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scarcely prominulous beneath ; stipules subulate, broader than long, pubescent within ; cymes 

 in short, corymbifonn.-puberulous, axillary panicles ; calyx-teeth deltoid j corolla externally 

 pubescent, salver-shaped : tube clavate, thrice as long as the loies, which are pubescent on 

 both sides ; anthers oblong-linear, included, twice as long as the filaments, ^ as long as the 



corolla-tube; seeds —leaves 4"-3" long, 18"'-10"' broad: petiole W'-i"' long; 



corolla-tube 2'" long ; capsule glabrescent : valves chartaceous, 2-partite. — Hab. Jamaica !, • 

 Fd., Al., near S. Ann's Bay. 



63. R, daphnoides, Gr. (n. sp). Leaves ohovate or elliptical-oblong, ^o:«^«<^ a^ ioih 

 ends, shortly petioled, quite glabrous, polished on both sides : veins delicate, scarcely promi- 

 nulous beneath : stipules subulate, broader than long, hairy within ; c^mes once or twice 

 3-partite-corymbiforin, axillary, glabrotis : pedicels slender, at length longer than the calyx ; 

 calyx-teeth deltoid-snbulate ; corolla externally glabrous, salver-shaped : tube fiUform, cla- 

 vate above, 4 times as long as the lobes, which are puberulous within ; anthers 5-4, oblong- 

 linear, included, twice as long as the filaments, i as long as the corolla-tube ; seeds minute, 

 pointed, with an appendage at both ends. — Leaves 2"-l" long, 15'"-^'" broad : petiole 3'''- 

 2'" long ; pedicels 2'", calyx f ", corolla-tube 3'" long ; anthers affixed to the filaments above 

 the base ; style shortly 2-fid, IJ'" long ; capsule of the preceding, 2'" diam. — Hab. Jamaica !, 

 Al., S. Anns, in the pleasant valley between Moneague and Luidas Vale. 



54. R. stereocarpa, Gr. («. «p.). Leaves large, lanceolate-oblong, pointed, tapering 

 at the base, qmte glabrous : stipules deltoid, strigose within ; cymes in axillary, peduncled, 

 racemiform or pyramidal, hoary-puberulous panicles :. spetial peduncle-pairs distant ; calyx- 

 teeth deltoid ; corolla externally hoary-strigose, salver-shaped : tube clavate, twice as long 

 as the lobes, which are puberulous within, hoary-strigose beneath ; anthers oblong-linear, 

 subsessile, included, \ as long as the corolla-tube ; capsule hard : valves entire : seeds sur- 

 rounded by a dentate wing. — A shrub, or small tree ; leaves 8"-5" long, 2i"-2" broad, 

 black in drying, twice as long as the panicles : petiole 14" -8'" long ; coroUa-tube 2'" long; 

 capsule hoary-pnberulous, with 4 longitudinal furrows, 3'" diam. — Hab, Dominica !, Imr., 

 in the mountains. 



Sect. 2. EURONDELETIA. — Segments of the calyx-limb narrow, as long as or longer than 

 the tube. Corolla salver-shaped.— InAoresccnce usually axillary, corymbiform, with the 

 peduncle 3-fid at the summit : flowers pedicellate. 



55. B, ifrborescens, Gr. (». ^.). Leaves obovate-oblong, with a blnntish point, acute 

 at the base, glabrotts, or hairy beneath on the midrib, which is dilated towards the base : 

 stiijules deltoid, strigose within ; cymes in axillary, pubescent, short panicles, much exceeded 

 by the leaves : peduncle twice as long as the petiole ; calyx-lobes lanceolate-linear, as long 

 as the tube, half as long as the clavate, externally pubescent coroUa-tubo ; anthers 5, oblong- 

 linear, much longer than the short filaments, about half as long as the corolla-tube ; seeds 

 oval, entire. — ^A tree (/mr.) ; leaves 5"-3" long, 2i"-li'' broad : midrib prominent beneath, 

 1'" broad at the base :. petiole 3"'-6"' long ; corolla-tube 2'" long ; capsule with 2 longitu- 

 dinal furrows, IV" diam. — Hab. Dominica I, Imr., in the mountains. 



56. R. americana, L. Leaves lanceolate-oblong, pointed, acuminate at the base, gla- 

 brous, hispidulous on the nerves beneath : stipules subulate, hairy within ; cymes axillary, 

 corynibiform, long-peduncled, pubescent : peduncle exceeding the leaves, ascending : alar 

 flowers subsessile ; calyx-lobes linear, bluntish, as long as the tube ; corolla-tube externally 

 pubescent, filiform, clavate above, 4 times as long as the calyx-lobes ; anthers 5, oblong- 

 Bnear, subsessile, inserted into the middle of the corolla-tube and 4 times exceeded by it in 

 length ; seeds deltoid, wingless.— P/um. TSd. Burm. t. 242. /. 1 ; Lam. III. t. 162./. 1.— 

 Distinguished from all others by the different length of the lateral and central pedicels, well 

 described by Linnasus.— Leaves 2" long, 10"'-12"' broad: petiole 2'" long; corolla-tube 

 4'" long; capsule li'" diam.— Hab. Jamaica!, Maef.; S. Vincent!, Guild., Anders.; 

 [Cuba]. 



57. R. hirsuta, Sw. Leaves eUiptical ot elUptical-oblong, cuspidate, rounded or blnnt 

 at the base, hispidulous on both sides with scattered down : stipules deltoid-lanceolate, 

 shaggy-pilose; cymes axillary, corymbiform, long-peduncled, shaggy-pilose: peduncles as 

 lorn as the leaves, nodding; calyx-lobes Unceolate-linear, twice as l«ig as ««^»««i re- 

 sembling the bracteoles ; corolla-tube externally hmry with spreading down, subcylindncal. 



