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LI. CYRILLEiE. jU^ ^, Idf 



Stamens of Ericets, but pollea simple, triangular. Fistil syEcarpous : ovules solitary in 

 each cell, pendulous. — Habit and most characters of polypetalous Ericese. 



1. CYRILLA, L.[ 



Calyx small, 5-partite. Petals 5, dry, pointed. Stamens 5 : anthers opening with lateral 

 slits. Ovary 2-celled: style with a bifid stigma. Pericarp dry. — Gkbrous, evergreen 

 shrubs ; leaves qtiite entire ; flowers in narrow^ slender racemes, 



1. C. antillana, Mich. Leaves lanceolate-oblong, blunt, slightly emjirginate, leathery, 

 minutely reticulated chiefly above ; pedicels longer than the petals. — Kacemes sabsessile in 

 the superior axils, 2"-4" long, pedicels li'", petals 1'" long. — Hab. Jamaica !, Macf., Pd., 

 Bancr., in the Port Royal mountains ; Dominica !, Imr, ; [Cuba !, Guiana I, Brazil 1]. 



LII. CELASTEINE^.. 



Stamens opposite to the imbricated calyx, mostly uniseriate and perigynous. Pistil syn- 

 carpous (rarely reduced) : ovary usually immersed in a disc, ovules .2-1 (-definite) in each 

 cell, usually erect. Seeds mostly ariUate, albuminous : embryo large. — Woody plants ; leaves 

 simple, stimulate ; flowers small : pedicels articulated. 



Stimulant, or acrid and bitter principles occur in this Order. 



1. MAYTENUS, Juss. 



Calyx 5-fid : tube cupuliform. Petals and stamens 5, the latter inserted under the mar- 

 gin of the disc. Ovary immersed, 2 (-3) -celled : cells 2-ovnlate : style with a 2(-3)-lobed 

 stigma. Capsule leathery, tardily loculicidal : seeds erect, arUlate, with a crustaceous 

 testa. — Slrrubs; leaves alternate, leathery u^^^<^ jointed at the base, axillary, usually 

 fascicled. Q A^i^i^.fy-Ui^,^'M-r>L^^T' 



1. Itt goaodMhaay^ n {n,.sp.) . Glabrous: hranchUts tetragonal ; leaves lanceolate- 

 oblong, obtusely pointleted, serrate above the middle with blunt serratures, or subentire, 

 shining above ; pedicels fascicled, as long as or exceeding the petiole ; petals oval, equalling 

 the stamens; fruit ovoid-oblong. — Branches acutely tetragonal, or at lengj^h cylindrical; 

 leaves 3"-4" long, variable 'in the veins, prominulous on both sides or obsolete, tapering 

 towards the petiole, which is 2'" long ; flowers hermaphrodite ; petals much exceeding the 

 calyx, 1'" long ; disc repand on the convex margin ; anthers cordate-roundish ; style short 

 (but longer in Sieber's specimen) : stigma 2-lobed j ovary-cells 2, incompletely partitioned ; 

 pericarp (still closed) 3'" long, leathery. — Hab. Trinidad 1, Lockh., Sieb, Tr. 36 ; [Guiana 1]. 



2. EL.a;ODBNDRON, Jacg. 



Calyx 5-4-partite. Petals and stamens 5-4, the latter inserted on the margin of the disc. 

 Ovary immersed, 3-(2-5)-celled : cells 2-ovulate. Drupe or nut usually 3-celled : seeds 

 erect, " with a membranaceous testa ; albumen scanty," — ^Leaves opposite, whorled (or 

 inferior alternate), leathery ; cymes axillary. 



2. E. xylocarpiim, DC. Leaves obovate-oblong, tapering into a very short petiole, 

 remotdy serrulate above (or subentire) ; cymes corymbiform, peduncled, 2-4 times exceeded 

 by the leaf; flowers 5 -androus, hermaphrodite or polygamous ; stigmas subsessile; "drupe 

 ovoid, large." — Vent. Choix, t. 33. — Cassine, Vent. E. rotundatum, DC. — A low tree; 

 leaves 2" longi; petals obwjde. A'" long. — Hab. Caribbean Islands ; [Bermudas!, Lane"]. 



3. 'E,.aj^^£^Slma^^^^ Leaves obovate, tapering into a long petiole, quite entire,, 

 or subcrenate-repand above ; cymes' trichotomous, peduncled, twice exceeded by the leaf ; 

 flowers 5-androus, dioecious ; stigmas subsessile; drupe ovoid, large, with a bluntish point. — 

 Freziera dioica, Macf. ! — A low tree ; leaves 4"-2" long : petiole 6"'-4"' long ; divisions 

 of the cyme-corymbiforra ; drupe 10'" long : sarcocarp thin, yellow : putamen very hard. — 

 Hab. Jamaica!, Macf., Port Royal; S. Vincent!, Guild.; [Guadeloupe!, Chiapas!]. 



