the others usually valvate. Stamens inserted into the coroUa-tube or its throat : 

 anthers linear or oblong, aflixed to the filaments above their base. Stigma 2-4-fid. Berry 

 2-4-celled: cells many-seeded. — Ti'ailing shrubs, rooting on their supports) stipules deci- 

 dmous ; flowers capitate : heads involucred by connate bracts. 



13. S. capitata, V. Leaves elliptical, pointed: stipules oblong, blunt, exceeding the 

 petiole ; flower-heads peduncled, terminal ; corolla infundibular : tube campanulate, shortly 

 exceeding the calyx : lobes 5-6, oblong-lanceolate, nearly as long as the tube ; stamens in- ■ 

 eluded ; berry i-cAX&A.. —Vahl, Eclog. 1. <. 5 : the tube longer than in our specimen. — 

 Corolla 10'" long or smaller. — Hab. Montserrat (V.), Dominica !, Imr. 



14. S. cephalotes, V. Leaves elliptical or lanceolate-oblong : stijiules spathulate-ob- 

 long, blimt, as long as the petiole; flower-heads peduncled, terminal, single : involucre entire, 

 much shorter than the calyx ; corolla salver-shaped: tube cylindrical, twice as long as the 

 calyx : lobes 8-10, linear-lanceolate, pointed, as long as the tube ; stamens exserted, in- 

 serted into the' corolla-throat ; berry 4-ceUed. — Fuchsia involucrata, Sw.! — Corolla white : 

 tube 8'" long. — Hab. Jamaica !, Sua., Al., Wils., M'Nab, March, on rocks in mountain- 

 woods, S. Anns, Morea's Gap. 



SuBTKiBE 3. HAMELIEJE. — Corolla-lobes imbricative. Ovules <x>, superficial upon the -^ \ 

 central placentas. Pericarp baccate, indehiscent : sarcocarp thin : seeds minute, wing- 

 less. — Stipules iuterpetiolar ; flowers usually in cymes. 



8. XSERTIA, Sehreh. 

 (Brignolia, DC. Bruinsmia, Mig.) 



Calyx-limb 4 (-6) -dentate. ' Corolla tubular, infundibular below the limb : lobes 6, valvate 

 below, imbricative at the top. Stamens included or semiexserted, inserted into the middle 

 of the corolla-tube : anthers linear-acuminate, affixed to short filaments above their base. 

 Stignia-lobes &, distinct or connate, ^erfy 6(-4)-pyrenous.— Woody plants; interpetiolar 

 stipules li-partite or combined; cymes in a terminal, trichotomous, thyrsmd panicle: 

 flowers red or yellow. 



15 I. coccinea, V. Leaves elliptical, pointleted, glabrous above, pubescent with stel- 

 late down beneath; panicle pubescent : central flowers subsessile; calyx-teeth blunt ; CTro«« 

 mhescent, bearded at the throat : lobes reduplicate-crested near the margin below, Whmes 

 shorter than the tube; stigma-lobes filiform, distinct.— ^k«. t. 123; Miq. Sunn. t. 48.- 



