394 MYRSINE.E. 



filameuts conspicuous." — A shrub ; leaves 7"-3" long, 2£"-lf " broad : petiole 4"'-8"', ra- 

 cemes 3", pedicels H" long. — Hab. Trinidad !, Cr., at Tocuche ; [Venezuela !]. 



5. WEIGELTIA, A. DC. 



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

 nular adnate base : anthers ovoid, opening by a longitudinal slit ; filaments usually longer 

 than the anther, incurved. Style slender: stigma minute. Drupe 1-seeded. — Glabrous 

 trees or shrubs ; leaves of Cybianthus ; flowers in axillary compound racemes. 



1. W. myrianthos, A. DC. Branchlets rusty -leprous ; leaves chartaceous, lanceolate- 

 oblong or elliptical-oblong, pointed, tapering into the petiole, arch-veined, pale-rusty beneath, 

 exceeding the panicles : special racemes short : pedicels approximate, shorter than the bud ; 

 corolla 4-partite, dotted; filaments longer than the anther. — Mart. Ft. Bras. 16. I. 44. — 

 Cybianthus, Miq. Weigeltia capitellata, Miq. ! Salvadora surinamensis, Spreng. ! — A 

 tree, 20'-30' high ; leaves 9"-5" long, 2J''-2" broad ; corolla pale-blue, 1"' broad.— Hab. 

 Trinidad!, Cr., in savannahs, Arima; [Guiana!, Brazil]. 



6. WALLENIA, Sw. 



Flowers polygamous. Calyx 4-fid. Corolla tubular, shortly 4-lobed ■ lobes erect, blunt, 

 dextrorsely contorted, or one lobe exterior. Stamens distinct (or connected in the bud), in- 

 serted into the base of the corolla-tube : anthers oblong, recurved, opening by two longitu- 

 dinal slits : filaments elongated, exserted. Style slender ; stigma minute. Drupe 1-seeded 

 by abortion. — Glabrous trees or shrubs ; leaves leathery, petioled, alternate or approximate 

 in pairs or whorls, subentire ; panicle terminal, formed of twice compound corymbs. 



8. W. laurifolia, Sw. Arborescent ; leaves large, elliptical oblong, blunt, rounded 

 or bluntish at the base, obscurely pellucid-dotted, often subopposite, the uppermost exceed- 

 ing the panicle : petiole thick, channelled, distinct from the lamina ; calyx papillose. — Sw. 

 Ft. t. 6. fig. sup.: analyt., corolla too long. Jacq. Schoenbr. t. 30. — W. angulata, Jacq.: 

 stalks of the calyx-papilla? too long. — A small tree ; leaves 8"-6" long, &^'-l\ n broad, 

 slightly striated by numerous, delicate, costate veins : petiole 2"-6" long ; panicle subsessile ; 

 corolla yellowish, 2"' long, twice as long as the calyx ; drupe IV" diam., furnished with ob- 

 long glands. — Hab. Jamaica !, all coll., in the mountains, S. Thomas i. E., S. Anns [Cuba !, 

 Haiti!]. 



9. W. clusiifolia, Gr. Shrubby ; leaves lanceolate-oblong or spathulate-oblong, 

 blunt, tapering into the flatlish petiole, opaque, dotless, polished, the uppermost twice as 

 long as the sessile panicle ; calyx-tube glabrous. — W. laurifolia, Balb. in PL Bertero ! — A 

 stout shrub ; leaves thicker than in the preceding, nearly veinless, 4"-3" long, 20"'-12"' 

 broad : petiole 4"'-3'" long ; flowers and drupes of the preceding : corolla 2'" long, 4-lobed 

 to i. — Hab. Jamaica !, Macfi, Pd., in the mountains ; [Cuba !]. 



10. ^V. venosa, Gr. (». sp). Leaves obovate or oval-oblong, blunt, tapering into the 

 thickish, slightly channelled petiole, black-dotted chiefly beneath, opaque, arch-veined, with 

 the veins prominent on both sides ; panicle sessile, much exceeded by the uppermost leaves ; 

 calyx-tube glabrous. — Habit of Ardisia latipes, Mart., and of SI. 1. 145. f. 2, quoted by Sw. 

 as Wall, laurifolia, but which, being a climber, is probably neither. — A shrub or small 

 tree ( Wils.) ; leaves as thick as in the preceding, from which I formerly not distinguished 

 it, 6"-l h" long long, 2i"-10'" broad : petiole 8"'-l"', long, 1'" broad ; panicle l"-2" diam. : 

 bracts at its primary ramifications oblong-linear, blunt, 2 long, deciduous ; corolla bronze- 

 coloured {Wils.), 2'" long, twice as long as the calyx: stamens shortly exserted, connected 

 in the bud ; ovules 4-5, peltate. — Hab. Jamaica !, Al., M'Nab, Wils., in the Blue Mountains. 



7. ARDISIA, Sw., Miq. 



Calyx 5-4-fid or -partite. Corolla 5-4-partite, rotate : segments dextrorsely contorted 

 or contorted-imbricative, rarely valvate. Stamens distinct, inserted into the corolla-tube : 

 anthers straight, cordate at the base : slit longitudinal or partially closed. Stigma minute, 

 or capitate. Drupe 1-seeded by abortion. — Flowers mostly paniculate, in compound ra- 

 cemes, corymbs, or corymbose umbels. 



