32 ETJPHORBIACEJE. 



the dissepimental lines : valves separating from the 3-winged columella, and from the 2- 

 valved endocarps. Seed included within a pulpy integument, ecarunculate. — A large tree ; 

 leaves .quite entire, or repand, petioled : stipules deciduous ; spikes lateral or axillary : 

 flowers c? clustered, $ scattered. 



3. R. grandis, V. — Vahl, Eclog. t. 4. — Branchlets rough with large petiolar cicatrices; 

 leaves 7"-4" long, obovate, glabrous : veins distant, reticulated beneath ; $ spikes subses- 

 sile, puberulous, spreading, lV'-2" long, with the clusters distant, 5 (-1) -flowered : calyx 

 1"' long, half as long as the stamens ; ? spikes shorter, with the flowers subsolitary, very 

 shortly pedicellate ; capsule ovoid, 6"'-4'" long : seed ovoid ; embryo green : cotyledons oval, 

 as broad as the perisperm. — Hab. Dominica 1: Irnr., Trinidad ! : Sieb. Trin. 131 ; [Brazil !]. 



3. HIERONYMA, Allem. (1848.) 



(Stilaginella, Tul. 1851.) 



Flowers dioecious. Calyx cupuliform, 3-6-tootbed. Petals 0. Disc continuous. Sta- 

 mens 3-6 : anthers bilobed, extrorse, with a short rima : cells affixed to a globose connec- 

 tive. Ovary 2-celled : cells 2-ovuled ; styles 2-3, bifid, short, revolute. Drupe mono- 

 spermous by abortion : seed ecarunculate, coriaceous. — Trees or shrubs, usually lepidote ; 

 leaves quite entire, petioled : stipules deciduous ; racemes or spikes usually compound, 

 axillary. 



4. H.' alchorneoides, Allem. Leaves oval, long-petioled, rusty, lepidote on both 

 sides, glabrous with the exception of the midrib, which is hairy or densely pilose beneath ; 

 panicles rusty -lepidote, half as long as the leaf : pedicels as long as the calyx ; stamens 

 6 (-3), exserted ; drupe ovate (1"' long).— Allem. Diss, de Hieron. — Stilaginella ha?.ma- 

 toxylon, Planch. — A tree: habit of Croton Eluteria ; leaves 6"-3" long : petiole 2"-l 4" 

 long ; branches of the panicle distant, l"-2" long ; putamen with the abortive cell subper- 

 sistent : seed ovoid, rusty. — Hab. Jamaica! : Wils., Al., near Moneague; [Veraguas!, 

 Venezuela!, Brazil]. 



4. DRYPETES, V. ° rJX ' 



Flower dioecious. Calyx 4-6-partite, imbricative. Petals 0. Stamens 4-6 (8-2), dis- 

 tinct: anthers ovoid, introrse. "Ovary 2-1 -celled: cells 2-ovuled; stigmas subcapitate. 

 Pericarp drupaceous, usually monospermous by abortion." — Woody plants; leaves coria- 

 ceous, glabrous : stipules deciduous ; flowers axillary, fasciculate. 



The West Indian Satfta sessiliflora, W., is distinguished from Drypeles by a tricoccous 

 capsule : from its glomerate flowers D. glomerulus, PI. Carib., is perhaps a congener of 

 Savia. 



5. D. crocea, Poit. Leaves elliptical, with a bluntish point, quite entire, green on 

 both sides; <$ pedicels numerous, twice as long as the petiole; calyx 4 (-5) -partite; sta- 

 mens 4 (-5), 4 times as long as the minute calyx. — Mem. Mus. 1. t. 8. — Schajfferia lateri- 

 flora, Sw. — A shrub; leaves 3"-4", pedicels 4'", filaments l£"'long; drupe "saffron." 



Hab. Jamaica!, Mac/.; [Haiti]. 



6. D. glauca, V. Leaves elliptical-oblong or oblong, pointed or apiculate, quite 

 entire, glaucous beneath ; $ pedicels exceeded by, or equalling the petiole ; calyx 4-partite ; 

 stamens 6-8, as long as the calyx. — Mem. Mus. 1. t. 6. — A. tree ; leaves 7"-5", pedicels 

 2'" long; central disc of $ scutelliform, lobed, villous within. — Hab. Montserrat {V.), 

 Dominica !, Imr. ; [Portorico]. 



Subtkibk 2. ETJPHTLLANTHEM.— Stamens central. 

 5. CICCA, L. 



Calyx 4-partite, imbricative : segments unequal* Petals 0. Stamens 4, distinct : an- 

 thers extrorse. Ovary 5 -2-celled : styles bifid. Pericarp drupaceous, or baccate. Seeds 

 angular, hanging from the top of the cell : caruncle minute. — Woody plants ; leaves quite 

 entire, glabrous : stipules deciduous ; flowers fasciculate, axillary or lateral. 



7*. C. disticha, L. Leaves distichous, ovate, pointed ; flowers moncecious, $ and ? 

 mixed in the same fascicle ; fascicles lateral, arranged along aphyllous branches; filaments' 

 alternating with exterior glands ; ovary 4(-3) -celled; drupe depressed-globose, obtuse-angled ; 



