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7- T. punctata, Or. Leaflets 7-1-jugal, lanceolate-oblong, or elliptical, dotted loitk 

 black points beneath, crenulate with minute crenatures : lateral petiolules short j cymes 

 contracted, axillary; calyx 3-partite; carpids subglobose, 3-1. — Zanthoxylum, West. — A 

 shrub, often with solitary prickles on the back of the midrib, and on the petioles ; carpids 

 minute, i'" diam. — Hab. Antigua 1, WitUscM.; [S. Croix, Guadeloupe 1]. 



** Cymes terminal; leaves without black dots. 



8. T. spinosa, Desv. Very prickly ; leaflets small, 10-6-jugal, lanceolate-oblong or 

 oval, dotless, cremdate with minute crenatures, subsessile ; " cymes terminal : calyx 3- 

 lobed ;" carpids i . . . — Zanthoxylum, Sw. — ^A shrub or tree ; leaves prickly, when the plant 

 is young, on the back of the midribs, and especially on the petiole : leaflets 12"'-4"' long. 

 — Hab. Jamaica {Sw.) ; Dominica I, Imr., on arid hills. 



9. T. acuminata, Deso. Leaflets 5-3-jugal, ovate-oblong, dotless, pointed, crenulate 

 with minute crenatures : petiolules very short j cymes compact in a terminal, corymbiform, 

 interrupted panicle; calyx 3-lobed; "carpids globose, solitaiy by abortion." — Zanthoxylum, 

 Sue. {non Mac/.). Z. aculeatum, Macf. — A shrub; leaflets 2" long, 1" broad: terminal 

 sometimes abortive : petiolules i'" long. — Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., in mountain-woods, S. Anns, 

 Port-Koyal. 



10. T. emarginata, Desv, Leaflets 4-2-juga], oval or oblong, dotless, shining above, 

 blunt or emarginate, quite entire : petiolules' short ; cymes terming (and axillary), corym- 

 biform, compound; calyx 3-lobed; carpids obliquely globose, 3(-l). — 81. t. 168./. 4; JBr. 

 Jam. t. 20. /. 2 ; Bich. Cub. i. 34. — Zanthoxylum, Sw. Z. sapindoides, DC. Z. coria- 

 ceum, Mch. Sapindus spinosus, L. — A shrub or tree ; leaflets variable, 3"-2" long, 14"-1" 

 broad : terminal usually abortive : veins densely reticulated, rather prominent above : petio- 

 lules 2'" long i cymes lax or compact ; carpids 2"'-3"' diam. — Hab. Jamaica !, Wils., March, 

 on dry hills ; [Cuba !]. 



11. T. coriacea, Desv. Leaflets 2-3(-4)-jugal, elliptical or elliptical-oblong, dotless, 

 pointleted with a bluntish point, quite entire, or obsoletely crenulate : petiolules long ; cymes 

 terminal (and axillary), compound, corymbiform : pedicels as long as the flower ; calyx 

 3-lobed; carpids obliquely globose, mucronate, solitary by abortiou. — Zanthoxylum acumi- 

 natum, Macf. I (non Sib). — A shrubby tree ; leaflets 3" long, 2"-l" bi'oad, terminal abortive : 

 petiolules 6"'-2"? long, dilated towards the lamina; carpids 2"' diam., aromatic.^HAB. 

 Jamaica !, Macf., March, by roadsides. 



5. FAGARA, Jacq. 



(Zauthoxyli sect. Fagara, Fl. Carii.) 



Calyx 4(-5)-lobed. Petals 4 (-5). Stamens as many. Carpels 3(-3), distinct. Folli- 

 culi 2 (3-1) : endocarp at length separated, bivalved. — Prickly shrubs : prickles stipular ; 

 leaves impari-pinnate : leaflets sessile, terminal rarely abortive : petiole winged; cymes 

 usually contracted, axillary ; petals and exserted anthers yellowish. 



12. P. microphylla, Desf. Stipular prickles straight ; leaflets 3-1-jngal, oval or 

 spathulate, emarginate or blunt, quite entire, glabrous, leathery, bitnbercled at the base 

 beneath, devoid of pellucid dots : petiole unarmed, witi the joints lanceolate ; flowers in 

 a short glomerule ; carpids 2-1, globose, mucronate, subsessile. — Br. Jam. t. 5./. 1 ; Jacq. 

 Fragm. t. 6./. 2. — F. pterota, L., partim {exclus. syn. SI.). Zanthoxylum spinifex, Jaoq. — 

 A low, tortuous, leafy shrub; prickles 1'" long; leaflets 6"'-3"' long ; carpids' 14'" diam.— 

 Hab. Jamaica -(P. Br.), S. Kitts, Antigua !, iWcAo/*. ; Dominical, Imr.; Barbadoes !, on 

 the arid seashore ; [Venezuela]. 



13. P. tragodes, Jacq. "Stipular prickles recurved; leaflets 6-4-jugal, spathulate, 

 blunt, quite entire, glabrous, leathery : petiole with solitary prickles at the base of the leaflet- 

 pairs : joints spathulate ; flowers glomerate." — Jaoq. Amer. Pict. t. 19. — " A shrub, 5' high; 

 stipular prickles 2'" long ; leaflets of the preceding." — Hab. Nevis (Hamilt.) ; [Haiti]; 



y 14, p. lentiscifolia, W. Stipular prickles recurved; leaflets 6-4-jugal, oval or ob- 



