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LI. CYRILLEJL 



Stamens of Ericeae, but pollen simple, triangular. Pistil syncarpous : ovules solitary in 

 each cell, pendulous. — Habit and most characters of polypetalous Ericese. 



1. CYRILLA, Z. 



Calyx small, 5-partite. Petals 5, dry, pointed. Stamens 5 : anthers opening with lateral 

 slits. Ovary 2-celled: style with a bifid stigma. Pericarp dry. — Glabrous, evergreen 

 shrubs ; leaves quite entire ; flowers in narrow, slender raqemes. 



1. C. antillana, Mich. Leaves lanceolate-oblong, blunt, slightly emarginate, leathery, 

 minutely reticulated chiefly above ; pedicels longer than the petals. — Racemes subsessile in 

 the superior axils, 2"-4" long, pedicels 1^'", petals V" long. — Hab. Jamaica !, Mac/., Pd., 

 Bancr., in the Port Royal mountains ; Dominica !, Imr. ; [Cuba !, Guiana !, Brazil I j. 



LII. CELASTRINEJ3. 



Stamens opposite to the imbricated calyx, mostly uniseriate and perigynous. Pistil syn- 

 carpous (rarely reduced) :' ovary usually immersed in a disc, ovules 2-1 (-definite) in each 

 cell, usually erect. Seeds mostly arillate, albuminous : embryo large. — Woody plants ; leaves 

 simple, stipulate ; flowers small : pedicels articulated. 



Stimulant, or acrid and bitter principles occur in this Order. 



1. MAYTENUS, Juss. 



Calyx 5-fid : tube cupuliform. Petals and stamens 5, the latter inserted under the mar- 

 gin of the disc. Ovary immersed, 2 (-3) -celled : cells 2-ovulate : style with a 2(-3)-lobed 

 stigma. Capsule leathery, tardily loculicidal : seeds erect, arillate, with a crustaceous 

 testa. — Shrubs; leaves alternate, leathery; pedicels jointed at the base, axillary, usually 

 fascicled. 



1. M. gonocladus, Gr. (n. sp.). Glabrous: branchlets tetragonal ; leaves lanceolate- 

 oblong, obtusely pointleted, serrate above the middle with blunt serratures, or subentire, 

 shining above ; pedicels fascicled, as loug as or exceeding the petiole ; petals oval, equalling 



, the stamens; fruit ovoid-oblong. — Branches acutely tetragonal, or at length cylindrical; 

 leaves 3"— 4" long, variable in the veins, prominulous on both sides or obsolete, tapering 

 towards the petiole, which is 2'" long ; flowers hermaphrodite ; petals much exceeding the 

 calyx, 1'" long ; disc repand on the convex margin ; anthers cordate-roundish ; style short 

 (but longer in Sieber's specimen) : stigma 2-lobed ; ovary-cells 2, incompletely partitioned ; 

 pericarp (still closed) 3"' long, leathery. — Hab. Trinidad !, Lockh., Sieb. Jr. 36 ; [Guiana 1]. 



2. EL^ODENDRON, Jacq. 



Calyx 5-4-partite. Petals and stamens 6-4, the latter inserted on the margin of the disc. 

 Ovary immersed, 3-(2-5)-celled : cells 2-ovulate. Drupe or nut usually 3-celled .- seeds 

 erect, " with a membranaceous testa : albumen scanty." — Leaves opposite, tohorled (or 

 inferior alternate), leathery ; cymes axillary. 



2. E. xylocarpum, DC. Leaves obovate-oblong, tapering into a very short petiole, 

 remotely serrulate above (or subentire) ; cymes corymbiform, peduncled, 2-4 times exceeded 

 by the leaf; flowers 5 -androus, hermaphrodite or polygamous; stigmas subsessile; "drupe 

 ovoid, large." — Vent. Choix, t. 23.— Cassine, Vent. E. rotuudatum, DC. — A low tree; 

 leaves' 2" long; petals obovate, 1'" long. — Hab. Caribbean Islands ; [Bermudas !, Lane~]. 



3. E. attenuatum, Rich. Leaves obovate, tapering into a long petiole, quite entire, 

 or subcrenate-repand above; cymes trichotomous, peduncled, twice exceeded by the leaf; 

 flowers 5-androus, dioecious ; stigmas subsessile; drupe ovoid, large, with a bluutish point. — 

 Freziera dioica, Macf. .'—A low tree ; leaves 4"-2" long : petiole 6"'-4'" long ; divisions 

 of the cyme corymbiform ; drupe 10'" long : sarcocarp thin, yellow : putamen very hard.— 

 Hab. Jamaica!, Macf., Port Royal; S. Vincent!, Guild.; [Guadeloupe!, Chiapas!]. 



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