138 ErtfTACEJ). 



evate, emarginate dihlani, erenate, glabrpus, bitnbercled at the base beneath, doUedvAth 

 pellucid points chiefly below the crenatures ': petiole unarmed, vrith the joints lanceolate j 

 ' flowers in an oblong gloniernle ; Qarpiifs 2-lj globose-, mucronate, as long as the carpo- 

 phore.— SI. t. 162./. 1 ; Lam. III. t. 84 ; Dese. Fl. 7. t. 455. — ]?. pterota, L. {quoad syn,. 

 SI.). Zauthoxylum pterota, Kth., Mac/,, As. Gr. — A high shrab ; leaflets 12-5'" long. 

 — Hab. Jamaica I, Wright, in thickets ; Bahamas !, Swains. ; S. Kitts, Nevis ; Trinidad !, 

 Pd., dr.; [liorida!, Texas!; Cuba]. 



6. ZANTHOXyliUM, L. 



(Zanthoxyli sect. Enxanthoiyluni, PI. Garib. ; sect. Ochroxylum et Langsdorffia, Juss!) 



Petals 5. Stamens as many. Ovaries 5-1, distinct or cohering in the axis : stigmas 

 connivent or cohering. Folliculi 5-1 ; endocarp adhering to the valves, or separated on 

 the margin.' — Trees ; leaves impari-pinnate, rarelyimifoUolate, dotted with pellucid points ; 

 flowers in a dense panicle. 



' Sect. 1. 'KAMVMANmA.^-Stigma peltate ly cohesion, subsessile. — Leaves impffiri-pinnate. 



^' 15. Z. clava-Herculis, L. {ex syn. P. Br.), Leaflets 10-5-jugal, lanceolate-oblong, 

 ^ quite entire or minutely serrate, subsessile, glabrous above, puberulous along the nerves or 

 glabrate beneath : pellucid dots scattered : petiole puberulous, prickly ; panicles terminal 

 ' and axillary, pubescent ; ovaries 5, cohering in the axis ; folliculi 5-2, erect, sessile. — SI. 

 t. ] 72 j Lam. III. t. 811 ; Deso. Fl. 3. t. 98. — Z. oaribseum. Lam. Z. lanceolatum, Poir. 

 — A tree, 20'-6d' high ; leaflets pointed, variable, the inferior sometimes elliptical : prickles 

 short, straight ; panicle 2"-4" diam. ; folliculi 3'" long, inserted into a conical, central axis : 

 endocarp loosened on the margin. — Hab. Jamaica !, all coll., common ; S. Lucia!, Anders.; 

 [Cuba!, Guadeloupe 1]. 



16. Z. microcarpum, Gr. {n. sp,). Leaflets 9-6-jugal, lanceolate, orenate-serrate, subses- 

 sile, glabrous above, puberulous chiefly on the midrib beneath : pellucid dots numerous : petiole 

 puberulous, unarmed ; panicles terminal, pubescent ; folliculi solitary by abortion, globose, 

 sessile. — Habit of the preceding, to which it is nearly allied; leaflets 2" long, 8™ broad, 

 pointed; panicle spreading, 4"-6" diam., without warts; folliculi tardily dehiscent, IJ'" 

 diam., inserted into the minute torus, usually together with a second abortive one. — Hab. 

 Dominical, Imr. 



17. Z. aromaticuiu, W. Leaflets 6-2-jugal, eUiptictd or oblong, crenate, with the 

 crenatures broadly truncate, petiolulate, glabrous ; pellucid dots numerous : petiole glabrous ; 

 panicles terminal and axillary, glabrous, verrucose ; ovaries 5, cohering in the axis ', folliculi 

 2 (-5), cernuous, at length shorter than the distinct carpophores. — Jacq. Eohg. i, 70. — 

 Z. elephantiasis, Macf. — ^A tree, about 20' high : pricldes short, subulate, or none ; leaflets 

 glandular beneath : one series of glands between the crenatures ; panicle spreading, 3"-5" 

 diam. ; Carpophores divergent, thickened ait the top, 8"'-4"' long ; endocarp adhering to 

 the vdves. — Hab. Jamaica !, Al., March, iu mountain-woods ; [Haiti, Guadeloupe !]. 



Z. Sumach, Gr., PI. Carib. {jion Macf.), is an alHed Guadeloupe species, dietinguished by 

 shorter carpophores, and the leaflets subentire. 



Sect. 2. OcHKOXTLUM. — Style in ihe male flower distinct: ? unknown. — Leaves unifoliolate. 



18. Z. ? ochroxylum, DC. Leaves elliptical, quite entire, glabrous : pellucid dots 

 numerous i petiole articulated below the top ; panicles terminal, spreading, nearly as long 

 as the leaves, slightly puberulous ; rudimentary ovaries in S 3, cohering, stalked by a gy- 

 nophore, shorter than the single style.— Oehroxylum punctatum, &/jreS.— Branches leafy ; 

 leaves 3"-14" long, bluntish, veiny: petiole 10"'-4"' long; calyx 5-fid, minute; petals 

 scarcely 1"' long, equalling the 5 filaments and the style. — Hab. Dominica !, Inir.; [S. Jean]. 



7. BKUNELLIA, R. P. 



Calyx 5-4(-7)-partite, valvate. Petals 0. Stamens 10-8 (t-14), inserted into a disc. 

 -Ovaries 5-4 (-3), distinct ; styles as many, distinct. Folliculi with the endocarp at length se- 



