basi tubi, interne approximata, sub labio superiore divergentia, arcuata; duobus paulo brevioribus; antherae oblongae, conniventes, in formam quadratam conglutmatas, exclusis atro-purpurescentes, subtus polliniferae. Germen inferum, oblongum, trunculatum, angulatum. Stylus crassus, situs staminum sub dorso tubi, corolla longior; stigma incrassatum emarginatum purpureum. Capsula ovata, reluta, 10-gona, 10-sulcata, semi-bilocularis, receptaculis duobus lateralibus parieti insertis; apice deliiscens, polysperma. Semina plurima, minuta, acuminala, fuscobrunnea, receptaculis adsistentia. 3. Pentarhaphia Caialpoeflora P. foliis oblongis acuminatis basi rotundatis crenulatis petiolatis, pedunculis petiolum duplo superantibus 2-3-floris, pedicellis elongatis, calycis segmentis subulatis, corolla tubo ventricoso-campanulato, staminibus styloque longe exsertis. Jamaica (herb. Delessert); Wiles. Rami lignescents, teretes, crassitudine pennae corvinæ, erecti, octate interne denudali, nigrescentes, foliorum lapsorum cicatricula, cordala, notati, [superne epidermide herbacea lenticellis linearibus pallidis inspersa. Folia alterna, inter se inaequalia et intermixta, minora 0m,02-0m,15 longa, 0m,02-0m,5 lata, majora 0m, 15 longa, 0m,5-0m,61 lata, oblonga, crenulata, acuminata, basi rotundata, utrinque glaberrima, supra lutea, subtus flaventia, reliculato-venosa, siccitate coriacea, petiolata; petioli 0m,02-0m,3 longi, supra canaliculati v. sulcati, basi subtumidi. Pedunculi ad ramulorum apicem congesti, teretes, erecti, folio breviores, superne 2-ù-flori, ebracteolati, nudi; pedicelli 0m,03 circiter longi, graciles, ebracteolati cum ovario continui, interdum summo apice reflexi v. subrefracti. Calycis tubus obconicus 0m,005 longus, glaberrimus v. resinosus, segmentis patulis, subulatis, introrsum planis extrorsum convexis, acutis. Corolla ventricoso-campanulata, bilabiata; tubus calycis segmenta superans, campanulatus 0°.,01 longus; limbus laciniis superioribus rotundatis lateralibusque vix crenulatis subaequales, inferiore subconcavus, parum longiore crenulatus. Stamina corollae tubum triplo superantia; filamenta filiformia, glabra, subarcuata; antherae antherae filiformis, glaber, apice revolvens, stigmate observé bilobo. 4. Pentarhaphia Lessertiana P. foliis oblongis v. obovato-oblongis acuminatis dentatis basi rotundatis, pedunculis folium duplo superantibus superne compressissubumbellato-4-floris, pedicellis erectis pedunculo brevioribus, calycis segmentis lineari-subulatis tubo duplo longioribus, ante anthesin contortis, corolla tubo brevi inflato, staminibus styloque exsertis. In montanis Jamaicæ (herb. Lambert nunc Delessert); Wiles. Arbuscula. Rami interne teretes, glabri, epidermide herbacea sat dense pallide luteolata, cicatriculis foliorum lapsorum cicatrisatis, glabri, superne angulosi, substantia resinosa flavida inducti. Folia alterna, cum petiolo 0m,10 longa, 0m,04 lata, apice modice attenuato obtuso v. acuminata, dentata, supra siccando olivacea, subtus ilavescentia resinosa, reticulato-venosa, coriacea; petioli supra canaliculati, 0m,01-0m,3 longi, basi tumidi. Pedunculi axillares, solitarii, folium médium asquantes, compressi, ebracteolati,