RHAMNEjE. 101 



*■ C. reclinata, Brongn. Branchlets glabrescent ; leaves elliptical or elliptical-lan- 

 ceolate, quite entire, glanduliferous on the margin above the base, glabrous or slightly pu- 

 berulous and glabre9cent beneath ; eymules contracted ; calyx puberulous on the outside ; 

 style deeply %-fd ; capsule globose, three times as long as the adnate cupule. — P. Br. 

 t 29. /. 2. — Ceanothus, L'Her. Rharanus ellipticus, Sw. — A shrub or low tree ; leaves 

 3 '-1" long, 2"-6'" broad, usually pointleted, blunt at the top, arch-nerved, long-petioled ; 

 calyx l£'"diam. ; capsule purplish, 2"'-3'" diam.— Hab. Jamaica!, Mac/., March, in the 

 mountains; S. Lucia!, S. Vincent!, Guild.; [Cuba!, Haiti!]. 



6. C. asiatica, Brongn. Glabrous; leaves ovate, serrulate; cymules shortly peduncled, 

 exceeded by the petiole during anthesis ; calyx glabrous ; style shortly S-lobed; capsule glo- 

 bose, obovate, three times as long as the adnate cupule. — Cav. Ic. t. 440./. 1. — Ceanothus, 

 L. Rhamnus, Lam. — A shrub : branchlets cylindrical, quite glabrous ; leaves 2j"-lV' long, 

 arch-nerved, and somewhat triplinerved, long-petioled ; calyx V n -\\ m diam.; capsule 4'" 

 diam.; greenish ; seeds roundish-oval, convex on the back, somewhat ;mgular on the inside: 

 cotyledons fleshy, flat, as thick as the albumen, which is divided, its two portions corre- 

 sponding with the sides of the seed. — Hab. Jamaica!, March; [East Indies!, Pacific 

 Islands], 



5. REISSEKIA, Endl. 



Calyx-tube adnate : lobes replicative-valvate. Petals cucullate : disc lining the calyx-tube, 

 without free lobes. Style 3-fid. Capsule tricoccous, winged : the three wings bipartitioned 

 by the separation of the indehiscent cocci. — Climbing shrubs, bearing tendrils ; leaves al- 

 ternate, arch-nerved; flowers, in peduncled, axillary, umbeliiform cymes. 



The structure of the calyx -lobes is peculiar, the replicate margin being membranaceous, 

 while there is an ovate, thickish area in the middle. If compared with Qouania, it appears 

 that this area is covered by the disc, and that the difference of that genus consists chiefly in 

 the calyx -lobes being free from the disc-lobes, which in Peissekia are adnate .- the genus 

 may, however, be retained, as by its inflorescence it is a link between Colubrina and Goua- 

 nia, two types so remote from each other in other respects. 



7. R. smilacina, Endl. Leaves cordate-oblong, pointleted, minutely serrate, glabrous 

 or glabrate ; peduncles usually as long as the leaf; capsule emargiuate : wings three times 

 as broad as the seed, somewhat spongy. — Fl. Plum. 2. t. 137. — Gouania, Sm. G. cordi- 

 folia, Radd. Celastrus umbellatus, Fl. Flum. — Branchlets slender, puberulous, at length 

 glabrate ; leaves 2" long, the upper ones smaller ; cocci 2'" in the middle : wings 4'" long, 

 with a transverse diameter of 5'"-6'".— Hab. Trinidad!, Lockh.; [Brazil!]. 



6. GOUANIA, L. 



Calyx-tube adnate. Petals convolute-spathulate : disc 5-lobed, with the lobes free and 

 opposite the calyx -lobes. Style 3-fid. Capsule tricoccous, usually winged : the three wings 

 bipartitioned by the separation of the indehiscent cocci. — Climbing shrubs : some of the 

 branchlets transformed into tendrils; leaves alternate, penninerved ; flowers clustered 

 (partly incomplete) : the clusters arranged along axillary and teiminal, elongated pe~ 

 duncles. 



8. Q. domingensis, L. leaves elliptical, glabrous or glabrate, serrate : serratures 

 blunt, distant : veins tapering towards the margin ; racemes pubescent ; capsule winged, 

 glabrous, emarginate : the wings twice as broad as the cell. — Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 264./. 96. 

 — G. glabra, Jacq. — Leaves usually l£"-2" long : the serratures either eglandular or with a mi- 

 nute gland, sometimes obsolete ; "capsule 3"'-4'" long, 4"'-5"' broad, with a deep terminal 

 notch. — Hab. Jamaica !, Macf., common ; Dominica !, Imr. ; S. Vincent !, Guild. ; [Cuba, 

 Guiana!, equatorial Brazil!]. 



9. G. tomentosa, Jacq. Leaves usually tomentose or pubescent beneath, ovate or 

 ovate-oblong, subcordate at the base, crenate-serrate : veins thickish the whole of their 

 length, and running into the glanduliferous serratures ; racemes villous-tomentose ; cajaule 

 winged, somewhat hairy, subtruncate : the wings twice as broad as the cell. — Japq. Amer. 

 Pict. t. 262. /. 71. — Nearly related to the preceding, and occurring sometimes with glabrate 

 leaves ; capsule smaller, very slightly emarginate, 2"'-3"' long, 3"'-4"' broad. 



o. Leaves hoarv-tomentose beneath. 



