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Sect. 4. EupsYCHOTBlA. — FyttncB involute ly a large furrow at the eommismre, 5-3- 

 cristate or -angled, rarely smooth. Albumen of Mapouriopsis. — Stipules persistent, gemi- 

 nate or 2-fid. Panicles terminal : flowers clustered. 



* Bracts large, exceeding the calyx. (Nonatelia, Su>.) 



138. P. bracUata, Sw. I Shrubby, glabrous ; branches slightly 4-gonal; leaves char- 

 taceous, elliptical-oblong or lanceolate-oblong, pointed, arch-veined : stipules united at the 

 base, each shortly 2'JUl, persistent ; panicle peduncled, hairy : branches spreading, Z-cliis-' 

 tered and involucrate at the top : bracteoles ovate, shortly exceeding the calyx; corolla 

 glabrescent within : lobes puberidous, shorter than the infundibnlar tube ; anthers oblong, 

 included ; berry ovoid, crowned with the subentire calyx-limb : pyrenee 5-cristate. — ^F. capi- 

 tellata, iJC..?— 6'-8'highi leaves 4"-5", petioles 8"'-6"', stipules 3'", coroUa 2i?" long; 

 flowers straw-coloured ; berries indigo-blue. — Hab, Jamaica !, aS\ coll., in woods ; Trinidad !, 

 Lockh.; [Cuba!]. 



129. v. axcua.ta^ Benth. Shrubby; branches slightly compressed-4-gonal, puberulous 

 or glabrate ; leaves chartaceous, elliptical-oblong, pointed : veins costate, numerous : stipules 

 united at the base, two on each side, linear-acuminate, uearly as long as the petioles, per- 

 sistent'; panicle peduncled, corymbiform-trichptomous : bracteoles oblong-linear, exceeding 

 the calyx ; corolla glabrous, pilose within : lobes shorter than the clavate tube ; anthers 

 linear, included.— Leaves 7"-5", petioles 6"'-3"', stipules 6"'-4"', corolla ZJ'" long.— Hab. 

 Trinidad I, Lockh., Sch. ; [Gniana !]. 



** Bracteoles small or inconspicuous, 



130. P. pubescens, Sw. Shrubby; branches cylindrical, smooth, constricted below 

 the nodes, puberulous ; leaves membranaceous, elliptical or lanceolate-oblong, costate-veiny, 

 puberulous beneath : stipules united at the base, 2 or several on each side, subulate, as long 

 as their sheath, persistent ; panicle peduncled, pubescent, pyramidal : branches terminated 

 with cymules and sessile alar flowers : bracteoles linear, shorter than the calyx ; corolla 

 with hair-tufts at the throat : lobes shorter than the tube ; anthers linear ; berry roundish, 

 contracted at the commissure, smooth : pyrense 4-angled. — P. scabriuscula, Bartl. I — lO*- 

 12' high ; leaves 6"-4" long, variable : stipules 1'" long above the sheath ; corolla greenish- 

 straw-coloured ; berry 2'" broad. — Hab. Jamaica!, aU coll., common; [Cuba!, Mexico!, 

 Panama !]. 



131. P. pednncnlata, Sw. Shrubby or arboreous, glabrous below the puberulous 

 panicle; branches slightly compressed-4-gonal ; leaves membranaceous, elliptical-oblong, 

 pointed, areh-veined: stipules united, 2 on each side, small, deltoid, shorter than their 

 truncate sheath, persistent ; panicle long-peduncled, corymbiform, usually 5-rayed : peduncle 

 as long as the leaves : branches terminated with cymules and sessile alar flowers : bracteoles 

 minute, lanceolate'; corolla slender, filiform-clavate, glabrous at the throat : lobes half as 

 long as the tube ; anthers linear ; berry roundish, contracted at the commissure : pyrense 

 5-angled.— 16'-20' high; leaves 5"-3'' long; corolla yellow, 4'" long ; berry 3'" broad.— 

 — ^Hab. Jamaica !, all coll., in mountain-woods ; Barbadoes !, Lane. 



132. P. corymbosa, Sw. S'^rubby, glabrous ; branches subcylindrical ; leaves charta- 

 ceous, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate: veins distant: stipules united at the 

 base, 2 on each side, small, deltoid, longer than their annular sheath, marcescent ; panicle 

 peduncled, trichotomous, corymbiform: branches coloured, terminated with cymules and 

 subsessile alar flowers : bracteoles lanceolate, shorter than the calyx; calyx-limb 5(-4)- 

 partite ; corolla glabrous at the throat : lobes half as long as the campanulate tube ; anthers 

 linear- berry roundish, contracted at the commissure: pyrense 3-5-angled.— Leaves 8 -2 

 long ; corolla purple, 2i"' long ; berry purple, 2i"' broad.— Hab. Jamaica !, aU coll., m the 

 Blue Mountains, from 4000' upwards. 



133 P patens Sw.l Shrubby, glabrous; branches cylindrical, subconstiicted below the 

 nodes •' leaves chartaceous, elliptical-oblong or eUiptJcal, pointed, arch-veined : stipules umted 

 at the base 2 on each side, linear-acuminate, much longer than their sheath, persistent; pani- 

 cle lona-peduncled, corymbiform: branches coloured, terminated with scorpioid cymes and 

 sessUe alar flowers: bracteoles lanceolate-linear, as long as or a litUe exceeding the calyx; 

 corolla glabrous at the throat ; Ipbes half as long as the clavate tube ; anthers hneai- ; berry 



