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ends, or subcordate at the base, glaucescent, glabrous, shortly petioled: stipules lanceolate, 

 acuminate, persistent ; pedicels solitary (-3), half as long as the leaf; calyx-segments oblong- 

 lanceolate, whitish ; anthers globose, terminal, much shorter than the free part of the fila- 

 ments ; capsule depressed-globose. — Kth. Nov. Gen. t. 106. — Orbicularia phyilanthoides, 

 Baill. — A low, leafy shrub ; leaves 4"'-2'" long, stiff, distichous : stipules twice as long as 

 the petiole. — Hab. Jamaica!, Macfi.; [Cuba, Venezuela]. 



Sect. 7. Xylophylla. — Calyx 5-6-pa?-tite. Staminal column entire or divided, surrounded 

 by 5-6 glands : anthers 3 (-2), transversely dehiscent. Styles 3, depressed, laciniate 

 or bifid. — Aphyllous, tree-like shrubs ; flowers fasciculate or glomerate, in the axils of 

 serratures on the margin of leaf-like coriaceous branchlets: $ and $ mixed; calyx 

 coloured. 



18. P. montanus, Sw. Branches persistent, cylindrical, compressed towards the top; 

 branchlets scattered, spathulate, repand, striated by approximate veins : serratures usually 

 obsolete ; flowers glomerate, 9 solitary ; column entire ; anthers sessile : cells distinct, glo- 

 bose ; styles reflexed, bifid. — Xylophylla, Sw. — A small tree: stem 10'" diam. ; branchlets 

 3"-2" long, 12"'-6'" broad, usually blunt ; glomerules 12— 4-flowered : • $ pedicels i"' long, 

 as loug as the rosy calyx, ^ subsessile, purple. — Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., in rocky woods of the 

 western and central calcareous ridges, S. Ann's. 



19- P. falcatus, Sw. Branches deciduous, cylindrical; branchlets scattered, lanceo- 

 late or linear-lanceolate, falcate, serrate above, striated by approximate veins : serratures 

 truncate, persistent ; flowers glomerate ; column entire : anthers subsessile: cells distinct, ovoid- 

 globose ; styles reflexed, 4-2-fid. — Bot. Reg. t. 373. — Xylophylla, Sw. P. epiphyllanthus, 

 L., partim. — Stem 6' high, branched towards the summit ; branchlets 4"-5'' long, 6"'-8"' 

 broad; calyx red. — Hab. Bahamas!, Swains.; Jamaica !, Pd.; S. Viucent!, Guild.; Barba- 

 does !, Lane, along the seacoast. 



20. P. angnstifolius, Sw. Branches deciduous, compressed; branchlets distichous, 

 lanceolate-linear (or lanceolate), serrulate from above the base, striated by unequal, approxi- 

 mate veins ; flowers fasciculate : pedicels as long as the flower ; column trifid at the top : 

 anthers spreading : cells distinct, subglobose ; styles slender, recurved above, bifid. — Bot. 

 Mag. t. 2652. — Xyloph. montana, B. Mag. (non Sw.). P. epiphyllanthtts, L., partim. P. 

 elongatus, Jacq. Schoznbr. t. 348 : the form with lanceolate branchlets. — Stem 2' high, 

 branched above ; branchlets 2"-4" long, 2"'-3'" broad ; pedicels 1'" long ; calyx red. — Hab. 

 Jamaica !, Dist., Pd., on rocks of the western districts ; [Cuba !] 



21. P. linearis, Sw. Branches tardily deciduous, compressed; branchlets distichous, 

 linear, serrulate from above the base, striated by unequal veins ; flowers fascicidate : pedicels 

 three to four times as long as the minute flower ; column short, tridentate at the top, with 

 the antheriferous teeth divaricate : anther-cells distinct, globose ; styles reflexed, foliaceous, 

 subbifid.— Stem l'-2'high; branchlets crowded, l£"-2i" long, 1 '"-2"' broad ; pedicels 2'" 

 -3'" long; calyx white. — Hab. Jamaica!, Macfi, Pd., along the rocky seacoast and river- 

 banks of the western districts. 



22. P. latifolius, Sw. Branches deciduous, subcompressed ; branchlets distichous, 

 rhomboid-lanceolate or rhomboid, serrate above, striated only by the principal, somewhat dis- 

 taut veins : serratures truncate ; flowers fasciculate : pedicels slender, 3-4 times as long as 

 the flower; column tridd: anthers spreading: cells distinct, globose; styles slender, recurved 

 above, 2-3-fid.— Xylophylla, L. {non Bot. Mag).— Stem 3'-l' high; branchlets 14"-3" 

 long, acuminate or blunt, 4"'-10"' broad: principal veins \ m distant; pedicels l'"-4'" long; 

 calyx red. — Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., Al., March, on the sandy seacoast. 



23. P. speciosus, Jacq. Branches deciduous, cylindrical or subcompressed ; branchlets 

 distichous, lanceolate, striated only by the principal, somewhat distant veins : serratures 

 obsolete ; flowers fasciculate : pedicels slender, 3-4 times as long as the flower ; column tri- 

 partite-, anthers spreading: cells distinct and divergent, globose; styles slender, reflexed, 

 bifid.— -Jacq. Ic. Rar. t. 616; Bot. Mag. t. 1021.— P. latifolius, Bot. Mag. {non Sw.). P. 

 Arbuscula, W. Xylophylla, Sw.— Stem 6'-8' high ; branchlets 2"-8" long, 2"'-3'" broad : 

 veins i'" distant; pedicels 2"'-3'" long; calyx whitish. — Hab. Jamaica!, March, in the 

 southern mountains. 



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