24 BIXINE^. 



precocious, shaggy ; pedicels short, articulated below the middle ; segments of calyx 4-S, 

 oblong-lanceolate, blunt; stamens 8; fruit ovoid, shaggy.— A shrub or tree, nearly allied 

 to the preceding, but distinguished by the leaves more dotted, and with distant serratures or 

 without any; calyx white, g"'-3"' long. The style has been erroneously descnbed aa tnfid 

 by Swartz and by Macfadyen.— Has. Jamaica I, Pd., Maef., Alex., March, common on 

 mountain {)astures ; [Cuba !]. 



15. O. ramiflora, Vahl. Leaves (jlahrous, elliptical-oblong or elliptical, serrulate- 

 crenate or subentire : pellucid dots and lines numerous; stipules linear, equalling the petiole; 

 flower-fascicles lateral, precocious ; pedicels equalling the .tiower, articulated at the middle ; 

 segments of calyx puberulous, ovate-oblong, blunt ; stamens 8 ; fruit globose, glabrous.-- 

 Auhl. t. 127.— A shrub or tree, 6'-20' high, very fragrant ; leaves shining and more rigid 

 than in the preceliing, usually blunt, tapering at the base ; serratures with an appressed 

 point ; calyx white, 2'" long ; fruit 4'" diam. 



a. Leaves oblongate (S"-.'!" long) ; branches unarmed. 



iS. spinosa, W. Leaves elliptical (l"-2" long) ; branches sometimes spinescent. — C. 

 odorata, Macf. — Hab. Jamaica !, Macf., March, common in thickets, on pastures of the 

 hiUs; [Cubal toBahial]. 



16. C. nitida, Jaoq. Leaves glabrous, ovate or oblong, serrulate-crenate or subentire : 

 pellucid dots numerous ; stipules ovate, small ; flowers corymbose, axillary and appearing 

 with the leaves ; pedicels articulated below the middle ; segments of calyx ovate, rounded ; 

 stamens 8-10, subexserted ; fruit ovoid, glabrous. — Br. Jam., t. 23./. 3 -.fios. Jacq. Amer. 

 Fict. t. 126. Samyda, L. ; Lam. Cas. eorym.bosa, Kth. (ex specim. Goudot.). — A shrub, 

 6'-15' high ; leaves shining, blunt at the top, variable in the form and the serratures : 

 petiole long, but exceeded by the corymb ;^calyx white, puberulous; fruit 4"'-6"'long, 

 purple. — Hab. Jamaica], Mac/., March; [Mexico! to Venezuela! and New Granada !j, 



8. GUIDONIA, Gr. 



(Samyda, sect. Guidonia, DC.) 



Calyx 5-4-partite, coroUine, marcescent : segments imbricate. Petals 0. Stamens 

 definite, 8-10, inserted upon the inner side of a cupuliform, and at the base, perigyuous 

 tube, alternating with its ciliate crenatures ; anthers roundish. Ovary unilocolar, with 3 

 placentas. Pericarp fleshy, dehiscent : seeds arillate.— -Shrubs or trees ; leaves of Case- 

 aria ; flowers axillary, shortly stalked. 



17. Ct. spinescens, Gr. Leaves lanceolate-oblong, serrate, glabrous above, glabrescent 

 beneath ; peUueid dots numerous, lines rare ; stipules subulate ; floviers glomerate or subso- 

 litary, pubescent ; segments of calyx 4-5, rouudish ; stamens 8-10 ; crenatures of the disc 

 broad, truncate. — Samyda, Sw, Caseai'ia brevipes, Benth. — A shrub ; branchlets leafy, 

 tomentose and glabrescent, at length sometimes spinescent ; leaves vrith appressed, muero- 

 nate or obsolete serratures : base and top pointed or blunt ; calyx expanded, whitish, 4"'-6"' 

 diam.; anthers just exceeding the crenatures of the disc; ovary pubescent : style simple ; 

 stigma capitate ; pericarp ovoid. — Hab. Trinidad I : Lockh., Cr., on dry savannahs ; [Cuba 1 

 to Guiana I]. 



Calyx 5-6-fid, coroUine, marcescent : lobes imbricate. Petals 0. Stamens definite, 

 10-1^ monadelphous, all fertile, perigyuous : anthers roundish, inserted upon the crena- 

 tures of the staminal tube. Ovary unilocular, with 3 (-4) placentas : style simple. Pericarp 

 fleshy, dehiscent: seeds arillate. — Shrubs; leaves ofCasearia: stipules minute; flowers 

 larger than in Casearia, axillary, solitary or a few fascicled: pedicel short or none. 



18. S. glabrata, Sw. Leaves leathery, oblong, entire ox obsoletely serrnlate, glabrous: 

 pellucid dots and lines distant ; flowers campanulate, exceeding the petiole, pubescent ; 

 stamens 10-12, exceeded by the style. — Tent. Choix, t. 43. — S. spinulosa, Vent. — A shrub, 

 5'-12' high; branchlets pubescent; leaves 3"-5" long; flowers solitary or a few in the 

 axil, subsessile or shortly stalked ; calyx greenish-white, 7"'-8"' long : lobes ovate, blunt, 

 expanded ; fruit " size of a plum, subglobose." — Hab. Jamaica ! : Dist., Wils., AL, in 

 woods; [Portorico, St. Thomas]. 



