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segments unequal. Ovary 2-celled : ovules 2 in each cell, anatropous, collateral, pendulous 

 from its top. Style 2- partite : divisions long, linear, revolute. Drupe 1 -celled by abortion, 

 1 -seeded, with the rudiment of the septum persistent : putamen at length sub-bivalved. 

 Seed silicate, 2-lobed at the top : testa membranaceous, produced internally as an integu- 

 ment of the anfractuosities of the embryo : cotyledons contiguous, many-plaited. — A shrubby 

 tree; leaves ternate ; $ " aments peduncled, axillary" {ex ic. SI.), $ in the axils of 

 young leaves, peduncled. 



1. P. JuglaiiSj Gr.—Sl. t. 157-/. 1. Rich. Cub. t. 30.— Juglans baccata, L. Rhus 

 arborea, Macf. ! (non EC). Schmidelia macrocarpa, Rich. Cub. Picrodeudron arboreum, 

 Planch. ! — About 20' high ; leaflets lanceolate-oblong or elliptical-oblong, rounded at the 

 top or bluntish, petiolulate, revolute on the margin, pubescent or glabrate beneath, with the 

 down usually persistent along the midrib, 2"-3i' long, nearly as long as the common 

 petiole; peduncle of ^ slender, pubescent, half as long as the petiole: calyx-segments 

 linear, blunt, l"'-2"' long, 3-4 times exceeded by the papillose style-segments; drupe 

 ovoid-globose, orange-yellow, 8"'-12"' long, 6"'-10"' broad. — Hab. Jamaica!, Macf., 

 March, in the southern arid plains between Spanish-town and Kingston ; [Cuba !, on 

 maritime rocks near Matanzas, Rugef], 



Walnuts, said to be of Juglans cinerea, L., have been sent to the Kew Museum from 

 S. Kitts. 



LXII. AMENTACE.E. 



Flowers unisexual, apetalous, $ or all amentaceous. Pistil syncarpous or reduced : 

 ovules 1-2 in each cell : stigma divided. Fruit indehiscent, 1 -seeded. Embryo exalbumi- 

 nous : radicle superior. — Woody plants ; leaves simple {or abortive). 



Tribe I. MYRICEM. — Flowers naked, amentaceous. Stamens 2-6 (-8). Ovary 1- 

 celled: ovule single, basilar, atropous : stigma bipartite. — Shrubs; leaves resinous- 

 dotted beneath. The bark exudes aromatic resin or wax. 



1. MYRICA, L. 



1. M. microcarpa, Benth. ! Leaves spathulate or lanceolate, serrulate chiefly beyond 

 the middle, or subentire, puberulous above or glabrate : ribs puberulous beneath ; aments 

 dioecious, serotinous, subsolitary in the axils, <? shortly cylindrical, $ ovoid; <? bracts 

 wedge-shaped : stamens 4 (-5) : filaments united to the middle : column filiform, hairy ; 

 9 bracts caducous ; fruit drupaceous, ovoid, minute (l'"loug). — M. xalapensis, Pcepp. Cub.! 

 — Leaves variable. — Hab. Jamaica !, all collect., in the high mountains, Port Royal to the 

 forest the summit of the Blue Mountains ; [Cuba I, Guiana !]. 



Tribe II. CASUARINE2E. — Flowers naked, amentaceous, involucrate. Stamen 1, ex- 

 crescent. Ovary 1-celled: ovule single, pendulous: stigma bipartite. — Aphyllous, 

 woody plants ; ultimate branches striated : nodes encircled by a toothed leaf-sheath. 



2. CASUARINA, L. 



2*. C. equisetifolia, Forst. Branchlets filiform, simple : furrows 6-8 : teeth of the 

 sheath as many, convex-keeled on the back ; <? aments terminal, clavate-linear, $ lateral, 

 shortly peduncled, at length cylindrical-ovoid. — A high tree. — Hab. Naturalized in Jamaica !, 

 Wilt. • Trinidad; [introduced from the East, now ranging through all tropical countries]. 



LXIII. LEGUMINOS.E. 



Calyx with the odd division distant from the axis. Stamens usually 10. Carpel mostly 

 solitary, free : style oblique. Ovules sutural, hemitropous or anatropous. Fruit leguminous. 

 Seeds exalbumiuous.— Leaves stipulate, compound or reduced; inflorescence centripetal. 



