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pubescent at the summit ; leaves oblong or lanceolate ; flower-wboils and heads mauy- 

 tlowered ; 2 segments of the calyx-limb rigid, subulate-lanceolate, longer than the capsule, 2 

 shorter; seeds oval, is-lobed by the cross-shaded furrow. — Jaeq. Ic. Mar. t. 308. — Sper- / 

 inacoce hirta, Jacq. (non Sw.). S. villosa, Sw. — Habit of Borrera fanifiora. — Hab. Ja- 

 maica!, Al.,.Wils., Wullschl.; Dominica!, Imr.; S.Vincent!, Guild.; [Cuba! and Mexico! 

 to Ecuador 1 and Venezuela!]. 



57. RICHARDSONIA, Kth. 



Oalyx-limh 6 -4 (-7-3) -partite, deciduous. Corolla infundibular: lobes 6-4(-3)-valvate. 

 Stigma 8-4-fid. Fruit 3--4-coocous ; cocci indehiscent, furrowed on the inner side, at length 

 concrete with the seed. — Diffuse, pubescent herbs ; flowers in terminal heads : involucre 

 4-leaved. 

 y 170. R. scabra, L. {sui Eichardia). Stem pilose; leaves lanceolate-oblong or ellip- Q 

 tical : stipular bristles as long as or shorter than their sheath ; heads many-flowered : calyx- f 

 lobes &,foliaceous, ovate-deltoid, aslougasthetruncate-obovate,'muricate 3 (—4) carpids. — 

 S. Hil. PL Us. t. 8. — Our form flowers from the first year ; corolla white, 6-lobed; stamens 

 exserted. — Hab. Jamaica !, Macf., March ; [Mexico ! to Brazil !] . 



58. PERAMA, Aubl. 



Calyx-limb 3-partite, persistent on the valves. Corolla infundibular : lobes 4-5, valvate. 

 Style filiform, subentire. Capsule 3-celled, obliquely 2-valved, septicide on one, loculicide 

 on the other side, with the dissepiment persistent : seeds triquetrous. — Annual, slender herbs ; 

 leaves opposite or ternate, sessile, palmatinerved : stipules obsolete ; fiowers in terminal 

 peduncled heads, 



171. P. hirsuta, Aubl. Hispid with scattered hairs ; stem divided above into pedun- 

 cles, or simple ; leaves opposite, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, uppermost lanceolate ; fiower- 

 heads ovoid ; calyx-teeth rigid, subulate-linear, as long as the coroUa-tube, much longer than 

 the valves ; corolla-lobes 4, pointed. — Aubl. t. 18. — Spithameous, leafy below the middle ; 

 leaves 3'" long; coroUa yellow.— Hab. Trinidad!, iociA.,P(;?., Cr., in savannahs ; [Vene- 

 zuela!, Guiana!, Brazil!]. 



59. EMMEORRHIZA, Pohl. 



Calyx-limb 4-partite, persistent. Corolla rotate : segments 4, valvate. Stigma 3-fid. 

 ^ruit diooccous : cocci dehiscent along the inner sraface : seeds subcompressed, wholly adnate 

 to the loose part of the membranaceous dissepiment, which projects on both ends like a tail. 

 ^-A scandent, suffrutescent, glabrous herb ; flowers in terminal, panicled umbels. 



172. E. brasiliensis, Fohl. Habit of ffffl&'«»j ; leaves oblong-lauceolate, acuminate, 

 petioled, 2"-14" long: stipular bristles shorter than their produced sheath; calyx-lobes 

 lanceolate;, capsule clavate, 1'" long.— Hab. Trinidad!, Loclch., Gr., in the northern hUls, 

 Fort Scorge, S. Anns; [Venezuela!, New Granada !,_ Peru !, Brazil! to S. Katherine!]. 



SuBTRiBE 8. STELLATE. — Character cf Spermaoocese, but leaies whorled, exstvpuXate. 

 Pericarp dry or baccate. 



60. GALIUM, L. 



Calyx-limb obsolete. Corolla rotate : segments 4(-3), valvate. Anthers ovoid-globose. 

 Stigmas globose. Pruit didymous. Albumen cartilaginous. 



Sect. Reibunium, Bndl. Fruit Jocoaie.— Perennial herbs ; inflorescence axillary : 

 pedicels bearing a 4-leaved involuce at the summit. 



173. G. hypocarpium, Endl. Diffiise, pilose or glabrescent; leaves 4 in the whorl, 

 oval-oblong, or lanceolate-oblong, 1-nerved; pedicels single, exceeded by the leaves: flowers 

 yellow, supported by the elliptical involucel-leaves.— Valantia, L. Rubia, I)C. R. guade- 

 lupensis, Spr.: a glabrescent form, with larger, scabrous -cffiate leaves.—l -6 high ; leaves 

 3'''-4"' long ; beny hairy (or glabrescent), 14'" broad.— Hab. Jamaica!, all coU., a common 

 weed in the mountains, e.g. S. Anns, at 4000' alt. ; Dominica !, Imr. ; [Haiti !. Guadeloupe ! ; 

 Costaiica, Venezuela !] . 



