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simple cymfis or in clusters, rarely single : the ultimate cyme-lranches often Z-Jlowered : 

 calyx usually bracteolate at the base. 



I formerly employed the name Petesia in De CandoUe's sense, but since Asa Gray has 

 proved that Bartling's East Indian Petesia belong to Timoniiis (as I find confirmed by 

 original specimens), it is perhaps more advisable to substitute for the remaining P. grandis, 

 Bartl., the later name Sommera, and to restore Petesia, P. Br., as a peculiar section of 

 Mondeletia. 



Sect. 1. Petesia, P. Br. — Segments of the calyx-limb minute, dentiform, 5 (-4), much 

 shorter than the tube. — Inflorescence usually paniculate, aiillary : flowers pedicellate. 



47. R. laurifolia, Sie. I Leaves elliptical-oblong, pointed, glabrous ; stipules subulate- 

 deltoid, villous within j cymes in aiillary, hoary-pubescent, racemifonn panicles ; calyx-teeth 

 deltoid ; corolla externally tomeutose, subrotate : tube oioonical, subventricose, as long as 

 the lobes, which are tomentose within down to the obsolete ring ; anthers ovoid-oblong, 

 semiexserted, as long as the filaments ; seeds surrounded by a broad wing. — Br. Jam. t. %. 



f. 2.— K. Itevigata, Ait.? {non DC). Leaves 3"-5" long, H"-2" broad : petiole 6"'-4"' 

 long ; corolla fragrant, brownish-yellow : tube 1'" long, twice as long as the minute calyx- 

 limb. In all the following species the anthers are included, oblong-Unear, with very short 

 filaments. — Hab. Jamaica 1, Su>., Pd., M'Nab, Al., March, in the mountains of S. Marys, 

 S. Anns, Manchester. 



48. R. racemosa, Su>. 1 Leaves elliptical-oblfing, pointed, glabrous : stipules deltoid, 

 villous within; cymes in axillary, glabrous, racemiform, peduncled panicles; calyx-teeth 

 deltoid ; corolla externally strigose, salver-shaped : tube shortly clavate, twice as long as the 

 lobes, which are pubescent within down to the.prominulous ring ; anthers oblong-linear, in- 

 cluded, much longer than the short filaments ; seeds . . . . — Br. Jam. t. 3. f. 3. — Swartz 

 has taken the placentas for the seeds, and neglected to separate the contiguous, oblong-linear 

 stigma-lobes. 5' high; leaves 3" long, 14"-2" broad: petiole 10"'-6"' long; corolla- 

 tube IV" long, twice as long as the anthers. — Hab. Jamaica I, Su}., near Mammee river 

 (P. Br). 



49. R. thyrsoidea, Sw. ! Leaves ovate or elliptical, pointed, glabrous above, puberu- 

 lous with scattered minute down beneath : stipules deltoid-subulate, strigose within ; cymes 

 in axillary, hoary-pubescent, pyramidal panicles ; calyx-teeth deltoid ; corolla externally pu- 

 bescent, salver-shaped ; tube clavate, thrice as long as the lobes, which are pubescent on both 

 sides ; anthers oblong-linear, included, much longer than the short filaments ; seeds mar- 

 gined, with a short appendage at each end. — 6' high ; leaves 6"-3" long, 3"-lV broad : 

 petiole 12"'-6"' long ; panicles usually much longer than the petiole ; corolla rusty-yellow- 

 ish : tube 2i"' long. — Hab. Jamaica I, Sw., Al., March, on arid hills, S. Marys. 



50. R. tomentosa, Sto. Leaves lanceolate-elliptical or elliptical, po8M<i?rf a< both ends, 

 puberulous and at length glabrate above, hoary-pubescent beneath : stipules deltoid-subulate, 

 strigose ; cymes in axillary, hoary-pubescent, short panicles ; calyx-teeth deltoid ; corolla 

 externally pubescent, salver-shaped ; tube filiform, clavate at the top, 4 times as long asjthe 

 lobes, which are pubescent on both sides ; anthers oblong-linear, included, one-fourth as long 

 as the corolla-tube ; seeds margined, with a short appendage at each end. — Petesia stipularis, 

 L..''(,e3:elus.syn.P.Br.).—S'Msk; leaves 3"-jy' long, IV'-f " broad: petiole 12"'-6"' 

 long, often not exceeded by the panicle ; corolla brownish : tube 3i"' long ; seeds oo, as in 

 the other species. — Hab. Jamaica !, in roclcy hUls, S. Katherine, S. Andrews. 



51. R. trifoliata, Jacq; Leaves lanceolate-oblong, acuminate at both ends, glabrous 

 above, glabrescent or hispidulous on the midrib beneath, 3-2 in the whorl : veins prominu- 

 lous beneath ; stipules deltoid-subulate, pubescent ; cymes in axillary, hoary-pubescent, ra- 

 cemiform, peduncled panicles; calyx-teeth deltoid; corolla externally pubescent, salver- 

 shaped : tube filiform, clavate above, thrice as long as the lobes, which are pubescent on 

 both sides ; anthers oblong-linear, included, one-third as long as the corolla-tube ; seeds sur- 

 rounded by a -mn^.—Jaeq. Amer. Pict.t. 62. — 12' high; leaves 3"-4" long, 10"'-14"' 

 troad: petiole 4"'-6"' long; corolla reddish: tube 2'" long.— Hab. Jamaica i', Jtfoc/., S. 

 Katherine. 



52. R. polita, Qr. (a. sp). Leaves opposite, elliptical-oblong, or lanceolate-oblong, 

 bluntish, tapering at the base, quite glabrous, polished on both sides ; veins delicate. 



