HyPERICINE^. Ill 



-A yellow, resinoua juice occurs in this Order, and -the pellucid dots of the' leaves contain 

 ethereal oil. 



1. MARILA, Su). 



Sepals 4-5. Petals as many, imbricatjve. Stamens co : anthers erect, with a terminal 

 gland. Stjfle single, short, or none. Capsule 4(-3)-ceUed, septicidal and loculicidal : seeds 

 indefinite, margined. — Woody plants; \ea\ea opposite, petioled, dotted: \eiaa costate, Joineti 

 hy arches near the margin ; flowers in terminal and axillary racemiform cymes : bracts 

 abortive ; pedicels long, spreading. 



1. M. raceiuosa, 5«>. Glabrous; leaves o\ikmg-\&TiciQiate, dotted with pellucid lines 

 and points ; racemes simple ; sepals 5, shortly exceeded by the petals ; anthers oblong ; style 

 very short: stigma capitate; capsule siliquiform, incurved: seeds dilate, chiefly at both 

 ends. — Sw. Fl. t. 19: anal. Mem. Mus. 16. t. 17 A. — Bonnetia, Sw. Capparis commu- 

 tata, &eb.. Mart. 304 !— A shrab, 15'-20' high ; leaves 10"-4" long, 3"-l" broafl, pointed 

 at both ends; pedicels 6'", sepals 4'" long ; petals greenish-white. — ^^Hab. S. Kitts, Mout- 

 serrat, Dominica I, Imr.; S. Vincent !, Guild. ; Trinidad I 

 >.7w2. M. grandiflora, 6r. (n. sp.). Branchlets and peduncles flattened, rusty with 

 snort down, or glabrate ; leaves oblong, glabrous, dotted vnth pellucid points, without lines; 

 racemes lax, somewhat compound below ; sepaXs 4-5, rusty-tomentose externally ; anthers 

 linear ; style none : stigma 4-globose ; capsule oblong : seeds fringed mth very short or ob- 

 solete hairs on the margin. — Leaves 18" long, 5" broad, bluntish at the base, tapering 

 towards the obtusely poiutleted top : primary veins prominent beneath, 5"'-6"' distant from 

 each other: petiole 1" long; pedicels V'-li" long, subreflexed; sepals 5"'-6"' long, ovate, 

 exterior bluntish, interior veiy blunt, exceeded by the stamens ; petals caducous, as long as 

 the sepals in the bud ; stamens veiy numerous : anthers narrow, 24"'-3"' long, about i'" 

 broad, with a minute, whitish, terminal gland ; ovary originally unilocular, with four pla- 

 centiferous laminas, which soon cohere in the axis : stigma sessile ; capsule 4-valved : the 

 valves at length reflexed from the central, 4-lobed, placentiferous column, which exceeds the 

 persistent stamens : seeds oblong, minute, margined with a very narrow membrane.— Hab. 

 Trinidad I, Cr. 



2. TISMIA, Yand. 



Sepals 5-4. Petals as many, villous within. Stamens oo, 5-adelphoufl, the bundles 

 hairy, altematmg with hypogynous scales : anthers roundish, incumbent. Styles 5, distinct. 

 Pericarp baccate, 5-oeLled : seeds indefinite. — Woody plants ; leaves opposite ; cymes corym- 

 iiform or paniculate, terminal and axillary ; petals dotted with black glands. 



3. V. ferruginea, Kth. Branchlets tetragonal, rusty-tomentose, at length glabrate; 

 leaves ovate-oblong or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate or pointed, usually rounded or subcor- 

 date at the base, with a minute, evanescent, rusty down and glandular dots beneath, devoid 

 of pellucid points : primary veins costate, prominent beneath ; cymes rusty-tomentose, co- 

 rymbiform ; buds obovate-globose ; sepals rusty-tomentose externally, ovate, bluntish, half 

 the length of the petals; hypogynous scales roundish, short. — ^V. macrophylla, Salxm. PI. 

 Bah. I : Kunth's homonym and V. latifolia, Kth. {non Chois.), are probalily mere forms of 

 the same. V. angusta, Miq.: our narrow-leaved form. V. panamensis, Wp,/ (formerly 

 referred erroneously to V. guianensis, Atibl.). — A shrub or low tree ; leaves petioled, 12"-3" 

 long, 3i"-l" broad : petiole 6'"— 8'" long, rusty-pubendous ; petals 4'" long, greenish-white. 

 — Hab. S. Vincent!, Guild.; Trinidad!; [Panama 1 to Brazil!]. 



4. V. cayennensis, P^;. Glabrous; ira»eAfe<*cy/M<fHc«/; leaves elliptical or ellip- 

 tical-lanceolate, pointed at both end^, vrith black dots beneath, devoid of pellucid points : 

 veins reticulated ; cymes few-flowered, corymbiform ; buds globose; sepals glabrous, ovate, 

 bluntish, half the length of the petals ; hypogynous scales oblong, pubescent. — Hypericum, 

 Z. — A low tree, or shrub, about 30' high; leaves petioled, 5''-3'' long, 24"-l"^ broad: 

 petiole 4"'-2"' Jong ; petals 4'" long. — Hab. Trinidad !, Lochh., Cr., common in dry 

 grounds ; [Guiana I, equatorial Brazil I]. 



8. ASCYKTJM, i. 

 Sepals 6, exterior small, distant. Petals 4, contorted. Stamens oo, subdistinct : anthers 



