234 Mr D. Don on the Characters and Affinities 



Theophrasta Jusgisei, Litidl. Coll. Bot. t. 26. 

 T. americana, Linn. Sp. PI. i. p. 212? Swarf ss. Obs. p. 58. 

 T. Henrici, Ham. Prod. Fl. Ind. Oocid. p. 27. 



Eresia foliis aquifolii longissimis, Plum. Gen. p. 8. t. 25 ? Icon. t. 126 ? 

 Hab. in Hispaniolse montibus. D. Lahape, Gulielmus Hamilton. 

 }^. Vvlgo L.e Petit Coco. (V. v. cum flore, et s. sp. cum fructu in 

 Herb. Lamb.) 



I am still disposed to consider the Theophrasta of Linnaeus 

 as identically the same genus, if not the same species with that 

 of Jussieu. Plumier states the corolla of his Eresia to be cam- 

 panulate, and so it is represented in the figure, an expression 

 which could not apply to the corolla of any species of Clavija, 

 nor would so accurate an observer as Plumier have overlooked 

 the remarkable union of the stamens in the latter genus ; and 

 although the rude representation published by Burmann has 

 the flowers very much smaller, and in longer racemes, yet the 

 figure of the fruit, and the general outline of the leaves, accord 

 precisely with the plant of Jussieu. The disposition of the 

 fruit in the figure itself, shows that the spike of flowers is in- 

 debted to the imagination of the engraver for part of its length. 

 No mention is made of the place whence Plumier obtained his 

 Eresia, but as it is known that he only visited Martinique and 

 St Domingo, it is very probable that he found it in the latter 

 island. 



CLAVIJA, Ruiz et Pawn. 

 THEOPHRASTA Sp. Auct. 



Calyx 5-partitus : laciniis guborbiculatis, concavis, tenuissime et erose serrula- 

 tis, sestivatione imbricatis. Corolla rotata : tubus brevissimus : limbus 

 S-lobus : lobis subrotundis, carnosis, margine tenuissime crenulatis, sesti- 

 vatione imbricatis. Corona faucis lO-loba : /o6is obtusis, carnosis, suprk 

 saepe sulcis antheris impressis exaratis ! conniventibus, faucem omnino 

 operientibus. Stamina 5, tubo insertae : filamenta in tubum pyramida- 

 tum omninb connata ! anthera tri^onse, biloculares, in discum siellatum 

 cohserentes : loculis subtiis adnatig, cartilagineis, bivalvibus, tumidis, 

 longitudinaliter dehiscentibus, apice confluentibus, basibus solutis, vix 

 productis ; defloratis profundi bisulcatis, hinc postic^ quadrilobis ! Pis- 

 tillum 1 : ovarium liberum, uniloculare : ovulis numero indeterminatis : 

 Stylus apice attenuatus : Stigma exiguum, truncatum, minute papillo- 

 sum. Bacca globosa, Crustacea, unilocularis, evalvis, jwlysperma, nunc 

 rariiis mono v. disperraa ! Caetera ut in praecedente. 



Frutices (Amer. Aquin.) non lactescentes. Caulis simplicissimus, more Palma- 

 rum apice frondosus. Folia altematim conferta, undique patentia^ oblonga, 

 coriacea, glabra^ reticulato-venosa, margine dentato-spinosa v. integerrima. Pe- 

 tioli basi callosi. Flores terminales, racernQsi^ albi aut aurantiaci. 



