230 CHRYSOBALANEiE. 



stipitate ; flowers 4"' diam. ; drupes 8'" long, abruptly contracted at the base. — HaB. Trini- 

 dad !, Cr., at Tocuche, S. Anns. 



5. H. triandra, Sw. Leaves oblong, pointleted, slightly scabrous, glabrescent; racemes 

 compound, eglaudular, pubesceut : branches racemuliform ; bracts subulate ; calyx-tube tur- 

 binate : lobes ovate ; fertile stamens 3 ; drupe obovate-obloug, villous. — Jacq. Amer. Pict. 

 t. 11.— H. americana, L. partim, Jacq. H. paniculata, Lam. {non Sw.). — A small tree; 

 flowers white, as long as the pedicels. — Hab. Jamaica !, Macf., AL, WUs., uncommon iu 

 mountain woods; Dominica!, Imr. ; Triuidad !, Lockh., Cr.; [Cuba! to Brazil!]. 



6. H. paniculata, Sw., Mey.l Leaves elliptical-oblong or oblong, mucronate or 

 bluntisb, slightly scabrous, shining above, hairy on the nerves beneath ; racemes compound, 

 eglaudular, hispid: branches sub-3-fiowered, as long as the ovate-lanceolate bracts ; calyx- 

 tube obliquely campanulate : lobes elliptical ; stamens 5-6 : " drupe obovate, pubescent." — 

 Vahl, Symb. t. 31. — H. hirsuta, Lam. II. bracteosa, Steud.!—k shrub ; bracts and brac- 

 teoles persistent; filaments purple. — Hab. S. Vincent!, Guild.; Trinidad!, Pd., Lockh., 

 Cr., in savannahs ; [Guiana !]. 



7. H. pendula, Sol. "Leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, cordate at the base, sca- 

 brous-pubescent beneath ; racemes compound, rusty-tomentose : special cymes divaricate : 

 bracts minute; calyx-tube globose; stamens 5-3." — Hab. S. Lucia {Zuccar.). 



3. LICANIA, Aubl. 

 (Moquilea, Aubl , non Mart. Zucc.) 



Calyx 5-4-fid or 5-4-dentate. Petals 5-0. Stamens 3-co . Ovary sessile, inserted 

 into the base of the calyx -tube. Pericarp drupaceous. — Mower-clusters racemose or pani- 

 culate. 



Sect. 1. Eulicania. — Calyx ovate-globose, h-dentate. Petals 0. Stamens unilateral, 



included, fertile 3-5. 



8. I*, hypolexica, Benth. Leaves ovate, cuspidate, glabrous, white beneath (the ribs 

 excepted) ; flower -clusters peduncled, in a divaricate, pubescent panicle : flowers shortly 

 pedicellate; calyx subglobose ; stamens 3 (-2-4) ; drupe obovate-oblong, tomentose. — Bot. 

 Sulph. t. 32 : the panicle laxer than in our specimens. — A tree ; leaves 6' -4", petioles 3' - 

 6'" long ; panicle 2"-4" diam. : peduncles 2"'-3'" long ; pedicels 2-5, alternate, £'" long ; 

 calyx 1"' diam. ; drupe 6'" long : — Hab. Dominica !, Imr. Trinidad I, Pd., Cr., in the 

 mountains of S. Anns ; [Veraguas, PanamaJ. 



Sect. 2. Moquilea. — Calyx 5-fld. Petals 5. Stamens in a complete whorl, fertile <x> -15. 



9. Ii. pyrifolia, Gr. {n. sp.). Leaves roundish-elliptical or elliptical, mucronate, long- 

 petioled, shining-glabrous above, glabrate beneath; racemes compound, in a spreading, 

 white-pubescent panicle : flowers fascicled or solitary, as long as their pedicel ; calyx wbite- 

 tomentose, subglobose, as long as the clawed petals ; fertile stamens oo , with the style 

 shortly exserted— Moquilea; sp., H. Bot. Trin. Cr. ! (Bot. Zeit. 15. p. 303.)— Allied to L. 

 Icucostpala, Gr., of Guadeloupe, distinguished by broader and smaller leaves, long petioles, 

 and a larger number of fertile stamens. — A tree ; branchlets and panicles whitish-pubescent ; 

 leaves coriaceous, 2\"— 2" long, 1^" broad, shortly contracted at the base, polished above, 

 mealy-puberulous beneath, at length concolor •. petiole 6'" long, slightly 2-glandular ; panicle 

 6" long, 4" broad : branches horizontal, distant ; calyx 2'" diam. ; petal-limb orbicular, as 

 long as the claw ; stamens 20-30, mostly fertile; ovary and interior side of the calyx densely 

 lanuginosa— Hab. Trinidad!, Pd. 



4. PARINARI, Aubl. 



Calyx 5-fid. Petals 5 (-4). Stamens 7-°° : their insertion-line famished with long, 

 silky, reversed hairs. Ovary 2-celled, with a spurious, longitudinal dissepiment : gynophore 

 adnate to the calyx -tube. Drupe dry, 2-celled : cells 1-seeded. — Trees; leaves penninerved, 

 veiny beneath ; flowers cymose : cymes often racemose-paniculate. 



10. P. campestre, Aubl. Leaves ovate, shortly acuminate, cordate at the base, rugulose 

 and glabrate above, white-tomentose and strongly veined beneath : petiole very short, eglan- 



