314 Ign. Urban: 



Obs. I. RJianinus cliffert calj'cis tubo campaniüato v. iirceolato, ovario 

 2 — 4-loculari, drupa 2 — 4-pyrena, albumine camoso, cotyledonibas planis, 

 Zixijphus sepalis intus usque ad basin 1-nervibus, drupa 2 — 3-loculari, 

 foliis distichis e basi 3 — 5-nervibus, stiimlis plerumque in spinas mutatis, 

 Ceanothus sepalis membranaceis, petalis obviis, drupa 3-cocca, albumine 

 carnoso, Scntia petalis obviis, fructu 2 — 4-pyreno, seminibus conipressis, 

 cotyledonibus piano -convexis, Condalia calycis tubo late obconico v. hemi- 

 spliaerico, ovario 2-loculari v. carina altera tantuni evoluta et intus inter 

 Ovula producta 1-loculari, albumine carnoso, cotyledonibus planis, ramis 

 spinescentibus; EJiamnidimn longe distat calycis tubo heniispliaerico v. sub- 

 turbinato, petalis obviis, ovario mucilaginoso, biloculari v. (in speciniine Malme 

 1028) carina parietali altera tantum evoluta et producta 1-loculari, bacca 

 exsucca, endocarpio membranaceo, semine compresso oleoso, stipulis intra- 

 petiolaribus inter sese connatis, Sarcomphalus , cui cl. Webeebauer in Engl.- 

 Prantl Pfl.-Fam. III. 5 p. 405 plantam nostrani associare vult, petalis obviis, 

 antheris distincte extrorsum dehiscentibus, drupa 2 — 3-loculari, seminibus 

 valde conipressis, endospermio obvio, cotyledonibus planis tenuibus, oninia, 

 quantum scio, genera antecedentia testa embryoni adhaerente. 



Obs. IL Fructus maturi in lierbariis rarissime inveniuntur; descriptio 

 seminis nostra e speciminibus jamaicensibus (Harris 5797). 



Krujiiodeiidroii fferreum Urb. 



Bhamnus ferreus Vahl in West St. Croix (1793) p. 276 (nomen 

 tantum) et Symb. III (1794) p.41 tab. 58!; R. et Seh. Syst. V p. 283; 

 Spreng.! Syst. I p. 767. 



'^hyphus emarginatiis Sw. Flor. III (1806) p. 1954; Wikstr. 

 St. Barthel. p. 420. 



Ceanothus ferreus P. DC. Prodr. II (1825) p. 30; Schlecht.! in 

 Linnaea IV p. 88. 



Scutia ferrea Brongn. in Ann. Sc. nat. I srr. JC (1827) p. 363; 

 Oriseb.! Kar. p. 33. 



Condalia ferrea Oriseb.! Flor. (1859) p. 100; Walp. Ann. VII 

 p. 588; A. Gray in Bot. Gax. IV jh 208; Egg.! St. Croix p. 110 et 

 St. Croix and Virg. Ist. p. 40; Stahl! Estnd. IV p. 41; Chapm. Flor. 

 South. Stat. II ed. Suppl. p. 612 et III cd. p. 76; Trelease iii Trans. 

 St. Louis Acad. V p. 362; Keiv Bull! n. 81 p. 243; Duss! Flor. Ant. 

 frang. p. 92. 



Rhamnidiiun ferreum, Sarg. Card, and For. IV (1891) p. 16 ex 

 Sarg. Silva II (1892) p. 29 tab. 58!; Trelease in Gray et Bob. Syn. 

 Flor. I 1 p. 404. 



Sarcomphalus? ferreus Weherb. edid. Trelease l. c. 



Black Ironwood Florid. ex Trel; Palo de hierro Sto. Boming. 

 ex Egg., Port, ex Stahl; Espejuelo Port, ex Gundl; Edden -wood 

 St. Thom. ex Egg.; Petit bois-de-fer v. Bois de fer blaue Guad. 

 et Mart. ex Duss. 



