JACQUINIA MACROCAR’ PA, 
LARGE CAPSULED JACQUINIA. 
EXOGEN &, DICOTYLEDONE A. 
z if Natural division 
to which \\e 
this Plant belongs. 
NATURAL ORDER, MYRSINACEA. 
COROLLIFLORA, SiO are divisions PENTANDRIA, 
OF (in) to which MONOGYNIA, 
DECANDOLLE. ee Plant a | OF LINNEUS, 
GENUS. Jacqutnia. Livnzus. Catyx gre beeen persistens, Coroita 
lis 
hypogyna, monopetala, sae wqualis. Stamina quinque, laciniis co- 
rollz opposita, supra basim tubi inserta, ee dieteadtas bas a oa 
loom sterilia orubsiia alterna, ad basim lacin 
niarum N- 
THERZ basifixe, biloculares, extrorsum (okeitiinalites dehineenes. ean 
uniloculare, ovulis numerosis peltatis placente centrali libere affixis. Sryxvs 
brevis. Sriema indivisum, capitatum. Bacca Osea polysperma. 
Semtna depresso-plani sechareg Lee bilo faciali. Empryo in albumine cor- 
neo hilo parallelus, rectus v vatus. ARBORES ‘a frutices Americe 
trepice. Forza alterna, itn coriacea. Fores in racemis terminalibus 
SPECIES. ee ce sata eeatatene. Fortis oblongo vel 
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CHARACTER OF THE GENUS, JAcquinia. Catyx fiye-cleft, per- 
sistent. CoroLia hypogynous, monopetalous, five-cleft, equal. StTa- 
MENS five, opposite the divisions of the corolla, inserted in the tube 
above its base; the filaments free but dilated at the base; five sterile 
petaloid filaments alternating with them and placed at the base of the 
divisions of the corolla. ANTuers fixed at their base, opening out- 
wards by longitudinal fissures. Ovary one-celled, with many peltate 
ovules affixed to a thick fleshy placenta. Sty.e short. Stigma un- 
divided, capitate. Berry almost leathery, several-seeded. SEEDS 
depressed and rather flat, obovate, with a large hilum on one face. 
Emepryo straight or a little curved, parallel to the hilum, in a horny 
albumen. 
DESCRIPTION OF THE SPECIES, JACQUINIA MACROCARPA. SHRUB 
or little tree of eight or ten feet high, with a reddish bark. Leaves 
alternate or scattered, crowded at the tops of the branches, oblong or 
lanceolate, or somewhat wedge-shaped, two or three inches long, with 
a sharp pungent point, quite entire and thickened on the margins, 
narrowed at the base into a very short petiole, coriaceous, and ob- 
scurely marked with very minute pellucid dots. FLOowerrs in short 
racemes at the ends of the branches, each one borne on a pedicel 
