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Sect. 2. Actinostemon. — Flowers moncecious : $ bracts 2-5-flowered ; ? flowers long- 

 pedicellate, solitary in the axils. Seeds cubical, with rounded angles: caruncle 

 obsolete. 



98. E. caribsea, Griseb. Glabrous ; leaves lanceolate-oblong, pointed, minutely sub- 

 cordate at the tapering, petioled base, quite entire, biglandular at the base beneath ; S aments 

 axillary,enclosed within integuments, sessile, eglandidar : central flowers tetrandrous; ? flowers 

 in different axils : style 3-fid. — Actinostemon, Griseb. Carib. — A leafy shrub ; leaves leathery ; 

 seed3 2"' diam. — Hab. Antigua!, Wullschl.; [Guadeloupe!]. 



Sect. 3. Hypaspidia. — Flowers dioecious .- $ bracts one-flowered, raised to the lop of the 

 short pedicel: anthers opening obliquely by an oval pore ; ? flowers in axillary racemes : 

 bracts basilar. Seeds ovoid: caruncle minute. 



99. E. tinifolia, Sw. Glabrous ; leaves ovate or oval, blunt, remotely and obsoletely 

 serrulate, or snbentire ; aments eglandular, sessile ; S flowers 3-androus, naked, bibracteo- 

 late : filaments shorter than the globose anther ; ? flowers shortly pedicellate, 3-bracteolate : 

 styles reflexed. — Gymnanthes elliptica, Sto. — A shrub, 12'-14' high ; leaves shining, leathery, 

 3''-l" long; seeds l| m long, brown. — Hab. Jamaica!, Mac/., Pd., AL, March, in the 

 mountains ; [Veracruz !]. 



Sect. 4. Adenaspidia. — Flowers monoecious: <J bracts Z-^-flowered ; $ flowers sessile. 

 Seeds globose : caruncle very minute, papilliform. 



100. E. glandulosa, Sw. Glabrous; leaves elliptical, pointleted, subentire; aments 

 shoitly peduncled, glandular on the back of the incurved <J bracts; <$ flowers 2(-3)-an- 

 drous, naked, bracteolate at the base of the pedicel and obsoletely unibracteolate/at its top : 

 filaments shorter than the anthers ; ? flowers 1-3, tribracteolate, inferior in the same ament 

 or distinct : styles reflexed. — SI. t. 158./. 2. — A 'middle-sized tree ; leaves 3" long, polished ; 

 seeds H w diam., blotched: caruncle like a pin's head — Hab. Jamaica!, Sw., AL, March, 

 in woods, e.g. S. Ann's. 



Subtkibe 7. EUPIIORBIEAH. — Inflorescence androgynous, involucrate : flowers 

 apetalous, or naked. 



35. DALECHAMPIA, L. 



Involucre 2-phyllous, stipulate ; involucels separating the flowers of both sexes : $ flowers 

 umbellate, central: calyx 4-5 -partite, valvate, polyandrous; $ flowers 3, lateral, subsessile: 

 calyx 5-12-partite : style long, subentire. Capsule 3-coccous. Seeds subglobose, ecarun- 

 culate. — Shrubs, usually climbing ; leaves stipulate and usually stipel/ate; flower-heads 

 peduncled, included within the involucre. 



101. D. scandens, L. Leaves deeply 3-fid, cordate at the base, pubescent beneath : 

 lobes elliptical-oblong, pointleted, serrulate : stipules lanceolate, acuminate ; involucral leaves 

 green, %-fid, ^-nerved, hairy ; $ calyx 10-partite. — Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 239.— A twining 

 shrub. — Hab. Antigua!, Nichols.; Dominica!, Imr.; Trinidad!, Cr. ; [Haiti; Panama; 

 Venezuela !] . 



102. D. pruriens, Gr. (n. sp.). Leaves deeply 3-fid, cordate at the base, hispidulous- 

 pubescent beneath : lobes ovate, pointleted, serrulate : stipules lanceolate-linear ; involucral 

 leaves large, roundish, membranaceous, tomentose, %-dentate at the top, subentire on the 

 margin, 1-9-nerved; ? calyx 10-partite: segments ciliate with spinules, and bearing, to- 

 gether with the capsule, yellow, stinging bristles. — Allied to D. colorata, L., and D. peru- 

 viana, Lam., but distinguished by the leaves minutely serrulate and the involucral leaves 

 subentire. — A twining shrub : branchlets hoary-pubescent ; involucral leaves at length 1£" 

 diam.: nerves and transverse veins prominulous; spinules of the $ calyx 1'" long, spread- 

 ing-recurved to the exterior side of the segments : bristles V" long. — Hab. Trinidad !, Cr. 



36. PEDILANTHUS, Neck. 



Involucre bilabiate, including indefinite $ , and one central ? flower: the exterior leaf 

 shorter, gibbous, bearing 4 glands on the inner side at its base : $ flowers naked, reduced 

 to a single articulated stamen, ? pedicellate, with an obsolete calyx. Style entire : stigmas 



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