342 EUBIACEiE. 



nerves beneath: stipules connate, dimidiate-sheathing, oblong, SBwmmafe, rusty-Tiispid, de- 

 «idQous ; 'panicle peduncled, lax, trichotomous, exceeding the leaves : flowers clustered ; 

 calyx-limb minutely 5-dentictdate ; corolla-lobes shorter than the tube. — R. villosa, B. P. 

 {Fl. Perm. t. 207) sec. Bantl. — A large, spreading shrub ; leaves black in drying, 5"-3" 

 long, 15"'-12"' broad; petioles 6"'-4"', stipules 8"'-4"', white corolla 2'" long.— Hab. Ja- 

 maica! Fj/j.; [Ferul P«sp. 1568]. 



124. P. undata, Jacq. Shrubby, glabrous; leaves chartaceous, elliptical, pointleted, 

 costate-veiny : stipules large, connate, dimidiaie-sheathing, oiovate, blunt, or emarginate, 

 rusty-membranaceous, deciduous, with the short base marcescent ; panicle sessile, trichoto- 

 mous, much exceeded by the leaves : flowers clustered j calyx-limb minutely 5-denticnlate or 

 subentire; corolla-lobes shorter than the tube; berry ellipsoidal: pyrenae flat, albumen 

 with 2 large furrows at the commissure. — P. nervosa, Sw. I P. stipulacea, Sw, I P. oligo- 

 tricha, DC. : a form with the vein-axils pilose beneath. — Nearly allied to P. rufescens, 

 Kth., but usually broader-leaved and the branches perfectly glabrous. Leaves rusty-green in 

 drying, tapering at the base, 5"'-3"' long, 2"-l'' broad; petioles 6"'-4"', stipules 9"'-6"', 

 corolla i^" long ; flowers white ; anthers equalling the corolla-lobes, included in other 

 flowers ; berry 3'" lopg, IJ'" broad. — Hab. Bahamas ; Jamaica !, all coll., along road- 

 sides. 



125. P. raSeaceaa, Kth., Bartl.l Shrubby, rusty-pubescent above; leaves charta- 

 ceous, lanceolate-ellipticsd, acuminate, costate-veiny, glabrate above, hispidulons or glabrate 

 between the nerves beneath : stipules connate or rumpent, dimidiate-sheathing, obovate, 

 often pointed, 2-fid, rusty-membranaceous, deciduous, with the short base marcescent ; pani- 

 cle sessile, trichotomous, exceeded by the leaves : flowers clustered ; calyx-limb minutely 5- 

 dentate; corolla-lobes shorter than the tube; berry ellipsoidal : pyrenae flat, albumen 2- 

 furrowed at the commissure. — P. portoricensis, DC. — Leaves rusty-green in drring, tapering 

 at the base, 4''-2i" long, H"-l" broad; petioles 2"'-5"', stipules 6"'-3"', corolla 2'" long; 

 berry of the preceding.— Hab. Jamaica !, Jfa^., Al., March, Wullschl., in woods; An- 

 iigua!. Wullschl.; [Cuba! ; Mexico I to New Granada]. 



126. P. lanceolata, Nutt. Shrubby, glabrous, or slightly rusty-hairy above ; leaves 

 chartaceous, lanceolate, rarely lanceolate-ellii)tical, costate-veiny, glabrous above, glabrate 

 beneath : stipules connate or rumpent, dimidiate-sheathing, obovate-rouncUsh, often emar- 

 ginate with blunt lobes, rusty-membranaceous, deciduous, with the short base marcescent; 

 panicle sessilf, trichotomous, exceeded by the leaves : flowers clustered; calyx-hmb minutely 

 5-deuticulate or subentire : corolla-lobes shorter than the tube ; berry ovoid, rounded at 

 both ends. — P. chimarroides, SO. ex Sieb. Tr. 236 : from Florida specimens, reduced to 

 Nuttall's species. — Less hairy than the preceding, leaves usually narrow, and berry of dif- 

 ferent shape. Leaves 4"-2" long, 12"'-8"' broad, rusty in drying, tapering into a short 

 petiole ; stipules 5"'-3"', corolla 2 J'" long ; anthers often exserted ; berry 2'" long, 1'" 

 broad. — Hab. Bahamas !, AoaiM. ,■ Jamaica !, ^;. ; Antigua!, Wul/scU., Dondmca.], Imr., 

 S. Vincent !, Cfuild. ; Trinidad !, Sieb. ; [Florida ! ; Cuba !, French islands !]. 



Sect. 3. Mapouriopsis.— P^re»« smooth, involute at the commissure. Albumen campy- 

 lospermous, overlapping the prelection o/"«e^yr«««.— Stipules deciduous, leaving a very 

 short base. Panicles terminal : clusters distant, minutely bracteolat«, most terminal on 

 spreading branches, 



127. P. foetida, Gr. Shrubby, glabrous, variegated-glaucous; branches cylindrical, 

 smooth ; leaves chartaceous, ovate-oblong, bluntish, rounded at the base : veins costate, 

 distant : persistent base of the stipules rusty-hairy ; panicle peduncled, lax : branches 5-3- 

 nate ; calyx-limb 5-dentate, at length 5 -partite ; corolla-lobes twice shorter than the tube • 

 anthers oblong ; berry smooth, ellipsoidal-oblong^ crowned with the calyx-limb — P foetens 

 Sie., partim : Shakspeare's specimen (in Hb. Bks.) belongs to this, Swarte's own (in Hb 

 Stockh.) to PSro«;»«.— Leaves 8"-3" long. 4"-li" broad, shining, glaucous-black in dry- 

 ing, variegated with dark spots beneath : petiole 2"-i" long ; panicle as long as the leaves ! 

 clusters many-flowered, usually 6"'-12"' distant from each other- corolla IV" benT 8'" 

 long.— Hab^ Jamaica!, Pd., Al., Wits., rare on shady rocks, S. Katheriue's. $'. Anns. S. 

 IhomasJ. E, 



