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sheath prominulous at the axil ; cyme 3-5-flowered : pedicels 1" long, articulated towards 

 the middle ; petals ovate-roundish, 6'" long ; filaments distinct, subulate j ovary 5-cellcd i 

 stigmas large, subsessile ; pericarp ovoid, 1" long : cells 1-seeded ; seeds arillate : embryo 

 ovoid. — Hab. Dominica !, Imr. 



3. CLUSIA, L. 



Flowers polygamous. Sepals 4-16, usually in 2-leaved whorls, the exterior successively 

 smaller. Petals 4-8, imbricativc. Stamens oo (or sometimes definite in the female flower) : 

 anthers linear, extrorse. Ovary 4-5-12-celled : cells multiovulate : stigmas depressed, sessile, 

 as many. Pericarp fleshy, dehiscent : seeds arillate. Embryo small : cotyledons plano- 

 convex, distinct. — Woody plants, twining round the trunks of trees and strangling them, 

 whence their popular name of Scotch Attorneys ; leaves obovate-cuneate, coriaceous-rigid, 

 penninerved ; flowers solitary or cymose. 



7. C. rosea, L. Leaves stiff, pelioled, subemarginate ; peduncles 1 (-2) -flowered; 

 flowers large, rose-coloured or whitish : sepals 6 ; petals 6-8 ; stigmas 8 (7-9) ; fruit 

 globose, " greenish."— Tuss. Fl. 4. t. 15 ; Besc. Fl. 7. t. 485; Linnaa, 8. I. 4— C. alba, 

 Kth. {not L.). — A tree, 20-30' high, growing on other trees or rocks ; leaves usually 

 5 -6 long, 3"-4" broad : veins usually inconspicuous above, often prominulous beneath, 

 numerous, straightish : petiole thick, 6"' long ; petals about \\" long, obovate or obcordate ; 

 fruit 20'" diain. — Hab. Jamaica !, M arch ; Caribbean Islands ! ; [Cuba! to Brazil]. 



8. C. alba, L. Leaves rounded at the top, pelioled, veiny beneath ; peduncles 1-3- 

 flowered ; flowers white ; sepals 6 (-" 9 ") ; petals 5 ; stigmas 5 ; fruit ovoid, red. — Plum, 

 ed. Burm. t. 87./. 1 ; Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 250. — A tree, like the preceding ; leaves 7"-3" 



, long, 4"-2" broad : primary veins numerous, most of them straightish, rarely incon- 

 spicuous : petiole 4"'-8'" long, broad and channelled above ; petals about 1" long ; fruit 3" 

 long. — Hab. S. Kitts !, Dominica !, Imr. ; [Cuba !, Guadeloupe !, Martinique]. 



9. C. flava, L. Leaves rounded or subtruncate at the top, petioled ; peduncles 2-3- 

 flowered; flowers pale-yellow ; sepals 8-16; petals 4; stigmas about 12; fruit " subglo- 

 hose."— SI. t. 200 / 1 ; Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 251.— A tree; leaves 2*"-2" long, l\"-\" 

 broad, striated above, veins inconspicuous, or prominulous beneath : petiole thick, 4"'-3'" 

 long; petals 10"'-8"' long. — Hab. Jamaica!, March, chiefly on rocks, in the southern 

 lowlands. 



10. C. venosa, Jacq. (exclus. syn. Plum). Leaves rounded or subtruncate at the top, 

 veiny on both sides, subsessile; peduncles 3-5-flowered; flowers shortly pedicelled, white; 



sepals 6 (4-8) ; petals 4 ; stigmas, 5-4 ; fruit —A tree, 30' high ; leaves 4"-3" long, 



° _~2" broad, with a foliaceous, stem-clasping base . primary veins numerous, straight, pro- 

 minulous ; petals about 9"' long. — Hab. Dominica !, Imr. ; [Martinique]. 



4. MORONOBEA, Aubl. 



Sepals 7, two exterior smaller. Petals 5, contorted. Stamens 15-20, connate : tube 

 5 (-3) -fid : anthers linear, extorse. Ovary 5-celled : ovules 2, or several in each cell ; style 

 cylindrical, with 5 stigmas. Pericarp baccate . . . . — Trees ; leaves lanceolate or lanceolate- 

 elliptical, petioled, penninerved: veins delicate ; cymes umbelliform ; flowers scarlet. 



11. M. coccinea, Aubl., Marl. Leaves bluntly pointed, tapering at the base; bud 

 globose; staminal tube 5 -fid : lobes 3-antheriferous, straight; ovary without spiral lines: 

 stigmas lanceolate, recurved. — Mart. N. Gen. 3. t. 287- — M. globulifera, Schlecht. — A lofty 

 tree, 90'-100' high ; leaves variable in breadth and shape ; cymes usually 3-9-flowered : 

 pedicels thick, as long as the flowers. — Hab. Jamaica!, Bist., in mountain-woods (Ban- 

 croft's Hog-gum-tree ; Hook. Journ. 4. p. 136) ; Dominica 1, Imr. ; Trinidad !, Lockh., in 

 swampy grounds; [Guiana !, Brazil !]. 



5. MAMMEA, L. (UP^ > 



(Rheedia, L.) 



Mowers polygamous. Steals 2-4. Petals 4 (-6), imbricativc Stamens oo : anthers 

 iutrorse, or bursting laterally. Ovary 4-celled : cells multiovulate ; stigma depressed, sub- 



