RUBIACEjE. 82B 



The character of HilUa must be enlarged, if, as would be advisable, Casmibuena, R. P., 

 Benth., is to be reduced to it. 



43. XX. longiflpra, ^t0. Leaves elliptical, pointed; corolla-loies 6 {-f) , lanceolate, 

 bluntish, recurved, J-i as long as the tube, contorted-imbricative ; style as long as the co- 

 rolla-tube. — Jacq. Amer. Fict. t. 97 ; Sw. Ols. t. 5. /. 1. — H. parasitica, Jacq. — ^A low 

 shrub, rooting at the base ; leaves 2"-5", corolla-tube 4"-3", lobes l"-2" long, tbe latter 

 tapering from the imbricated base ; 2 exterior involucel-leaves oval-oblong, blunt, including 

 the calyx, 14"'-6"' long. — Hab. Jamaica I, Bancr., rare, in the higher mountains ; Domi- 

 nica I, Imr., S. Vincent I, Guild. ; Trinidad !, Cr. ; [Cuba !, French islands I ; Mexico to New 

 Granada 1], 



44. n. tetrandra, Sw. Leaves obovate or spathulate-lanceolate, cuneate at the base, 

 rounded at the top; corolla-lobes 4, otovate-roundish, one-third or oue-fouithaslong as the 

 tube, 2 exterior ; style half as long as the corolla-tube. — 3'-4' high : roots bearing small 

 tubers; leaves 2"-li", corolla-tube li"-l", lobes 8"'-4"', linear-capsule 2"-3" long ; seeds 

 1'", their hair-tuft 6'" long. — Hab. Jamaica 1, Maef., Wils., common on the higher moun- 

 tains, among rocks and tree-roots; [Cuba I]. 



21. WARSZEWICZIA, KU , ^ 



Calyx-limh 5-lobed ; one lobe in the corymb transformed into a petioled, large, coloured 

 leaf. Corolla small, infundibular : lobes 5, imbricative. Stamens exserted, inserted into 

 the corolla-throat : anthers incumbent. Stigma 2-lobed. Capsule septicide ; seeds fusi- 

 form, not winged. — ^Large-leaved trees ; corymbs contracted, arranged in a long, nodding, 

 racemiform panicle. 



45. 'W. coccinea, Kl. {ex syn). leaves obovate-oblong, pointed, hispidulous chiefly 

 on the nerves beneath ; transformed calyx-lobes oval, blunt at the top, shortly tapering at / 

 the base, reticulated, scarlet, as long as their petioles. — VaM, Symb. 2. t. 29. — Macrocnemum, ' 

 K Calycophyllum, BC. W. Schomburgkiana, Kl. — Leaves I'-li' long, 6" broad ; trans- 

 formed calyx-lobes 3" long, 14''-1S" broad.— Hab. Trinidad 1, Locth,, Sieb. Tr. 37 ; 

 [Mexico I to equatorial Brazil ! and Peru 1]. 



22. ARAGHNOTHRIX, Flanch. 



Calyx-Kmi 4-partite. Corolla salver-shaped, devoid of an annular productioi* at the 

 throat : lobes 4, roundish, imbricative. Stamens included, inserted into the corolla-tube : 

 anthers subsessile. Stigma 2(-3)-fid. Capmle septicide : valves at length often 2-fid : 

 seeds minute, wingless.-— Shrubs : the younger parts bearing an, arachnoid down ; cymes 

 terminal: flowers serial on the inner side of their branches. 



The septicide capsule is the chief character of this genus, in contradistinction to Sonde- 

 letia : hence B. leucophylla, Kth., is to be excluded, while B. elongdta, Bartl. !, is an 

 Arachnothrix. 



46. A. hispidulus, Gr. («. sp.). Zeaves elliptical, pointed, arachnoid-puberulons and 

 glabrate above, hispidulous on the nerves and veins beneath : stipules subulate-lanceolate, as 

 long as the petioles ; peduncles of the cyme single, as long as the leaves ; calyx-lobes un- 

 equal, lanceolate, the longest thrice exceeded by the slender, villous coroUa^tube ; style in- 

 cluded. — Nearly allied to A. elongata, PI., which has the leaves arachnoid-viUous beneath, 

 and the style exserted. Leaves 3" long, 1" broad ; corolla-tube glabrous within, twice as 

 long as the linear anthers, 6'", lobes 1'" long ; stigma-lobes lanceolate. — Hab, Trinidad !, 

 Cr., at Maraccas waterfall. 



23. BONDELETIA, L. 



(Petesia, P. Br. Stevensia, Poit.) 



Calyx-limb 5-4-partite. Corolla salver-shaped, rarely rotate, produced into a caDous 



ring at the throat : lobes 5-4, roundish, imbricative. Stamens included, rarely semiexserted, 



inserted into the coroUa-tube. Stigma 2-fid or emarginate. Capsule locuUdde, subglobose : 



Tolvei often at length 2-fid r seeds minute. — Shrubs, rarely trees ; flowers in paniculate or 



