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petiole 12"'-8"' long: ochrea appressed, striated, 6"'-8'" long; racemes subsessile, 4"-2£" 

 long : pedicels single, distant, spreading, or eernuous, 2'" long ; calyx-tube 2'" diam., longer 

 than the rounded lobes, puberulous ; stamens short ; styles exserted ; berry 8'" long, 6"-4'" 

 diam.: acheuium fibrous: interior testa-projections numerous. — Hab.' Jamaica !, Wils., 

 March, in woods. 



11. C. diversifolia, Jacq, Leaves ovate-oblong or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 cordate or roundish at the base (rarely ovate or bluntish), glabrous : veins dense/// reticu- 

 lated, prominulous on both sides ; racemes simple, elongated, ascending : pedicels jointed at 

 the top, about as long as the flower ; calyx-tube ovate, often pubescent ; stamens subincluded ; 

 berry ellipsoidal or subglobose, striated, obtusate with the bluntly conical calyx-limb. — 

 Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 113 : the berry does however not agree. — C. punctata, Lun. (non 

 Jacq.). — A shrub, about 15' high, often rusty-pubescent on the branchlets, racemes, and 

 ochreEe.; leaves variable, 12"-5 7 ' long, 4"-2" broad: petiole 12'"-6"' long : oehrerc ap- 

 pressed; racemes 12"-4" long : pedicels single or geminate, 2"'-V" long ; calyx white, 5-fid 

 to the middle, 2'" long ; berry dark-red, keeled by prominulous ribs, 4'" long, 3"'-2"' diam. : 

 limb 2-3 times shorter than the accrescent portion. — Hab. Jamaica !, AL, March, Wullschl. ; 

 Antigua I, TfullschL; [Haiti, French islands !]. 



** Calyx 5 -partite ; pedicels not exserted beyond the bracts, 



12. C. crescentiifolia, Cham. Leaves large, obovate-oblong or elliptical-oblong, 

 bluntish, tapering towards the base, glabrous, polished: primary veins immersed above, 

 prominulous beneath : ochrese spreading ; racemes compound at the base, or simple -. 

 pedicels ternate or single, as long as the bracts ; berry " ovoid-globose." — Mart. Fl. Bras. 1 4. 

 t. 8: racemes less compound than in our specimen. — Leaves 10"-6"long, 4"-3" broad : 

 petiole li"-l" loug. — Hab. Trinidad !, Lockh., common in woods; [Brazil]. 



13. C. guianensis, Meisn. Leaves broadly ovate, bluntish, or elliptical and oblong- 

 lanceolate, subcordate or rounded at the base, glabrous : veins reticulated and prominulous 

 on both sides : ochrese spreading ; racemes simple : pedicels geminate or single, nearly as long 

 as the bracts ; berry ovate-conical, pointed. — Mart. Fl. Bras. 14. 1. 10. — Leaves 5"-3" long, 

 3"-2" broad : petiole 8"'-4'" long ; berry striated, 3'" long, 2'" diam. : upper portion 

 gradually tapering into the limb. — Hab. Trinidad !, Cr. ; [Guiana]. 



§ 4. Flowers sessile, jointed with the rachis. 



14. O. punctata, L. Leaves ovate, elliptical, or oblong, glabrous : veins densely 

 reticulated and prominulous on both sides : ochrete tubular, entire ; spikes simple, virgate 

 (rarely compound) : bracts 1 (-3) -flowered, enclosing the base of the 5 -partite calyx ; berry 

 ovoid-globose, abruptly crowned with the foliaceous calyx -limb. — Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 114. 

 — C. coronata, Jacq. C. microstachya, W. C. diversifolia, Hook. ! — Very variable in the 

 leaf-form (a, y, aud S agreeing however perfectly in the fruit), so that several other West 

 Indian Coccoloba cannot be distinguished, as long as their fruit is unknown, viz. C. barba- 

 densis, Jacq. C. rotundifolia, Klotzschiana, and Swartzii, Meisn. — A shrub, 10'-2(y high ; 

 spikes subsessile : flowers white ; stamens exserted ; berry purple, 3"'-2'" long, 2i'"-2'" 

 diam. : crown, formed of oblong, erect or spreading segments, £'" high aud broad. 



a. Jacquini. Leaves ovate-oblong, acuminate, rounded or subcordate at the base (8"-3" 

 long, 3"-2" broad) : petiole often pubescent. 



B. barbadensis, Jacq. Leaves ovate-roundish, with a bluntish point, subcordate or 

 roundish at the base (5"-4" long, 3"-2i" broad).— Jacq. Obs. t. 8. 



y. microstachya, W. Leaves ovate or elliptical, blunt, rounded or bluntish at the base 

 (6"-3" long, 4"-2" broad). 



8. parvifolia. Leaves elliptical, pointed at both ends, rarely rounded at the base (4 -2' 

 long, 2"-l" broad). 



Hab. Jamaica ! : all collect, (y, rarely ft S) ; Antigua !, Wullschl. (a, 5) ; [Swedish 

 and French islands !, Venezuela]. 



Sect. 2. Leucomeubva. — Achenium protruding beyond the calyx-limb. — Leaves 

 papery-membranaceous, inserted into the base of the ochrea. 



15 C. nivea, Jacq. Leaves papery, elliptical or elliptical-oblong, tapering and pointed 



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