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deciduous, the inner petal-like, the 2 outer smaller, herbaceous. 

 Petals 4. Disk thick, fleshy. Stamens numerous, unequal, 

 inserted on the disk. Pistil consisting of 8 (6-10) one-celled 

 carpels, united at the sides and free at the axis; stigma large, 

 8-lobed, subsessile. Ovules '2 in each cell, superposed or collateral. 

 Cocci 8 (6-10), each with '2 (I) seeds. 

 Species 1, a native of Jamaica only. 



P. pteleoides Wlp. li^'. v. 387 (1845-4I;;: Griseb. FL Br. 

 W. Irul 136; Baill. Hist. iv. 393, /. 443, 444; Eiujl in EiujL- 

 Prantl Pn::f<nn. Hi. j>f. -1, /. 69, X-R ; Url. in Einjl. JaLrl>. ,<\ii. 

 "'") 4 ; P. Tr/7s. in N. Ainrr. Fl. ,cxv. 206. Pachystigma pteleoides 

 Hook. Jr. PL t. 698, 699 (1844); Bot. May. t. 4436. (Fi-, :>7.) 



Candle Wood. 



St. Cruz Mts., Pui'diel Potsdam woodland, St. Cruz Mts., 2600 ft., 

 Harris ! Fl. Jam. 9800 ; also Britton, 1272 ! cult, in Hope Gardens, Hurri* ! 



Tree to 25 ft. high, with a balsamic odour. Leaflets 3 (sometimes 5), 

 elliptical to lanceolate or oblanceolate, entire or obsoletely serrate above, 

 apex acute or shortly acuminate, tapering to base and decurrent into the 

 petiolule, with very numerous pellucid dots, the terminal leaflet larger, 

 4-12 cm. 1. Pedicels 1-2 cm. 1., bracteolate at base; bracts and bracteoles 

 deciduous, foliaceous, bracts about l - 5 cm. 1., bracteoles about half as 

 long. Flowers cream-coloured, fragrant. Se)als deciduous, 6-10 mm. 1. 

 Petals roundish-elliptical, concave, about l - 5 cm. 1. Stamens 5-8 mm. 1. 

 Pistil 5-6 mm. 1. Cocci about 2 cm. 1., about 1 cm. br. 



4. ESENBECKIA H. B. &. K. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, digitate, 5(-3)-foliolate 

 in E. pentaplnjlla ; leaflets entire, with numerous pellucid dots. 

 Panicles axillary and terminal. Calyx 4 5-lobed, or 4 or 5 sepals, 

 imbricate. Petals 4-5, imbricate or valvate. Stamens 45, 

 inserted at the base of the disk between the lobes. Ovary deeply 

 4-5-lobed, 4-5-celled ; style basal ; ovules 2 in each cell, collateral, 

 affixed near the base of the interior angle. Capsule subglobose, 

 muricate, echinate, or coarsely wrinkled, septicidally 5-carpellate ; 

 cocci loculicidally 2-valved, 1 -seeded. Seeds without endosperm : 

 cotyledons unequal, sometimes in a whorl of ">. 



Species about 20, natives of tropical America (incl. the West 

 Indies). 



E. pentaphylla Grixcl. Fl. Br. W. Lid. 135 (18.*)9) ; Urb. in 

 KinjL Ja!irl>. xxi. ">;; : P. ilV/x. in N. Aiiu-r. Fl. n-.cv. 201. Galip< ;i 

 pentaphylla Mm-f. J<n,t. i. 



Wild Orange. 



NearGivm \ ullry \vorksaud below Mocha works, Blue "Mt-., 

 St. Ann, Purdicl Moneague, l'nor\ Murcli; Muunt Lebanon, i^UU ft.; 

 Tweedside road, St. Andrew, 2000 ft.; Grandvalc, \\Vstmoreland, 500- 

 2000ft.; near Troy, 1800 ft.; slopes of Dolphin Head; Pcckham, Upper 



