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cence lateral on account of the further development of the climbing stem. — A scandent shrub: 

 the leaves are more oblongate than in Tetracera volubilis, and though veined in a similar 

 way, the serratures are obsolete, or entirely wanting. — Hab. Jamaica !, Mar/., Alex., in 

 woods, e.g. S. Thomas in the Vale; Trinidad!, Cr.; [S.Thomas!, Guiana!, Brazil]. 



3. CURATELLA, L. 



Sepals 4-5, two exterior not exceeded by the inner ones. Stamens indefinite : anther-cells 

 shortly linear, divergent. Carpels 2, hispid, cohering at the base on the inner side, follicu- 

 lar : seeds 2. — A tortuous, low tree; leaves rough, stiff and papery ; flowers white, arranged 

 in lateral, compound racemes. 



4. C. americana, L. — Aubl. t. 232. Stem usually 8'-10' high, but there occur dwarfish 

 shrub-forms, scarcely 2' high ; leaves oval, crenate or repand, very rough on the upper side ; 

 limb produced along the top of the petiole ; flowers of a disagreeable smell. — Hab. Trini- 

 dad !, Cr. ; [Panama ! to Brazil !, Isla de Pinos, near Cuba]. 



4. DOLIOCARPUS, Rol. 



Sepals 5. Stamens indefinite: anther-cells minute, divergent. Carpel 1. Pericarp 

 baccate: seeds 1-2, ascending. — Shrubs usually scandent ; leaves without asperities ; flowers 

 fascicled, lateral. 



5. D. semidentatus, Garcke ! Leaves elliptical or elliptical-oblong, pointleted, ser- 

 rate above the middle, with the serratures mucronate, and terminating the primary veins, 

 glabrous and polished above, hairy beneath (at least on the ribs) : primary veins 12-16, pro- 

 minent beneath j flower-fascicles equalling the petiole, hairy ; sepals subequal ; berry globose, 

 glabrous. — Tetracera cuspidata, Mey. ! Delima dasyphylla, Miq. — A scandent shrub ; leaves 

 leathery (usually 6" long). — Hab. Trinidad!, Cr.; [Panama!, Guiana!]. 



6. D. C aline a, Gmel. Leaves oblong, pointed, subentire, glabrous, or with a few ap- 

 pressed hairs on the ribs beneath ; primary veins 6-8, prominent beneath ; flowers densely 

 glomerate ; pedicels hairy, exceeded by the petiole; sepals 5, two exterior smaller ; berry 

 globose, glabrous. — Aubl. t. 221. — D. brevipedicellatus, Garcke!: with larger serratures 

 above the middle. — A scandent shrub ; leaves (3"-4" long) either quite entire, or with a few 

 serratures above the middle, shining beneath, with the secondary veins prominulous; petiole 

 4"'-2'" long; flowers white, polygamous; three larger sepals rounded (14"' diam.), glabrous. 

 —Hab. Trinidad!, Or.; [Guiana !, Para !]. 



III. MAGNOLIACE,£. 



Flower-organs distinct from each other; outer whorls arranged in a ternary order. 

 Sepals deciduous. Embryo minute, included in the top of the endosperm. — Leaves entire, 

 minutely dotted, mostly with caducous, sheathing stipules. 



The Order is characterized by aromatic properties, and for these the Colonial physicians 

 make use of Talauma. 



1. TALATJMA, Juss. 



Sepals 3, coloured. Petals 6-12. Stamens indefinite. Carpels 1-2-seeded, spicate, at 

 length cohering and forming a strobile, which opens by the irregular rupture of its carpellary 

 covering. — High trees; leaves coriaceous ; flowers large, terminal, solitary. 



1. T. Flumieri, DC. Leaves oval-oblong, glabrous ; petals 10-12 ; strobile ovoid, with 

 the rhachis (retaining the seeds) deeply excavated : carpels ovate, bluntish. — Desc. Ft. 2. t. 

 103.— Magnolia, Sw..' — A tree, often 80' high; leaves variable in breadth (5"-3", length 6"), 

 rounded or shortly cuneate at the base; petals white, odorous. — Hab. Dominica!, S. Lucia!, 

 in woods, chiefly on riverbanks; [French Caribb. Isl.]. 



IV. ANONACEiE. 



Flower-organs mostly distinct from each other. Sepals 3. Petals 6, rarely reduced to 



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