VERBENACEjE. 501 



4"'diam. — Hab. Naturalized in S. Kittsl, Trinidad 1, Or., [and Guiana!, introduced from 

 the East Indies] . 



14. AMASONIA, i.^i 



Cliaracter of Clerodendron, but short corolla-limb 2-lipped. — Stem simple, svffruticose ; 

 most leaves scattered; cymes mbsessile, few{-\)-flowered, in a simple raceme; corolla 

 tube clavate. \ 



44. A. erecta, L. Stem hispidulous ; leaves flaccid, spathulate-oblong or elliptical- 

 oblong, unequally serrate or repand, long-tapering towai'ds the subsessile base : down flaccid, 

 disappeai'ing ; calyx one-third as long as the corolla : lobes ovate-lanceolate, acuminate : 

 sinus not plaited. — Judl. t. 353. — Tachigalea campestris, Aubl. A. punicea, Schau. (non 

 f.). — 14'-3'high; floral leaves coloured, elliptical, often as long as the 3 -flowered cymes ; 

 calyx 4'", corolla 1" long. — Hab. Trinidad !, aU coll., in savannahs ; [Venezuela I to 

 BrazU!]. 



45. A. punicea, V. Stem rigid, hispidulous; feawj somewhat n^jrf, obovate-oblong 

 or spathulate-oblong, unequally dentate or deutate-repand, tapering at the base : down 

 hispidulous or disappearing ; cymes 3-1-flowered ; calt/x one-fourth as long as the corolla : 

 loies subulate -mucronate: tube sliortly plaited at the sinus. — li'-3' high, subaphyllons 

 above the middle ; floral leaves obovate or spathulate-lanceolate, about as long as the 

 pedicels ; calyx 3'", corolla 1" long : calyx-lobes passing abruptly into a half as long, ciliate 

 point. — Hab. Trinidad !, Sch., Or., in savannahs, Piarco. 



15. COBNUTIA, i. 



Cal^x 4-5-dentate-repand. Corolla 2-lipped: upper-lip subentire, inferior 3-lobed. 

 Stamens 3, fertile, shortly exserted : anthers didymous. Stigma emarginate : lobes bluntish. 

 Di-upe with the endocarp 4-celled, or 3-1-celled by abortion, perforated in the axis. — Fra- 

 grant shrubs ; leaves simple ; cymes dichotomous, in a large, racemiform panicle : flowers 

 blue. 



46. C. pyramidata, L. Puberulous ; branches virgate, sharply 4-gonal ; leaves 

 broadly elliptical, ainculate, cuneate at the base, hoary suiiomeniose beneath ; calyx cupnli- 

 form, subtruucate, tomentose : teeth minute or obsolete ; corolla pubendous, much longer 

 than the calyx: tube clavate-cyliudrical ; style included ; drupe puberulous, glabrescent. — 

 Plum. Ed. JBurm. t. 106./. 1.— Leaves 3"-5", calyx f", light-blue corolla 6"' long.— Hab. 

 Dominica!, Imr., S. Lacm\, Jnders., S.Vincent!, Guild.; [Haiti! to ]?rench islands !, 

 Sieb. Mart. 158]. 



47. C. punctata, W. Branches 4-gonal, glabrescent ; leaves broadly elliptical, with a 

 bluntish point, cuneate at the base, glabrescent, glandular-dotted and pubescent on the 

 primary ribs beneath ; calyx cupuliform, subtruncate, puberulous : teeth 4-3, distant, 

 inferior larger ; corolla pubemlons : tube cylindrical, 3-4 times as long as the calyx, twice 

 as long as the lower lip ; style exserted ; drune rugose, glandular-powdery. — Jacq. Schtsnbr. 

 t. 114. Hosta cEcruled, /«c?.— Leaves 4"-2'', calyx f", coroUa (the lips included) 4'" long. 

 — Hab. Jamaica !, March, Wullschl. 



16. PETITIA, /acj. 



Calyx 4-dentate. Corolla shortly salver-shaped, 4-lobed, equal. Stamens 4, equal, sub- 

 included or shortly exserted. Stigma in ? shortly bifid with filiform lobes, in <?_ thin, 

 emarginate. Drupe with the endocarp 4-ceUed, or 3-celled by abortion, perforated in the' 



axis. Trees or shrubs ; leaves entire, reticulated-veiny beneath, \-foliolate : the petiole 



jointed above ; cymes in trichotomous, axillary panicles : flowers small, polygamous. 



48. P. domingensis, Jacq. Leaves elliptical or elliptical-oblong, pointed, powdery- 

 iomentose beneath with rusty down ; panicles as long as or shorter than the leaves ; corolla- 

 tube as long as the calyx or shortly exserted; drupe obovoid or aubglobose, small, 2-celled 

 by abortion.— JfflM. Amer. Pict. t. 359./. 5 : a leaf.— Citharexylum melanocardmm, Sw. 

 Premna reticulata, Jtiss. Callicai-pa ampla, Schau. sec. Macf. : but m Schauer's descnptwn 



