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pellucid lines and points : stipules deciduous ; ioiieis small, arranged in axil lary fascicles 

 or corymbs. 



Sect. 1. Crateuia. — Style trifid. Fruit without pulp. — Leavis evergreen. Fascicles 

 axillary. Stamens 10. ' 



9. C. sylvestris, Sw. Leaves glabrous, elliptical, ovate, or lanceolate, entife or ollso- 

 letely serrate : pellucid dots and lines numerous ; stipules minute; flowers fascicled, crowded, 

 minute : pedicels articulated a little below the middle ; segments of calyx ciliate, oval or ob- 

 long, rounded at the top ; fruit globose, minute. — SI. t. 211./. 3.' — C. parviflora, W. et Mac- 



J'ad. I {nonJacq.). — A shrub, either low (6'-10' high) or arborescent (10'-35' high) ; leaves ^ 

 pointleted, usually unequal at the base, very variable in size and form : petiole mostly exceeding 

 the pedicels ; calyx pale-yellow, 2-3 times smaller than in most other species (i"' long) ; style 

 shortly trifid, with 3 capitate stigmas ; fruit 2'" diam., red, rather dry. — Hab. Jamaica !, 

 Dist., Pd., Macf, Wils., March, common iu mountain woods !, S. Kitts 1 ; Trinidad !, Cr. ; 

 [Cuba 1 to Portorico !, S. Thomas ! ; Mexico ! to New Granada !, Guii(na !, Brazil !]. 



Sect. 2. PiTUMBA. — Style simple: stigma capitate. Fruit small, without pulp. — Leaves 

 evergreen : stipules leafy, early deciduous. Fascicles axillary. Stamens 10. 



10. O. serrulata, Sw. I Leaves glabrescent, lanceolate or elliptical-lanceolate, sharply 

 serrulate : pellucid dots and lines numerous ; stipules elongated ; flowers fascicled ; pedicels 

 articulated near or below the middle; segments of calyx puberulous, ovate, blunt ; /raj^ 

 ovoid-globose, minute. — C. ulmifolia, V. C. serrata, "Macfad. ! — A shrub, 8'' high : 

 branches virgate, pubescent or glabrate ; leaves pointleted, unequal at the base, very variable 

 in their size and shape (5"— 1" long, 2"-6"' broad), usually with some down on the midrib 

 beneath : serratures minute, incm'ved, numerous ; stipules linear, exceeding the petiole ; 

 calyx about 1'" long, growing out during anthesis ; fruit 2'" long. — Hab. Jamaica!, Macf., 

 Alex. ; Nevis !, Sw. ; Trinidad !, Lockh., Cr. ; [equatorial Brazil !]. 



11. C. stipularis, Vent. Leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, serrulate, glabrous 

 above, hoary (pubescent or glabrate) beneath : pellucid dots and lines scattered (or not con- 

 spicuous) ; stipules elongated ; flower-fascicles substipitate ; pedicels articulated below the 

 middle ; segments of calyx hoary-pubescent, ovate, blunt, double the length of the costate 

 tube; fruit . . . . — Vent. Ghoix, t. 46. — C. lanceolata, Miq.l C. Hostmanniana, Steud. in- 

 Sostm. PI. Surin. n. 1104 ! — A shrub or small tree ; leaves pointleted, or acuminate, equal 

 at the base ; stipules much exceeding the petiole ; calyx 2'" long, at length keeled by 5-10 

 projecting, obtuse lines. — Hab. Jamaica, Wils., e.g. near Bath ; [Cuba ! to Rio Janeiro !]. 



Sect. 3. Iroucana.— Sy7e simple: stigma capitate. Fruit large, pulpy. — LeaDes deci- 

 duous. Fascicles or corymbs usually lateral, precocious. Stamens 10-8. 



12. C. parvifolia, JF. Leaves glabrous, lanceolate or elliptical-lanceolate, serrate : 

 pellucid dots rare or none ; stipules elongated ; flowers fascicled, precocious ; pedicels arti- 

 culated below the middle ; segments of calyx puberulous, oblong-linear, bluntish ; stamens 

 10 J fruit pulpy, globose, large. — Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 127. Lam. III. t. 355. /. 2 : 

 Anavinga. — Samyda parviflora, L. {exclus. synon. SI.). C. parviflora, Jacq., Pich. {non 

 W., non Maefad.). C. serrulata, Sieb. Hb. Mart. n. 121 ! C. nitida, &eb. ib. n. 124 1 

 {non alior.). — A shrub, about 15' high ; leaves equal at the base, taper-pointed ; stipules 

 linear, equalling the petiole, deciduous; calyx white, l"'-l-g"' long; fruit 6'" diam., eatable; 

 seeds enclosed in a rich yellow pulp. — Hab. Dominica !, Imr. ; Trinidad !, Cr., in moun- 

 tain woods ; [Cuba ! to Martinique !, Guiaua, Pernambuco] . 



13. C. hirsuta, Sw. Leaves elliptical or oblong, serrate, glabrate above, dovmy be- 

 neath : pellucid dots and lines scattered or rare ; stipules . . . ; flower-fascicles lateral, 

 shaggy; pedicels short, articulated above the base; segments of calyx oblong or oblong- 

 linear, bluntish ; stamens 10 ; fruit globose, tomeutose, large. — Kunih, Nov. Gen. t. 480. 

 — C. mollis, Kth.—k shrub, 8'-25' high ; leaves soft, usually pointed ; calyx 2"' long, whitish 

 and densely shaggy ; fruit 6'" diam., exactly globose.— Hab. Jamaica (Sw.), in mountain 

 woods; [Cuba! to ' Guiana 1]. 



14. C. hirta,- Sw. Leaves elliptical, entire or obsoletdy serrate, glabrate above, shaggy 

 beneath: pellucid dots numerous, lines rare ; stipules elongated; flower-fascicles lateral 



