SUPPLf:MENT.— A(ERACE;E. fi83 



united : styles as many as the carpels, distinct or united : ovules 2- 

 3 or more in each carpel, ascending. Capsule 3-5-ccllfd, 3-."). 

 valvcd. Seeds anatropous, often strophiolate or winged : albumen 

 oily or fleshy, sotnelimcs none. Embryo usually straight : cotyjc. 

 dons foliaceous, Hat and plaited, or rolled round the plumule. — 

 Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, simple, exstipulatc : pubescence 

 often stellate. 



1. MELOCHIA. Linn. (cxcl. spec.) ; //. B. S^-K. nov. firm. 5. p. 322. 



Calyx S-cleft, persistent, naked or witli 1-3 bractcolcs at the base. Petals 

 5, spreading. Stamens 5, opposite the petals, short, monadclphous at llio 

 base. Styles 5 : stigmas slightly clavate. Carpels united into a 5-angled 

 5-celled loculicidal capsule. Seeds 1-2 in each cell. Cotyledons flat, folia- 

 ceous, reniform. — Shrubby plants (nearly confined to tropical America), with 

 alternate serrated leaves. Peduncles several-flowered, terminal, axillary, 

 or opposite the leaves. Flowers violet or white. 



1. M. pyrnmidata (Linn.): leaves ovate-lanceolate, toothed, glabrous; 

 peduncles 5-6-flowered, longer than the petioles ; petioles and branches pu- 

 berulent. DC.—Cav. diss. 6. t. 172,/. 1 ; DC. prodr. 1. p. 490. 



Texas, between San Felipe and IJrazos, Drummond I — Stem branching ; 

 the branches marked with a broad ])ubescent longitudinal Hue contiinied from 

 the base of each petiole. Lower leaves ovate; the upper ones narrower, 

 about an inch long. Flowers 3-4 lines in diameter. Angles of the carpels 

 compressed, cuspidate : cells 2-seeded. 



Order VITACE.-E. 



1. VITIS, p. 242-245. 



9. V. Caribtea 1 (DC.) : young branches, leaves and peduncles, tomen- 

 tose ; leaves roundisli-cordate, 3- or obscurely 5-lobed, coarsely serrate, 

 somewhat coriaceous, with a deep sinus, glabrous above, tomentose with a 

 whitish pubescence beneath. Hook. ^- Am. ! hot. Bccchej/, suppl. p. 327, 

 scarcely of DC. V. ludica, Sicarlz, obs. hot. p. 95 1 ; H. B. 6f K. nov. gen. 

 5. p. 227. 



CaUfornia, Doufi(las I — Fruit the size of a currant.— This is doubtfully re- 

 ferred to V. Caritea by Hooker & Arnott ; but to us it seems that it cannot 

 be the plant of De Candolle, although it may of Swartz, while it is very pro- 

 bably die V. Indica of Kunth. 



Order ACERACE.E. 



1. ACER, p. 246-249. 



2. A. spicatum. — Add syn. A. montanum, Guimp. Otlo, Sf Hayne, 

 Mz. t. 48. 



