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number of flower-parts. — Hab. Autigua!, Dominica !, Imr.; [Cuba! to Brazil !, and Mexico! 

 to Peru !]. 



Sect. 2. Banaba. — Ovary incompletely b-8-locular, by the placentas protruding and co- 

 vered with ovules. Stipules minute ; leaves sparingly dotted, furnished with infundi- 

 bular glands on the serratures : one or two larger glands usually observable on the 

 petiole near its top. 



6. T. glandulosus, Bomb. Leaves ovate-oblong or oblong, pointleted, serrate, 

 pubescent beneath : petiole thickish ; panicle formed of racemes ; segments of calyx 3 (-4), 

 ovate, pointed or bluntish, tomentose ; petals as many, ovate or oblong, blunt, tomentose. — 

 Pcepp. Nov. Gen. t. 285. — Kuhlia mollis, Pcepp. Banara, Tul. — A shrub, exceedingly varia- 

 ble in the down, the shape of the leaves, the form and size of its serratures, and the length 

 of the petiole, the proportion of the calyx -tube, the form of its segments, the number of 

 placentas and stigma-lobes, and the beiry mucronate or depressed. — Branches usually 

 hoary-pubescent ; leaves 3"-5" long : veins prominent beneath ; lateral racemes of the panicle 

 short, terminal rather long ; calyx 3'" long, equalling the corolla, which is nearly of the 

 same texture, both whitish-green, with yeliow anthers. — Our Trinidad specimens are re- 

 markable for their less membranaceous leaves, hoary-pubescent beneath, and their less pro- 

 found (sometimes obsolete) serratures ; but I cannot detect any specific character between 

 the three forms of Banara, distinguished by Tulasne as species, the synonyms of which I 

 have given elsewhere. — Hab. Trinidad!, Pd., Cr., in woods, Northport, Arima; [Panama! 

 t o Peru ! and Guiaua !] . 



Tribe IV. SAMYDEjE. — Pericarp usually dehiscent. Stamens perigynous. 

 Pedicels articulated at or above the base. 



6. THIOBIA, Benn. CJV) ( 

 (Lightfootia, Sw. Zuelania, Ach. Rich.) 



Calyx 4-5-partite, corolline : segments imbricate, marcescent. Petals 0. Stamens in- 

 definite, alternating with glandular stamiuodes, inserted upon a short perigynous disc. Ovary 

 unilocular, with 3-4 placentas : stigma peltate, subsessile. Pericarp baccate, dehiscent. — 

 Trees or shrubs : leaves oblong, serrate or crenate : stipules minute ; flowers axillary or 

 lateral, fascicled. 



This genus is a connecting link between Latia and Casearia, from the former of which 

 it is chiefly distinguished by the broad stigma and the sterile filaments, the perigynous 

 insertion being only a slight difference of degree, higher developed in Samyda. 



7. T. lsetioides, Gr. Leaves oblong, subcordate or rounded at the base, subentire, 

 subpubescent beneath; fascicles many-flowered: pedicels pubescent; calyx 5(-4)-partite, 

 pubescent externally ; anthers oblong, mucronate, recurved ; fruit globose, pubescent, many- 

 seeded. — Rich. Cub. t. 12 et 10. — Lsetia Guidonia, Sw. et Macf. (exclus. syn. P. Br.). 

 Samyda icosandra, Sw. (Fl. p. 1962). Zuelania hetioides, Rich. Z. icosaudra, Clos. Lietia 

 longifolia, Rich.: the fruit-bearing plant.— A tree, 15'-20' high; leaves 3"-5"'long annually 

 deciduous : petiole pubescent, 3"'-5'" long j sepals white, roundish, 3"'-4'" long ; staminode's 

 oblong-linear, half the length of the stamens ; stigma round, convex, persistent ; fruit size 

 of a nutmeg, obtusely subtrigonal.— Hab. Jamaica !, Alex., March, on the central and 

 western hills ; [Cuba!; Panama!]. 



8. T. aerrata, Endl. Leaves ovate-oblong, serrate, glabrous ; fascicles 3-6-flowered ; 

 calyx 4-partite ; anthers roundish ,• fruit ovoid-roundish, small, 3-&-seeded — Lightfootia, 

 Sw.! Prockia, W.— A shrub ; leaves shortly acuminate: serratures blunt 'and incurved, 

 glandular; flowers polygamous, whitish; berry the size of a currant.— Hab. Montserrat!, 

 on the Sulfur mountaiu, Ryan. 



7. CASEARIA, Jacq. 



Calyx 5(-4)-partite (rarely 5-fid), corolline, marcescent : segments imbricate. Petals 0. 

 Stamen definite, distinct, inserted upon a perigynous disc, fertile 8-10 (-15), alternating 

 w.th villous scales : an hers rounds. Ovary unilocular, with 3 (-4) placentas. Pericarp 

 dehiscent : seeds anllate.-Shrubs or trees ; leaves mostly serrate, and dotted usually with 



