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rpoiuted, glabrnm: petiole Short ; peduncles filiform, glabrous, as long as or exceeding the 

 leaves, usually 'i -flowered : flowers sessile; calyx-limb deeply 4-fid: lobes oblong-liiiear, 

 blunt, often unequal ; corolla-tube filiform, clavate above, hairy, 5-6 times as long as the 

 oblong blunt lobes; anthers included.— 12' high; leaves 13"'-6"', corolhi-tube 5"'-6"'long. 

 A good West Indian specimen, without special locality, exists in Herb. Hook. : that I have 

 compared with the original one in the British Museum. Ch. spinosa, Jacq., has much longer 

 corolla-lobes and short peduncles. — Hab. Grenada I, Masson, in hedges. 



34. CHIONE, bo. 



Cali/x-tube clavate : limb short, 5-lobed, persistent. Corolla shortly campanulate-infun- 

 dibular, 5-lobed : lobes roundish, imbricative. Stamens exserted : filaments inserted above 

 the corolla-base : anthers incumbent. Stigma capitate, minutely 2-lobed. Dmpe 2-celled : 

 eudocarp somewhat ruminate, with the cells distant, as narrow as the cyliudrioal seeds. — 

 Glabrous trees or shrubs ; leaves leathery : stipules deciduous ; flowers in, peduncled, ter- 

 minal, trichotomous,fastigiate cymes. 



91. C. i^labra, DC. Leaves &MceoWe-oifo»j', bluntish, smooth above, veiny with deli- 

 cate veins beneath ; stipules ovate-lanceolate ; cymes many-flowered : alar flowers subsessile ; 

 corolla 5-lobed to one-third ; anther linear, elongated, longer than the filaments. — Sacconia, 

 Ikdl. Psychotria megalosperma, F. sec. DO. Jaequinia venosa, Sw. I — A timber-tree ; 

 leaves resembling those of Viburnum linus, variable in breadth, 4"-3" long ; calyx-limb J'" 

 long, repaud with rounded lobes; corolla 2'", anthers H'" long; drupe ellipsoidal-oblong, . 

 truncate at the top, 8"'-6"' long. — Hab. Montserrat, Dominica !, Imr., S. Lucia !, Anders. ; 

 [Guadeloupe 1, Kb. Ste."]. In Cuba three new species of Ohione were discovered by Wright. 



35. PHIALANTHtJS, Gr. {n.y.). 



Calyir-tube clavate : limb 4-partite. Corolla shortly campanulate-infundibular, 4-lobed : 

 lobes ovate, blunt. Stamens exserted : filaments distinct, inserted near the corolla-base : 

 anthers ovoid, erect. Style simple : stigma bluutish. Drupe 2-ceUed : eudocarp with a 

 thin dissepiment : seeds cylindrical. — A resinous-viscid, glabrous shrub ; leaves small, vein- 

 less, revolute on the matgin : stipules connate-sheathing within the petioles, persistent ; 

 flowers glomerate, in minute, sessile, axillary or lateral clusters. 



The character, though not yet quite complete, shows this genus to be nearly related to 

 Scolosanthzis, \^hile from its resinous excretions Stenostomum, sect, Laugeria, is analogous. 



92. P. myrtilloides, Gr. — Leaves spathulate or obovate, . 6"'-8"' long, shortly pe- 

 tioled : stipular sheath short, subtruncate, covered with resin ; calyx-tube -f'" long : lobes as 

 long, spathnlate-linear ; corolla 1'" long and broad, as long as the filaments ; ovary 2-ceUed : 

 ovides pendulous, single in each cell ; style filiform, as long as the stamens. The drupe is 

 nnripe, but a sketch (in Herb. Hook.) shows a structure andogous to that of Stenostomum. 

 — Hab. Bahamas !, Swains. 



36. SCOLOSANTHUS, V. 



Calyx-tube ellipsoidal-oblong : limb 4-partite. Corolla salver-shaped : tube 4-gonal : 

 lobes 4, short, imbricative, 2 exterior. Stamens included : filaments monadelphous at the 

 base, free from the corolla-base, hairy below : anthers long, linear, erect. Style simple, with 

 the linear stigma-branches cohering. Drupe " 2-celled, or l-ceUed by abortion." — ^A glabrous 

 shrub, sometimes spinescent, and resembling in foliage Bandia aculeata ; leaves leathery, 

 shining, veinless, opposite, often irSi-fascicled by reduced axillary branches: stipules 

 short, sheathing at the base, deciduous, with the remaining sheath marcescent; flowers 

 , shortly pedicellate, clustered in the axils, purplish-yellow. 



93. ^O^ versicolor, F. — Tahl, Eclog. t.'iO: analyt. — Ixora multiflora, Sw. — 2'-3' 

 high ; leaves obovate-roundish or eUiptical, pointed or blunt, 8"'-2" long : midrib impressed 

 above ; calyx-tube 1'" long : lobes much shorter, dentiform ; corolla 3'" long, narrow ; 

 drupe " white.'V-HAB. Jamaica I, Al., March; [Portorico, S. Croix]. 



37. STKUMPFIA, Jacq. 

 Calyx-tube ovate : limb 5-partite, persistent. Corolla rotate, deeply 6-partite : segmcnta 



