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pyreQous with l-seeded pyvena;.— Shrubs (rarely herljs) ; leaves entire; spikes ^yra^e, one- 

 sided, usually compound; corolla-lobes in the West Indian species plaited-valvate. , 



Sect. 1. Mallotonia.— 2)re;)ff dry, hollowed at the base, entire at the top, %-pyrenous' -. 

 dissepiment of eachpyrena solid. Seeds albuminous : embryo straight. 



28. T. gnaphalodes, U. Br. Wholly sericeous-tomentose, leaiy ; leaves spathulate- 

 linear, blunt, sessile; spikes short, in a few-branched corymb : flowers subconuected, white; 

 corolla-tube villous : lobes ovate, blunt ; drupe ovate-conical.— /acy. Amer. Pict. t. 259. 

 /. 9 : a leaf.— Heliotropium, Jacq.—k shrub, 2'-6' high ; leaves li''-2i" long.— Hab. 

 Bahamas !, Swains., Turk islands !, Hjalm. ; Jamaica !, Pd., M'Nab, Al., along the coast ; 

 Antigua !, Wullschl., S. Vincent !, Guild., Barbadoes ; [Florida I to Guadeloupe !]. 



Sect. 2. PiTTONiA, Kth. — Ilrupe entire, %-pyrenous : pyrenrn 2-cetted, campylospermous 

 by the hollowed dissepiment. Embryo straight. 



29. T. hirsutissima, L. Hispid or hispidulous ; leaves elliptical, pointed, petioled : 

 primary veins ^-&-jugal ; splEes contracted, corymbose; corolla-tube strigose above the 

 base, cylindrical, thrice as long as the calyx : iohes deltoid-ovate; drupe sabglobose, pilose. 

 —SI. t. 212. /. 1. Desc. Ft. 4. t. 253.— T. fcetidissima, L. \ex syn. SI). T. corymbosa,' 

 &eb. Tr. 39 !— A trailing shrub; leaves 8"-5", corolla-tube 2"' long; flowers and prunes 

 white.— Hae. Jamaica!, aU ooU. ; S. Vincent I, Guild.; Trinidad!, Sieb., dr.; [Cuba! 

 and Mexico ! to Braail] . 



30. T. foetidissima, W. Leaves large, glabrous, elliptical-oblong, bluntish, tapering 

 into the petiole: primary veins 18-14i-jugal ; spikes corymbose-panicled ; corolla-tube 

 hirsute, cylindrical, thrice as long as the calyx : lobes ovate, bluntish ; drupe subglobose, 

 glabrous. — Plum. Ed. Burm. t. 230.— Suffrut'icose, robust; leaves 12"-8", corolla-tube 2"' 

 long. — Hab. Dominica I, /mr. ; [Guadeloupe!]. 



31. T. filiflora, &. i«a«>«J fa?y«, ^/airoM«, oblong or eUiptical-obloug, bluntish, tapering 

 into the petiole: primary veins lb-12-jugal; spikes divaricate, corymbose-panicled; co- 

 rolla-tube pubemlous, filiform, 4-5 times as long as the calyx ; lobes ovate-roundish, 

 mucronate ; drupe subglobose, glabrous. — T. cymosa, Gr. PI. Carib. (non'L). — Habit of 

 the preceding ; leaves 15"-6", corolla-tube 2i"' long, the latter narrower than in the allied 

 species. — Hab. 3a,va&ica,\, Pd., List., on rocks, Manchester, S.George'; Dominica !, Jmr., 

 S. Lucia !, Anders. ; [Guadeloupe !]. 



32. T. cymosa, L., DC. Leaves glabrous, elhptical-oblong or lanceolate-oblong, 

 pointed, tapering into the petiole ; primaiy veins iS-9-jugal ; spikes long, nodding, corym- 

 bose ; corolla-tube pubemlous, cylindrical, 4 times as long as the calyx : lobes ovate- 

 lanceolate, acuminate; drupe depressed, rhomboid-subglobose, glabrous. — SI. t. 212. y. 2. 

 Desc. PI. 5. t. 376. — T. foetidissima, Besc. — Habit of the preceding; leaves 10"-5", spikes 

 8"-3'', coroJla-tube 2'" long.— Hab. Jamaica!, Al, March,.Wullschl. ; [Cuba!]. 



33. T. astrotricha, BO. Leaves pubescent beneath along the tertiary veins, elliptical- 

 oblong or elliptical-lanceolate, tapering into the petiole : primary veins 8-6-jtigal; spikes 

 long, corymbose ; corolla-tube pubescent, cylindrical, twice to thrice as long as the calyx : 

 ■lobes oval-roundish, blunt ; drupe subglobose, glabrous. — Jacq. Ic. Sar. t. 31. — T. cymosa, 

 Jacq. {non L.). — A shrub or small tree ; leaves 8"-3". corolla-tube 2'" long ; flowers "red- 

 dish" (Jacq.). — Hab. Jamaica!, Lane, Wils., March, e.^. Port Henderson. 



34. T. bicolor, Sw. Leaves glabrous, elliptical, ellijitical-oblong, or ovate, petioled, 

 primary veins &-i(-?i)-jugal ; spikes short, corymbose, usually contracted-flexuose; corolla- 

 tube pubescent, campaDulate-cylindrica], 3 (-4) times as long as the calyx : lobes ovate, 

 mucronate ; drupe subglobose, glabrous. — A shrub ; leaves 3"-5" (-6"), corolla-tube 

 2'" (-3'".) long ; flowers greenish-white. 



o. Calyx-segments ovate-lanceolate, one-third as long as the corolla-tube. — T. laevigata, 

 var. latifolia, BC. {ex Sieb. Tr. 40 !, MaH. 62 !). 



3. leevigata, Lara, (in herb. Kyan). Calyx-segments lanceolate, one-third as long as the 

 coroUa-tube. 



y. brachysepala. Calyx-segments ovate-deltoid, one-fourth as long as the corolla-tube. — 

 T. laevigata. Seem. Panam. ! 



