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"drupes globose, even, or obsolctely furrowed." — M. martinicensis, Jaeq.— Leaves very 

 variable, pointed or bluntish, usually 3" long, varying in breadth between 2" and 4'" ; 

 " drupes 6'" diam., purple (sometimes white)." 



o. Leaves elliptical or oblong ; calyx 10-glandular. — Plum. ed. Burnt, t. 167./. I. Cap. 

 Diss. 8. t. 235. Desc. Fl. 8. t. 569.— M. urens, a et 0, Juss. ! 



P. lanceolata. Leaves lanceolate, bluntish ; calyx 8-glaudular ; petals asymmetrical. — 

 Desc. Fl. 1. t. 30. — M. urens y, Juss. M. lanceolata, Gr. 



Hab. S. Vincent ! (£), Guild.; [Cuba! (0) to Guadeloupe! (« et $)}. 



18. M. fucata, Ker. Leaveslarge, elliptical, quite entire, glabrous above, with stinging 

 hairs beneath ; umbels aggregate or corymbose, nearly twice as long as the petiole ; calyx 

 6-glandular; drupes conical-globose, slightly ^-angular, with 3 furrows at the base: py- 

 rense keeled on the back and sides, tubercled. — Leaves 6''-8" long, 2J"-3i" broad, rounded 

 at both ends; petals rosy, keeled ; drupes 6"' diam. or more. — Hab. Jamaica!, Pd., near 

 Manchester; [Crab island!]. 



19. M. oxycocca, Gr. Leaves lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, quite entire, glabrous 

 above, with stinging hairs beneath ; flowers corymbose (sometimes umbellate) : the corymb 

 2-3 times exceeded by the leaf; calyx 6-glandular ; drupes dry, triangular-pyramidal, with 

 sharp edges, and with slighter rugosities or keels on the sides : pyrena; of a similar struc- 

 ture. — SI. t. 207./". 3. — M. urens, Mac/, (non L.). — Leaves variable (sometimes elliptical), 

 usually acuminate, 4"-l|" long, 20"'-8 w broad; corymbs usually many-flowered; petals 

 purple ; drupes 4'" in length, and in breadth at the base, slightly furrowed at the base : 

 sides usually with 2 contiguous keels at the commissural line. — Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., Al., 

 March, in the mountain woods of the eastern and northern districts ; [Cuba !]. 



20. M. angustifolia, L. Leaves linear-lanceolate or lanceolate, quite entire, glabrous 

 above, with stinging hairs beneath ; corymbs few-flowered, 2-3 times exceeded by the leaf ; 

 calyx 6-glandular ; drupes ovoid, 9-costate, with obtuse edges, and 3 furrows, which are 

 deeper at the base: pyrense 3-costate, tubercled. —Cap. Diss. 8. t. 236./. 1. — M, cubensis, 

 Kth. : the form with lanceolate leaves. — Leaves 3"-l" long, 4"'-6'" broad, acuminate or 

 bluntish ; petals rosy ; drupes 6"' long, 4'" broad. — Hab. Antigua !, Nichols. ; [Cuba !, S. 

 Thomas!, Guadeloupe!]. 



ttt Leaves dentate. 



21 . M. setosa, Spreng. Leaves small, oval or obovate, glabrous above, with stinging 

 hairs beneath and on the denticulate margin ; umbels 2-1 -flowered, shortly peduncled, ex- 

 ceeded a little by the leaf; calyx 10-glandular ; drupes . . . . — M. poiytricha, Juss., being the 

 only Bahama species in the Hook. Herb. — Leaves about 1" long, \" broad. — Hab. Bahamas !, 

 Swains. ; [Haiti]. 



22. M. coecigera, L. Leaves roundish-oblong or oval, sinuate dentate (the younger 

 ones sometimes quite entire), glabrous: teeth distant, spinescent; umbels 1-2-flowered, 

 sessile, exceeding the leaf; calyx 6-glandular; "drupes subglobose, with 3 furrows." — Plum. 

 Ed. Burm. t. 168./. 2. Jacq. Ic. Par. t. 470. Cav. Diss. 8 I. 235./. 2.— A shrub, creep- 

 ing for some distance on the ground (Imr.) ; leaves 6"' long, 5"'-4'" broad, rounded at both 

 ends, sometimes emarginate-tricuspidate. — Hab. Dominica!, Imr., at S. Rupert's Head; 

 [Cuba!, Martinique], 



M. elliptica, Prl., is a doubtful Trinidad plant, and probably no congener. 



Tribe II. BANISTEMEM — Stamens 10, or fewer by abortion. Styles as many as there 

 are carpels. Samaroid nuts, with a dorsal wing (or crest), inserted upon a pyramidal 

 torus. 



5. BRACHYPTERIS, Juss. 



Calyx 8-glandular. Styles 3 ! stigmas produced externally beyond the gland. Nuts with 

 a short, dorsal, sharp crest above the base, wingless. — Scandent shrubs : branchlets some- 

 what compressed ; leaves quite entire: petiole biglandufar at the top; flowers umbellate 

 or corymbose ; pedicels articulated at the base; flowers yellowish. 



23. B. borealis, Juss. ! Branchlets obtuse-an^led-compressed, pubescent ; leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate, glaucescent beneath, floral ones rounded ; umbels 3- 4-flowered ; stamens 10, all 



