336 RUBIACEjE. 



oblong-lanceolate, slightly imbricative. Jnthera subsesslle, whoUy connate, nearly free from 

 the coroUa-base, forming an ovate-oblong column, membranaceous at the top, a little ex- 

 ceeded in length by the corolla^segments. Style bifid : branches contignous. Drupe ellip- 

 soidal, 2-1-celled : seeds ovoid-oblong, hanging, operculate with a basilar ^Ins— A low, 

 leafy shrub, resemhlmg in foliage Rosmarinus ! leaves 3 in the whorl, tUckish-linear, re- 

 volute on the margin, puberalous, deciduous : stipules persistent ; flowers hoary-pubescent, 

 clustered on short axUlary peduncles, suiaessile, bracteolate. 



The anomalous structure of the column, described by De Candolle, must have been a 

 monstrosity j for I find 10 anther-eels, regularly arranged in a single row. 



94. S. maritima, Jdcq.—Desc. Fl.^ t. 208.— S'-3' high ; leaves 4"'-8"' long ; calyx- 

 teeth minute, deltoid, bluntish ; corolla "small, white. — Hab. Bahamas I, Swains., on mari- 

 time rocks; Turk Islands !, Hjalmars. ; [Cuba !, Guadeloupe I]. 



SuBTKiBE 2. CBIOCOCCEM. — Ovules pendulous. Seeds albuminous: embryo small, 

 included. Pericarp fleshy. Corolla-lobes imbricative. — Inflorescence axillary. 



38. ERITHALIS, P. Br. 



Calyx-tube ovate: limb short, snbtruncate or denticulate, persistent. Corolla rotate, 

 deeply 5-partite: segments sMghtly imbricative. Stamens 5 (-10), exserted: filaments free 

 from the coroUa-base, hairy below : anthers linear. Stigma blunt : lobes 5 or more, minute, 

 agglutinated. Drupe globose, farrowed, 5-10(-20)-pyrenous : pyreuEe and seeds compressed. 

 Mmbryo in the top of the fleshy albumen. — Glabrous, resinous shrubs or low trees ; leaves 

 leathery : stipules apiculate, connate-sheathing within the petioles, persistent ; flowers 

 white, in peduncled, axillary (or sufira-axillary), trichotomous,fastigiate cymes. 



This genus is not very nearly related to Chiococca, but may be regarded as a link between 

 it and Chione. A nearer affinity, evident from habit and fleshy albumen, is said to exist 

 with Psathura, to which however erect ovules are ascribed. 



^ 95. E. fruticosa, L. Leaves obovate or spathulate-lanceolate, blunt (or blnntish), 

 shining, shortly petioled; calyx-limb repand-subtruncate ; corolla-segments oblong-linear or 

 lanceolate-oblong; carpids 10 (20-6). — Desc. Fl. 4. t. 242. — Variable in the breadth of the 

 leaves, and the length of the mucro on the stipules. 



o. Leaves 2"-3", corolla 2"'-3"' long : segments oblong-linear ; anthers (!'" long) shorter 

 than the filament. — Br. Jam. t. VI. f. 3. — Usually shrubby, 2'-3' high. 



i8. odorifera, Jacq. Leaves broad, rounded at the top, 4"-3" long ; corolla 4'" long : 

 segments lanceolate-oblong ; anthers (2'" long) longer than or as long as the filaments.— 

 Jacq. Jmer. Pict. t. 260./ 20 : the flower.— A low tree, I5'-8' high. 



Hab. Bahamas 1, Swains. (j8) j Jamaica I, all coU. (o), on niaiitime rocks, and on lime- 

 stone hills in the interior ; Antigua I, Lane, Nichols., Wullschl. (o, ff), Dominica I, Imr. 

 (|8), S. Lucia I, Anders., S. Vincent I, Guild.; TiiiaisidL I, Anders. ; [Cuba 1, Portorico I, 

 Guadeloupe!; Key West !, Honduras I]. 



.96. E. angustifolia, DC. Leaves elliptical-lanceolate or lanceolate, acuminate at both 

 ends; calyx-limb h-dentate : teeth deltoid ; corolla-segments ovate-lanceolate ; cai'pids B-6 

 (-" 9 ").— Leaves 4"-3" long, 1" broad.— Hab. S. Vincent !, GuiW; [Cuba]. 



39. CHIOCOCCA, P. Br. 



Calyx-tube ovate: limb 5-dentate, persistent. Corolla infundibular: lobes 5, slightly 

 imbricative. Stamens included, rarely exserted: filaments usually hairy, free from the 

 eoroUa-base, shortly monadelphous : anthers linear. Stigma clavate, with 2 agglutinated 

 lobes. Berry roundish, compressed, 2(-3) -pyrenous : seeds compressed. Embryo axile in 

 cartilaginous albumen. — Scandent or trailing, glabrous shrubs ; stipules apiculate, connate- 

 sheathing within the petioles; flowers yellowish-white, in axillary, racemiform cymes. 



97. C. racemosa, Jacq. Leaves chartaceous, elliptical or ovate-lanceolate, shortly 

 cuneate at the base : stipules mucronate, points shorter than or as long as their sheath ; ra- 

 cemes as long as their leaves, usually compound : bracts 2-dentate at the base ; calyx-teeUi 

 .deltoid ; corolla 5-lobed to or beyond one-third : lobes ovate-lanceolate ; anthers wholly in- 



