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,25. Th. discolor^ 6r. (». jp.) Branchlets and petioles tomentosej leaves temate : 

 leaflets seasjle, lanceolate-elliptical, blunt, quite entire, glabrous above, white beneath with a 

 minute velutinoua ^own ; racemes simple ; petals 4, exceeding the calyx ; samarae . . . . — 

 Leaflets 2"-\\" long, 10"'-8"' broad, rounded or somewhat emargiuate at the top : petiole 

 4"'-6"' long ; racemes shortly peduncled, pubescent, nearly as long as the leaves : pedicels 

 fascicled, 2"' long; flowers ppljgamous; petals roundish, 1"' long; stamens 8, exserted, 

 hypogynous within the crenate disc ; style 3-fid at the top, exserted. Habit of Th. trifoUata, 

 Poit., and distinguished from Th. tomentosa, DC, by having quite entire leaflets : Schmid. 

 nervosa, Eich., is a fourth West Indian species of this genus. — Hab. Bahamas !, Swains. 



11. MELICOCCA, i. 



Calyx 4-partite : segments irobricative. Petals 4, naked. Stamens 8 : disc complete. 

 Ovary 2-celled : stigma peltate, subsessile. fierry 2-1-spermous. — ^Trees ; leaves abruptly ' 

 pinnate ; racemes divided. 



26. ra. bijug^a, L. Leaflets bijugal, elliptical or elliptical-lanceolate, quite entire, 

 glabrous; panicle terminal; berry ovoid. — Jacq.Amer. Pict. <. 109. — Atree,40'-50'high; 

 berry green, 1"-14" long. — Hab. Trinidad I, Sch.; naturalized in Jamaica.!, Bist., AL, 

 Wils.; [Guiana, New Granada!]. 



12. HYPELATE, P. Br. 



(Exothea, Maef.) 



Sepals 5. Petals as many. Stamens 8: disc complete. Ovary 2(-3)-celled : style 

 short, simple; ovules pendulous. Berry l(-2)-spermons: endocarp chartaceons. Seed 

 crustaceous, not arillate. — Shrubs or trees ; leaflets glabrous, shining, quite entire ; flowers 

 corymbose or paniculafe., 



27. H. trifoliata, Sw. ! Leaves terrtate : leaflets spathulate, lineate with oblique 

 veins; corymbs glabrous, axillary, equalling the leaf: pedicels slender; sepals glabrous, 

 deciduous; berry ovoid-glpbose, black. — Deless. Ic. 3. <. 39 : a form distinguished from 

 our plabt by racemose flowers.-^A high shrub, or slender tree; leaflets 20"'-12"' long, 

 8"'-6"' broad ; berry 4'" long, 3'" broad. — Hab. Jamaica !, Wils., March, in the southern 

 limestone districts ; [Cuba !J. 



■28. H. paniculata, Camb. Leaves abruptly pinnate :' lea&eta 2(-l-3)-jugal, oblong, 

 usually blunt; corymbs in a terminal panicle, hoary-pubescent; *e^«/j tbmentose, per- 

 sistent; berry globose, purple. — Mem. Mus. 3. t. 5; Lond. Journ. of Bot. 3. t. 7. — 

 Melicocca, Juss. Exothea oblongifolia, Macf. ! Hyp. oblongifolia, Hooh. I H. trifoliata, 

 Gr. PI. Carib. — A low, or middle-sized tree ; leaflets 4i"-li" long, 16"'-8"' broad : pairs 

 usually somewhat approximate ; berry 6'" diam, — ^Hab. Jamaica !, Mac/., March, in the 

 mountains: [Cuba!, Desiradel]. 



Tribe II. DODONJEE.M. — Stamens inserted into the hypogynous disc. Ovules 2 

 in each ovary-cell, superior erect, inferior pendulous. 



13. DODON^A, L. 



Sepals i {5-S). Petals 0. Stamens 8(6-10).' Capsule 2-3(4-6)-celled, septicidal, ■ 

 mostly samaroid : wings dorsal, usually surrounding the cell. Seeds crustaceous, exarillate. 

 — Erect shrubs, vsually viscose; leaves rmstly- unifoUolate ; flowers racemose or 

 corymbose. 

 i/ 29. D'. viscosa, L. Leaves obovate-lanceolate or oblanceolate ; capsule winged, 

 roundish, longer than the pedicel : inings surrounding the cell, of equal breadth nearly to 

 the base, contiguous at the top:: terminal sinus closed). — SI. t. 162./'. 3. — D. viscosa, Mus. 

 Ms. D. Candolleana, Bl.; arabica, £beA*A— Leaves 18"'-6"' broad ; capsule 10"'-12"' 

 diam. — Hab. Jamaica!, Al., March, on the arid seashore; Antigua!, Nichols.; Bar- 

 badoes !, Trinidad !, Cr. ; [New Granada !, Brazil 1, East Indies !, South Arabia !, tropical 

 New Holland !]. 



30. D, BurnLanniana, DC Leaves spathulate-lanceplate, pblojig-Janccolate, or oh- 



