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Sect. 1. Badula, Juss. — Corolla contorted. Anthers oblong, devoid of a terminal mucro : 

 cells parallel, introrse, opening by a longitudinal slit. Style filiform : stigma usually 

 capitate. Placenta "few-ovulate." — Bracts deciduous. 



11. A. laurifolia, Juss. Glabrous; leaves leathery, lanceolate-oblong or elliptical, 

 with a bluntish point, tapering into the margined petiole, slightly dotted beneath, quite en- 

 tire : veins costate, numerous, retieulated beneath ; panicles axillary , subsessile, corymbiform, 

 racemiform, or reduced to a simple raceme, twice or much exceeded by the leaf; corolla 5-partite: 

 segments obovate-oblong, about twice as long as the calyx ; anthers oblong, blunt, as long 

 as the filament ; style included -. stigma minute ; placenta few-ovulate. — A. lateriflora (non 

 Sw.) v. latifolia, Sieb. Mart. 296, ex parte ! {non Sieb. Maurit.). Badula Lamarckiana, 

 A. DC. B. lateriflora, PI. Carib. (exclus. syn. Sw.)—A "tree ;" leaves 7"-5" long, 2i"-li" 

 broad ; corolla-segments reflexed, 1'" long ; drupe 3'" diam. — Hab. Dominica 1, Imr. ; Tri- 

 nidad !, Lockh. ; [Guadeloupe !, in moist woods ; Martinique t] 



12. A. caribsea, Miq. Glabrous; leaves chartaceous or at length leathery, elliptical 

 or obovate-oblong, mucronate or bluntish, contracted at the base into a stout margined pe- 

 tiole, repand-eotire : veins costate, numerous, reticulated beneath ; panicles axillary or 

 lateral, subsessile, eorymbiform, terminated by umbels, twice or much exceeded by the leaf ; 

 corolla 5-partite : segments spathulate, 2-3 times as long as the calyx ; anthers oblong, 

 blunt, little longer than the filament ; style exserted, equalling the stamens : stigma capi- 

 tate ; placenta few-ovulate. — Badula, A. DC. — A "tree;" leaves blaek in drying, 8"-4" 

 long, 4"-2£" broad; corolla-segments reflexed, 1'" long; drupe 2'" diam. — Hab. Dominica !, 

 Imr., S. Vincent ; Trinidad \, Lockh., on the coast ; [Guadeloupe Q. 



Sect. 2. Anabdisia, — Corolla contorted. Anthers minutely subglobose, devoid of a ter- 

 minal muero : cells oblique, opening by a longitudinal lateral slit. Style shortly fili- 

 form : stigma minute, truncate. — Bracts deciduous. 



13. A. xylosteoides, Gr. («. sp.\ Glabrous; leaves chartaceous, elliptical or ellip- 

 tical-oblong, blunt at both ends, petioled, repand- entire : veins distant, delicate; panicles 

 short, terminal, corymbose, subsessile : pedicels umbellate, thriee as long as the drupe ; 

 calyx <t-lobed, adpressed to the drupe ; lobes roundish, eptire ; corolla segments roundish, 

 nearly as long as the calyx ; anthers minute, much shorter than the filament. — Leaves 

 blackish in drying, 2"-3" long, 14"'-20" / broad, with scattered dots beneath : petiole flat- 

 convex, 2"'-3" / long ; panicle 2"-l" diam. : pedicek 3-4-nate, 2>' n -4:'" long ; calyx \ m , 

 filaments }'", style § '" loug ; corolla dotted ; drupe 1'" diam. — Hab. Jamaica \, AL, S. Anns 

 Bear Moneague ; [Haiti ! ; Mexico !, New Granada !]. 



Sect. 3. Icacorea, Aubl. — Corolla contorted. Anthers oblong or oblong-lanceolate, de- 

 void of a terminal mucro : cells opening by a terminal pore (or at length by a slit). 

 Style filiform : stigma minute. Placenta " 6-pluriovulate." — Bracts deciduous. 



14. A. acuminata, W. Glabrous ; branches rusty-leprous : leaves chartaceous, ellip- 

 tical-oblong or lanceolate-oblong, pointleted, crenulatc or subentire, black-dotted and rusty 

 beneath, petioled: veins costate ; panicles terminal : pedicels umbellate ; calyx 4(— 5)-lobed: 

 lobes ovate, subacute ; corolla-segments oblong, twice as long as the calyx ; anthers oblong- 

 lanceolate, emarginale, thrice as long as the filament. — Mart. Fl. Bras. 16. t. 28. 29. — Ica- 

 corea guianensis, Aubl. Ard. semicrenata, Mart. — A shrub : leaves usually 3" long, 14"-1" 

 broad ; panicle shorter than the leaves : branches diverging; corolla pale-red, lJ'"-2'" long. 

 — Hab. Trinidad !, Cr., Maraccas ; [Venezuela to Brazil]. 



15. A. decipiens, A. DC. Branchlets rusty -puberulous, glabrescent; leaves charta- 

 ceous, elliptical-oblong, cuneate at the base, pointleted, crenulate or subentire, nearly devoid 

 of dots, often rusty beneath: veins costate; panicles terminal: pedicels umbellate ; calyx 

 5-lobed : lobes ovate, blunt ; corolla-segments oblong, twice as long as the calyx ; anthers 

 oblong-lanceolate, tapering above, bluntish, 4 times as long as the filament. — Myrsine 

 ardisioides, Kth. — Nearly allied to the preceding, but anthers longer and gradually tapering 

 from the base. Leaves 6"-3" loDg, 2"-l" broad ; panicle spreading ; corolla 2'" long ; 

 drupe 2'" diam. — Hab. Trinidad \, Cr., Port of Spain, La Ventilla ; [Panama !]. 



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