344 EUBIACEJi!: 



roundish, contracted -at .the commissure, tranm^rsely mgjdose !, pyreaae 5-angled-. — Leaves 

 4''-3", jBtipules l'"-2"'long above their sheath; corolla white, 2"' long; berry black, ^'"-l'" 

 broad.-^HAB. Jamaica 1, 8w., WUs., in the mountains; [Cuba I]. 



134. P. comigera, Benth. I Shrubby, glabrous ; branches smooth, cylindrical or com- 

 pressed-cylindrical, subconstricted below the nodes ; leaves chartaceous, ovate or elliptical- 

 oblong, pointleted, costate-veiny : stipules united at the base, 2 on each side, suhidate, 

 longer than their sheath; panicle sessile or shortly pedanded, corymbiform, often bearded 

 at the ramifications; c^mes contracted : iracteoles setaceous, minute ov inconspicuous; 

 corolla subcylindrical, villous at the throat : lobes corniculate, as long as the tube ; berry 

 biglobose, smooth. — Leaves 6"-4", stipules l"'long above the sheath; corolla li"' long; 

 berry 3'" broad. — Hab. Trinidad !, Lockh. ; [Guiana I]. 



§eot. 5. Stkempblia, 5e»tt.^Pyre««s separating from each other in the. axis, slightly 

 incurved at the commissure, obsoletely %-cristate, or i-furrowed, or smooth on the back. 

 Albumen devoid of furrows on the concave or flattish commissural side. — Stipules sub- 

 cartilagiuous, whoUy, or their sheath marcescent. Flowers in terminal, peduncled cymes. 



135. P. nutans, Sw. I Shrubby, glabrous ; leaves memiranaceotis, lanceolate or 

 spathulate-lanceolate, bluntish, arch-veined: stipules small, cartilaginous, deltoid, 2 on each 

 side or combined-rumpent ; cyme 3-rayed, few-flowered : flowers clustered, minutely brac- 

 teolate; calyx-limb produced, subeutire, longer than the tube; corolla-lobes one-third as 

 long as the tube ; berry globose : pyrense smooth or slightly S-cristate. — Leaves 4"-2" long, 

 gradually tapering into the petiole ; berries 2'" diam., cernuous. — Hab. Antigua !, Wullschl. ; 

 [Cuba!, Haiti!]. 



' 136. F. horizontalis, iSw. Shrubby, glabrous ; branches spreading ; leaves membra- 

 naceous, elliptical or elliptical-oblong, pointed, arch-veined, bearded at the vein-axils be- 

 neath : stipules roundish, denticulate, single on each Mde, marcescent, with the teeth decidn- 

 ous, at length cartilaginous ; cyme twice 8 -rayed, few-flowered : flowers clustered ; calyx- 

 limb produced, minutely denticulate, longer than the tube ; corolla salver-shaped, tranversebj 

 plaited at the glabrous throat : lobes one-third as long as the tube ; berry ovate-globose, 

 at length nearly smooth. — 3'-4' high ; leaves li"-3^' long; corolla-tube 2i"' long; berries 

 2'" diam., erect. — Hab. Antigua!, Wullschl., S. Vincent I, Guild.; [Haiti, on limestone, 

 Guadeloupe ;, Martinique I, Sieb. Mart. 76 ; Guiana !]. 



137. P. parasitica, Sw. Trailing-radicant, shrubby, glabrous ; leaves Succulent, ovate 

 Or ovate-lanceolate, pointed : veins inconspicuous, more approximate below the middle of the 

 midrib ; stipules connate-tubular, chartaceous ; cymes trichotomous, few-flowered : flowers 

 pedicellate, minutely bracteolate ; calyx-limb B-deutate, as long as the tube ; corolla " pubes- 

 cent at the throat :" lobes acuminate, shorter than the tube ; berry small, ovoid-globose : 

 pyrense nearly smooth. — Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 73. — Branches subtetragonal above, hanging 

 from old trees? leaves 2"-r' long, rounded at the shortly petioled base; berry 1"'-14"' 

 long, red.— Hab. S. Kitts, Montserrat, Dominica, S. Vincent !, Guild., in mountain-woods , 

 [Cuba !, Portorico I,. French islands !]. 



138. P. crassa, Benth. I Trailing, shrubby or arboreous {Perrot.), glabrous ; leaves 

 rigid, leathery, elliptical or elliptical-oblong, pointed, margined : veins inconspictwus, more 

 approximate below the middle of the midrib ; stipules connate-tubular, chartaceous ; cyme 

 trichotomous, corymbiform : flowers pedicellate, minutely bracteolate : calyx-limb 4-dentate, 

 shorter than the tube; corolla "bearded at the throat:" lobes corniculate, nearly as long 

 as the tube ; berry-globose : pyrenffi nearly smooth.— Nearly allied to the preceding — 

 Leaves black in drying, 3"-l" long, subacute at the base ; berry 2'" diam.— Hab. Dominica !, 

 Imr.; Trinidad!, Or.; [Cuba!, Guadeloupe!; Venezuela!, Guiana!]. 



\y^?-J^' Myrtiphyllum, Sw. Shrubby, diffuse, glabrous; leaves small, chartaceous, 

 elliptical or lanceolate: veins Aistant, delicate or inconspicuous: stipules combined at the 

 h3.%% deltoid-roundish, chartaceous, -deciduous, jvith a short base persistent ; cyme trichoto- 

 mous, as long as the leaves : pedicels filiform, as long as the calyx ; calyx-limb 5-dentate, 

 as long as the tube ; corolla villous at the throat : lobes shorter than the davate tube- berry 

 " ovoid-oblong."— S. t. 209./. 2.— A fragrant, little shrub, l'-3' high; leaves 1" (18"'-6"') 

 long, bluntish or acuminate, shortljrpetioled ; corolla whitish, 2'" long ; berry red.— Hab. 

 Jamaica !, Pd., Al., Wils., March, Wullschl., Manchester, S. Anns ; [Haiti I] 



