146 ILICINEiE. 



The East Indian E. glaucum, Pers., is a tree, introduced into Jamaica : this has lax cymes 

 as long as the leaves ; and a 2-ceUed ovary with a distinct, simple style. 



3. MYGINDA, Jac^. 



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

 Ovary immersed, 4-ceIled: cells miiovulate. Snipe usually 1-seeded by early abortion: 

 seeds mostly erect, with a membranaceous testa : aril miuute, obsolete. — Shrubs ; leaves 

 opposite or whorled ; cymes axillary. 



4. M. Rhacoiua, Sw. Branchlets tetragonal ; leaves obovate or oval, serrulate, 

 suisessile, glabrous or pubertilous beneath ; cymes peduncled, few-flowered, nearly as long 

 as the leaves ; style distinct: stigma 4-dentate; drupes obovate. — Br. Jam. t. VI. f. 1. — 

 Rhacoma Crossopetalum. L. M. Uragpga, Bich. Cub. (Jacquin's plant, from its figures, 

 Amer. Fief. t. 22, and Desc. M. 4. t. 251, appears to be distinguished by globose drupes 

 and ovate leaves). — A low shrub; leaves 8"'^12"' long, usually rounded at the top : veins 

 distant j petals i'". drupes 2'" long-. — Hab. Jamaica !, Mac/., Fd., March, on the sandy 

 seashore; [Florida!, Cuba]. 



5. M. pallens, Sm. Branchlets tetragonal; leaves obovate or oval-oblong, remotely 

 serrulate above or repand, shortly petioled, glabrous ; cymes peduncled, twice dichotomous, 

 few-flowered, 2-3 timea exceeded by the leaves ; style distinct : stigma 4-dentate ; drupes 

 obovate.-^-'M.. latifolia, ;S, 6r. Carih. — A low shrub; leaves blunt, variable, l"-2" long, 

 4"-l" broad ; flowers and drupes red. — Hab. Nevis !, Antigua !, Nichols., S. Lucia 1, Anders., 

 on limestone hills ; [Cuba 1, Guadeloupe I]. 



6. ra. latifolia, Sw. Branchlets tetragonal; leaves elliptical or spathulate, tapering 

 into the petiole, glabrous : serratures minute, very distant, or none ; cymes peduncled, 

 divaricated-dichotomous, few-flowered, 2-4 times exceeded by the leaves ; stigmas 4, sessile; 

 drupes ovoid-oblong. — Tuss. Fl. 2. t. ZSf: distinguished by globose drupes. — M. Uragoga, 

 Tuss. f—h. low shrub ; leaves leathery, 2"-l" long, l"-i" broad : petiole 2"'-3"' long ; 

 flowers white; drupes 2"'long, 1'" broad, crowned with the sessile stigmas. — ^Hab. Jamaica 

 {Spreng^ ; [Cuba I, Guadeloupe I, on limestone hiUs]. 



4. SCH^IFFERIA, Jacq. 



Flowers dioecious. Calyx 4-partite. Fetals and stamens 4, hypogynons around an 

 abortive ovary. Disc none. Ovary 2-celled : cells uniovulate ; stigmas 2. Drupe dry, 

 2(-l)-Celled: seeds erect, exariUate, with a membranaceous testa. — Shrubs; leaves y»j?ff 

 entire, alternate ; pedicels axillary, fascicled. 



7. S. frutescens, Jacq^. Glabrous; leaves elliptical, veiny, tapering at the base; 

 pedicels as long as or longer than the flowers; berry ovoid-globose. — SI. t. 209. y. 1. Sw, 

 Fl. t. 1 A: analyt. — S. completa, Sw. — About 10' high ; leaves \\" long, leathery, 

 pointed, or blunt; pedicels l"'-2"', flowers l"'long; ben7 scarlet, 2'" long; embryo axile 

 in a fleshy albumen: cotyledons large, leafy: testa thin, brownish. — Hab. Jamaica !, ji^., 

 M'hab, March, common ; Antigua !, Nichols. ; [Key West, Cuba !, Guadeloupe !, New 

 Granada]. 



LIII. ILICINEiE. 



Stamens uniseriate, usually epipetalous (the petals being connected at the base), or hypo- 

 gynons. Pistil syncarpons ; ovules solitary in each ceU, suspended. Pericarp baccate. 

 Embryo minute,, in the top of fleshy albumen. — ^Woody plants ; leaves dmple ; flowers small. 



Acrid, aromatic, and tonic principles occur in this Order. Ilex sideroxyloides is a timber- 

 tree in Dominica. 



1. ILEX, L. 

 (Prinos, i.) 



Calyx 4-6(-8) -partite. Corolla rotate, or petals subdistinct, slightly connected, by the 

 filaments. Berry with 4-8 bony nutlets, crowned with the sessile stigmas. — Leaves alter- 



