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Frutex ramosissima, paniculata, tri- quadripedalis. Caulis pollicem ad sesquipol- 
licem crassus, cortice spongioso, aibicante, glabro, ligno pallido. Kami oppositi, 
teretes vel obsolete quadrangulares, g!abri, glaucescentes; superne purpurascentes, 
pilis adpressis puberuli ; juniores eurn foliis dense villosi. Folia opposita, paten- 
tissima, approximata, subcarnosa, oblongo-lanceolata, acuminata, utrinque attenuata, 
serrata, serraturis incurvis, cuspidato-acutis ; supr&opaca, rugosula, glabra, subtus pal¬ 
lida, juxta costam nervoaque elevatos, parallelos, approximates, obliquos pubescentia, 
transversimque reticulato-venosa. Petioli pollicares, teretes, supra plani, propter 
basin folii acutam, integerrimam, decurrentem parurn inargiuati. Stipules nulbe, 
nisi lineola elevata, nunc puberula, bases petiolorum eonnectens. I attic a la magna, 
terminalis, lato-ovata, nuda, vel foliolis floralibus lanceolatis, integerrimis, paueis basi 
munita, foliornm supremorum pari brevior, densiflora; ramis oppositis, villosis, apice 
subtriehotomis. Bractece null®. Flores (tig. 1. 2. 3.) valdti copiosi, dilute ccerulei, 
nunc rosei, extus albicantes, iuodori, plures fasciculuti vel subumbellati, peduncuhs 
brevibus, villosis, subcoloratis. Calyx superus, i. e. ovario coh®rens, limbo parvo, 
libero quinquedentatus, dentibus miuutis, patulis, ovatis, acutis, distautibus, 
puberulis. Corolla carnosa, glabra, quinquepetala, testivatione valvata et ovato- 
obtusa. Petala lauceolata, acuta, trilinearia, patentissima, deraum recurva, basi 
lat4 calyci, intra limbum inserta dentibusque ejus alternantia. Stamina decern 
patentia, petalis pauld breviora, bisque alternatim opposita, subaequalia; filament a 
subulata, coerulescentia, carnosa, glabra; antherce magn®, ovat®, biloculares, 
basi insert®, ante anthesin quiuque petalis opposite deflex®, reliqu® erect® (tig. 4.). 
Ovarium (tig. 6.) inferuna, globosum, maguitudine grani piperis nigri, pubescens, pseu- 
do-quinqueloculare, vertice intra petala parurn elevatum; ovula minuta, placentis quin- 
que parietalibus, carnosis adfixa. Styli (piinque, erectiusculi, carnosi, apice dilatati in 
stigma clavatum, compressum, margine intumescens et subbilobuin (tig. 5.). Baccce 
(tig. 8. 9. 10.) admodum copios®, paniculat®, globos®, glabr®, cyane®, magnitudine 
fructus ribesi®, carne crassA, pallida, spongiosfi, subquinquelocularis, polysperma, infra 
verticem convexam, centro retusam et stylis persistentibus terminatam, coronata calycis 
dentibus persistentibus, margiuula angustissima unitis. Semina (fig. 11. 12. 13.) 
numerosissima, minuta, pyriformia, striatula. placentis quiuque parietalibus carnosis, 
demum evanidis inserta, sessilia, tot urn cavitateni fructus replentia. Litegumentum 
simplex, fuscum, membranaceum. Fcrisper mum carnosum, semiui conforme. Fm- 
bryo cylindricus, axin fere totain perispermi occupans, Cotyledones oval®, obtus®, 
dorso convex®, breves. Radicula obtusa, liilum respicieus. 
Observation. 
1 am not able satisfactorily to assign this shrub to its proper place in the natural 
system. To the 12th class of Jussieu it appears to have a greater aflmity than to any 
other, on account of its inferior, single germen, polypetalous coroll®, and number of 
styles and stamens; but it differs in having an erect embryo, which is lodged in a soft 
and fleshy perisperm, and in bearing opposite leaves, the petiols of which are even, 
not sheathing at the base. In habit it approaches to RubiacccP : but the polypetalous 
corolla, numerous stamina, and absence of stipnlas, distinguish it. It has a slight con¬ 
nexion with the polypetalous Caprifolia, and with Jussieu’s ambiguous section of 
Erice® with an inferior fruit. Under all these circumstances, 1 suggest the family of 
Aralice for its temporary station. It is a branchy shrub, which delights in open and 
exposed mountainous situations. Either as covered with its large panicles of pale- 
blue or pink flowers, or loaded with a profusion of deep blue berries, the plant is an 
object of great elegance, and as such, is very desirable in gardens. 1 am not aware 
that any part of it is employed for economical or medicinal purposes. 
