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" drupes glohose, even, or obsoletely furrowed." — M. martiniceusis, JTacq. — Leaves very 

 variable, pointed or bluntish, usually 3" long, varying in breadth betvfeen 2" and 4'" ; 

 " drupes 6'" diam,, purple (sometimes white)." 



«. Leaves elliptical or oblong; calyx 10-glandnlar. — Plum. ed. Burnt, t. 167./. 1. Oav. 

 Diss. 8. t. 235. Desc. Fl. 8. t. 569.— M. urens, a el 0, Juss. ! 



p. lanceolata. Leaves lanceolate, bluntish ; calyx 8-glaudular ; petals asymmetrical. — 

 Desc. Fl. 1. t. SO. — M. urena^ Jnss. M. lanceolata, Gr, 



Hab. S. Vincent ! 08), Cfwild. ; [Cuba ! (j8) to Guadeloupe ! (o ei j8)]. 



18. M. fucata, Ker. Z«a»es large, elliptical, quite entire, glabrous above, tviti stinging 

 hairs beneath ; umbels aggregate or corymbose, nearly twice as long as the petiole ! calyx 



' 6-glandalar ; drupes conical-globose, slightly S-angular, with 3 furrows, at the base; py- 

 rense keeled on the back and sides', tubercled. — Leaves 6"-8" long, 2i"-3i" broad, rounded 

 at both ends ; petals rosy, keeled ; drupes 6'" diam. or more. — Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., near 

 Manchester; [Crab island!]. 



19. M. oxycocca, Gr, Leaves lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, quite entire, glabrous 

 above, with stinging hairs beneath ; flowers corymbose (sometimes umbellate) : the corymb 



- 2-3 times exceeded by the leaf; calyx 6-glandular ; drupes dry, triangular-pyfamidal, with 

 sharp edges, and with slighter rugosities or keels on the sides : pyrenic of a similar struc- 

 ture. — SI. t. 207./. 8. — ^M. urens, Macf. {non L.). — ^Leaves variable (sometimes elliptical), 

 usually acuminate, 4"-li" long, M^-S'" broad; corymbs usually many-flowered; petals 

 purple ; drupes 4'" in length, and in breadth at the base, slightly furrowed at the base : 



, sides usually with 2 contiguous keels at the commissural line. — Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., Al., 

 March, in the mountain woods of the eastern and northern districts ; [Cuba !]. 



20. M. angnstifolia^ L. Leaves linear-lanceolate or lanceolate, quite entire, glabrous 

 above, with stinging hairs beneath ; corymbs few-flowered, 2-3 times exceeded by the leaf ; 

 «alyx 6-glandular ; drupes ovoid, 9-costate, with obtuse edges, and 3 furrows, which are 

 deeper at the base;- pyrenae 3-costate, tubercled. — Cav. Diss. 8. t. 236./. 1. — M. cubensis, 

 Kth. : the form with lanceolate leaves. — Leaves 3"-l" long, 4"'-6"' broad, acuminate or 

 bluntish ; petals rosy ; drupes 6'" long, 4'" broad. — Hab. Antigua !, Nichols. ; [Cuba !, S. 

 Thomas!, Guadeloupe!]. 



ttt Leaves dentate. 



21. KI. setosa, Spreng. Leaves small, oval or ohovate, glabrous above, v)ith stinging 

 hairs beneath and on the denticulate margin ; umbels 2-1 -flowered, shortly peduncled, ex- 

 ceeded a little by the leaf ; calyx 10-glandular ; drupes . . . . — M. polytricha, Juss., being the 

 only Bahama species in the Hook. Herb. — ^Leaves about 1" long, 4" broad. — Hab. Bahamas !, 

 Swains.; [Haiti]. 



22. M. coccigera, L. Leaves roundist-oblong or oval, sinuate-dentate (the younger 

 ones sometimes quite entire), glabrous: teeth distant, spinescent; umbels 1-2-flowered, 

 sessile, exceeding the leaf ; calyx 6-glandnlar ; " drupes subglobose, with 3 furrows." — Plum. 

 Ed. Burm. t. 168./ 2. Jacq. Ic. Bar. t. 470. Cav. Diss. 8, t. 235./ 2. — A shrub, creep- 

 ing for some distance on the ground (Imr.) ; leaves 6'" long, 5"'-4"' broad, rounded at both 

 ends, sometimes emarginate-tricuspidate. — Hab. Dominica!, Imr., at S. Kupert's Head; 

 [Cuba!, Martinique], 



M. elliptica, PrI., is a doubtful Trinidad plant, and probably no congener. , 



Tribe IL BANISTERIE^. — Stamens 10, or fewer hy abortion. Styles as many as there 

 are carpels. Samaroid nuts, with a dorsal wing (or crest), inserted upon a pyramidal 

 torus, 



5. BRACHYPTERIS, Juss. 



Calyx 8-glandnlar. Styles 3 : stigmas produced externally beyond the gland. Nuts with 

 a short, dorsal, sharp crest above the base, .wingless. — Scandent shrubs : bfanchlets some- 

 what compressed ; leaves quite entire r ]>tiia\e biglandular at the top;, flowers umbellate 

 or corymbose ; pedicels articulated at the base ; flowers yellowish. 



23. H.horeaXis, Juss.! Branchlets obtuse-angled-compressed, puBescent ; leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate, glancescent beneath, floral ones rounded ; umbels 3-4-flowered ; stamens 10, all 



