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29. P> Antidesma, Sa. Leaflets 7-9, ovate4anceolate or lanceolate-eUiptical, with a 

 bluntish point, glabrous or pnberulous beneath, and glabrate ; racemes puberulous, filiform, > 

 pendulous, twice or more exceeding the leaves : clusters somewhat distant ; petals 3, linear, ^ 

 exceeded by the stamens ; terries ovoid, blunt at both e.uAi.—Sl. t. 208./. 3. — A shrub, 

 about 8' high ; leaflets papery, 4"-2" long : principal veins prominulous beneath ; racemes 

 l'-2' long; petals whitish-green, 1'" long; berries 4"'-5"' long, 3'" broad, scarlet, at length 

 black, shining. — Hab. Jamaica I, all coU., in mountain-thickets ; [Cuba !, Mexico I, Panama !, 

 New Granada I] . 



15. ALVARADOA, Uebm. 



Flowers dioecious. Calyx 5-partite, valvate. Petals (-5 ?). Stamens 6, alternate with 

 the calyx, inserted below the central disc : anthers 4-locular. " Ovary 3 (-3)-ceUed : cells 

 biovnlate ;" styles 3 (-3), short, recurved. Pericarp loculicidal, samaroid-compressed (or 

 triangular, with a contracted commissure) : seeds solitary in «ach cell, erect, with the testa 

 membranaceous. Cotyledons flat, foliaceous : radicle inferior I ; albumen almost none. — 

 Shrubs ; leaves impari-pinnate ; leaflets approximate, multyugal, alternating, shortly petiohi- 

 late, glaucous beneath ; flowers small, $ spinate, ? racemose. ^ 



30. A. jamaicensis, Benth. {MS.). Leaflets 18-20-jugal, oblong, emarginate, gla^ 

 irous, revolute on the margin ; stamens twice as long as the calyx; capsules oval-roundish, 

 glabrous, as long as the puberulous pedicel. — Branches leafy at the top ; leaflets 10"'-6"' 

 long, 3'" broad, rounded or subcordate at the base, rigid ; petiolule j^subglobose, J'" diam. ; 

 calyx i"' long ; capsule 5"' long, 4'" broad, rounded at both ends. — Hab. Jamaica 1 , Pd., 

 At., March, on calcareous rocks. Union Hill, at 2000'. 



/ 31. A. amorphoides, Liebm. Leaflets 13-16-jugal, oblong, emarginate, pubescent 

 beneath, flat on the margin ; stamens four times as long as the calyx ; capsules elliptical-Ian- ' 

 ceolate, acuminate, puberulous, and ciliate. — ^A shrub, 6'-12' high ; leaflets 8"'-5'" long, 4'" ' 

 broad, blunt at the base : petiolule 1'" long ; capsule 6'" long, 2'" broad, tapering at both 

 ends, a little longer than the pedicel. — Hab. Bahamas 1, Swains.; [Mexico !, Nicaragua !]. 



L. EKICE^. 



stamens bi-uniseriate, mostly distinct from the corolla, which is usually sympetalous : 

 anthers dehiscent by pores or slits, furnished often with appendages ; pollen mostly cruciate. 

 Pistil compound, originally paracarpous ; placentas contiguous in the middle, mostly multi- 

 ovulate : style usually simple. Embryo small, cylindrical, enclosed within a large endosperm. 

 — Woody plants (rarely herbaceous) ; leaves entire, exstipulate. 



Besinous and astringent principles prevail in this Order. The berries of Vaccinium meri- 

 dionale are eatable. 



Thibe I. CLETSREM. — Petals distinct or nearly so, decidiums. Stigma Z{-'Z)-Jid. 

 Capsule loculicidal. — Buds devoid of scales. 



1. CliETHKA, L. 



Sepals and petals 5. Stamens 10, reflexed in the bud : cells diverging at the top, de- 

 hiscent by a terminal pore or introrse slit. Capsule 3-celled, many-seeded. — Shrubs or 

 trees ; flowers racemose, white : bracts deciduous, 

 /^ 1. C. tinifolia, Sm. BrancElets and petioles rusty-viUous ; leaves obovate-ohlong or 

 oval, quite . entire, or remotely denticulate, glabrous above, hoary-tomentose beneath : veins j 

 10-16 on each side ; racemes long, aggregate, hoary-tomentose : bracts filiform, as long as , 

 or exceeded by the lecwcvei pedicel ; petals subciliate above; anthers shortly mucronate at 

 the base : cells oblong, truncate at the large pore; style included. — SI. ;. 198./. 2 {excius. 

 fruct.). Br. Jam. t. 21. /. 1 {exelus. desc). — Tinns occidentaUs, L. C. mexicana, DC. — 

 A timber-tree, or shrub, 40'-3' high ; leaves either quite entire, or with glanduliform teeth 

 at the end of the excurrent veins ; pedicels 3'" long. — Hab. Jamaica I, Pd., Al., in woods ; 

 Trinidad I, Cr. ; [Mexico !, Guiana, Brazil]. 



2. C. bracteata, Gr. («. sp). Branchlets, inflorescence, and petioles rusty-villons ; 



