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blnutish, about as long as the tube, retlexed ; drupe globose.— SI. t. 203./. 2. — 0. mi- 

 crautha, Sw. ex specim. Rohr. Ehvetia dubia, Jacq. ? — A tree or shrub : branches whitish ; 

 leaves deciduous at the time of flowering, 2"- 6" long, mostly tapering at the base, membra- 

 naceous, at length leathery, shilling above; calyx 1£'"-1"' long; corolla-limb 3'", purple 

 drupe 3"'-4'" diam. — Hab. Jamaica !, Mac/., Dlsl., March, WulUchl., in the lowlands ; 

 Antigua!, Wullsch., Dominica!, Iinr. ; Trinidad!, Sled. Tr. 238; [Cuba! to Venezuela!]. 



6. C. nitida, V. ! (ap. West). Nearly glabrous ; (eaves elliptical (or spath ulate-laueeo- 

 late), repand -entire, glabrous ; cymes corymbiform, slightly puberulous : Jlowers pedicel- 

 late ; calyx globose, glabrous or early glabrate, smooth, at length 5-3-fid ; corolla-lobes 

 roundish, longer than the tube, expanded j drupe depressed-globose. — C. Collococca, Sw. 

 C. ehretioides, Lam. In II Hook., but Lamarck's short description agrees better with the 

 preceding. — Nearly allied to C. Collococca, but flowers larger, and longer pedicellate. 

 Leaves 2"-5" lone;, paperv, at length shining-leathery, usually blunt ; calyx 2'" long ; 

 corolla-limb 6'", drupe 3"'-4'" diam.— Hab. Jamaica!, Marf, Dlst., A I., Wilt., Wullschl., 

 in woods, Blue Mountains, Manchester, Mammec Bay ; [Haiti !, S. Jean !, S. Croix !]. 



7. C. elliptica, Sw. Glabreseent; leaves ovate or ovate-oblong, shortly pointleted, 

 entire, glabrous, or glabrate beneath ; cymes corymbiform, rusty -puberulous : ultimate 

 jlowers subsessile, gyrate; calyx obovate, glabrate, smooth, 5-2-deutate; corolla white: 

 lobes ovate-oblong, half as long as the tube, recurved ; drupe globose with a conical point. 

 — A large tree; leaves 3"-8" long, chartaceous, shining above, rounded at the base : veins 

 prominent beneath, the primary ones often immersed above; calyx 3'", drupe 4"'-5"' long; 

 corolla odorous. — Hab. Jamaica!, Macf., At., WiU., March, in mountain-woods, Mt. Diable, 

 Manchester ; [Haiti !]. 



8. C. reticulata, V. ! Glabreseent ; leaves ovate, pointleted, entire, glabrous, reticu- 

 lated-veiny on both sides ; cymes corymbiform, rusty-velvety : flowers gyrate, ultimate 

 subsessile or very shortly pedicellate ; calyx clavate, rusty-sericeous, smooth, 5-2-dentate ; 

 corolla-lobes ovate-oblong, blunt, one-third to one-fourth as long as the tube, recurved ; 

 drupe ovate with an obtusate point. — Dasyura tenax, Morltz. PI. Venez. — A tree ; leaves 

 4"-8" long, chartaceous, at length shining-leathery, rounded at the base ; calyx 4"'-5"', 

 drupe 6"'-8"' long. — Hab. Montserrat !, Ryan, Dominica!, Imr. ; [Venezuela!]. 



9. C. laevigata, Lam. Glabreseent ; leaves elliptical, mucronatc, entire, glabrous, 

 reticulated-veiny on both sides ; cymes corymbiform, rusty-pnberulous : flowers shortly 

 gyrate, ultimate subsessile , calyx ellipsoidal, puberulous, striate, 3-5-dentate ; corolla- 

 lobes ovate, one-third as long as the tube, recurved ; drupe ovate-conical, mucronate. — C. 

 elliptica, Sleb. Mart. 53. — Leaves rigid-leathery, l§"-2s"long, subacute at the base; calyx 

 3'", drupe 6'" long.— Hab. Trinidad!, Pd. ; [Haiti to Martinique!]. 



10. C. tremula, Gr.in.sp.). Glabrous ; leaves oval-roundish, remotely repand-crenate 

 above, long-petioled; cymes lax, corymbiform, glabreseent: flowers shortly gyrate, distant, 

 pedicellate ; calyx obovate, glabrous, sericeous within, smooth, 5-3-dentate, corolla-lobes 

 spathulate-oblong, as long as the tube, recurved ; stamens included. — Leaves chartaceous, 

 penuiuerved, 2^-3*" long, 2"-2£" broad : petiole 1 "-2", pedicels 1 '"-2"' long; calyx 3'" 

 long, about 2'" broad : teeth small, roundish ; corolla 4'" long : . branches of the deeply 4-fid 

 style exserted ; anthers cordate-oblong, recurved : filaments short, hairy at the base. — Hab. 

 Barbadoes !, Lane. 



11. C. panicularis, Rudg. Wholly scabrous-puberulous ; leaves ovate or oblong, 

 pointleted, repand- entire ; cymes corymbiform or expanded : flowers shortly gyrate, sessile ; 

 calyx obovate, sericeous, smooth, 5-3-dentate ; corolla-lobes ovate, rounded, half as long 

 as the tube, recurved ; stamens exserted- — Rudge Guian. t. 46. — C. scabrifolia, DC. in PL 

 Spruce. — A tree ; leaves 7"-3" long, usually pale beneath, chartaceous : petiole 2"'-4'", 

 calyx 2'" long. — Hab. Trinidad!, Or.; [Guiana, equat. Brazil!]. 



12. C. macrophylla, Mill, (non V.). Brauchlets rusty-villous ; leaves large, ovate 

 or ovate-oblong, pointed, subcordate at the base, repand-entlre, scabrous-pubescent above, 

 villous-pubescent and reticulatcd-veiny beneath ; panicle expanded : flowers shortly gyrate, 

 approximate, sessile ; calyx obovate-globose, rusty-villuus, smooth, 3-5-dentate ; corolla- 

 lobes ovate-oblong, bluut, one-third as long as the tube ; stamens exserted ; drnp,' orale- 

 conical, pointed.-— SI. t. 221. f 1. — A large tree, confotiuded with the following, which has 



