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lobes, valvate or somewhat imbricated. Petals 5 (-4), in ? small or abortive. Stamens 

 usually 10-20, or 5-oo , distinct : anthers erect, introrse. Styles 3, mostly dichotomous : 

 branches involute. Capsule 3-coccous. Seeds carunculate, biangular-convex : raphe dis- 

 tinct. — Racemes terminal, rarely axillary. 



SECTIONS. 



Raceme with the ? flowers inferior (or abortive). 

 Stamens 10-20. 



Styles 2-partite : branches simple Cascarilla. 



Styles 4-branched. 



$ Calyx not reduplicative. 



Stipules eglandular Eluteria. 



Stipules glanduliferous Barhamia. 



<j> Calyx reduplicative-valvate Astr^opsis. 



Styles 8-partite Lasiogyne. 



Styles 2-fid C. corylifolius and Geiseleria. 



Styles 3-8-fid. Seeds verrucose Astr^ea. 



Stamens 20-oo . Styles 2-4-partite Adenophyllum. 



Raceme with $ and $ flowers mixed in its divisions Cyclostigma. 



Sect. 1. Cascarilla. — Stamens 10-20. Styles 2-partite (or 2-fid) : branches simple. 

 Seeds smooth, small. — Aromatic shrubs ; leaves with stellate down, usually 2-glandular : 

 stipules usually caducous. 



* Leaves discolor, quite entire, or denticulate. 



35. C. Cascarilla, L. Branchlets white-tomentose ; leaves lanceolate, oblong, or li- 

 near, blunt, mucronulate, green and scabrous above, white-tomentose beneath, quite entire, 

 2— 3-glandular at the base, shortly petioled : glands cylindrical ; racemes terminal ; seeds 

 subcylindrical. — An aromatic shrub, 4'-8' high ; leaves 2"'-6'" broad, with the principal 

 veins impressed above ; petals white ; stamens about 15 ; seeds IV long, shining, punctate. 



o. Leaves oblong, or lanceolate, often emarginate, rounded at the base. — Desc. Fl. 1. t. 3. 



)3. linearis, Jacq. Leaves linear ; flowers sometimes dioecious. — Si. t. S6. f. 1 ; Jacq. 

 Amer. Pict. t. 263./. 80: a leaf. — Hab. Bahamas!, Swains, (ff) ; Jamaica!, all collectors, 

 social in arid plains ; a, on the seacoast ; /3, more common. 



36. C. balsamifer, L. Branchlets yellowish-pubescent ; leaves lanceolate, or ovate- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, scabrous, with stellate down, green and glabrate above, hoary -yellowish 

 beneath, quite entire, 2-glandular at the base, long-petioled: glands shortly cylindrical; 

 raceme terminal; seeds ovoid. — Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 242. — An aromatic shrub, 3'-4' high; 

 leaves 6"'-8'" broad, pellucid-punctate, 3-4 times as. long as the petiole; petals white; 

 stamens about 15 ; seeds \\'" long, shining, brown, obtusely angled on the back. — Hab. 

 Jamaica, Nevis !, Antigua !, Dominica !, Imr. ; [S. Croix to Curacao]. 



37. C. flocculosus, Gets. Branchlets yellowish-tomentose ; leaves ovate, or ovate- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, scabrous above, hoary beneath with scattered stellate down, quite 

 entire, 2-glandular at the base, long-petioled : glands globose-scutelliform, sessile ; raceme 

 terminal; seeds subcylindrical. — C. leprosus, Spreng. ex Sieb. Mart. 217 (non W.). — Nearly 

 allied to the preceding. — Hab. Bahamas!, Swains. ; [Haiti, Guadeloupe!, Martinique!]. 



38. C. Guildingii, Gr. (n. sp.). Branchlets hoary-tomentose ; leaves ovate, pointed, 

 cuneate at the base, scabrous above, hoary beneath with stellate down, denticulate, 2-glan- 

 dular at the base : glands scutelliform , sessile ; raceme terminal ; seeds ovate, obtusely 2- 

 angular, convex on both sides. — A shrub: habit of C. humilis ; leaves l'-lJ"long: petiole 

 3"'-6'" long : stipules filiform, l'"-2'" long, subpersistent ; raceme 1" long ; stamens 10- 

 12; 9 calyx deeply 5 -fid: lobes oblong, blunt, appressed to and as long as the pubescent 

 capsule; seeds li'" long, opaque, brown. — Hab. S. Vincent!, Guild. 



** Leaves woolly-tomentose on both sides. 



39. C. flavens, L. Wholly tomentose with yellowish, or hoary, stellate wool ; leaves 

 ovate, ovate-lanceolate, or elliptical, usually cordate at the base, bluntish, mucronulate, 



