34 EUPHOKBIACEiE. 



ovate-obloDg ; anthers sessile on the top of the column, glohose, contiguous : cells distinct ; 

 capsule subglohdse, contracted along the dissepimental lines. — Attil. t. 354. — P. piscatorum, 

 Kth.: the puherulous form.— A branched shrub, 6'-10'high; leaves membranaceous, 8'"- 

 12'" long; $ pedicels 3"'-4"', calyx i'" long. — Hab. Jamaica, Sw.; Dominica!, Imr.; S. 

 Vincent !, Guild.; Trinidad !, Lockh.; [Yucatan 1 to New Granada !, Venezuela ! to Brazil !}. 



13. P. mimosoides, iSw. Shruity ; leaves disiichons on pinniform branchlets, sub- 

 sessUe, obliquely lanceolate-oblong, _mucronulate, glabrous, whitish-glaucous beneath : sti- 

 pules subulate-setaceous, persistent ; pedicels axillary, 1-3, short, 2-4 times exceeded by the 

 leaf; calyx-segments 5 (-6), -ovate; anthers sessile around the depressed top of the eolwmn, 

 globose, contiguous; styles fiMorm, exserted; capsule depressed-globose.- — Stem virgate, 4'- - 

 10' high, paleaceous : leafy branchlets 14"-2" long, -with about t-wenty leaves on each side ; 

 leaves 3'" long, 1"' broad ; ? calyx i"' long.— Hab. Antigua {Sw), Dominica I, Imr., in 

 woods along rivulets; [S. Barthelemy, Guadeloupe!]. 



14. P. Winiri, i. Annual; leaves distichous, subsessile, obovate-oblong. (lanceolate, 

 ovali or ohovate), rounded at the top, or mucronate, glabrous, paler beneath ; stipules seta- , 

 ceous, persistent; pedicels axillary, 1 (-3), 3-6 times exceeded by the leaf; ealyx-segments 

 5, ovate ; anthers sessile on the top of the column, globose, contiguous ; styles short, in- 



^ eluded; capsule depressed-globose, rsAwAs.— Wight, Ic. t. 1894.— P. Urinaria, L. P. mi- 

 * ci-ophyllus, Kth.: leaves oval or lanceolate. P. diffusUs, EL: a snffrntescent form, -with 



. ohovate leaves. — Stem herbaceous or sufEruteseent ; leaves usually 3"'-4"' long ; ? calyx J"' 

 < long ; seeds striated on the flat back. — Hab. Jamaica I, all collectors, common ; S. Kitts !, 



Antigua \ Dominica !, S. Vincent I, Barbadoes ! to Trinidad ! ; [all tropical countries, to the 



Cape! and southern China!]. 



Sect. 4. Amfhiandra, — Calyx 6-partite. Staminal column entire : anthers 9, adnate id 

 the central, dep-essed mamilla, transversely dehiscent. — Pedicels axillary or lateral. 



15. P. tremnlus, Gr. {n. sp.). Shrnbby; leaves ovate or ellrptical, bluntish, louff- 

 petioled, membranaceous, glaucous beneath, glabrous : stipules lanceolate-linear, deciduous ; 



S pedicels fasciculate, short, lateral ; anthers contiguous, on a peltate, shortly stipitate co- 

 lumn; capsules (on distinct branches) solitary, or a few together, depressed-globose, con- 

 tracted in the sutures : pedicels cemuous, as long as the leaves. — Remarkable for the slender, 

 spreading petioles, which are 10"'rl2"' loiig, and quite distinct from the tremulous lamina. 

 Leaves scattered, 2"-li" long, li"-l" broad; -S flowers vei-y minute: calyx-segments bi- 

 seriate, -with the disc subentire ; ? flowers unknown ; capsule 4'" broad, 3'" high, 6-seeded, 

 or 3-seeded by abortion ; seeds. pale, eearunculate, attached below the top. — Hab. Jamaica I, 

 Purd., Wullschl.; in the southern districts of S. Katherine, Manchester. 



Sect. 5. Anisonema. — Calyx h-d-partite. Stamens 5, unequal, 2-3 centred, and attached 

 i . to the top of an en tirsicolumn. 2-3 exterior, more or less distinct : anthers longitudinally 



demscekt. Styles 3-10, shmi, iifid. — Fascicles axillary : flowers of both sexes mixed. 



The sections Leptonema, J., and Asterandra, Kl., are also represented in the West Indies, 

 each by a Cuba species. 



16. P. jamaicensis, Gr. (». sp). Shrubby; leaves oval or oval-oblong, bluntish, gla- 

 brous, glaucous beneath ; stipules setaceous, persistent'; pedicels fasciculate, ? central, 3-4 

 times as long as the petioles ; calyx-segments 5, oval, whitish on the margin ; anthers oval- 

 oblong, two central, sessile on the column, three exterior, terminal on the separated fila- 

 ments, whicli are exceeded by the column; styles 3, short, semilunar-bifid : stigmas bluntish; 



' capsule globose. — AniSoueina, Or. MS. — A shrub, 6'-10' high : leaf-bearing branches spread- 

 ing, cyUndriciil ; leaves distichous, somewhat distant, membranaceous, 1"-14" long, rounded 

 at the base ; stipules exceeded by the petiole ; pedicels filiform, $ 4"'-6"' long, subsoHtary, 

 S shorter, usually 5-2 ; calyx l"'long; capsule 6-seeded. — Hab. Jamaica !, Macf, Wils., 

 common. 



Sect. 6. Obbioulama. — Calyx ^(^-^)-partite. Stamens & {4--1Q), cohering to the middle: 

 anthers longitudinally dehiscent. Disc tobed. Styles 3, bifid: stigmas capitate. — Pedi- 

 cels axillary, moncecions. 



Vt. P. orbicularis, Kth. Shnibby ; leaves oval-orbioul4te, marginate, rounded at hoth 



