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long to another speoies, aa A. laitrifolia has been omitted in Martius's 'Flora Brasiiiensis,' 

 the figure further differing by its yellow flowers from that of Catesby, and the fruit has not 

 been observed. Catesby's other figure (I.e. t. 64), which is the only existing authority for 

 A. glabra, L., has no flower nor habitat (so that the common assei-tion that it was a native 

 of parolina, is only an old mistake), but the fruit is quite the same with that of t. 67, of 

 which it is probably only a broader-leaved form. But as De CandoUe, under the head of A. 

 glabra, has described the flowers of another species, with blunt petals, which was perhaps 

 nothing but A. palasirie, the Linnsean name of A. glabra, instead of being substituted for 

 A. laarifolia, is better entirely suppressed. 



** Exterior petals exeeedmg the interior series. 



4. A. palustrig, L. Leaves oblong or elliptical, pointed, glabrous; exterior petals 

 ovate, bhmtish, exceeding the interior, these oblong ; syrtearpium ovate-globose, smooth, slightly 

 arcolated. — Bot. Mag. I. 4226. — ^A low tree, 6'-15' high ; exterior petals 4" long, yellow, 

 vrith a red blotch at the base within, interior almost wholly red on the inner side; syncar- 

 pium (2" diam.) yellovrish ; pulp golden-yellow ; seeds yellow. — Hab. Jamaica !, Wils., on 

 the marshy seashore and river-banks; Antigua!, Nichols; [Cubal to Kio Janiero, along 

 the coast; Niger!]. 



A. mucosa, Jaeq. Leaves oblong, taper-pointed, glabrous; exterior petals ohlong, blunt, 

 double the length of the interior, these rounded ; syncarpium subglobose, tubereulate .- tu- 

 bercles fleshy, rounded, somewhat gibbous. — Tuss, Fl. 1. t. 28. — A. obtusiflora, Tuss. — A 

 low tree; exterior petals J"— 1" long, greenish, interior reddish; syncarpium (4" diam.), 

 greenish: seeds black. — IIab. [Guadeloupe I, Martinique; Guiana]. 



Sect. 3. Atta. — Petals 3, the interior series being reduced to minute scales, or waiting. 

 Lemes somewhat deciduous. (Macf.) 



5. A. sericea, Bwi. Leaves oblong, downy beneath with appressed, minute hairs ; petals 

 broad-ovate, thick, blnntish, downy ; syncarpium globose, tubereulate : tubercles hooked. — 

 Dun. Anon. t. 5. — A low tree, 10'-20''high ; petals V long ; syncarpium (1" diam.) tomeu- 

 tose. — Hab. Jamaica !, Alex., Wils., in the eastern districts ; [Guiana I, equatorial Brazil !]. 



6. A. squamosa, L. Leaves lanceolate-oblong, glaucous and pubescent beneath, or 

 glabrate ; petals oblong-linear, keeled on the inner side, blunt ; syncarpium ovoid-globose, 

 tubereulate : tubercles prominent, fleshy, rounded. — SI. t. 227 ; Jaeq^. Ic. Amer. Piet. t. 

 .161 ; Ikuis. PI. 3. t.i;Bot. Mag. t. 3095.— A. cinerea. Sun. {t. 8). A. buHala, M ei^i^. 

 ft«*r*-8^secjHSl5T5S*tlre"SameT!1lbeseeBt-&EtH. — A low tree or shrub, about 15'-20' high ; 

 leaves more dotted than in the two following species, variable in the form and in the down ; 

 petals (8"'-12"' long, l"'-2"' broad) greenish, excavated at the base on the inner side, with 

 the excavation purple ; fruit B" diam. ; tubercles distinct from each other, 5"'-3"' diam., yel- 

 lowish-green ; pulp white, with a tinge of yellow; seeds dark-brown. — Hab, Jamaica!, 

 WNab, spontaneously in the dry southern plains ; [Cuba to equatorial Brazil]. 



7*. A. Cherimolia, Mill. Leaves elliptical or oblong, vehety beneath ; petals oblong- 

 linear, keeled on the inner side, velvety; syncarpium ovate, minutely tubereulate. — Bot. - 

 Mag. t. 3011. — A low tree, usually 15' high. I have not examined the ripe fruit: in a y 

 younger state the tubercles are not contiguous, as in A. squamosa, and the covering is said 

 to present at length , an intermediate character between A. squamosa and A. reticulata ; 

 " pulp white, and seeds black." — Hab. Naturalized in Jamaica, and in the Caribbean Islands, 

 e.g. S. Lucial, Anders.; [spontaneous from Peru to Mexico!]. 



8. A. reticulata, L. Leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate, roughish beneath, or at 

 length smooth ; petals oblong-linear, keeled on the inner side 'syncarpiwr^ globose, smooth, aadi 

 sUghtly areolated.—Sl. t. 336 ; Tuss. Fl. 1. t. 39 ; Dese. Fl. 3. t. 82; Bot. Mag. t. 3911, 

 ,3913. — A low tree, 15'-3.0' high ; petals of the two preceding species greenish, and with a 

 pnrple, excavated blotch ; fruit similar to an orange, 4" diam., brownish-yellow : pulp yeUow- 

 ish-wMte ; seeds dark-brown. — The leaves are so variable, that I have seen a form where 

 they are laneeolate-linear (6" long, anA 8'" broad).— Hab. Jamaica!, Macf.; S. Vincent!, 

 Guild. ; [Guadeloupe !] . 



2. EOLLINIA, St. Mil. 



Petals cohering at the base, three exterior forming a vertical segment, three interior re- 



