346 RUBIACEJ!. 



** Stipules deciduom, bidentate ; fiowert temately clustered. 



144. P. Pavetta, DQ. Glabrous ; iniemodes cylindrical, smooth ; leaves membrana- 

 ceous, lanceolate-oblong or elliptical-oblong, pointed, petioled : primary veins curved, distant : 

 atipulet minute, mbdistinct : lobes deltoid; panicle corymbiform : ./iower* ^eraa^f, subses- 

 sile at the top of its branches ; corolla glabrous, salver-shaped: tube (6"' long) filiform-da- 

 vate, slightly curved: lobes unequal, oblong-lanceolate,. subacute, one-third as long as the 

 tube ; berry subglobose^ laterally subcompressed. — Plum. Md. Burm. t. 156./. 1. SI. t. 

 202./. 2: iffl(^.— Psychotria, Sib. Pavetta pentandra, SioJ—A. shrub, 6' high: habit of 

 Faramea, but berry of Crocothyrsus ; flowers white, odorous. — Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., At., 

 W/j., ^«/&cAA, in mountain-woods, Hanover, Manchester, S. Anns ; Antigua!, WullscM. ; 

 [Cuba I ; Trench islands !]. 



Sect. 2. Stephanium. — Berry globose, nearly smooth : pyrenis flat at the commissure. 

 Albumen orthospermous : test corrugate-loose. — Stipules single in the axils, 2-lobed, 

 united at the base, persistent. 



146. P. i^anensis, Aubl. Glabrons.; intemodes cylindrical, uppermost subtetrago- 

 nal ; leaves large, oval-oblong : veins costate : petiole exceeding the shortly 2-lobed stipules; 

 panicle thyrsoid, long-pedunded : flowers pedicellate, numerous ; corolla pimpled-pubescent, 

 clavate (5'"-6"' long) : lobes short, slisfhtly unequal. —.4«i^. t. 66. — Psychotria Palicourea, 

 Sw. — A shrub or tree ; leaves 12"-5'', stipules 4"'-3"' long ; flowers yellow ; berry li'" 

 diam. — Hab. Trinidad!, Sch.,Lockh., Cr., common in ravines; [Panama!, Guiana!, equat. 

 Brazil!]. 



48. CEPHAELIS, Sui. 



Flowers of Psychotria, but capitate : receptacle involucrate, paleaceous. Berry 2-py- 

 renous : pyrense obtusely 5-ribbed or smooth. Albumen cartilaginous. — Shrubs or herbs; 

 stipules connate-sheathing at the base' persistent ; flower-heads single, usually terminal. 



Sect 1. Tapogomea, DO. — Berry nearly smooth: pyreniB and albumen flat, or slightly 

 incurved at the commissure. — Involucral bracts connate at the base, spreading, coloured. 



146. C. tomentosa, W. Shrubby, shaggy on the younger parts ; intemodes cylindri- 

 cal ; leaves elliptical or elliptical-oblong, pointleted : stipules much longer than their sheath, 

 2 on each side, lanceolate-subulate, long-acuminate ; flower-heads terminal, peduncled : seg- 

 ments of the involucre large, cordate or ovate, pointed (or rounded), much exceeding the 

 flowers. — Aubl. t. 61. — Tapogomea, Aubl. — Leaves 8"-4", stipules 6'" long : flower-head 

 12"'-6"' diam. ; involucre crimson, floweirs yellowish-white. A Bogota specimen with long- 

 exserted stamens proves the identity of Carapichea and Cephaelis. — Hab. Trinidad !, Sieb. 

 Tr. 41, Lockh., Sch., Or., in moist woods ; [Mexico ! to Guiana I, equat. Brazil !, and 

 Peru!]. 



147. C. punicea, V. (1796). Shrubby, glabrous; intemodes tetragonal; leaves dlip- 

 tical-oblong, with a short, bluntish point : stipules as longSis their sheath, axillary, rounded, 

 obtusely 2-lobed, spreading ; flower-heads terminal, long-peduucled : segments of the invo- 

 lucre 2, large, broadly ovate, bluntish, much exceeding the' flowers.— C.elata, Sm. — 12'-16' 

 high; leaves 6"-3", stipules 2'" long ; flower-head S^'-e'" diam. ; involucre purple.— Hab. 

 Jamaica !, Pd., March', in high mountains ; [Guadeloupe ; New Granada !]. 



Sect 2. Callicocoa, DC. — Pyrena obtusely 5-ribbed, involute at the commissure. Albumen 

 campylospermous, overlapping the prelection of the pyrente. — Involucral bracts distinct or 

 neariy so, as long as or shorter than the flowers. 



148. C. Swartzii, 1>C. Shrubby, glabrous ; uppermost intemodes tetragonal ; leaves 

 elliptical-oblong, pointleted : stipular sheath truncate (or 2-fld), spreading, many-atoned, 

 with the awns rigid, deciduous; flower-heads terminal, peduncled : bracts 5, ovate-round- 

 ish : nalesB rounded at the top or obsoletely lobed. — C. violacea, Su>. (non Aubl.). — ^Leaves 

 5"-3", peduncle 1" long ; flower-heads 5"'-10"' diam. ; bracts, flowers, and berries blue.— 

 Hab. Dominical, 7(nr., S. Lucia, in mountain-woods; [Guadeloupe!. Martiniaue!. &eb. 

 Mart. 84]. ' ^ 



