496 VEKBENACB^. 



Swains. ; Jamaica !, AL, WullscM., common ; Antigua !, Wullschl., Dominica !, Imr., S. 

 Vincent !, GasWy,-, Trinidad !, Sch., Lockh.; [Cuba I and Mexico I to Buenos Ayres !]. 



16. Ii. crooea, Jacq. Leaves ovate, pointed, serrate, Mspid above, pubescent or gla- 

 brescent beneath, usually shorter than the long peduncles; heads Jldttish, exinvolucrate : 

 bracts linear-acuminate, mostly one-third as long as the corolla-tube; corolla yellow, 

 changing into orange. — Jacq. Schcenbr. t. 473. — Leaves l"-3i'', corolla-tube 4'" long; 

 drupes 2'" diam. — Hab. Bahamas; Jamaica!, March; S.Vincent!, Guild.; [Haiti! to 

 Guiana!]. 



Sect. 3. Callioeeas, Cham. — Cells of the putamen contiguous. — Unarmed shrubs. 



* Heads subglobose or flattish. 



^ 17. Ii. involucrata, L. Leaves small, oval or ovate, blunt, crenate, pubescent, as 

 '^ong as or shorter than the peduncles ; heads subglobose : involucral bracts broadly ovate, 

 as long as the ftouiers, interior ovate-roundish, half as long as the corolla-tube ; corolla 

 "lilac: throat yellow."— Leaves 12"'-6"'(-3"'), corolla-tube li"'-2"' long ; drupes 1'" 

 diam. — Hab. Bahamas !, Swains. ; Jamaica !, At., March, in savannahs ; [Cuba ! to Gua- 

 deloupe ! ; Panama !] . 



18. Xi. odorata, L. Leaves ovate or oval, bluntish or blunt, crenate, pubescent, about 

 as long as the peduncles ; heads subglobose : involucral bracts ovate-lanceolate, as long as 

 the exterior flowers, interior ovate, half as long as the coroUa-tube ; corolla "pale lilac." 

 ■ — Plum. Ed. Burm. t. 11. f. 2. Jacq. Schosnbr. t. 360.' — ^L. recta, Ait. L. peduncularis, 

 Anders. ! : a form with longer peduncles. — Leaves 2"-6"', coroUa-tube 2'" long ; drupes 

 1'" diam. — Hab. Jamaica!, all coll. ; Antigua!, Wullschl., Dominical, Imr., S. Vincent!, 

 Guild.; Trinidad!, Sieb. Tr. 117; [Bermudas!; Cuba! to Guadeloupe!; Honduras!; 

 Galapagos !]. 



19. I>. reticulata, ters. Leaves ovate, bluntish, crenate, pubescent, usually shorter 

 than the peduncles; heads flattish, at length Itemispjierical : involucral bracts broadly 

 ovate-deltoid, exceeded by the flowers, interior ovate, little shorter than the corolla-tube ; 

 corolla tehiie. — i'A t. 194. /. 2. — L. involucrata, Sw. — Leaves i"-2", slender corolla-tube 

 3"'-2"' long ; drupes rugose, Ii'" diam. — Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., March, Pedro plains ; 

 [Cuba !, Haiti ! ; Venezuela !]. 



** Heads at length longer than broad. 



20. Ii. stricta, Sm. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, ovate-acuminate or lanceolate-acuminate, 

 rounded above the cuneate base, crenate, hispidulous or glabrescent above, hoary-pubescent 



■^ beneath, as long as or shorter than the peduncle ; heads hemispherical, at length ovoid- 

 oblong, exiuvolucrate : bracts ovate-lanceolate (or ovate), shorter than the corolla-tube, 

 exterior usually larger ; corolla rosy-lilac, much longer than the minute calyx. — SI. t. 195. 

 f. 4. — Drupes 14"' diam. 



a. Leaves lanceolate-acuminate ; corolla-tube 3"'-3"' long. 



j8. lilacina, Desf. Leaves ovate-acuminate ; corolla-tube 3"'-4"' long. — Mart. Fl. Bras. 

 10. t. 44./. 1. 



Hab. Jamaica !, all coll. (a, /3) ; [Mexico ! to Brazil !]. 



21. Ii. Radula, Sw. Leaves ovate or ovate-roundish, blunt, rounded above the 

 cuneate base, crenate, buUate-hispid above, pilose beneath, as long as or shorter than the 

 peduncles ; heads subglobose, at length shortly oblong, exiuvolucrate : bracts ovate or 

 ovate-roundish, mucronate or cuspidate, shorter than the corolla-tube ; corolla rosy (or 

 vrhite). — Leaves l"-2", corolla-tube 2"' long. — Hab. Dominica, S.Vincent!, Anders.; 

 Trinidad!, Sieb. 2V. 168; [Brazil!]. 



22. Ii. trifolia, L. Leaves elliptical or elliptical-oblong, pointed, cuneate-tapering at 

 the base, serrate, hispidulous or hoary-pubescent beneath, often whorled, as long as or 

 usually exceeding the peduncles ; heads ovoid-globose, at length oblong, exiuvolucrate : 

 bracts subulate, shorter than or equalling the corolla-tube; corolla rosy-lilac (ox tiiatu) : 

 throat yellow.— SI. t. 195./. 3. — L. annua, i.— Leaves 5"-2", corolla-tube 3'" long; 

 drupes IJ"' diam.— Hab. Jamaica!, all coll., in the mountains; S.Vincent!, Guild.; 

 Trinidad !, Sch., Cr. ; [Cuba ! and Veraguas ! to Brazil !]. 



