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Sect. 2. &.CTmosT^uoii.— Flowers monoscious : S bracts Z-i-flowered ; ? flowers long, 

 pedicellate, solitary in the axils. Seeds cuiical, with rounded angles: caruncle 

 obsolete. 



98. E. caribeea, Griseb. Glabrous ; leaves lanceolate-oblong, pointed, minutely sub- 

 cordate at the tapering, petioled base, quite entire, biglandular at the base beneath ; g aments 

 axillary,enclosed within integuments, sessile, eglandidar : centralfl/mers tetrandrous; ? flowers 

 in diflerent axils : style 3-fid. — ^Actinostemon, Griseb. Carib. — A leafy shrub ; leaves leathery ; 

 seeds 2''' diara.— Hab. Antigua I, Wullschl.; [Guadeloupe!]. 



Sect. 3. Hypaspidia. — Flowers dimous .- 3 bracts one-flowered, raised to the top of the 

 short pedicel : anthers opening obliquely by an oval pore ; ? flowers in axillary racemes : 

 bracts basilar. Seeds ovoid: caruncle minute. 



99. E. tinifolia, Sw. Glabrous ; leaves ovate or oval, blunt, remotely and obsoletely 

 serrulate, or snbentire ; aments eglandular, sessile ; $ flowers 3-androus, naked, bibraeteo- 

 late .- filaments shorter than the globose anther ; ? flowers shortly pedicellate, 3-bracteolate : 

 styles reflexed. — Gymnanthes elliptica, Sw. — A shrub, 12'-14' high; leaves shining, leathery, 

 3"-l" long; seeds li'" long, brown.— Hab. Jamaica!, Macf., Pd., Al., March, in the 

 mountains; [Veracruz!]. 



Sect. 4. Adenaspidia. — Flowers moncecious: $ bracts %-Z-flowered; '^flowers sessile. 

 Seeds globose : caruncle very minute, papilliform. 



100. E. glandulosa, Sw. Glabrous ; leaves elliptical, pointleted, snbentire ; aments 

 shortly peduncled, glandular on the back of the incurved S bracts; i flowers 2(-3)-an- 

 drous, naked, bracteolate at the base of the pedicel and obsoletely unibracteolate at its top : 

 filaments shorter than the anthers ; $ flowers 1-8, tribiacteolate, inferior in the same ament 

 or distinct: styles reflexed. — SI. t. 158./. 2. — A middle-sized tree; leaves 3" long, polished ; 

 seeds IJ'" diam., blotched : caruncle like a pin's head — Hab. Jamaica !, Sw., Al., March, ' 

 in woods, e.g. S. Ann's. 



SuBTKiBB 7. MVPSOUBIBM.— Inflorescence androgynous, involucrate : flowers 

 apetalous, or naked. 



35. DALECHAMPIA, L. 



Involucre 2-phyllons, stipulate ; involucels separating the flowers of both sexes : S flowers 

 umbellate, central : calyx 4-5-partite, valvate, polyandrous ; ? flowers 3, lateral, subsessile : 

 calyx 5-12-partite : style long, snbentire. Capsule 3-coccous. Seeds subglobose, eoarun- 

 culate. — Shrubs, usually climbing; leaves stipulate and usually vtipellate ; flower-heads 

 peduncled, included within the involucre. 



101. D. scandens, L. Leaves deeply 3-fid, cordate at the base, pubescent beneath : 

 lobes elliptical-oblong, pointleted, serrulate : stipules lanceolate, acuminate ; involucral leaves 

 green, Z-fld, ^-nerved, hairy; ? calyx 10-partite. — Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 239. — A twining 

 shrub. — Hab. Antigua !, Nichols. ; Dominica !, Imr. ; Trinidad !, Cr. ; [Haiti ; Panama ; 

 Venezuela!]. 



102. D. pruriens, 6r. {n. sp.). Leaves deeply 3-fid, cordate at the base, hispidulous- 

 pubescent beneath : lobes ovate, pointleted, serrulate : stipules lanceolate-linear ; involucral 

 leaves large, roundish, membranaceous, tomentoae, ^-dentate at the top, subentire on the 

 margin, T-^-aerved ; 9 calyx 10-partite: segments ciliate with spinules, and bearing, to- 

 gether with the capsule, yellow, stinging bristles. — Allied to D. colorata, L., and D. peru- 

 viana. Lam., but distinguished by the leaves minutely serrulate and the involucral leaves 

 subentire. — A twining shrub : branehlets hoary-pubescent ; involucral leaves at length IJ" 

 diam. : nerves and transverse veins prominulous ; spinules of the ? calyx 1'" long, spread- 

 ing-a'ecurved to the exterior side of the segments : bristles 3"' long. — Hab. Trinidad I, Ci: 



36. PBDILANTHUS, Neck. 



Involucre bilabiate, including indefinite <?, and one central ? flower: the exterior leaf 

 shorter, gibbous, bearing 4 glands on the inner side at its base : S flbwers naked, reduced 

 to a single articulated stamen, 9 pedicellate, with an obsolete calyx. Style entire : stigmas 



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