334 RUBIACE^. 



cent : limb shortly tubular, repand-entire ; corolla fflairoua—Mahaea, Zam.—X small tree ; 

 leaves 3"'-4"' long.— Hab. Jamaica I, 5w. ; [Cuba!]. 



85. S. lucidum, G. Leaves elliptical or elliptical-oblong, \,\mA,»himng-glabrmu: veins 

 not wominulous beneath : stipules lanceolate-snbulate ; peduncles once or twice 2-fid belovf 

 or at the middle : branches slender : flowers distant ;,<!a/y« turbinate, glabrous : limb longer 

 than the tube, with 5 roundish ciliolate lobes; corolla-tube glabrous, clavate (3 long): 

 lobes 5, roundish; anthers half-exserted ; drupe ellipsoidal-oblong, contracted below the 

 calyx-limb, 3-cellcd.— FaA/, Symb. 3. t. 57.— Laugeria, Sw.—k. small tree; leaves charta- 

 ceous, 3"-2" long, equalling the peduncles ; corolla white ; drupe 3'" long below the crown, 

 black.— Had. Jamaica!, Ma(^..; S. Lucia!, Masson ; Trinidad; [Cuba!, Haiti!, S. Croix, 

 Guadeloupe]. 



86. S. acutatum, i)C. Zeffi»e« -elliptical, -pointed, glabrous: primary veins delicate, 

 prominulous beneath : stipules lanceolate, pointed ; peduncles once or twice bifid about the 

 middle: branches recurved: flowers subdistant; calyx minute, linear-oblong, glabrous: 

 limb as long as the tube, i-fid to the middle, with narrow acftminate loies ; coroUa-^tnbe 

 filiform-clavate, slightly puberulous (3'" long): lobes 4, short, oblong; anthers included ; 

 drupe ellipsoidal-oblong, pointed, 2-celled. — Leaves rigid, 5"-3" long ; drupe 4'" long. — 

 Has. S.Vincent!, Guild.; [Guadeloupe!]. 



87. S. coriaceum. Or. " Leaves elliptical, blunlish, glabrous, veinless i stipules acu- 

 minate; peduncles once or twice bifid: flowers distant; calyx i-dentate : teeth blunt; 

 corolla-tube glabrescent (6"' long) : lobes 4, short, roundish ; anthers included ; drupe ob- 

 long, bluntly acuminate, i-celled." — Laugeria, F. Guettarda, Pers. — A low tree. — Hab. 

 Montserrat (V.), in high mountains; [Guadeloupe]. 



Sect. 2. Laugeria, V. — Ovary i-G-eelled. Flowers stipported by minute bracts. Stipules 

 persistent. — Eesinous-viscid, low trees or shrubs. 



88. S. resinOBum, Gr, Leaves oblong-lanceolate, shortly acuminate, glabrous, viscid 

 above : stipules connate-sheathing within the petioles, 'Subtruncate, ciliate ; peduncles shortly 

 2-fid, as long as the leaves ; flowers serial, subdistant ; calyx minute, turbinate-oblong : 

 limb short, truncate-repand ; corolla-tube filiform-clavate, glabrous, (3'" long): lobes 

 5 (-"4"); anthers included; "drupe 4-5-celled." — Vahl, Eclog. t. \0.fig. 6: analyt. — 

 Laugeria, V. Guettarda, Fers. — 8' high ; leaves 4"-3" long. — Hab, Montserrat (F.), in 

 high mountains, Dominica !, Imr. ; [Portorico, Trinidad]. 



Guettarda viscosa, DuchMS., Walp., which I had reduced to S. resinosum, proves a dis- 

 tinct species: 



S. viscosum, Gr. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, with a bluntish point, reticulated-veiny, gla- 

 brous, viscid above (2*-!* long) ; stipules distinct, subulate : peduncles shortly 2-fid, 

 puberulous, as long as the leaves : branches few-fiowei'ed ; calyx oblong : limb as long as the 

 tube, imequMlly 5-partite, with linear segments ; corolla-tube filiform-clavate, slightly pube- 

 rulous (3"' long) : lobes 5, spathulate-oblong ; anthers' included ; drupe eUipsoidal, 5-6- 

 celled : cells excentrical, separated by thin dissepiments.-^HAB. Desirade, a small island 

 near Guadeloupe, on the calcareous seashore : Duchass. ! 



89. S. myrtifolium, Gr. {9. sp.). Leaves small, elliptical, reticulated-veiny, glabrous, 

 viscid above : stipules distinct, deltoid ; peduncles simple, %-jUmered, exceeded by the 

 leaves: flowers approximate, sessile; cc^yx oblong; limb as long asthe iube,truneate ; corolla- 

 tube filiform-clavate, glabrous, (4"' long) : lobes B, oblong, rounded : anthers oblong. — 

 Leaves 6"'-8"' long, slightly pointed, rounded at both ends : petiole 1'" long, thickish, 

 equalling the viscid stipules. — Hab. Bahamas !, Swains. 



33. CHOMELIA, Jacg. 



Calyx-limb 4-fid or 4-dentate, persistent. Corolla salver-shaped : lobes 4, narrow, in- 

 duplicative. Anthers linear, subsessile below the corolla-throat, included, or with the point 

 exserted. Stigma 2-fid. Drupe 2(-l)-celled : cells of the endooorp distant, as narrow as 

 the cylindrical seeds. — Shrubs, often with spinescent branches; itijixA'^ persistent ; flowers 

 in contracted, peduncled, axillary cymes, 



90. C. fasciculata, Sw. ' Branches hairy, spinescent j leaves ovate-roundish, shortly 



