CAPRIFOLUCEjS. Hi 



* Spike-pieces 2-flowered. 



20. A. cupressoides, Gr. Branchlets striate-cylindrical, brittle: their internodes 

 twice as long as those of the spike ; scales pointed, connate, forming a truncate, spreading 

 sheath, like those of the spike ; spike-pieces 2-flowered s joints 6-2 : flowers decussate ; $ 

 calyi-limb 3-lobed. — Viscuin, Mar/. ! — A small parasite, resembling A. Oxycedri, which 

 has a longer, 2-lobed $ calyx-limb; stem-intemodes 2"'-3'" long: sheaths \\ m diam. ; 

 spikes axillary, shortly peduncled. — Hab. Jamaica !, Mac/., M'Nab, on trees of the Blue 

 Mountains. 



** Flowers serial, marginal on the compressed spike-pieces. 



21. A. gracile, Gr. Branchlets compressed, at length cylindrical : internodes linear, 

 truncate, much longer than those of the spike ; scales reduced or obsolete ; $ spike-pieces 

 many-flowered: joints 3-2 (4-1) : flowers 1-2-seriateon each margin: involucels truncate- 

 2-fid, spreading ; <? calyx 3 -partite.— Plum. Ed. Burm. t. 258. /. 1 j Besc. Fl. 5. t. 348. 

 — Viscum, DC. V. flagelliforme, Besc. — Spithameous or 1' high; internodes of the stem 

 12"'-6'", those of the spike 2"' long ; $ spikes peduncled, axillary aud terminal : anthers 

 roundish, compressed : disc flat ; style short, terminated with a trigonal stigma. — Hab. 

 Jamaica !, Bd., on trees in the mountains of Port Royal. 



22. A. opuntioides, Gr. Branchlets flat-compressed, constricted at the joints : in- 

 ternodes oblong-linear, rounded at both ends near' the truncate joint ; scales obsolete, deci- 

 duous ; $ spike-pieces spathulate, many-flowered : joints 3-2 : flowers 1-serial on each 

 margin : involucels subtruncate, spreading ; ? spikes longer, cylindrical : pieces 2-4- 

 flowered : joints 3-4 : flowers distichous ; calyx of $ and calyx-limb of 9 3-lobed. — SI. 

 t. 201. f. 1. — Viscum, X. — Stem l'-2' high : branches ascending : internodes usually H"- 

 1" long, 6"'-3 w broad; spikes shortly peduncled, axillary, <J 8"'-4"', ? 15"'-6'" long; 

 calyx-lobes broadly ovate ; anthers roundish, compressed : rudimentary styie cylindrical ; 

 <? calyx i'" diam., $ calyx-limb 1"' long, as long as the tube.— Hab. Jamaica !, all coll., 



on mountain-trees, Port Royal, S, Anns, Manchester. 



xciii. capkieoliacej:. 



Stamens epipetalous, rarely epigynous. Ovary inferior, syncarpous or simple by abortion. 

 Embryo small, in fleshy albumen. — Leaves opposite, devoid of interpetiolar stipules. 



1. VIBURNUM, L. 



Calyx-limb minute, 5-partite. Corolla infundibular-rotate. Stamens 5, epipetalous. 

 Ovary 1 -celled : ovule single, pendulous •. stigmas 1-3, sessile. Brupe 1-seeded. — Shrubs; 

 leaves simple ; flowers white, infastigiate cymes : bracteoles opposite, deciduous. 



1. V. villosum, Sw. Branchlets and peduncles puberulous with stellate down ; leaves 

 chartaceous, elliptical, quite entire (or subdentate above), hoary with short stellate down 

 beneath, or glabrate; cymes peduncled, 6-5 (7-4) -rayed : flowers all fertile; calyx-lobes 

 ovate, ciliate ; drupe obliquely ovoid, black. — 6' high ; very variable in the down and leaves ; 

 drupe 2'" long, \\"' thick. 



a. Leaves hoary-villous beneath. 



0. glabrescens. Leaves glabrate ; down persisting on the cymes. 



y. sub dent atum. Leaves thickish, rugose, subdentate, undulate, villous or glabrate be* 

 neath : the veins impressed above, prominent beneath. 



Hab. Jamaica !, all coll., common in the southern mountains at 1000'-4000' alt. ; [New 

 Granada 1, Ecuador!]. 



2. V. glabratum, Kth. Branchlets and peduncles hispidulous ; leaves chartaceous, 

 elliptical-oblong, quite entire, glabrous or hispidulous on the revolute margin ; cymes pe- 

 duncled, 5-6-rayed: flowers all fertile; calyx- lobes deltoid, glabrous ; drupe obliquely el- 

 lipsoidal-oblong, black. — V. alpinum, Macf. — Leaves smaller aud cymes less proliferous than 

 in the nsnal forms of the preceding; drupe 3"' long, 2'" thick. — Hab. Jamaica!, Macf., 

 Wils., March, Portroyal mountains, John Crow's wood ; [Venezuela I, New Granada 1, 

 Ecuador !, Pern !]. 



