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pedicelled. Calyx minute. Corolla funnel-shaped, inter- 
nally sericeo-villou3. Filaments subulate, hairy towards 
the base. Style club-shaped: 6tigma 2-lipped. Seeds 
minute, ovate, apiculated. 
X. ClIIMARRIIIS. 
Calyx obovatc or turbinate with the margin 
entire. Corolla with the tube short ; limb 5-fid, 
patent, with the lobes externally villous. Sta- 
mens 5, inserted high in the tube ; filaments 
hairy, anthers oval. Capsule obovate, crowned, 
ligneo-coriaceous, 2-celled : valves semi-bifid. 
Name from x a torrent , plants of this genus 
being found in water-courses. 
1. Chimarrhis cymosa. The Water-wood . 
Leaves ovate subacuminate at both ends, co- 
rymb terminal, capsule obovate. 
Jaeq. Am. 61. 
TI A B. St. Ann’s, near the Moneague, Dr. Alexander. 
F L. June. 
A tree of graceful port, with horizontally spreading 
branches. Leaves occasionally a foot in length, very 
entire, glabrous. Corymb with the divisions opposite or 
alternate. Limb of the calyx entire, persistent. Lobes 
of the corolla internally hairy near the base, patent. Sta- 
mens rather longer than the corolla ; filaments hairy at 
the base : anthers oblong. Style length of the stamens : 
stigma bifid. Capsule size of a pea : seeds numerous, mi- 
nute, truncated, pruinose. 
The French colonists style this, “ Bois de riviere .” It 
was first discovered by Jacquin in Martinique^ 
XI. PoRTLANDIA 
Calyx obovate 5-ncrved 5-partite, with the lobes 
large leafy (or toothed). Corolla large, funnel- 
shaped 5 limb obtusely 5-lobed. Stamens 5, an- 
thers slightly protruded. Stigma undivided. 
Capsule obovate, crowned, ribbed, 2-celled, de- 
