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precocious, shaggy ; pedicels short, articulated below the middle ; segments of calyx 4-5, 

 oblong-lanceolate, blunt ; stamens 8 ; fruit ovoid, shaggy. — A shrub or tree, nearly allied 

 to the preceding, but distinguished by the leaves more dotted, and with distant serratures or 

 without any ; calyx white, 2"'-3'" long. The style has been erroneously described as trifid 

 by Swartz and by Macfadyen. — Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., Macf, Alex., March, common on 

 mountain pastures ; [Cuba!]. 



15. C. ramiflora, VaJil. Leaves glabrous, elliptical-oblong or elliptical, serrulate- 

 crenate or subentire : pellucid dots and lines numerous ; stipules linear, equalling the petiole ; 

 flower-fascicles lateral, precocious ; pedicels equalling the flower, articulated at the middle ; 

 segments of calyx puberulous, ovate-oblong, blunt ; stamens 8 ; fruit globose, glabrous. — 

 Aubl. t. 127. — A shrub or tree, 6-20' high, very fragrant ; leaves shining and more rigid 

 than iu the preceding, usually blunt, tapering at the base ; serratures with an appressed 

 point ; calyx white, 2'" long ; fruit 4"' diam. 



a. Leaves oblongate (3"-5" long) ; branches unarmed. 



3. spinosa, W. Leaves elliptical (l"-2" long) ; branches sometimes spinescent. — C. 

 odorata, Macf. — Hab. Jamaica !, Macf., March, common in thickets, on pastures of the 

 hills; [Cuba! to Bahia!]. 



16. C. nitida, Jacq. Leaves glabrous, ovate or oblong, serrulate-crenate or subentire : 

 pellucid dots numerous ; stipules ovate, small ; flowers corymbose, axillary and appearing 

 with the leaves ; pedicels articulated below the middle ; segments of calyx ovate, rounded ; 

 stamens 8-10, subexserted ; fruit ovoid, glabrous. — Br. Jam. t. 23./. 3 : flos. Jacq. Amer. 

 Pict. t. 126. Samyda, L. ; Lam. Cas. corymbosa, Kth. {ex specim. Goudot.). — A shrub, 

 6'-15'high; leaves shining, blunt at the top, variable in the form and the serratures: 

 petiole long, but exceeded by the corymb ; calyx white, puberulous ; fruit 4"'-6'" long, 

 purple. — Hab. Jamaica!, Macf., March; [Mexico! to Venezuela! and New Granada !]. 



8. GUIDONIA, Gr. 

 (Samyda, sect. Guidonia, DC.) 

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

 definite, 8-10, insetted upon the inner side of a cupuliform, and at the base, perigyuous 

 tube, alternating with its ciliate crenatures : anthers roundish. Ovary unilocular, with 3 

 placentas. Pericarp fleshy, dehiscent : seeds arillate. — Shrubs or trees ; leaves of Case- 

 aria ; flowers axillary, shortly stalked. 



17. G. spinescens, Gr. Leaves lanceolate-oblong, serrate, glabrous above, glabrescent 

 beneath : pellucid dots numerous, lines rare ; stipules subulate ; flowers glomerate or subso- 

 litary, pubescent ; segments of calyx 4-5, roundish ; stamens 8-10 ; crenatures of the disc 

 broad, truncate.— Samyda, Sw. Casearia brevipes, Benth.—k. shrub; branchlets leafy, 

 tomentose and glabrescent, at length sometimes spinescent ; leaves with appressed, mucro- 

 nate or obsolete serratures : base and top pointed or blunt ; calyx expanded whitish 4"'-6'" 

 diam.; anthers just exceeding the crenatures of the disc; ovary pubescent: style 'simple ; 

 stigma capitate ; pericarp ovoid.— Hab. Trinidad ! : Lockh., Cr., on dry savannahs ; [Cuba ! 

 to Guiana I]. 



9. SAMYDA, L. C«rV* , 



Calyx Z-&-M, corolline marcescent : lobes imbricate. Petals 0. Stamens definite, 

 10-12, monadelphous, all fertile, pengynous: anthers roundish, inserted upon the crena- 

 tures of the staminal tube. Ovary unilocular, with 3 (-4) placentas : stvle simple. Pericarp 

 fleshy, dehiscent: seeds annate.— Shrubs ; leaves of Casearia: stipules minute; flowers 

 larger than in Casearia, axillary, solitary or a few fascicled : pedicel short or none. 



1 ] 8 ••?■ 1 8 : labr J at ^ Sw \- LeUVeS leathei 7> 0Dl °ng, entire or obsoletcly serrulate, glabrous : ' 

 pellucid dots and lines distant ; flowers campanula, exceeding the petiole, pubescent; 



*V ™J"L* J~ C eXC ^ d f d by u the st y le -~^- Choix, t. 43.-S. spinulosa, Vent.-k shrub, 

 6'-12' high; brauchlets pubescent; leaves 3»-5" long; flowers solitary or a few in the 

 axil, subsessile or shortly stalked ; calyx greenish-white, 7"'-8'" long : lobes ovate, blunt, 

 expanded; fruit size of a plum, subglobose."— Hab. Jamaica!: 2)^., Wils., Al., in 

 woods; [Portonco, St. Thomas]. 



