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leaves oval or oval-roundish, complicate at the top ; racemes single in the axils, terminal 

 compound: pedicels shorter than the ternately sessile flowers ; calyx truncate, half again 

 as long as the ovate, bluntish bractlet ; corolla cylindrical in the bud : petals 6, linear (2 V" 

 long) ; filaments unequal, the longer dilated at the top : anthers erect, subulate ; berry ob- 

 long. — Kth. Nov. Gen. t. 299. — L. marginatus, Kth. (non Desr.). L. paniculatus, Kth., and 

 L. polyrrhizus, Mart., are probably also synonyms. — Panama specimens of L. marginatus , 

 Desr., are similar, but form a distinct species, having a denticulate calyx-limb, and the co- 

 rolla-buds abruptly ovoid above a cylindrical base. — Leaves I"— 2", pedicels 1'" long ; style 

 cylindrical. — Hab. Trinidad!, Cr. ; [Venezuela]. 



5. It. avicularius, Mart. Branchlets cylindrical : the young internodes tetragonal ; 

 leaves oval ; racemes axillary and terminal, compound : flower-clusters subsessile, or the in- 

 ferior pedicellate : flowers ternately sessile ; calyx subtruncate, as long as the ovate, pointed 

 bractlet ; corolla ovate-oblong in the bud : petals 6, lanceolate linear (1"'-1 V long) ; fila- 

 ments unequal, hollowed on the margin, the longer dilated at the top : anthers erect, subu- 

 late; berry " ovate." — Leaves lV'-3", longest pedicels 1'" long; flowers greenish-white ; 

 style slightly clavate. — Hab. Jamaica !, Pd. ; [Panama !, Venezuela !, Brazil !, Spruce, Lor. 



Sect. 3. Dendropkmon. — Powers small, racemose or subspicate, single on the pedicels ; 

 the calyx-tube involved by a cupuliform, Z-dentate or Z-fid bractlet. Petals distinct. 

 Stamens alternately unequal, inserted below the middle of the petals, the longer filaments 

 excavated on the viargin below their sterile anther : 3 fertile anthers cordate, erect. 

 Style bluntish. 



6. Ii. parvifolius, Sw. Branchlets subcompressed-cylindrical ; leaves spathulate-lan- 

 ceolate or obovate, tapering into the petiole ; racemes axillary, simple, Z-9-flowered, much 

 to twice exceeded by the leaves, rusty-furfuraceous : pedicels nearly as long as the flowers : 

 bractlet cupulate, equal, broadly S-fld, with deltoid lobes ; corolla oblong, pointed in the 

 bud: petals 6, linear (IV" long) ; berry ovoid-oblong. — L. montanus, Macf. — Leaves small, 

 1" (6"'-16'") long, still more variable in breadth, 3"'-9'" broad, blunt; pedicels lV"-3'" 

 long, distant ; style thickened in the middle ; berry 3"' long. — Hab. Jamaica !, all coll., in 

 the higher region, from the Blue Mountains to Manchester, upwards to the snmmits, e.g. on 

 Coffee-trees. 



7- Ii. uniflorus, Jacq. Branchlets compressed, at length cylindrical ; leaves obovate 

 or spathulate, cuneate at the base, rounded or emargiuate on the top ; racemes axillary, 

 simple, devoid of scaly down, ^-many-flowered, as long as the leaves -. pedicels distant, as 

 long as the flowers : bractlet obliquely cupulate, broadly Z-ftd, with 2 lobes shorter ; corolla 

 oblong, bluntish in the bud : petals 6, linear (1"' long) ; berry " oblong." — Jacq. Amer. Pict. 

 t. 100 ; Catesb. Carol. 2. t. 95. — Viscum purpureum, L. ex ic. Calesb. L. parviflorus, 

 Lam. — Leaves li"-2" long; pedicels 2'" long; corolla red; berry blackish -blue. — Hab. 

 Bahamas (Catesb.) ; [Cuba !, Haiti]. 



8. Ii. emarginatus, Sw. Branchlets compressed, at length cylindrical ; leaves obovate- 

 roundish, shortly cuneate at the subsessile, complicate base, emarginate or mucronulate-sub- 

 truncate at the rounded top ; racemes spiciform, axillary, simple, furfuraceous, many-3- 

 flowered, as long as or much exceeded by the leaves : flowers subsessile or at length shortly 

 pedicellate : bractlet subequal, cupulate, S-fld, with deltoid lobes ; corolla ovoid-oblong, 

 blunt in the bud: petals 6, lanceolate (1 \'" long); berry ovoid-oblong. — Leaves 1V'-1" 

 long, lV'-8'" broad; berrv blackish-blue, 3'" long. — Hab. Jamaica!, Pd.; Antigua!, 

 Wullschl., S. Vincent !, Guild. 



9. I«. pauciflorus, Sw. ! Branchlets subcompressed-cylindrical ; leaves obovate, oval, 

 or oval-oblong, subacute at the base, rounded at the top ; racemes spiciform, axillary, simple 

 or tripartite, furfuraceous, many-few-flowered, half as long as the leaves : flowers subsessile : 

 bractlet cupulate, minutely Z-dentate, at length subentire : 2 teeth smaller ; corolla oblong, 

 pointed in the bnd : petals 6, linear (IV" long) ; berry ovoid.— Leaves 2V'-1" long, 20"'-10 rt ' 

 broad: petiole short, complicate ; flower-pairs at length distant ; stamens of L. parvifolius ; 

 berry 4"' long, 2V" broad.— Hab. Jamaica !, Sw. ; [Cuba!]. 



