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149. C. muscosa, Sio. Shrubby or arboreous, glabrous ; internodes cylindrical, up- 

 permost subtetragonal ; leaves shortly petioled, lanceolate-oblong or elliptical-oblong, acumi- 

 nate: stipular sheath truncate, spreading, with several deciduous, rigid awns ; flower-heads 

 terminal, suisessile : bracts and palete quadrate-oblong, cut at the summit. — Jacg. Amer. 

 Pici. t. 66.— Morinda, Jacq.—lh' high ; leaves 4"-3", peduncle 2'" long or none ; flower- 

 heads 3"'-6"' diam. ; bracts pale-blue, flowers white, ben-ies blue.— Hab. S. Vincent I, Onild.; 

 Trinidad !, Pd., Lockh., Or., in shady woods and ravines ; [Martinique, Guiana !, equat. 

 Brazil !]. 



150. O. axillaris, Sw. Shrubby, glabrous ; internodes obtusely subtetragonal ; leaves 

 long-petioled, lanceolate-oblong or elliptical, pointleted: stipules as long as their sheath, 

 ovate, i-lobed, awnless ; flower-heads mostly axillary, sessile : bracts roundish, exceeded by 

 the flowers : palese obovate, lacerate and ciliate at the summit. — Leave! 5"-3", petiole 12'"- 

 6'" long ; flower-heads 6"'-10"' diam. ; berry subglobose : furrows between the convex juga 

 narrow. — Hab. -S. Kitts, Dominica !, Imr. ; [Guadeloupe ; New Granada ! ; Venezuela 1 j" ' 

 Guiana !]. 



49. MORINDA, L. 



Calyx-limb short, denticulate, or subentire : tubes concrete. Corolla infundibular : 

 lobes 5 (4-7), valvate. Stamens inserted into the corolla-tube. Stigma 2.fid. Ovary 2- 

 eelled : cells 1 -ovulate : ovules erect or attached above the base. Synearpium baccate. Al- 

 bumen fleshy. Radicle inferior. — ^Woody plants ; flower-heads peduncled : receptacle glo- 

 bose. 



y^ 151. M. Royoc, L. Shrubby, glabrous or glabrescent : branches cylindrical ; leaves 

 laneeolate-oblong, pointed : stipules subulate ; flower-heads small, single in the axils or ter- 

 minal, exceeding in length the short peduncle ; synearpium globose. — Jacq. ff. Find. t. 16. 

 Dese. Fl. 2. t. 129.— 1' high ; leaves 3"-2", peduncles 3"'-l"' long ; flowers white, odorous ; 

 synearpium 4"'-6"' diam. — Hab. Jamaica!, all coll., along the seacoast ; [Cuba !, Haiti !]. 



152*. M. citrifolia, Z. Arborescent, glabrous ; branchlets tetragonal ; leaves elliptical, 

 large : stipules roundish ; flower-heads leaf-opposed or axillary, nearly as long as their short 

 peduncle ; synearpium subglobose. — M. macrophylla, Besf. — Leaves pointed, or blunt, 6"-8", 

 peduncles 6"'-8'" long ; synearpium 1" diam. — Hab. Naturalized in Jamaica!, March, and 

 in the Caribbean islands I ; [introduced from the East Indies !]. 



50. GEOPHILA, Bon. 



C«^;j!-K»!^ 5(-4)-partite: segments narrow, recurved-spreading. CoroKa salver-shaped : 

 lobes valvate. Stamens inserted into the corolla-tube, included. Stigma 2-iid. Ovary 2- 

 celled : cells 1 -ovulate : ovules erect. Berry 2-pyrenons, slightly angular. Albumen carti- 

 laginous, flat at the commissure. — Creeping, radioant herbs ; leaves long-petioled, cordate : 

 stipules single, undivided ; peduncles terminal, bearing contracted, few-flowered, umbel li- 

 form cymes. 



153. G. reniformis, Bon. Leaves ss long as broad, rounded or bluntish at the top, \. 

 with a narrow basilar sinus, glabrescent, glabrous beneath : petiole shaggy on the upper 

 side i peduncles 3 (-2-6) -flowered : bracts linear, acuminate, nearly as long as the pedicel. — 

 Jacq. Amer. Fid. t. 67. Tuss. Fl. 1. 1. 8. — Psychotyia herbacea, L. — Mowers white, berry 

 scarlet.— Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., Bist., March, in moist woods, creeping among roots ; Do- 

 miuica !, Imr. ; [Cuba ! and Mexico 1 to Brazil ! ; Pacific islands !, East Indies !]. 



51. ERNODEA, Sw. 



Calyx-limb 4-6-partite: segments lanceolate-acuminate. Corolla salver-shaped; lobes 

 valvate. Stamens inserted into the corolla-tube, exserted. Stigma emarginate. Ovary 2- 

 celled : cells 1-ovulate : ovules laterally attached. Brupe 2-pyrenous, smooth. Albumen 

 cartilaginous, deeply furrowed at the flat commissure.- A decumbent, glabrous shrub; 

 hvsach.fi% tetragonal ; leaves elliptical-lanceolate, rigid, sessile, pungent ; stipules connate- 

 sheathing, lobed ;' flowers sessile, single in the axils, yellowish. 

 /■ 154. E. litoralis, Sw.—Sl. t. 189./. 1, 2 ; Sw. Fl. 1. 4./. inf. .- awa^yi!.— Leaves ap. 



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