143 EEICE^. 



leaves eDiptical-oblong, denticulate, glahrotis above, glairate ieneath : veins 8-13" on each 

 side ; racemes compound : bracts subulate-filiform, as long as ihefiotoer ; petals subciliat^ 

 above; anthers inversely arrow-shaped, acuminate at the base; style includjsd. — ^Leaves 

 leathery, 6"-3" long, pointed, blunt at the base, at first hoary-tomentose beneath, soon 

 glabrous : teeth at the end of the branching veins, glauduliforni, numerous : petiole 10"'-4"' 

 long; panicle lax, terminal : bracts 3 "'-4'" long, exceeding the buds : pedicels 1 '"-2"' long. 

 rr-HAB. Jamaica !, Pd^ on the summits of the Blue Mountains. 



3. C. Alexandri, Gr. fyi. sp.). Branches and petioles rusty-woolly ; leaves elliptical, 

 denticulate or subentire, glabrale above, rusty -tomentose beneath : veins 8—10 on each side ; 

 racemes aggregate, rusty-vUlous : bracts subulate-lanceolate, nearly as long as the flower ; 

 petals subentire ; anthers obcordate, shortly mucronate at the base : cells oblong, rounded at 

 the top; style at length exserted. — ^A tortuous shrub : habit of 0.fimhriata,YJih.\ leaves 

 thickish-rigid, 2"-li" long, blnntish at both ends, at first woolly on both sides : veins 

 straightish, impressed above : teeth glanduliform, abont 1'" distant from each other, or ob- 

 solete : petiole 3"'-2"' long ; racemes spreading, 6"-4i" long : bracts 8'" long : pedicels 

 scarcely 1"' long ; sepals tomentose, oval-oblong, IJ"' long, a little exceeded by the obovate 

 petals ; stamens included : anthers with a large, roundish pore ; style very shortly 3-lobed ; 

 capsule tomentose : seeds oval, encircled by a broad ^ng. — Hab. Jamaica !, Al., on the 

 summits of the BJ^e Mountains. 



Tkibe II. SIPHONQSTOMEJE.— Corolla sympetalous, deciduous. Anther-cells diverge 

 ing at the top, dehiscent by a terminal-introrse fore or slit. Pericarp loculicidal or 

 iaccate.~-'Baia enclosed within scales ; leaves alternate. 



SuBTMBE 1. ANDBOMEBE^.— Capsule loculicidal, free. 



2. lYONIA, iV««. 



Calyx 5-fid, valvate. Stamens 10-8, destitute of appendages : anthers recurved, dehiscent 

 by pores. Capsule 5(-4)-oelIed, 10(-8)-valved, the sutures at length separating from the 

 carpids. — ^eiicAs fascicled. 



4. Ii. jamaicensis, Don. Branchlets pnberulous, glabrate; leaves evergreen, gla- 

 brous, lanceolate or elliptical-lanceolate, quite entire or repand, reticulated with veins, and 

 at length punctate beneath ; pedicels axillary, crowded ; calyx 5-fid, short ; coroUa oblong ; 

 anthers 10, recurved, oblong, shortly mucronate at the base of both cells. — Bot. Mag. 

 t. 4373. — ^Andromeda, Sto. A. fasciculata, Sw. I — A tree or shrub; leaves bluutish, ash- 

 coloured beneath ; pedicels 3'" long, scarcely as long as the petiole ; corolla white, 2'" lon<' ; 

 capsule-valves 10, linear. — Hab. Jamaica !, Macf, on the summits of the monntaias. 



5. Ii. octandra, Gr. Glabrous; leaves evergreen, lanceolate, quite entire: veins in- 

 conspicuous ; pedicels axillary, cliistered, exceeded by the petiole ; calyx 4-fid, short ; co- 

 rolla oblong-prismatical, contracted above ; anthers 8, ovate-oblong, acuminate, rounded at 

 the base. — Andromeda, Sid. Menziesia triflora, Berter, sec. DC. — A shrub, 12'-15' hi^h ; 

 leaves polished, sometimes obsoletely punctate and pale-green beneath, 3" long, blnntish ; 

 pedicels 1'" long ; corolla IV" long ; capsule Unknown. — HaB. Jamaica !, Pd., on high 

 mountains, Moorce's Gap. 



3. BROSSwEA, DC. {emend.) 



Calyx deeply 5-fid, valvate, not fleshy in fruit. Stamens 10 : anther-cells dehiscent by 

 ,9,n oval foramen, each 2-awned at the top. Capsule 5-ceUe,d, many-seeded. — ^Leaves ever- 

 green, serrulate; pedicels axillary, solitary, or a few of the uppermost racemose from the 

 reduction of leaves. 



6. B. anastomosans, Qr. — Vent. Choix, t. B3. — ^Andromeda, L. Epigsea cordifolia, 

 Sw.l Gualtheria buxifolia, W. ex PI. Morite. G. anastomosans, Kth. — A low, branched 

 shrub, 1' high, ascending with the hispid branches; leaves shortly petioled, ovate, sub- 

 cordate at the base, pointed, glabrate, veiny, 8"'-12"' long; pedjcels 4'" long, nodding ;' calyx 



