V& H O TIT U S JAWAICENSI S, ftyTi^cm*. 



crowned.; ee8s'hem*-sphe.rical, grooved. It (lowers in spring and summer, at 1 is a 

 native of tne Blue Mountains. Sw> 



1 5. FOETENS. TETIIX 



Stipules acuminate, entire, deciduous; leaves lanceolate-ovate, acute, smooth ; 



panicle spreading very much ; branches reflex, filiform. 



This differs from the hirsuta in its smoothness, and in having the branches of the 



panic ie reflex. A peculiar very ietid, sub-acid, odour, proceeds from the branches 



When broken, and the leaves when bruised. Native of Jamaica, in the southern parte, 



in mountain woods. -Sw. 



14. NERVOSA. NERVED. 



Stipules oblong, emarginate, deciduous ; leaves ovate-acuminate at both ends, 

 nerved, somewhat waved ; panicles sessile, almost erect. 



This'has a spreading habit ; leaves ovate and nerved, margins slighth waved, and 

 the stipules large ; it grows in coppices. S:t\ 



15. GLABRATA. SMOOTH. 



Stipules acute, undivided, deciduous ; leaves ovate, very smooth, shining ; 

 flowers paniclcd, erect. 



This resembles the asiatica so much, that it may be only a variety ; the leaves, how- 

 ever, are perfectly ovate and shining; whereas in that they are lanceolate- ovate and 

 (dark green, not shining. It grows on rocks in the interior of the island. Sw. 



16. 1NVOLUCRATA. INVOLUCRED. 



Stipules two-toothed ; leaves lanceolate-ovate, shining ; racemes terminating 

 corynibed ; pedicels three-flowered ; flowers involucred. 

 This is a shrub from two to three feet in height, with round, knobbed, smooth, 

 branches; leaves on short petioles, acuminate, entire, nerved and veined. Flowers 

 sub-sessile, with a three-leaved involucre, and linear spreading leaflets or bractes, the 

 length of the pedicels. Berry roundish, with a very minute calyx at top, black, ten- 

 grooved; seeds hemi-spherical, grooved. Native of Jamaica and Guiana. in\ 



17. PATENS. SPREADING. 



Stipules two-toothed ; leaves distich, lanceolate-ovate, membranaceous ; branches 

 spreading ; panicles directed one way. 



This is a singular species, having the branches of the panicle directed all one way. 

 It is a native of the Blue Mountains. Sic: 



18. CITRtrOLIA. CITRfS-LEAVED. 



Stipules ovate, permanent ; leaves elliptic, acuminate, sub-coriaceous ; pani- 

 cles short ; berries oblong, ribbed. 



The leaves are very like those of the lemon in colour and consistence. It is distinct 

 from the other species in leaves, stipules, and berries.^. Gsertner remarks that 

 niie berries are soft, one-celled, and ted. 



19. BBACUIATA. 



