98 TILIACE^. 



nosua, Maef. I — A shrnb, 8'-6' high ; leaves l"-2" long, variable in shape, 6owii, thiclmess 

 of veins, and regularity of crenatures; sepals tomentoSe, 3'" long ; capsule 6'" long, 2"'-3"' 

 thick, nearly as long as the pedicel.— Hab. Jamaica!, Macf., AL, Wils.; Bahamas!, 

 Swains. ,• [Cuba I, Portorico I, S. Thomas 1, S. Croix !, S. Martin] : chiefly on the seacoast. 



3. MUNTINGIA, i. 



Sepah 5 (-7). Petals B (-7). Stamens indefinite, distinct. Ovary 5(4-6)-celled : 

 stigma sessile, pyramidal, with as many angles. Pericarp baccate : seeds very numerous, 

 minute, ovoid, affixed to laminar placentas, which divide the cells; embryo cylindrical, aiile, 

 with the cotyledons nearly equalling the radicle. — A tree or shrub ; pedicels axillary, fas- 

 cicled or solitary ; flowers white. 



The pedicels are enlarged at the top into a sort of disc, which has been taken for a calyx- 

 tube, but is persistent. 



15. M. Calabura, L.—Sl. t. 194; Jacq. Jnter. Pict. t. 158; Tuss. PI. 4. t. 21 ; 

 Desc. PI. 5. t. 368. — A low tree, 10'-30' high, sometimes reduced to a dwarfish shrub; 

 ' , branches villous or glandular, leafy ; leaves 6"-3" long, oblong, or oblong-lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate, semicordate at the base, velvety above, hoary-tomentose beneath : petiole 3"'-l"' long, 

 nearly equalling the linear stipules; pedicels I'-H" long; petals 6'" long, obovate, scarcely 

 exceeding the fiUform point of the lanceolate sepals ; torus hairy ; berry globose, red, 6"'-8"' 

 diam. 



a. Branches covered with glands ; leaves oblong, much exceeding the pedicels. 



p. tritiitensis, branches villous, not glandular ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, twice the length 

 of the pedicels. 



, Hab. Jamaica!, Macf., Al., March, Wils., common in the lower hiUs(a); Trinidad!, 

 Pd., Cr. (fi) ; [Haiti!; Mexico ! to Ecuador!, and equatorial Brazil!]. 



Tmbe II. SLOANHJE. — Sepals connate at the hose for in the inner whorl distinct). 

 Anthers oilong, or Unear: connective produced beyond the cells. 



4. APBIBA, Aull. 



Gaifya deeply 5 (-4) -partite. Petals i (^-i). 5teme«« indeflnite : anthers oblong, introrse, 

 produced above the cells into a foHaceous point. Ovary 8- or many-celled : ovules indefinite ; 

 Style simple, with an enlarged, incurved stigma. Capsule echinate, or muricate : ceUs pulpy. 

 —Trees or shrubs ; leaves alternate; inflorescence lateral, opposite to the leaves. 

 I l^olQ, A, Tibourbou, Atiil. Leaves oblong, acuminate, cordate at the base, serrate- 

 toothed, glabrate above, hirsute beneath with atdiate down : petioles and branchlets villous ; 

 peduncles few-flowered; calyx-segments lanceolate, spreading, glabrous internally, densely 

 .hirsute externally, exceeding the obovate petals; exterior series of stamens connate at the 

 ' base; style exserted; ovary 20-10-locular; "capsule echinate." — Auil. t. 213.^-A shrub, 

 or low tree, 8'-] 0' high ; leaves 6"-8" long ; flowers golden-yellow, highly fragrant {Pd.) ; 

 calyx 6"'-8'" long ; stamens multiserial : appendage of anthers pointed or emarginate, half 

 the length of the cells, which open first at the adnate top and at length by longitudinal 

 fissures; "capsule depressed, orbicular, dehiscent at the base, 3"-4'' diam." — Hab. S. 

 Tiucent!, Guild.; Trinidad!, Lockh., Or., near Fort George; [Mexico!, Panama!, New 

 Granada ! (chiefly in hot savannahs : Pd), Guiana !, Brazil I as far as Minas Greraes 1]. 



5. SLOANEA, i. 



C«Zy/r-«e^i«e»<i 4-5-8, uni-biseriate. Petals 0. Stamens iaieSmtei anthers elongated, 

 corniculate at the top. Ovary 4-5-locular : ovules several in each cell ; style simple or di-, 

 vided at the top. Capsule woody, echinate, loculicidal : seeds ariUate. Embryo straight, 

 with large, subcarnose cotyledons! albumen thin*— Trees; leaves alternate; inflorescence 

 axillary. 



This genus is remarkable iron;i exhibiting in several species structural exceptions from the 

 otherwise universal character of the Order, namely, a persistent calyx in S. sinemariensis, 

 and monadelphous stamens in S. synandra, Spruce, MSS. 



17. S. jamaicensis, Hoo/«. / leaves oblong, acuminate, subentire, glabrous: stipules 



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