RHAMNE^. 99 



small, caducous; pedicels solitary, <X!wisms\ calyx biseriate, velvety: exterior 4-partite,, 

 witk the segments ovate, pointed, interior 4i-pliyllous, vrith the sepals half as broad, and 

 somewhat shorter, trifid or subentire; stamens pubescent, exceeded by the outer calyx : fila 

 ments very short: «»tte« oblong-linear, opening by infraterminal pores, much exceeding 

 their appendage, half as long as the simple style; capsule 4-locular, globose. — Book. le. t. 

 693-696.— A high tree, 60'-100' high, often 4' in diam. ; outer calyx 6'", inner 4"'-5"' 

 long ; anthers 2'" long, aubcordate at the base and tapering at the top towards their bluntish, 

 short appendage ; capsule 3''-4" diam., echinate with straight bristles ; seeds " enveloped in 

 a scarlet pulp." — Hab. Jamaica I, Pd., in the mountains of S. Ajius. 



18. S. lUassoni, Sw.l Leaves oval, rounded at the top, subentire or obsoletely 

 toothed, glabrate ! petiole pubescent : stipules linear, elongated; }f»!»er« ra<;«MOj«; racemes 

 pubescent, much exceeded by the leaf; calyx uniseriate, 5-6-partite; segments oblong- 

 lanceolate, acuminate ; stamens pubescent, exceeding the calyx : filaments linear, as long as 

 the anthers : anthers subulate-linear, opening by oval pores, which at length pass into lateral 

 fissures, leith the filiform appendage as long as the cells; style exserted, 5 (-4) -fid, with the 

 branches linear (sometimes cohering), and the stigmas miniite ; " capsule 4-localar, sub- 

 globose." — A high tree; leaves usually 8"-12" long: stipules 6"' long; racemes 8-12- 

 flowered, somewhat compound : pedicels 6"' long, subanilateral ; calyx 3"% stamens 4"' long. 

 Swart^rs description is erroneous in several particulars (viz. " the short filaments and a 

 simple style "). — Hab. Dominica!, Imr. ; S. Kitts!, Massoa; [Guiana]. 



19. S. sinemariensis, Aubl. ! Glabrous ; leaves oval, rounded at the top or with a 

 blunt point,^ siibentire ; petiole tumid at both ends, shorter than or equalling the limb : 

 stipules minute, caducous ; fiowers corymbose : corymb shorter tiian or equaling the petiole ; 

 calyx uniseriate, 5-partite, persistent : segments small, lanceolate, puberulous ; stamens . . .;- 

 alyle 4i-i-fid at the top, equalling the capsule-hristies, with linear branches and minute 

 stigmas; capnle ovoid-glabose, 4-5-locnlar or unilocular by abortion, S-l-seeded. — Aubl. t. 

 213. — S. Aubletii, iSw. / — Leaves 6"-8" long, 3i"-4" broad ; corymbs 3-9-flowered ; cdyx 

 1*", ovary 2'" long : cells maay-ovulate ; style-branches short (sometimes cohering) ; capsule 

 woody, subbivalved, 6'" long, 5'" broad, covered -with straight, brownish, setaceous, pubes- 

 cent, 2"'-long bristles ; seeds ovoid-globose, almost wholly enveloped within a pulpy ariUus : 

 embryo straight, with large, obovate, subcamose cotyledons, thicker than the enclosing 

 albumen-layer. — Hab. S. Kitts !, Sw. ,■ Trinidad !, Fd,, Cr., in the mountains of S. Anus ; 

 ([Guiana I]. 



XXX. ehamnej:. 



Calyx valvate, 5-4-lobecl. Stamens alternate with the calyx-lobes, inserted into the 

 margin of a perigyuous disc. Pistil syncarpous: ovules 1 (-2) in each cell. Embryo 

 straight: radicle iiieriorj albumen scanty oi; none. — Shrubs or trees; leaves simple, sti- 



ffouania damingemis yields a stomachic drug, Colubrina reclinata, a fermented drink 

 {Mabie of S. Lucia), Sarcomphalus laurinus is one of the best timber-trees of Jamaica. 



1. FBAN6DLA, T. 



Calyx' free from the ovary, at length circumscissile, leaving its cupulate tube below the 

 fruit. Petals cucullate; disc thin. Srupe 3(2-4) -pyrenous : seeds not grooved, with a la^ 

 teral raphe ; cotyledons flat. — Leaves alternate ; flowers clustered in axillary oymules. 



1. F. sphserocarpa, Gr. Leaves elliptical, pointleted, serrate, glabrous; cymules 

 umbelliform, exceeded by the petiole : peduncle nearly as long as the pedicels, simple, or 

 simply divided; flowers perfect, 5-androu3 ; calyx shortly eampanulate : lobes as long as the 

 tube, twice as long as the bilobed petals and stamens; style simple; stigma 3-globose; 

 drupe globose : " seeds oblong." — Ceanothus, HC. Ehamnus sphserospermus, Sw. I — Habit 

 oi Rhammts alpina; 10'-15' high, unarmed; leaves 4"-3" long, rounded at the base : prin- 

 cipal veins 8-10 on each side, curved near the margin ; petioles, younger branchlets, pedi- 

 cels, and calyx slightly puberulous; calyx 1'" long: tube equalling the style. — Hab. Ja- 

 maica !, Pd., Jl., in the mountains, ti.y. S. Anns, Port Koyal, 



