498 VERBENACEJ3. 



drupe 4'" long ; corolla-limb puberulous. — Hab. Jamaica !, all coll., in high mountains, S. 

 Thomas i. V. 



29. C. Berterii, Spreng. Branches obsoletely 4-gonal, early striate-cylindrical ; 

 leaves chartaceous, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous, polished above, 

 archveiued beneath ; racemes compound at the base, slender, erect, lateral ascending : 

 pedicels numerous, as long as the calyx ; calyx obconical, minutely denticulate-repand, one- 

 half to two-thirds as long as the corolla-tube ; stamens 4 ; drupe obovoid-glotose, black. — 

 Leaves 5"-3" long, 12"'-6"' broad ; racemes 5"-8", calyx f"'-l"', drupe 3"' long ; flowers 

 scarcely half as long as in the preceding : corolla-limb ciliate, glabrous on the back ; anthers 

 ovoid-roundish. — Hab. Jamaica !, Maef. : [Cuba !]. 



9. DUKANTA, L. 



CoJyx 5-dentate, at length enlarged, enclosing the drupe. Coro& salver-shaped : limb 

 slightly unequal. Stamens didynamous, included. Stigma blunt. Drupe 4-pyrenous with 

 2-ceUed pyrena;, or endocarp at length 8-eelled. — Shrubs ; flowers blue, in compound (or 

 simple) racemes ; coroUa-tube exserted, pubescent at the- throat. 



SO. D. Plumieri, Jacci. Leaves chartaceous, elliptical-lanceolate, elliptical, or obovate- 

 roundish ; calyx tubular : teeth mucronate or subulate : limb produced into a beak above 

 ,<the included, globose drupe; corolla-tube shortly exserted. — Br. Jam. t. 29./. 1. Jacq. 

 Amer. Pict. <. 179. Desc.Fl.1. <. 488. — D. EUisia, Jaey. EUisia acuta, i. — ^A shrub, 

 6'-] 5' high, unarmed or spiny ; leaves serrate or entire, whorled or opposite, glabrous or 

 pubescent; corolla-tube 4"'-3"' long. — ^Hab. Bahamas!, Swains. i Jamaica!, all coll., in 

 savannahs and sunny places ; Antigua !, Wullschl., Dominica !, Im.r., S. Viueent !, Guild. ; 

 Trinidad !, Sch., Cr. ; [Cuba ! and Mexico ! to BrazU]. 



10. PETREA, L. 



Calyx coloured : limb double, exterioE large, 5-partite, excrescent in fruit, at length 

 scarious, reticulated-veiny, interior minute, 5-dentate. Corolla infundibular. Stamens 4, 

 included. Stigma blunt. Achenium 2(-l)-celled, 1-seeded by abortion of the ovule of the 

 second cell. — Woody, scabrous plants, usually climbing ; flowers blue, in lax racemes: 

 pedicels clavate at the summit. 



31. P. volubilis, Jacq. Climbing ; leaves rigid, elliptical or elliptical-oblong, rounded 

 at the base, shining above : petiole, very short ; raceme terminal, elongated : pedicels con- 

 tinuous with the calyx ; calyx-tithe smooth, scabrous, one-fourth to one-half as long as the 

 pedicel, in fruit one-third to one-fourth as long as the spathulate-oblong or oblong-hnear 

 exterior lobes ; corolla included. — Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 173. — Leaves 2"-5", calyx-tube 

 3"'-2"', exterior lobes at length 10"'-6™ long.— Hab. S. Kitts!, Antigua!, Wullschl., Do- 

 minica !, Finl., S. Lucia I, Anders., S. Vincent I, Guild., in woods ; Trinidad !, Sieb.; [Cuba 

 to Martinique!, Sieb. Mart. 157; Veraguas ! to BrazU]. 



32. P. arborea, J^th. Arborescent ; leaves rigid, elliptical-oblong or lanceolate- 

 ,1 oblong, minutely rounded at the base, shining above : petiole very short ; racemes axillary, 



nodding : pedicels continuous with the calyx ; calyx-tube smooth, densely hispidulous, as 

 long as or two-thirds as long as the pedicel, in fruit one-fourth as loug as the spathulale 

 exterior lobes; corolla included. — Schauer's description disagrees by longer pedicels, but 

 E. Otto's specimen (quoted by him) is identical with our plant. A tree or shrub ; leaves 

 3"-5"(-7"), calyx-tube 2'", exterior lobes at length 9'"-7"' long.— Hab. IVinidad!, Lockh., 

 Cr. ; [Mexico!, Guatemala!, Venezuela!, Peru]. 



TaiBE II. VITICBM— Ovules suspended.— Floveis cymose. 



11. CALLICARPA, i. 



Calyx 4(-5)-dentate, rai-ely 4-fid. Corolla shortly infundibuliu-, equal. Stamens 4(-o), 

 exserted. Stigma thickish, eraarginate, with the lobes subtruncate. Drupe 4-pyrenous : 



