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25. Th. discolor > Gr. («. sp.) Branchlets and petioles tomentose; leaves ternate : 

 leaflets sessile, lanceolate-elliptical, blunt, quite entire, glabrous above, white beneath with a 

 minute velutinous down ; racemes simple ; petals 4, exceeding the calyx ; samarse . . . . — 

 Leaflets 2"-l£" long, 10"'-8'" broad, rounded or somewhat emargiuate at the top : petiole 

 4"'-6"' long ; racemes shortly peduncled, pubescent, nearly as long as the leaves : pedicels 

 fascicled, 2'" long; flowers polygamous; petals roundish, 1'" long; stamens 8, exserted, 

 hypogynous within the crenate disc ; style 3-fid at the top, exserted. Habit of Th. trifoliala, 

 Poit., and distinguished from Th. tomenlosa, DC, by having quite entire leaflets : Schmid. 

 nervosa, Rich., is a fourth West Indian species of this genus. — Hab. Bahamas !, Swains. 



11. MELICOCCA, L. 



Calyx 4-partite : segments imbricative. Petals 4, naked. Stamens 8 : disc complete. 

 Ovary 2-celled : stigma peltate, subsessile. Berry 2-1-spermous. — Trees ; leaves abruptly 

 pinnate ; racemes divided. 



26. IKE. bijuga, L. Leaflets bijugal, elliptical or elliptical-lanceolate, quite entire, 

 glabrous ; panicle terminal ; berry ovoid. — Jacq. Amer. Pict. 1. 109. — A tree, 40-50' high ; 

 berry green, 1"-1£" long. — Hab. Trinidad!, Sch.; naturalized in Jamaica!, List., Al., 

 Wils. ; [Guiana, New Granada !]. 



12. HYPELATE, P. Br. 



(Exothea, Macf.) 



Sepals 5. Petals as many. Stamens 8: disc complete. Ovary 2 (-3) -celled : style 

 short, simple; ovules pendulous. Berry l(-2)-spermons: endocarp chartaceous. Seed 

 crustaceous, not arillate. — Shrubs or trees ; leaflets glabrous, shining, quite entire ; flowers 

 corymbose or paniculate. 



27- H. trifoliata, Sw. ! Leaves ternate : leaflets spathulate, lineate with oblique 

 veins; corymbs glabrous, axillary, equalling the leaf: pedicels slender; sepals glabrous, 

 deciduous; berry ovoid-globose, black. — Leless. Ic. 3. £.39: a form distinguished from 

 our plant by racemose flowers. — A high shrub, or slender tree; leaflets 20"'-12'" long, 

 8"'-6"' broad ; berry 4'" long, 3'" broad. — Hab. Jamaica !, Wils., March, in the southern 

 limestone districts ; [Cuba !]. 



28. H. paniculata, Camb. Leaves abruptly pinnate: leaflets 2(-l-3)-jugal, oblong, 

 usually blnut ; corymbs in a terminal panicle, hoary-pubescent ; sepals tomentose, per- 

 sistent ; berry globose, purple. — Mem. Mus. 3. t. i > ; Lond. Journ. of Bot. 3. t. 7. — 

 Melicocca, Juss. Exothea oblongifolia, Macf. ! Hyp. oblongifolia, Hook. 1 H. trifoliata, 

 Gr. PI. Carib.—L low, or middle-sized tree; leaflets 4"-l£" long, 16"'-8'" broad: pairs 

 usually somewhat approximate ; berry 6'" diam. — Hab. Jamaica !, Macf., March, in the 

 mountains: [Cuba!, DesiradeQ. 



Tbibe II. DODONMEJ2. — Stamens inserted into the hypogynous disc. Ovules 2 

 in each ovary-cell, superior erect, inferior pendulous. 



13. DODON^IA, L. 



Sepals 4 (5-3). Petals 0. Stamens 8 (6-10). Capsule 2-3(4-6)-celled, septicidal, 

 mostly samaroid : wings dorsal, usually surrounding the cell. Seeds crustaceous, exarillate. 

 — Erect shrubs, usually viscose; leaves mostly unifoliolate ; flowers racemose or 

 corymbose. 



29. D. viscosa, L. Leaves obovate-lanceolate or oblanceolate ; capsule winged, 

 roundish, longer than the pedicel : wings surrounding the cell, of equal breadth nearly to 

 the base, contiguous at the top: terminal sinus closed. — SI. t. 162. f. 3. — D. viscosa, Mus. 

 Bis. D. Candolleana, Bl.; arabica, Hochst.— Leaves 18"'-6 W broad ; capsule 10 w -12'" 

 diam. — Hab. Jamaica!, AL, March, on the arid seashore; Antigua!, Nichols.; Bar- 

 badoes !, Trinidad !, Or. ; [New Granada !, Brazil I, East Indies !, South Arabia !, tropical 

 New Holland!]. 



30. D. Bormanniana, DC. Leaves spathulate-lancMate, oblong-lanceolate, or ob- 



