EUTACE^. 135 



cocci, with the endocai'p Usually separated and 2-valved, or fleshy. — Leaves {in the West 

 Indian genera compound, or unifoliolate^ usually exstipulate. 



Essential oils afe general in the first and second tribe, and in some cases the aromatic 

 principle is coinbiued with a bitter substance (Eseriteckia). In the tribe of Simaruieis, a 

 bitter principle is the uuiveraal character, and the bark of several species {Quassia, Si- 

 maruia) is known as the drug Quassia, containing Quassiin. Some Butaeea produce a. 

 valuable timber : Msenbec&ia affords excellent walking-sticks {Gasparilla Colorado). 



\ 

 Tmbe T. PILOCABPE^. — Stamens Tiyjtogynous, or inserted into an liypogynous cHsc. 

 Endocarp livalved. Albumen none.' — leaves usually dotted vrith pellucid points. 



1. PILOCARPUS, r. 



Calyx ^-lobti. Petals vslv&te above. Stamens 5, inserted below a large disc. Ovary 

 5-lobed, enclosed within the disc i styles short, distinct at the immersed base, combined 

 above. Folliculi distinct, monosperm. Testa membranaceous. — Shrubs; leaves dotted, 

 l{-S)-foHolate ; flowers in terminal racemes. 



1. P. racemosus, V. Glabrous ; leaves elliptical, rounded at the top ; raceme lax. 

 —Plum. Ed. Surm. t. 127 ; 7ahl, Eclog. t. 10 : anal.—h. shrub, specimens of which I 

 have only seen in the British Museum : habit of Imnania. — Hab. Montserrat !, in the 

 mountains, V. 



3. ESENBECKIA, Kth. 



Sepals 5, distinct. Petals imbricative. Stamens 5, inserted helow or upon a cupuliform 

 pr dilated disc. Ovary slightly 5-lobed : style simple, with a capitate stigma. Capsule 

 muricate, loculicidal, and at length septicidal : pericarp separated from the cartilaginous, 

 bipartite, 1-seeded endocarp. Testa chartaceous. — Trees or shrubs ; leaves dotted, usually 

 alternate, digitate or unifoliolate : leafiets quite entire ; flowers in terminal or axillary 

 racemes: special peduncles bearing Z-\-Jlowered cymules ; ^^ta^s, dotted. 



Sect. 1. EuESENBEOKTA. — Stamens inserted below the cupuliform, hypogynous disc. 



2. E. pentaphylla, Or. Leaves digitate : leaflets 5-3, eUiptical-oblong, blunt, pe- 

 iiolidate ; racemes compound, pubescent ; cymules 3-2-flowered ; " capsule tul'binate, mu- 

 ricate." — GaEpea, Macf. ! — A middle-sized tree ; leaflets 5"-S" long, the terminal ones often 

 larger : veins rather prominent ; racemes as long as the leaves ; sepals roundish, ciliate ; 

 petals yellowish, obovate, spreading, IJ"' long ; ovary encircled by the disc, papillose. — 

 Hab. Jamaica I , Mceef., Pd,, Al., March, in the distr. of Port-Boyal. , 



, 3, E. attenuata, Gr. (n. sp,). Leaves unifoliolate, oblong-lanceolate, blunt, gradually 

 tapering towards the base ; racemes simple, puberulous : special peduncles bibracteolate, ] (-3)- 

 flowered ; capsule globose, echinaie : endocarp with » notch. — A tree ; leaves 6"-4" long, 

 li"-l" broad ; racemes 2-3 times shorter than the leaves, with appressed, deciduous hairs : 

 special peduncles 2"'-3"' long, bearing the bracteoles at the middle ; sepals roundish, ci- 

 liate ; petals ovate, with a bluntish point, 2"' long, pubescent externally ; disc obsoletely 

 lobed, as high as the papillose ovary ; capsule 1 0'" diam. ; spiiies subulate, compressed, 

 .14'"-1"' long : endocarp pale, cartilaginous, constricted below by a semilunar notch, which 

 is formed by jits funicular part remaining membranaceous, and becoming brown and sepa- 

 ;rated by rupture (A. Jussieu's endocarpial membrane) ,; seeds 5'" long, ovate : testa brown, 

 thin, rigid. — Hab. Trinidad!, Pd., Cr., in mountain-woods. 



Sect. 2. Poi/EMBEYtlii (Esenbeckia, Mart). — Stamens inserted upon the inside of the 

 spreading, hypogynous disc. 



4. E. castanocarpa, Gr. Leaves unifotiolaie, eUiptical-oblong, with a bluntish point, 

 -.shortly 'tapering al the base; racemes filiform, glabrescent, cernuous, simple or divided at 

 "the base: cymules 3-1 -flowered, inferior distant ; capsule globose, tubercled: endocarp with- 

 out a notch.— yTkj*. in Mern. Mus. 12. t. 28./. 49 :/««<. —Polembryum, A. Juss. Es. pi- 

 iooarpoides, Schtt. sec. Hb. SooTc. {nan Kth. •: Kunth's figure, though agreeing in habit, 



