ERYTHROXYLE^. 113 



1. SALIX, L. 



Bracts entire. Flowers bearing 1-2 glands; <?: stamens definite, usually 2.— Buds 

 without imbricated scales. 



1- ■» Humboldtiana, W. Leaves linear, serrate, glabrous; stipules deciduous; 

 catkins terminal on leafy branches, appearing with the leaves ; bracts hairy, deciduous ; 

 stamens usually 4-6 ; stigmas sessile ; capsules glabrous, ovate-conical, stalked : stalk 3-4 

 times longer than the gland.— -Leaves 2£"-lV long, 4"'-3'" broad.— Hab. Jamaica!, Wils.; 

 S. Vincent !, Guild. ; [Cuba ! and Mexico ! to Brazil ! and Chile !]. 



XL. EBYTHKOXYLE.E. 



Calyx 5-partite or 5-fid, persistent. Petals 5, bearing internally a double scale. Stamen* 

 10, monadelphous. Pistil syncarpous : ovary 3-1-celled (2 cells usually abortive) : ovule 

 single, pendulous ; styles 3 (or united at the base). Pericarp drupaceous. Embryo straight, 

 in the axis of cartilaginous albumen. — Woody plants ; leaves alternate, glabrous, quite en- 

 tire, deciduous: stipules axillary, persistent ; flowers small, axillary or precocious, fascicled 

 or solitary. 



A tonic drug is prepared from Brythroxylum areolatum. 



1. ERYTHROXYLUM, L. 



1. E. brevipes, DC. Leaves small, obovate, rounded at the top or emarginate, mem- 

 branaceous, glaucous-whitish beneath ; pedicels 1-2, axillary, exceeded by the petiole ; drupes 

 ellipsoidal-oblong, as long as the pedicel. — A shrub ; leaves 12" '-&" long, 8"'-4'" broad, 

 almost veinless : petiole 2' ff -l£'" long, much longer than the minute stipules; petals oblong, 

 1"' long; drupes li'" long. — Hab. Jamaica!, Al., March, e.g. S. Anns; [Cuba to 

 Portorico]. 



2. E. obovatum, Macf. ! Leaves obovate-oblong or obovate, rounded at the top or 

 subemargiuate, rigidly membranaceous, glaucous -whitish beneath ; pedicels fascicled, ax- 

 illary, exceeded by the petiole ; drupes oblong, blunt at both ends, prismatical, at length 

 longer than the pedicel. — Rich. Cub. f. 27. — E. affine, Rich.- -A shrubby tree, about 12' 

 high; leaves 2"-l" long, 12"'-10"' broad, with the veins almost inconspicuous: petiole 

 4"'-2'" long; stipules subulate; drupes 3"'-4'" long. — Hab. Jamaica!, Macf., March, 

 common on limestone-hills ; S.Vincent!, Guild.; [Cuba]. 



3. E. areolatum, L. Leaves obovate or obovate-oblong, rounded or emarginate at the 

 top, membranaceous, glaucescent beneath and areolated by a pair of connecting veins, which 

 include a lanceolate, middle area ; pedicels fascicled, lateral, as long as the petiole and the 

 fruit ; drupes oblong, blunt at both ends, unequally obtuse-angled. — J acq. Amer. Pict. t. 129, 

 Desc. Fl. 6. t. 442. — A shrubby tree; 10'-16' high; leaves usually 2" long, I" broad (in 

 young shoots, sometimes 5" long, oblong), with the veins delicate : petiole 2"'-3"' long ; 

 stipules triangular ; flowers precocious, white,!. fragrant ; drupes scarlet, 3"'-4'" long. This 

 is the only West-Indian Erythroxylum with areolate leaves : but in other species, where there is 

 no connecting vein, which runs in an arch from the base to the top of the midrib, the leaves 

 are sometimes plaited in the same way, or a peculiar colouring circumscribes a similar area. 

 Hab. Jamaica!, Macf, Wils., March, in dry situations, 0'-2,000', chiefly on the seashore ; 

 [Venezuela, New Granada]. 



4. E. obtusum, DC. Leaves obovate, or oval, rounded at the top, membranaceous, 

 glaucescent beneath ; pedicels fascicled, lateral, longer than the petiole and twice as long as 

 the fruit: drupes ellipsoidal-oblong, unequally obtuse-angled. — E. havanense, Kth. (non Jacq., 

 nee Rich.) E. areolatum, Pospp. Cub. ! {non L.). — A shrub, or shrubby tree ; leaves 2"-l±" 

 long, l"-8'" broad : veins conspicuous, reticulated, prominulous on the upper side : petiole 

 l'"-2"' long ; stipules subulate ; flowers precocious : pedicels filiform ; drupes 3"'-2'" long. 

 —Hab. Trinidad .', Cr.; [Cuba!, Haiti]. 



5. E. ovatnm Cav. Leaves oval or obovate, rounded at the top, membranaceous, 

 usually glaucescent 'beneath ; pedicels fascicled, lateral, longer than the petiole, as long as 

 or shorter than the fruit; drupes oblong, pointed.— Cav. Diss. 8. t. 233.— E. havanense, 



