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cles axillary subterminal scarcely the length of the 

 petiole racemoso-uinbellated, fruit pellucid spherical, 

 seeds trigonal. 



Rliamnus sphserospermus, Stvarfz, Fl. Ind. Occ. 499. — 

 Roemer et Schulles, V. 289. — Ceanotlius spliEerocarpus, De 

 Cand. Prod. II. 30. 



HAB. Port-Royal mountains. 



FL. May. 



A tree, about 15 feet in height; branches erect, with the 

 bark ash-coloured and wrinkled, bearing the leaves crowded at 

 their extremities. Leaves petiolated, oblong, acuminate, ser- 

 rated, glabrou^ except along the nerves, where there is a slight 

 pubescence, penni-nerved, veined. Flowers small, obscure, 

 greenish, sub-terminal, axillary, sub-umbellated : common pe- 

 duncle short, compressed. Pedicels very short, with minute 

 acuminate scariose bracteas at the base. Calyx externally mi- 

 nutely puberulous, 5-fid ; divisions acute, ovate, fleshy, decidu- 

 ous. Petals yellowish-white, small, I, the length of the calycine 

 lobes, sinuato-emarginate (with the stamens lying between the 

 lobes). Stamens 5 alternating with the divisions of the calyx 

 and of nearly the same length, inserted into the line marking 

 where the persistent portion of the calyx unites with the de- 

 ciduous sepals. Ovary superior, conical : style 3-iid : stigmata 

 obtuse. Berry spherical, 3-sulcate at the apex, size of a small 

 black pepper, sitting on the persistent portion of the calyx, 

 pellucid, pale green, 1- or 3-seeded. Seeds oblong, 3-gonal. 



3. Ceanotlius reclinatus. Pendulous-branched Ja- 

 maica Buckthorn. 



Leaves elliptic acuminate entire subglabrous, bran- 

 ches flexile pendulous, flowers axillary aggregato- 

 corymbose, pedicels and the calyx externally puberu- 

 lous. 



Rhamnus arborescens major, Browne, 172. t. 29. f. 2. — 

 Rhamnus ellipticus, Ait. Hort. Kew. I. 265. — Roemer et Schtiltes, 

 V. 288. — Ceanothus reclinatus, De Cand. Prod. II. 31. 



HAB. Port- Royal mountains. Near Half-way Tree. 



FL. July — Novembei'. 



A tree of moderate height : branches spreading, flexile, pen- 

 dulous, of a blackish colour, albido-papillose, angulose towards 

 their extremities. Leaves alternate, petiolate, elliptic, subacute 

 at the base, acuminate with the apex obtuse, entire, subglabrous 

 (a minute pubescence beneath, only to be detected by the mi- 

 croscope), nerved, veined, membranaceous : petiole terete, chan- 

 nelled above. Peduncles axillary, solitary, not half the length 

 of the petiole, bearing several small yellow shortly pedicelied 



