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Sect. 4. Euardisia, Undl. — Corolla contorted. Anthers connivent,mucronate, or pointed : 

 cells converging, opening laterally by a slit or pore. Stigma minute. Placenta " 6— many 

 ovulate." 



* Pedicels umbellate, or corymbose. 



16. A. clusioides, Or. (n. sp.). Glabrous; leaves large, leathery, opposite or approxi- 

 mate in pairs or whorls, obovate-oblong or elliptical-oblong, blunt or rounded at both ends, 

 quite entire, dotless, subsessile or shortly petioled with a thick channelled petiole : midrib 

 thick, veins eostate, delicate ; panicle terminal, subsessile, very compound : pedicel umbel- 

 late, shorter than the drupe ; calyx ovoid, A-lobed : lobes oval-roundish ; corolla-segments 

 small, oval-oblong ; anthers conical, miccronulate, opening by longitudinal slits, much longer 

 than the very short filament ; style thickish-filiform. — Leaves 10"— 5" long, 5"-2" broad, 

 somewhat rusty in drying : petiole 4"'-£'" long, 3"'-2'" thick ; panicle roundish, 3" diam., 

 with large bracts at the base, 4 times divided : pedicels ebracteate, 1"' long ; flowers polyga- 

 mous ; calyx 1'" long; corolla (still included) contorted-imbricative, 4-lobed to two-thirds : 

 stamens inserted into its tube ; pistil reduced to a style in S ; drupe glandular, 2'" diam., 

 seed globose, entire at the base : albumen cartilaginous : embryo cylindrical, transverse. — 

 Hab. Jamaica !, Al., Pd., March; S. Anns, at Moneague, Westmoreland, in the mountains ; 

 Dominica !, Imr. 



17*. A. humilis, V. Glabrous; leaves chartaceous or membranaceous, obovate-oblong, 

 or elliptical-oblong, pointed, quite entire, tapering at the subsessile or petioled base, black- 

 dotted beneath ; corymbs nearly simple, most axillary : pedicels long, spreading ; calyx 

 5 (-4) -partite .- segments oval-roundish: corolla-segments ovate, pointed, twice as long as 

 the calyx ; anthers large, tapering from the cordate base, pointed, opening by longitudi- 

 nal slits, subsessile ; style subuliform. — Wight, Ic. t. 1212. — A. solanacea, Roxb. — A shrub ; 

 leaves 6"-^", pedicels 8"'-4'", calyx 2'", anthers 2'" long.— Hab. Naturalized in Jamaica !, 

 March, near Bath ; [introduced from the East Indies]. 



** Pedicels racemose-paniculate. 



18. A. guadalupensis, Duchass. Glabrous ; leaves leathery, elliptical-oblong, blunt- 

 ish, tapering into the petiole, quite entire or repand, dotted : veins delicate ; panicle terminal, 

 dense, pyramidal: pedicels racemose ; calyx small, contorted, deeply 5-lobed •. lobe9 ovate- 

 roundish ; corolla-segments ovate-roundish, twice as long as the cylindrical tufc, as long as 

 the calyx ; anthers ovate, rounded-mucronulate, as long as or shorter thanfohe filament, 

 opening by a longitudinal oval slit ; style subuliform. — A., coriacea, DC , ex descr. )3 (non 

 Su>.). A. latifolia, Sieb. Mart. 296 ! ex parte. — A shrub ; leaves 5"-4", pedicels 2"', calyx 

 1'", anthers V" long; corolla greenish. — Hab. Dominica!, Imr. ; [Haiti to French islands!]. 



19. A. coriacea, Sw. Glabrous ; leaves leathery, elliptical or elliptical-oblong, blunt, 

 quite entire, nearly dotless, petioled : veins delicate ; panicle terminal, lax, pyramidal : pedi- 

 cels racemose ; calyx slightly contorted, deeply 5-lobed : lobes ovate-roundish, ciliate ; corolla- 

 segments ovate-roundish, twice as long as the calyx ; anthers oblong-lanceolate, minutely 

 mncronulate, or bluntish, as long as the filament, opening from the summit to the middle 

 by a short slit; style thickish-filiform, flexuose, subuliform at the top. — Diet. Sc. Nat. 

 Dicotyl. t. 64.— A shrub; leaves 4"-2", pedicels 2'", calyx 1"', anthers \\ m long; corolla 

 purplish-crimson; drupe 2J'" diam. — Hab. Jamaica!, AL, March ; [Panama!]. 



20. A. tinifolia, Sw. Glabrous ; leaves leathery, elliptical, bluntish, quite entire, pale- 

 dotted beneath, petioled : veins delicate ; panicle terminal, lax, pyramidal : pedicels race- 

 mous; calyx contorted-imbricate, 5-lobed: lobes ovate-rouudish, subciliate ; corolla-segments 

 ovate-oblong, bluntish, twice as long as the calyx ; anthers oblong-lanceolate, tapering to- 

 wards the bluntish, mucronulate top, 4 times as long as the short filament, opening at the 

 top by an oblong pore ; style thickish-filiform, flexuose, subuliform at the top. — SI. t. 205. 



/. 2. — A middle-sized tree; leaves 4"-2", pedicels 2'", calyx 1'", anthers 2"' long; corolla 

 pink. — Hab. Jamaica !, all coll., in arid mountains, S. Thomas i. E., Port Royal, S. Andrews. 

 A. lateriflora, Sw., from Forsstrtim's specimen in Swartz's collection, is a Euardisia, 

 probably found in the Swedish islands ; it has oblong, 6" long leaves, a terminal panicle, 

 with accessory axillary branches, the umbellate pedicels supported by a persistent involucel 

 of minute ovate bractlets, the stamens of A. tinifolia, but shorter, 1"' long, the corolla- 



