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S-glandukr at the base, ooncolor Witt wool, repand-entire, rarely denticulate, long-petioled : 

 glands minute, stipitate; raceme terminal; seeds subtetragoual-ovoid. — C. Eichardi, W.: 

 a form with the leaves romided at the base.— A shrub, 2'-3' high : branches thickish :' wool 

 persistent; stamens about 12; seeds l"'long: angles obtuse.-^HAB. Jamaica!, all collectors, 

 common in the southern plains ; Trinidad !, Schach ; [S. Thomas I]. 



*** Leaves toothed. 



40. C. corylifolius, Lam. Branchleta hoary-tomentose with appressed down ; leaves 

 ovate or ovate-oblong, bluntish, doubly toothed, with the teeth glandular, glabresceut above, 

 hoaiy, and at length pale-green beneath with scattered minute down, %-glandulm- at the top 

 of the long petiole: glands scutelliform, thickly stipitate; raceme terminal, long; styles 

 bifid. — Desc. PI. 5. t. 366. — C. montanus, Qeis. — An aromatic shrub; leaves 8"-3" long, 

 pdlucid-punctate, chartaceous: petiole l"-2" long ; calyx g valvar, $ 5-fid; stamens 12. 

 — Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., Al.;m pastures, S. Ann's, S. Elizabeth, Dominica I, Imr. ; [Cuba !, 

 Guadeloupe.] 



41. C. Iserti, Oeis. Branchlets hoary or rusty-tomentose with appressed down; 

 leaves oblong or oblong-knceolate, subcordate at the base, acuminate, toothed, scabrous 

 with minute scattered down, glaucous beneath, devoid of basilar glands ; racemes short, 

 axillary, subsessile, tvrice as long as the petiole. — Leaves 4"-2"' long, pellucid-punctate, 

 chartaceous : petioles &"~S"' long ; 3 calyx imbricative : stamens about 10 ; Wie ^ flowers 

 are wanting in our specimens. — Hae. Jamaica!, March; [Martinique]. 



Sect. 3. Elutekia. — Stamens 10-20. ? Oalgx valvate, usually corollate. Styles %par- 

 tite, with %-fid branches, or 4-partite, with the branches simple, or 2-Jid. Seeds smooth. 

 — Aromatic, lepidote shrubs ; leaves quite entire, or repaud, stipulate, devoid of glands ; 

 racemes axillary and terminal. 



42. O. Eluteria, Sw. ! Branchlets rusty-lepidote ; leaves ovate, entire or repand, blunt 

 or pointed, glabrous, rusty or silvery-vaiiegated with distinct scales chiefly beneath, peUucid- 

 pnnctate: stipules evanescent ; stamens 10-12; $ flowers corcUate ; styles bipartite, with 

 2-fid branches; seeds oval-oblong. — SI. t. Hi./. 1, 2; XI. in Hayne Arzn. 14. t. 1. — 

 Clutia, L. Crotou glabellus, L. : ex. syn. SI. C. nitens, Sii. t -. the common form with 

 simple racemes {Sl.f. 1), or C. Eluteria, Bennett, while in the original C. Bluteria, Sw. 

 (C Sloanei, Benu.) the axillary racemes are compound : the specimen in Sloane's collection 

 (/. 2) is the same, and so are Gronovius's and Catesby's specimens, quoted by Linnaeus. — 

 A high shrub, 8' to above 20' high ; leaves 5"-2" long, at length concolor, greenish : petiole 

 12"'-2"' long, petals white, villous on the margin; seeds 4'" long, opaque, blotched, convex 

 on both sides. — Hab. Bahamas!, Catesb., e.g. Providence, Eleuthera; Jamaica!, all collec- 

 tors, in the plains and lower hiUs; [Veraguas!, Cauca!]. 



43. Cvsevi&ociaaa.,Schlecht.l Branchlets silvery-lepidote : scales with a rusty centre ; 

 leaves ovate, with a bluntish point, minutely cordate at the base, repand-entire, glabrous, / 

 devoid of pellucid points, discolor, shining-silvery beneath with confluent scales, which are /> 

 scattered above : stipules thickish, linear, somewhat persistent ; racemes simple, as long as 

 the petiole; stamens 10; $ flowers corollate; styles 4-partite, with the branches bifid or 

 simple; seeds . . . — Kl. in Hayne Arzn. 14. t. 2. — Leaves 3"-14" long, green above, white 

 beneath ; petiole 10"'-2"' long. — Hab. S. Vincent !, Guild. ; Trinidad !, Loekh., Schach, Cr. ; 

 [Mexico !, Venezuela !]. 



44. C. laurinus, Sw. I Branchlets and petioles lepidote with scattered, stcllate-ciliate 

 scales'f leaves oblong, rounded or bluntish at the top, quite entire, bearing steUate-oiliate 

 evanescent scales on the margin and distant ones on the surface, glabrate, concolor-green, not 

 lepidote, but punctate with minute whitish points, chiefly above, devoid of pellucid dots : 

 stipides thickish linear, deciduous ; racemes slender, simple, equalling or exceeding the 

 leaves; stamens 10; ^ petals abortive; styles 4-partite, with the branches bifid; seeds 

 " oblong." — A high shrub ; leaves leatheiy, 6'i-4" long : midrib very prominent beneath : 

 petiole 1" long ; pedicels numerous, scattered, 1'" long ; $ ones somewhat distant ; petals 

 white. — Hab. Jamaica!, Sw., Al., on hills, Moneague. 



