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ends, or subeordate at the base, glaucesceut, glabrous, shortly petioled: stipules lanceolate, 

 aonminate, persistent ;.pedicels solitary (-3), half as long as the leaf; calyx-segments oblong- 

 lanceolate, wMtisb; ^nthers globose, terminal, much shorter than the free part of the fila- 

 ments; capsule depressed-globose. — Kth. Nov. Gen. t. 106.— Orbicularia phyilantboides, 

 Baill. — A low, leafy shrub ; leaves 4"'-2"' long, stiff, distichous : stipules twice as long as 

 the petiole. — Hab. Jamaica!, Macf.; [Cuba, Venezuela]. 



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Sect. 7. Xylophylla. — Calyx ?i-&'partite. Stamina! coltima entire or divided, surrounded 

 hy 5-6 glands: anthers 3 (-3), transversely dehiscent. Styles 3, depressed, laciniate 

 or tifid. — Aphyllous, tree-lilje shrubs ; flowers fasciculate or glomerate, in the axils of 

 serratures on the margin of leaf-lilfe coriaceous brfinchlets: S and $ mixed; calyx 

 coloured. 



18. P. montauus, Sm. Branches persistent, cylindiioal, compressed towards the top; 

 branchlets scattered, spathulate, repand, striated by approximate veins : serratures usuatty 

 obsolete; flowers glomerate, $ solitary ; column entire ; anthers sessile : cells distinct, glo- 

 bose; styles reflexed, bifld. — Xylophylla, iSia. — A small tree: stem 10'" diam.; branchlets 

 ■3"-2" long, 13"'-6"' broad, usually blunt; glomerules 12-4-flowered : S pedicels 4'" long, 

 as long as the rosy calyx, ^ subsessile, purple. — Hab. Jamaica !, Fd., in rocky woods of the 

 western and central calcareous ridges, S. Ann's. 



19. P. falcatus, Sw. Branches deciduous, cylindrical ; branchlets scattered, lanceo- 

 late or linear-lanceolate, falcate, serrate above, striated by approximate veins : serratures 

 truncate, persistent; flowers glomerate; column entire: anthers subsessile: cells distinct, ovoid- 

 globose; styles reflexed, 4-3-fid. — Bot. Reg. t. 373. — Xylophylla, Sw. P. epiphyUanthus, 

 L., partim. — Stem 6' high, branched towards the summit ; branchlets 4"-5'' long, 6"'-8"' 

 broad; calyx red.^HAB. Bahamas!, Swains.; Jamaica!, Fd.; S. Vincent!, Guild.; Barba- 

 does I, Lane, along the seacoast. 



30. P. angustifolius, Sw. Branches 'deciduous, compressed ; branchlets distichous, 

 lanceolate-linear (or lanceolate), serrulate from above the base, striated by unequal, approxi- 

 mate veins ; flowers famiculate : pedicels as long as the flower ; column trifid at the top ;■ 

 •anthers spreading: cells distinct, subglobose; styles slender, recurved above, bifid. — Bot. 

 Mag. t. 2653. — Xyloph. moutana, B. Mag. {non Sw.). P. epiphyUanthus, £., partirm P. 

 elongatus, Jac^. Schcenbr. t. 348 : the form with lanceolate branchlets.- — Stem 2' high, 

 branched above; branchlets 2"-4" long, 2"'-3'" broad; pedicels 1'" long; calyx red. — Hae. 

 Jamaica!, Bist., Pd., on rocks of the western districts ; [Cuba!] 



21. P. linearis, Sw. Branches tardily deciduous, comjiressed; branchlets distichous, 

 linear, serrulate from above the base, striated by unequal veins ; flowers fasciculate : pedicels 

 three to four times as long as the minute flower ; column short, tridentate at the top, with 

 the antheriferous teeth divaricate : anther-cells distinct, globose ; styles reflexed, foUaceous, 

 subbifid.— Stem l'-2' high; branchlets crowded, lj"-3i" long. l"'-3"' broad; pedicels 3'" 

 -3'" long; calyx white. — Hab. Jamaica!, Macf., Pd., along the rocky seacoast and river- 

 banks of the western districts. 



22. P. latifolins, Sw. Branches deciduous, subcompressed ; branchlets distichous, 

 rhomboid-lanceolate or rhomboid, serrate above, striated only by the principal, somewhat dis- 

 tant veins : serratures truncate ; flowers fasciculate : pedicels deuder, 3-4 times as long as 

 the flower; column trifid: anthers spreading: cells distinct, globose; styles slender, recmTed 

 above, 2-3-fid.— XylophyHa, L. {non Bot. Mag.).-^Stem 3'-l' high; branchlets 14"-3" 

 long, acuminate or blunt, 4"'-10"' broad: principal veins V" distant; pedicels l"'-4"' long-; 

 calyx red. — Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., Al., March, on the sandy seacoast. 



23. P. speciosus, Jacq. Branches deciduous, cylindrical or subcompressed ; branchlets 

 distichous, lanceolate, striated only by the principal, somewhat distant veins : seiTatures 

 obsolete; flowers fasciculate: pedicels slender, 3-4 times as long as the flower; column tri- 

 partite: anthers spreading: cells distinct and divergent, globose; styles slender, reflexed, 

 bifid.— /aco. Ic. Bar. t. 616; Bot. Mag. t. 1021.— P. latifoHus, Bot. Mag. {non Sw.}. P. 

 Arbuscula, W. XylophyUa, 5w.— Stem 6'-8'high; branchlets 3"-3" long, 2"'-3"' broad: 

 veins i'" distant; pedicels 2"'-3"' long; calyx whitish.— Hab. Jamaica!, March, m the 

 southern mountains. 



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