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narus, DC. R. oblongifolia, Hook. Am. I R. pancifoliolata, Planch. ! — A shrub, somewhat 

 twining; leaflets 4"-2", pedicels 3 '"-2"', foUicle 6"'-8'" long.— Hab. Jamaica!, Mac/., But., 

 March ; S. Lucia !, Anders. ; [Acapulco !, Panama !, Venezuela, Ecuador !]. 



4. R. frutescens, Anil. Branchlets and panicles rusty-pubescent ; leaflets 7-9, lan- 

 ceolate-oblong or oblong, glabrous above, puberulous or pubescent beneath : veins slightly 

 prominulous on both sides ; panicles axillary, contracted, exceeded by the leaves : pedicels 

 thickish, as long as the tomentose calyx ; petals oblong, twice as long as the calyx ; follicle 

 oval-oblong, tomentose, at length incurved. — Aubl. t. 187- — A scandent shrub ; leaflets 

 3"-l", pedicels 1'" long. The Trinidad specimen, which is in flower, has the leaflets pube- 

 rulous beneath, pointed, and tapering towards the base ; the Panama plant, from whieh the 

 description of the fruit is taken, has the leaflets rounded at the base, either pointed or blunt, 

 densely pubescent beneath. — Hab. Trinidad!, Cr. ; [Panama!, Guiana]. 



LXV. CHRYSOBALANE^. 



Stamens perigynous. Carpel mostly solitary, free : style suprabasilar : ovules 2, collateral, 

 basilar, anatropous. Fruit drupaceous. Seeds exalbuminous. — Woody plants ; leaves simple, 

 entire, stipulate. 



The drupes, though astringent, and the oily seeds, are in some cases eatable. Thus a con- 

 serve is prepared from the Cocoa-plum (Chrysobalanus), while its leaves and roots are used 

 as astringents. The bark of Hirtella silicea is so rich in silex, that it is employed by 

 the Indians in making pottery (Cr.). Licania hypoleuca affords timber {Bois Biable in 

 Dominica). 



1. CHRYSOBALANUS, L. 



Calyx campanulate, 5-fid. Petals 5. Stamens unilateral, about 20 fertile. Gynophore 

 very short, adnate to the calyx-tube. Pericarp crustaceous-fleshy, at length dry and splitting 

 into valves. — Leaves coriaceous, glabrous ; cymes corymbiform. 



1. C. Icaco, L. Leaves oval or oval-roundish, rounded or bluntish at the base; cymes 

 axillary, pubescent, exceeded by the leaves; stamens villous; drupe oval. — Jacq. Amer. 

 Pict. t. 141.— A shrub, 12' high; flowers white; drupe obtusely costate, size of a plum, 

 variable in colour, and fleshy or dry. — Hab. Bahamas! ; Jamaica !, March; S. Kitts!, Do- 

 minica !, S. Vincent !, Guild. ; Trinidad !, Pd. ; [Venezuela !, Brazil ! ; trop. Africa !]. 



2. C. pellocarpus, Mey. ! Leaves obovate or obovate-roundish, pointed or bluntish at 

 the base; cymes axillary, pubescent, exceeded by the leaves; stamens villous; drupe obo~ 

 vale, pointed at the base. — Br. Jam. t. 17. /. 1, 2. — C. Icaco, 0, BC. — A shrub, 6' high ; 

 drupes rather acutely costate, smaller than in the preceding, 8'" long : pericarp thin. — Hab. 

 Jamaica!, Wullschl., March, in moist woods; S. Vincent!, Guild.; Trinidad!, Lockh., Cr.; 

 [Guiana !]. 



2. HIRTELLA, L. 



Calyx 5-fid. Petals 5. Stamens unilateral, long-exserted, 3-8. Gynophore adnate to 

 the calyx-tube. Pericarp of Chrysobalanus. — Racemes simple or with cymose branches. 



3. H. racemosa, Lam. Leaves oblong or obloug-Ianceolate, acuminate, slightly sca- 

 brous, glabrescent ; racemes simple, eglandular, puberulous : bracts minute, subulate ; calyx- 

 tube turbinate : lobes ovate ; stamens 5-3 (-6) ; drupe spathulate-oblong, glabrous. — Aubl. 

 t. 98. — H. americana, L. partim, Aubl., Sw. {non Jacq.).— A tree, variable in the down, the 

 leaves, and the number of fertile stamens ; flowers pale-blue, long-pedicellate.— Hab. S. Vin- 

 cent !, Guild. ; Trinidad !, Cr. ; [Honduras ! to Ecuador !, Guiana ! to Brazil !]. 



4. H. silicea, Gr. (n. sp.). Leaves oblong, acuminate, minutely cordate at the base, 

 scabrous, glabrescent, hispid on the midrib beneath; racemes simple, hispid: pedicels bi- 

 glanduliferous near the base : bracts linear-filiform ; calyx-tube campanulate : lobes ovate, 

 bluntish ; stamens 6-4 ; drupe oblong, glabrous.— Crueger's Cauto (Bot. Zeit. 16. p. 281). — 

 A tree ; branchlets and petioles hirsute with short bristles ; leaves 8"-6" long, 2\,"-\" broad, 

 chartaceous, archnerved, veiny beneath : petiole l'"-2'" long ; racemes lax, peduncled, 4"-5" 

 long, pale-rusty with dense spreading bristles: pedicels 3'", bracts 2"'-l"' long: glandi 



