332 HDBIACEA. 



celled : endocarp large, with the cells distant from .iie surface, and as narrow as the seed. — 

 Woody plants ; stifvles mostly deciduous ; xiei.wiAeieudl!a,ry,2-fid,rarjelt/ simple mid fete- 

 ■flowei-ed at the top : flowers sessile on the inner side of their spiciform or contracted 

 branches, one between them. 



Sect. 1. GuETTAKDAKiA, i)C — Drufe smooth, globose or ovoid: cells straight. Calyx- 

 limb tubular, aubentire or lacerate at the top. 



* Corolla-tube cylindrical. — Trees. 



75. G. longiflora, 6r. in. sp). Leaves large, ovate, cordate or bluntish at the base, 

 glabrescent, or glabrate between the veins beneath, muricate or hispidulous on the veins, re- 

 pand: quaternary veins approximate-reticulfited : stipules ovate-lanceolate, with the pe- 

 tioles and peduncles pubescent ; peduncles exceeding the petiole : flowers approximate on their 

 short branches : bracts Idriceblate-line'ar, exceeded by the truncate calyx-limb ; corolla-tube 

 cylindrical (li" long), slightly curved, 8-10 times as long as the calyx, tomentose : lobes 5-6, 

 haiiy within ; recurved point of the anthers exserted. — Allied to 0. macrantha, Benth., in 

 which the corolla is still longer and the minute network in the leaves is wanting. The 

 drupe is stiE unknown. — Leaves 8"-5" long, 5"-3" broad: petiole 2"-l" long; calyx 2" 

 long. — Hab. Jamaici I, J&«A ; [Cuba!]. 



76. 6. argentea, Lam. Leames cordate or subcordate, glabrous above, silvery-serice- 

 ous, or at length glabrate beneath : quaternary veins inconspicuous : stipules deltoid-subu- 

 late; peduncles sericeous, exceeding half the leaf: flowers approximate, 4-8 on their short 

 2-fid branches, ebracteate ; calyx-limb lacerate-repand at the top ; corolla-tube cylindrical, 

 (8"'-14"' long), often curved, 4-6 times as long as the calyx, tomentose : lobes 6, pubescent 

 within ; anthers wholly included ; drupe globose, tomentose, veiny, 3-6-seeded. — Sr. Jam. 

 t. 20./. 1 ; Lam. III. t. 154, fig. sin. sup.—G. ambigua, DC— A. tree, 30'-40' high; 

 leaves 3"-6" long, 2"-4" broad : transverse secondary veins not prominulous beneath ; odyx 

 2i"' long ; drnpe 3'" diam.— Hab. Jamaica I, Macf., Al., Wils., March, common in the 

 eastern districts ; [Guadeloupe, Guiana]. 



/ 77. G. scabra, Lam. Leaves elliptical or oblong-eUiptical, crenulate-repand, mucro- 

 nate, subcordate at the base, scabrous, at length rugose above, tomentose beneath: pri- 

 mary and secondary veins prominent beneath, quatemai'y inconspicuous : stipules subu- 

 late ; peduncles tomentose, often as long as the leaves : branches contracted ; bracts lanceo- 

 late, exceeded by the lacerate-repand calyx-limb ; corolla-tube cylindrical (5"'-12"' long), 

 slightly cui-ved, 3-4 times as long as the calyx, villons-tomentose : lobes 6-5 -(-7), pulierU- 



(♦ Ions ; drupe globose, puberulous, slightly mgnlose, 3-6-seeded. — Lam. III. t. 154, fig. sin. 

 inf.; Vent. Choix, t. 1. — Matthiola, L. G. rugosa, Sw. G. vibumoides, Cham. — ^A small 

 tree; leaves 5"-2" long, 3"-l" broad: petiole of variable length; calyx 2"'-3"' long; 

 ooTolla white ; drupe 3'" diam. — Hab. Bahamas!, Swains.; Jamaica !, .Jfa^., Wils., Pd., 

 , Manphester, at 3000' alt. ; Antigua !, Wullschl, Dominica !, Imr., S. Vincent ! ; [Cuba !, 

 French islands !, Sieb., Mart. 58 ; Yucatan !, Brazil !]. 



■ 78. G. elliptica, Sw. ! Leaves elliptical, elliptical-roundish, or elliptical-lanceolate, 

 hispidulous and glabrate above, pubescent with' serial hairs along the veinlets beneath : 

 quaternary veins inconspicuous ; stipules lanceolate, acuminate ; peduncles pubescent, ex- 

 ceeded by; the leaf: branches contracted, few-flowertd : bracts lanceolate, e^ceeiei by the 



, repand or lacerate calyx-limb ; corolla-tube cylindrical (3"' long), thrice as long as the 

 calyx, sericeous ; lobes 4, slightly puberulous within ; drupe globose, velvety, glabrescent, 

 slightly rugulose, 4-2-seeded.— A small tree ; leaves 2" long, 2"-8"' broad : petiole l"'-3"' 

 long ; calyx 1"' loftg ; drupe 2'" diam.— Hab. Jamaica I, Sa., Macf, March, Wullschl., in 

 dry soil, along, the seashore ; [l<lorida I, Mexico !, Cuba !]. 



** Corolla-tube filiform or clavatc—Shmbs. 

 79. G. odorata, Lam. Leaves elliptical or elliptical-oblong, glabrous, pubescent on 

 the veins beneath: network of the veinlets with many serial" meshes : stipules subulate; pe- 

 duncles pubescent, often as long as the leaf: branches contracted, sub-3-flowered : bracts 

 hnear, deciduous, half as long as the truncate calyx ; corolla-tube filiform (6"'-8"' long), 

 4-6 izmes as long as the calyx, pubescent: lobes 5 (-6) ; drupe globose, velvety, glabres- 

 cent S-seeded,— /acy. Amer. Picf. t. 259. /. 16 ; Lam. III. t. \h\fig..dextr. inf; Klh. 



