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tive branchlet) often as long as the drupes, covered with imbricated scales : flowers subses- 

 sile; calyx 5-4-fid. — M. cubana, A. DC, ex descr. — Leaves variable, 4"-2"(-l|") long, 

 12"'-9'" (-16'") broad; clusters equalling the petioles; drupe 2"'-14"' diam.— Hab. Ja- 

 maica !, March, in mountain-woods of the southern districts ; Dominica !, Imr. ; [Cuba ; 

 Panama !]. 



3. M. floribunda, R. Br. Glabrous ; leaves leathery, obovate, rounded or emarginate 

 at the top, quite entire, revolute at the margin, shining above, rusty and dotted beneath, de- 

 void of pellucid dots ; clusters stalked, lateral •. stalk covered with imbricated scales, shorter 

 than the cluster: flowers sessile; calyx 5-fid. — Mart. Ft. Bras. 16. t. 50-52. — Samara, W. 

 S. pcntandra, Sw. Kapanea guianensis, Aubl. Caballeria coriacea, Mey. I M. Rapanca, 

 R. S. — A large tree or reduced to a shrub {Schomb.) ; leaves 4"-3"(-5"-2") long, 2"-l£''(-l") 

 broad ; drupe 1'" diam. — Hab. Trinidad !, Sieb. Trin. 49, Cr., in the mountains of S. Anns ; 

 [Haiti !, Guiana !, Brazil ! to Urugnay]. 



2. GRAMMADENIA, Benth. 



Calyx 5(-" 6")-partite. Corolla 5(-"6")-fid or -partite, imbricative. Stamens con- 

 nected into au adnate annular base : anthers subglobose, opening above by a short oblique 

 slit: filaments short. Style short, blunt. Drupe 1 -seeded by abortion. — Glabrous shrubs; 

 leaves sessile, alternate, dotted with linear ylands beneath, quite entire ; flowers in axillary, 

 short, slender racemes, furnished with linear ylands. 



4. G. parasitica, Gr. Leaves chartaceous, obversely lanceolate, shortly acuminate, 

 margined : linear dots serial from the midrib to the margin ; racemes one-third or half as 

 long as the leaves, 10-11-Jtowered : pedicels twice as long as the bractlet; corolla deeply 

 5-fid. — Ardisia, Sw. ! — A branched shrub, growing on trees ; leaves 3i"-2" long, 8"'-6'" 

 broad : linear dots black; corolla 1'" broad, dotted near the midribs, the blunt calyx like- 

 wise. — Hab. Dominica !, Sw., Imr., in the upper region of the Couliabon ; S. Vincent !, 

 Guild.; [Guadeloupe!]. 



3. CONOMORPHA, A. DC. 



Calyx 4(-5)-fid. Corolla 4(-5)-fid or -partite, imbricative. Stamens connected into an 

 annular adnate base : anthers oblong or ovoid, recurved at the top, opening by a longitudinal 

 slit. Style blunt. Drupe 1-seeded by abortion. — Glabrous shrubs; leaves petioled, alter- 

 nate, quite entire, dotted, with points ; flowers in axillary racemes. 



The principal character, viz. the recurved anthers, is common to this and Wallenia. The 

 imbricative aestivation of the corolla has been verified iD C. laxiflora and four other speeies : 

 from the mistake of its being valvate, first occurring in Endlicher's genera, Miquel has trans- 

 ferred several true Conomorpha to Cybiantkus, while in the figures added to his paper (Fl. 

 Bras. 16. t. 48. 49) the aestivation is imbricative, except in C. macrophylla, Mart., which 

 from its figure (t. 47) probably is no congener. 



5. C. peruviana, A. DC! Branchlets rusty-leprous; leaves oval or obovate-oblong, 

 abruptly terminated by a narrow point, black-dotted beneath; racemes rusty-leprous, 

 simple exceeded by the leaves : pedicels usually longer than the bractlet : corolla 4-partitc i 

 segments elliptical, pointed; anthers oblong.— Miq. Sarin .J. 34.- C. ( multipuncta Miq. 

 (Cybianthus, A. DC). Cyb. peruvianas Miq. -Leaves 3 >'-2» long, 16'"-12" broad-, pe- 

 tiole 4"'-3"', racemes 2"-l", pedicels 2"'-£'", corolla V" long.— Hab. Dominica !, Imr., S. 

 Vincent!, Guild.; [Venezuela!, Guiana!, Pern!]. 



4. CYBIANTHUS, Mart. 



Calvx 4 partite Corolla 4-fid or 4-partite, imbricative. Stamens distinct : anthers 

 ovoid or subglobose, opening above by a short slit: filaments short or noiie. Stiyma blunt 

 or capitate Drupe 1-seeded by abortion.— Glabrous shrubs or small trees ; leaves petioled, 

 alternate, 'quite entire, dotted with points ; flowers in axillary racemes. 



6 C cuspidatus Miq Leaves chartaceous, obovate-oblong, pointleted, often some- 

 what obiique, arch-veined, granulate above, pale and black-dotted beneath ; racemes simple, 

 slender, half as long as the leaf : pe^els as long as the drupe ; corolla 4-fid ; anthers oval ■ 



