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Hate, leathery and glabrous in the West Indian species ; flowers usually fascicled, or in 

 corymbs, often diceciously polygamous. 



§ 1. Most of the flowers perfect ; corolla rotate (Aquifolium). 



1. I. obcordata, Sw. ! Shrubby ; leaves small, obovate or spatbulate, emarginatc- 

 mucronulate, tapering into the short petiole, convex, veinless and shining above, quite entire ; 

 corymbs 3-flowered, subsolitary, exceeding the petiole ; flower-organs iu fours; corolla 

 rotate ; berry. . . .—Hook. Ic. i. 294.— I. cuneifolia, Hook. I. myrtifolia, Lam. .^—30' (Pd.) 

 —2 high ; branchlets fastigiate, very leafy, multicostate : the angles excurrent into the 

 stipules ; leaves 4"'-12"', petiole l'"-2'" long ; anthers ovate-oblong.— Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., 

 Macf, on the highest peaks of the Blue Mountains. 



2. I. occidentalism Macf! (exclus. syn. Sw.). Arboreous : leaves oval or roundish, 

 emarginate or obsoletely pointleted, abruptly tapering into the petiole, mostly veinless on 

 both sides, quite entire; corymbs as long as the petiole, with accessory pedicels ; flower- 

 organs in sixes or fours : corolla rotate ; berry — A low tree ; leaves 2"-l": petiole 3"'- 



4"' long ; corolla 3"'-4"' diam.; anthers ovoid-oblong, rounded at the base. — Hab. Jamaica !, 

 Pd., Macf, Port Royal and Blue Mountains, Dominica !, Imr., in the mountains. 



§ 2. Most of the flowers polygamous ; corolla rotate (Prinos). 



3. I. dioica, Gr. Arboreous ; leaves elliptical-oblong, or oval, bluntish, rounded at 

 the base, quite entire or remotely serrulate-repand, shining above : principal veins delicate, 

 prominulous on both sides : petiole channelled above ; corymbs as long as the petiole, 

 fascicled, with accessory pedicels ; flower-organs in fours or fives ; corolla rotate ; berry 

 globose, smooth: nutlets usually 5, smooth. — Vahl, Eclog. t. 14. Prinos, P. — A middle- 

 sized tree , leaves 4"-2", petiole 4"'-8'" long ; corolla 3"'-4'" diam. ; anthers ovate, blunt, 

 subcordate at the base ; berry 2'" diam. — Hab. Jamaica !, Wils., Al., March, Bath, at 

 1200' alt., Moneague; Montserrat. 



§ 3. Corolla divided nearly to the base (Prinodia). 



4. Z. montana, Gr. Arboreous ; leaves elliptical or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate or 

 bluntish, subacute at the base, remotely and shaiply serrulate above the base, (or entire), 

 veiny beneath ; corymbs solitary, exceeding the petiole ; flowers mostly perfect : organs 

 usually in sixes (or in fours to eights) ; corolla divided nearly to the base : berry globose, 

 sulcate: nutlets grooved. — Prinos, Sw. — A tree, 30'-40' high ; leaves variable, 1£" (or 3^"- 

 1"), petiole 4"'— 10'", petals 1'" long ; anthers ovate ; berry purple, 2'" diam. 



a. Leaves elliptical, or elliptical-roundish, bluntish, 1£'' long. — I. Cassine, Rich. Cub. 

 (non Ait.). Prinos sideroxyloides, Sw. ! .- probably a form with entire leaves. 



)8. lanceolala. Leaves small (1" long), ovate-lanceolate, acuminate. — Prinos lauceolatus, 

 Macf. ! (non Pursh). P. Macfadyeni, Wp. Hex minutiflora, Rich. 



y. ovata. Leaves large (3"-3£" long), ovate, long-acuminate, long-petioled : petiole as 

 long as the common peduncle. 



Hab. Jamaica !, all collect., common in the mountains (a, 0) ; Dominica !, Imr. (y) ; 

 [Cuba!, Guadeloupe!]. 



5. I. Macoucoua, Pers. Arboreous ; leaves obovate-oblong, or oval-oblong, emarginate, 

 blunt, or with a bluntish point, tapering into the petiole, quite entire, shining above, veiny 

 beneath ; corymbs fascicled, a little exceeding the petiole ; flowers polygamous : organs 

 usually in fours ; corolla divided nearly to the base ; berry globose, smooth : nutlets 4, 

 smooth.— Aubl. t. 34.— Cassine maurocema, Sieb. Tr. 31 .'—Leaves 2"-6", petiole 3"'-4'", 

 petals I'" long ; anthers ovate-roundish, small ; berry li'" diam. — Hab. Dominica!, Imr.; 

 Trinidad!, Sieb., Cr.; [Guiana!, Pernambuco!]. 



6. I. sideroxyloides, Gr. (PI. Carib.). Arboreous; leaves elliptical, with a bluntish 

 point, shortly tapering into the petiole, quite entire, shining above, veiny ; corymbs as long 

 as the petiole, with accessory pedicels ; flowers perfect : organs in fours or fives ; corolla 

 divided nearly to the base ; berry globose, smooth, nutlets 4-5, smooth. — Prinos nitidus, V. f 

 — A large tree ; leaves3", petiole 6''', petals li'"long ; berry 2"'-3"'diam.; anthers cordate. 

 — Hab. Dominica !, Imr. ; [Guadeloupe !]. 



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