338 EUBIACE^. 



rounded at the top :. stipules subulate; corymbs subsessile, contracted, terminal; corolla 

 red : tube filiform (14" long), 3-4 times as long as the oval, bltmtish lobes ; stigma sub- 

 included; berry "crowned with the open calyx-limb." — Wight, Ic. 1. t. 149. — Leaves 

 2"-3" long.— Hab. Naturalized in S. Kitts!, Trinidad (Sieb.) ; Lintroduced from the East 

 Indies]. 



102*. X. tenniflora, Baxb. Glabrous ; leaves oblong, pointleted, shortly petioled : sti- 

 pules mucronate-sheathing j corymbs peduncled, contracted, terminal ; corolla -^Ae : tube fili- 

 form (2" long), 6-8 times as long as the oblong, blimtish lobes; stigma long-exserted. — Leaves 

 8'' long.— Hab. Naturalized in Jamaica !, Wils. ; [introduced from the Moluccan islands]. 



103*. I. Pavetta, iSo«i. Glabrous or puberulous' above ; leaves oTilong, petioled : sti- 

 pules deltoid, mucronate, superior often sheathing at the base ; corymbs trichotomous, pyra- 

 midal, terminal, and axillary : flowersiastigiate in the branches ; corolla white : tube filiform, 

 clavate {^" Xon^, about half as long again as the oblong lobes; stigma long-exserted. — 

 Ifight, Ic. i. 1. 148. — Pavetta iudica, L. — Leaves 6"-4" long, variable. — Hab. Naturalized 

 in Jamaica!, March; [introduced from the East Indies I]. 



104. Z. ferrea, Benth. Arboreous, glabrous; leaves oblong, pointed, shortly petioled : 

 stipules subulate ; corymbs axillary or lateral, sessile, contracted, few-fiowered; corolla 

 rosy: tube filiform-elavate (4'" long), 3-4 times as long as the oval lobes; stigma subin- 

 cluded. — Jacq^. Amer. Pict. t. 259. f. 7 : the flower. — Sideroxyloides, Jacq. Siderodendrou 

 triflorum, T. — 30' high ; leaves 6"-4" long.^HAB. Antigua !, Nichols., Dominica 1, Imr., 

 S. Lucia !, S. yiucenil, Anders. ; [Martinique !, in mountain woods ; Yeraguas I, Venezuela !, 

 Guiana I]. 



42*. COFFEA, L. 



Calyx-limb 5(-4)-dentate'. Coro/fa salver-shaped : tube cylindrical-infundibnlar : limb 

 contorted. Stamens inserted into or below the corolla-throat : anthers linear. Stigma 2- 

 lid. Berry smooth, ovoid, 2-celled : seeds attached to the middle of the dissepiment, with a 

 longitudinal furrow on the inner flat side. Embryo of Ixora, but straight. — Woody plants ; 

 stipules of Ixora ; flowers clustered in the axils. 



105*. C. arabica, L. Shrubby or arboreous, glabrous; leaves oblong, pointleted: sti- 

 pules subulate ; flowers pedicellate ; corolla 5-lobed to or beyond the middle : lobes oblong ; 

 anthers and style exserted. — Tuss. Fl. 1. t. 18 ; Desc. Ft. 8. t. 564. — C. guianensia, Sieb. IV. 

 83,34 (vix Aubl.) : apparently a form vrith a 4-cleft corolla. — Hab. Cultivated in the hills at 

 3000'-6000' alt., and naturalized in Jamaica I, Antigua 1, to Trinidad ! ; [introduced from 

 eastern trop. Africa], 



SuBTEiBE 5. PSYCnOTRIE^.— Ovules erect (rarely attached above the basej. Seeds 

 albuminous : embryo included. Pericarp fleshy. Corolla-lobes valvate. 



43, PARAMEA, Sich. 



Calyx-limb produced, truncate, or 4-dentate. Corolla salver-shaped: lobes 4, valvate. 

 Stamens inserted into the corolla-tube : anthers linear, sessile. Stigma 2-fid. Ovary 2-ovu- 

 late : ovules erect, contiguous in a single cell, or separated by a thin or incomplete dissepi- 

 ment. Berry globose or ovoid, dry, chartaceous, smooth, 1-seeded by abortion : seed often 

 umbilicated at the base. — Glabrous shrubs or trees ; flowers white, in corymbiform or urn- 

 belliform, trichotomous, terminal and axillary cymes, 



106. P. odoratissima, DO. Leaves subcoriaceons, elliptical or oblong, pointleted, pe- 

 tioled : stipules rounded, shorter than their elongated dorsal awn ; corymbs lax : pedicels 

 ternate, ebracteate, longer than the truncate calyx ; corolla-lobes linear, from a lanceolate 

 base, nearly as long as the cylindrical tube; anthers included; ovary l-ceUed; berry glo- 

 bose.— jSc. Jam. t. 6./. 2 ; Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 68 ; Tuss. Fl. 2. 1. 16. — Coffea occidentalis, 

 Jacg. Antoniana laiurifolia, Tuss. F. montevidensis borealis, DC. (ex specim. Hostm. a 

 Benth. cit.) : the longer calyx-limb crowning the fruit proves a variable character. — 6'-8' 

 high ; leaves 8"-3" long, variable ; corolla-tube 6'" long : limb subulate in the bud ; berry 

 4"' diam. — Hab. Jamaica !, all coll. ; Dominica !, Imr., S, Vincent I, Guild. ; Trinidad I, Cr. ; 

 [Cuba! and Mexico! to Venezuela! and Guiana!]. 



