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T. punctata, Gr., of S. Croix and Guadeloupe !, is nearly allied, but has the leaflets ere- 

 nulate, lanceolate-oblong, 6-1-jugal. 



7. T. punctata, Gr. Leaflets 7-1-jugal, lanceolate-oblong, or elliptical, dotted with 

 black points beneath, crenulate with minute crenatures : lateral petiolules short ; cymes 

 contracted, axillary; calyx 3-partite; carpids subglobose, 3-1.— Zanthoxylum, West.— A 

 shrub, often with solitary prickles on the back of the midrib, and on the petioles ; carpids 

 minute, £'" diam.— Hab. Antigua!, Wullschl.; [S. Croix, Guadeloupe!]. 



** Cymes terminal ; leaves without black dots. 



8. T. spinosa, Besv. Very prickly ; leaflets small, 10-6-jugal, lanceolate-oblong or 

 oval, dotless, crenulate with minute crenatures, subsessile ; " cymes terminal : calyx 3- 

 lobed ;" carpids . . . . — Zanthoxylum, Sw. — A shrub or tree ; leaves prickly, when the plant 

 is young, on the back of the midribs, and especially on the petiole : leaflets 12"'-4'" long. 

 — Hab. Jamaica (Sw.) ; Dominica !, Imr., on arid hills. 



9. T. acuminata, Besv. Leaflets 5-3-jugal, ovate-oblong, dotless, pointed, crenulate 

 with minute crenatures : petiolules very short ; cymes compact in a terminal, corymbiform, 

 interrupted panicle ; calyx 3-lobed j " carpids globose, solitary by abortion." — Zanthoxylum, 

 Sw. (non Mac/.). Z. aculeatum, Mac/. — A shrub; leaflets 2" long, 1" broad: terminal 

 sometimes abortive : petiolules £'" long. — Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., in mountain-woods, S. Anns, 

 Port-Royal. 



10. T. emarginata, Besv. Leaflets 4-2-jugal, oval or oblong, dotless, shining above, 

 blunt or emarginate, quite entire : petiolules short ; cymes terminal (and axillary), corym- 

 biform, compound; calyx 3-lobed; carpids obliquely globose, 3(-l). — SI. t. 168./ 4; Br. 

 Jam. t. 20. /. 2 ; Rich. Cub. t. 34. — Zanthoxylum, Sw. Z. sapindoides, BC. Z. coria- 

 ceum, Mich. Sapindus spinosus, X.— A shrub or tree ; leaflets variable, 3"-2" long, 1£"-1" 

 broad : terminal usually abortive : veins densely reticulated, rather prominent above * petio- 

 lules 2"' long ; cymes lax or compact ; carpids 2"'-3'" diam. — Hab. Jamaica !, Wils., March, 

 on dry hills ; [Cuba !]. 



11. T. coriacea, Besv. Leaflets 2-3(-4)-jugal, elliptical or elliptical-oblong, dotless, 

 pointleted with a bluntish point, quite entire, or obsoletely crenulate : petiolules long ; cymes 

 terminal (and axillary), compound, corymbiform: pedicels as long as the flower; calyx 

 3-lobed; carpids obliquely globose, mucronate, solitary by abortion. — Zanthoxylum acumi- 

 natum, Mac/. J (non Sw.). — A shrubby tree ; leaflets 3" long, 2"-l" broad, terminal abortive : 

 petiolules 6"'-2"' long, dilated towards the lamina ; carpids 2"' diam., aromatic. — Hab. 

 Jamaica !, Macf., March, by roadsides. 



5. FAGARA, Jacq. 



(Zanthoxyli sect. Fagara, PI. Carib.) 



Calyx 4(-5)-lobed. Petals 4 (-5). Stamens as many. Carpels 2(-3), distinct. Tolli- 



culi 2 (3-1) : endocarp at length separated, bivalved. — Prickly shrubs : prickles stipular ; 



leaves impari-pinnate : leaflets sessile, terminal rarely abortive: petiole winged; cymes 



usually contracted, axillary ; petals and exserted anthers yellowish. 



12. P. microphylla, Besf. Stipular prickles straight ; leaflets 3-1-jugal, oval or 

 spathulate, emarginate or blunt, quite entire, glabrous, leathery, bitubercled at the base . 

 beneath, devoid of pellucid dots : petiole unarmed, with the joints lanceolate ; flowers in 

 a short glomerule ; carpids 2-1, globose, mucronate, subsessile. — Br. Jam. t. h.f. 1 ; Jacq. 

 Pragm. t. 6./. 2. — F. pterota, L., partim (exclus. syn. SI.). Zanthoxylum spinifex, Jacq. — 

 A low, tortuous, leafy shrub ; prickles V" long ; leaflets 6"'-3"' long ; carpids H'" diam. — 

 Hab. Jamaica (P. Br.), S. Kitts, Antigua .', Nichols. ; Dominica !, Imr. ; Barbadoes !, on 

 the arid seashore ; [Venezuela]. 



13. P. tragodes, Jacq. "Stipular prickle* recurved; leaflets 6-4-jugal, spathulate, 

 blunt, 

 pairs : 

 stipular prickles 2'" long ; 



14. P. lentiscifolia, W. Stipular prickles recurved ; leaflets 6-4-jugal, oval or ob- 



