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with the persistent calyx-limb.— SI. 1. 189./ 3 ; Br. Jam. t. 23./. 1.— B. angustifolia,D<7.: 

 the narrow-leaved form : other characters, assigned to it hy Richard, prove fallacious, spine? 

 occurring also in the common form, and the length of the petiole and the down of the flowers 

 being variable. — 20'-30' high; leaves variable; drupe 3'" long. A monstrosity of the 

 flowers, transformed into long, cylindrical, arcuate bodies, is peculiar to this species'— Hab. 

 Bahamas !, Swains.; Jamaica !, all coll., in marshes along the coast; Antigua!, Wullschl. ; 

 [Cuba!, S. Thomas!, Guadeloupe!; Chagres!]. 



11. B. capitata, V. Leaves spathulate or obovate-oblong, glabrous above, glabrate be- 

 neath, with rusty down persistent on the midrib and margin ; spikes ovate, long»peduncled, 

 rusty-pubescent; stamens shortly exserted : anthers roundish ; drupe ovoid : calyx-limb at 

 length deciduous — Tald, Eclog. 1. 1. 8.— B. angustifolia, PI. Spruce. 2438.— 30'-60' high ; 

 leaves \"-l\" long; spikes either short (2'" diam.) or longer (8'" long, 3'" broad, Ryan in 

 Hb.Bks.); drupe 6'" long. — Hab. Jamaica!, Pd., Jl., on limestone hills, Port Royal, S. 

 Anns; Montserrat, Antigua!, Nichols.; [Cuba!, Guiana I, equat. Brazil !]. 



7. CONOCARPUS, L. 



Calyx-limb 5-fid, deciduous. Petals 0. Stamens 5-10. Achenium margined, scale- 

 like. Cotyledons foliaceous, convolute. — Leaves alternate ; flowers in peduncled, globose 

 flower-heads. 



12. C. erectus, L. Leaves lanceolate or elliptical, usually biglandular on the margin, at 

 the base glabrous or sericeous ; flower-heads racemose or paniculate ; calyx-tube not pro- 

 duced beyond the ovary ; stamens 5 (-6) ; achenia imbricated, cymbiform, roundish, con- 

 cave and keeled above, convex beneath, acute on the margin. — 5/. /. 161./. 2 ; Jacq. Amer. 

 Pict. t. 78 ; Desc. Fl. 6. t. 399 : a form with hair-tufts in the vein-axils. 



a. Arboreous ; leaves lanceolate, glabrous or glabrescent. 



P. procumbens, Jacq. Shrubby ; leaves elliptical, glabrescent. — Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 260. 



y. sericeus. Leaves lanceolate or lanceolate-elliptical, sericeous with persistent down. 



Hab. Bahamas !, Swains, (a, y) ; Jamaica !, all coll. : o common in mangrove swamps along 

 the coast, on rocks; Antigua!, Wullschl., S. Vincent!, Guild.; [Florida! to Brazil!; 

 Galapagos !, Marianne Islands ! ; tropical coast of Africa !]. 



LXXIII. PROTEACEiE. 



Flowers apetalous. Stamens 4, opposite to the valvate, coloured calyx-divisions, mostly 

 perigynous. Ovary superior, simple -. style simple. Seeds exalbuminous. Embryo straight : 

 radicle inferior. — Leaves ex stipulate ; inflorescence centripetal. 



Roupala affords hard timber in Trinidad. 



1. ROUPALA, Aubl. 

 (Rhopala, Schreb.) 



Sepals linear, recurved at the top, staminiferous above or at the middle, at length distiuct. 

 Stamens exserted. Ovary 2-ovulate, surrounded by 4 glands : stigma terminal, clavate. 

 Pericarp follicular, or at length 2-valved : seeds oblong, compressed, surrounded by a wing : 

 wing produced at both ends. — Trees or shrubs ; leaves alternate, entire, dentate or pinnati- 

 partite in the same branch ; flowers racemose : pedicels geminate. 



1. R. montana, Aubl. Leaves glabrous, ovate or elliptical, entire or coarsely serrate, 

 often complicated at the base, long-petioled : the pinnatipartite ones often wanting or with 

 narrower segments ; racemes axillary, pubescent : pedicels slightly connected at the base, 

 one-half or one-third as long as the flower.— Aubl. t. 32.— Leaves exceedingly variable, and 

 racemes of various length ; calyx 3"'-4'" long ; fruit bivalved, acinaciforro, 1 ' long. 



[o. Leaves elliptical, pointed at both ends, usually quite entire, 2 '-3 ' long.] 



0. complicata, Kth. Leaves ovate, shortly apiculate, quite entire or pauciserrat* beyond 

 the middle, 3"-4" long : petiole 2" long.— Kth. Nov. Gen. t. 119. 



