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segments oblong, and the calyx f " long. — A. serrulata, Sw. !, of Haiti, having a valvate 

 corollaj is a Parathesis : A . crenulata, Vent (Choix, t. 5), is the same species. 



8. JACQUINIA, L. 



Calyx 5 -partite. Corolla 5 -fid, rotate-salver-shaped, imbricative, crowned at the throat 

 and between the lobes with 5, roundish appendages. Stamens inserted into the corolla-tube : 

 filaments subulate, subconnected at the base : anthers exserted, ovoid or deltoid, mucronulate, 

 extrorse, opening by slits. Placenta many-ovulate. Style included : stigma capitate. 

 Berry leathery, several-seeded. — Shrubs or trees ; leaves rigid, margined, quite entire ; 

 flowers white or orange, in racemes, umbels, or single. 



21. J. armillaris, L. Glabrous; leaves cuneate-spathulate or obovate, blunt or 

 mucronulate, minutely dotted, revolute at the margin, subsessile, usually whorled ; racemes 

 terminal, lax ; corolla white: tube infundibular, twice as long as the calyx. — SI. 1. 190. f. 2 ; 

 Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 56; Fragm. t. 94./'. t. — J. revoluta, Jacq. — A shrub or tree; leaves 

 4"-H" long, l£"-6'" broad, corolla-tube 3'" loug, berry 3'" diam., orange. 



o. Leaves cuneate-spathulate, nearly veinless : nodes thick ; racemes few-flowered. — 

 Mart. Fl. Bras. 16. t. 27./. 3. — Usually shrubby, 4'-6' high, but sometimes a small tree, 

 15' high (S/.). 



)8. arborea, V. Leaves obovate or spathulate, more or less veiny beneath : nodes equal ; 

 racemes many-flowered. — Mart. I.e. t. 21. f. 2.— "Usually arboreous: trunk; 4-30' high 

 {Ryan) ; a shrub or small tree {Wils.). 



Hab. Jamaica!, all coll. (chiefly /8), on maritime rocks; Antigua!, Wullschl. (a), Domi- 

 nica !, Imr. 08), S. Vincent !, Guild. ; Trinidad !, Sieb. Tr. 54, Lockh., on rocky hills ; [Haiti 

 to French islands ; Eastern Florida ! to Venezuela ! and Pernambuco !]. 



22. J. aristata, Jacq. Leaves glabrous, lanceolate-oblong, tapering into a slender, 

 terminal awn, dotless, contracted at the subsessile base; racemes terminal, lax, slightly 

 puberulous ; corolla orange : tube campanulate, shortly exceeding the calyx. — Jacq. Fragm. 

 t. 94. f. 2. — J. caracasana, Kth. J. umbellata, A. DC. I J. aurantiaca, Ait. ex specim. 

 Mortens. — A shrub, resembling /. macrocarpa, Cav., but corolla-tube 3'" loug, 1'" longer 

 than the calyx; leaves 2i"-li" long, 6"'-10'" broad.- awn 1"' long,— Hab. Jamaica!, 

 March ; [Portorico ! ; Venezuela !, on the seashore]. 



9. CLAVIJA, P. P. 



Flowers polygamous. Calyx 5(-4)-partite. Corolla rotate, imbricative, crowned at the 

 throat with 5-10 roundish appendages. Stamens forming an entire tube in $ , distinct in 

 ? : anthors extrorse, short, usually truncate, opening by slits. Placenta many-ovulate. 

 Stigma blunt. Berry large, several- seeded — Trees without branches, bearing large, rosulate, 

 rigid, glabrous leaves at the extremity of the trunk, and elongated, spiciform racemes in 

 their axils, or in those of former leaves. 



23. C. ornata, Bon. Leaves spathulate-lanceolate, long-tapering towards the shortly 

 petioled base, bluntish, remotely serrate or subentire : teeth spinescent, incurved : veins 

 costate, delicate, minutely reticulated on both sides ; racemes flaccid, half or a fourth as long 

 as the leaves: pedicels as long as the scarlet flower. — Jacq. Schcenbr. t. 116. — Theophrasta 

 longifolia, Jacq.— 20'-2' high; leaves pale, l'-l£' long, 3" broad: petiole brown, thick, 

 4"'-6'" long; corolla 3"'-4'" diam.— Hab. Trinidad!, Sir B. Woodford; [Venezuela!, 

 Guiana !, Brazil]. 



CIV. SAPOTE^. 



Stamens inserted into the sympetalous corolla, the fertile mostly opposite to its lobes. 

 Ovary superior, syncarpous, 4-1 2 (-2) -celled : ovules single, usually ascending ; style simple. 

 Pericarp mostly baccate. Seeds hard, either exalbuminous with a large oily embryo, or 

 albuminous with foliaceous cotyledons: radicle short, mostly inferior. — Woody plants; 

 leaves entire, mostly exstipulate ; pedicels axillary (or lateral) , fascicled (or single). 



A milky juice is nearly universal, and in several instances it affords gutta-percha. The 

 eatable fruits are known as Naseberries (Sapota, Lucuma, Mimusops), Star-apples (Chryso- 



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