ilicinej:. 147 



nate, leather!/ and glabrous in the West Indian species ; f^oviers usuall^fascicled, or in 

 corymbs, often diaeciausly polygamous. 



§ 1. Most of the flowers perfect ; corolla, rotate (Aquifolium). , 



1. I. obcordata, Sio. ! Shrubby ; leaves small, oiovaie or spatbulate, emarginate- 

 mucronulate, tapering into the short petiole, convex, veinless and shining above, quite entire ; 

 corymbs 3-flowered, subsolitary, exceeding the petiole; flower-organs in fours; corolla 

 rotate ; berry. . . .—Hook. Ic. t. 294.— I. cuneifolia, SooK I- layrtifolia. Lam. .■'—30' (P(^.) 

 —3' high ; branchlets fastigiate, very leafy, multicostate : the angles eicurrent into the 

 stipules ; leaves 4"'-12"', petiole l"'-2"' long ; anthers ovate-oblong.— Hab. Jamaica I, Fd., 

 Macf., on the highest peaks of the Blue Mountains. 



2. 1. occidentalism Macf.! {exclus. syn. Sw^. Arboreous : leaves oval or roundish, 

 emarginate or obsoletely pointleted, abruptly tapering into the petiole, mostly veinless on 

 both sides, quite entire; corymbs as long as M«^«fo'o/«, with accessory pedicels; flower- 

 organs in sixes or fours : corolla rotate ; berry — A low tree ; leaves 3"-l": petiole 3'"- 



4"' long ; corolla 3"'-4"' diam.; anthers ovoid-oblong, rounded at the base. — Hab. Jamaica !, 

 Pd., Macf., Port Koyal and Blue Mountains, Dominica !, Imr., in the mountains. 



§ 2. Most of the fiowers polygamous ; corolla rotate (Prinos). 



3. I. dioica, Gr. Arboreous; leaves elliptical-oblong, or oval, bluntish, rounded at 

 the base, quite entire or remotely serrulate-repand, shining above : principal veins delicate, 

 prominulous on both sides : petiole channelled above ; corymbs as long as the petiole, 

 fascicled, with accessory pedicels ; flower-organs in fours or fives ; corolla rotate ; berry 

 globose, «»ioo<A ; nutlets usually 5, smooth. — Fahl, Eclog. f. \4i. Prinos, K — A middle- 

 sized tree ; leaves 4"-2", petiole 4"'-8"' long ; corolla 3"'-4"' diam. ; anthers ovate, blunt, 

 subcordate at the base ; beriy 2'" diam. — Hab. Jamaica \, Wils., AL, March, Bath, at 

 1200' alt., Moneague ; Montserrat. 



§ 3. Corolla dimded nearly to the base (Prinodia). 



4. I. montana, Gr. Arboreous; leaves elliptical or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate 'or 

 bluntish, subacute at the .base, remotely and sharply serrulate above the base; (or entire), 

 veiny beneath ; corymbs solitary, exceeding the petiole ; flowers mostly perfect : organs 

 usually in sixes (or in fours to eights) ; corolla divided nearly to the base : berry globose, 

 svlcate: nutlets grooved. — Prinos, <S4o.— Atree, 30'-40' high; leaves variable, IJ" (or 3i"- 

 1"), petiole 4"'-10"', petals' 1-'" long ; anthers ovate; berry purple, 2'" diam.' ' 



o. Leaves eUiptioal, or dliptical-roundish, bluntish, li" long. — I. Cassine, Bich. Cub. 

 (non Ait.). Prinos sideroxyloides, Sw. ! : probably a form with entire leaves. 



p. lanceolata. Leaves small (1" long), ovate-lanceolate, acuminate.— Prinos lanceolatus, 

 Maqf. I {non Fursh). P. Macfadyeni, Wp. i L a H ' m i u u lji fl M rj, ~ iii i. A » 



y. ovata. Leaves large (3"-3|" long), ovate, long-acuminate, long-petioled : petiole as 

 long as the common peduncle. / — ^- j 



Hab. Jamaica I, sdl collect., common in the mountains (o, $) ; Dominica !, Imr. (y) ; 

 [Cuba!, Guadeloupe!]. 



5. I. Macoucoua, Pers. Arboreous ; leaves obovate-oblong, or oval-oblong, emarginate, 

 blunt, or with a bluntish point, tapering into the petiole, quite entire, shining above, veiny 

 beneath ; corymbs fascicled, a little exceeding the petiole ; flowers polygamous : organs 

 usually in fours ; cOTolla divided nearly to the base ; berry globose, smooth : nutlets 4, 

 smooth.^ — Aubl. t. 34. — Cassine maurocenia, Sieb. Tr. 31 1 — Leaves 2"-6", petiole 3"'-4"V 

 petals ^"' long ; anthers ovate-roundish, small ; berry Ig'" diam. — Hab. Dominica !, Imr. ; 

 Trinidad), SSrf., &.; [Guiana!, Pernambuco!]. 



6. I. sideroxyloides, Gr. (PI. Carib.). Arboreous; leaves elliptieal,yiiih.a,'h\vsiii&\i 

 point, shortly tapering into the petiole, quite entire, shining above, veiny j corymis as long 

 as the petiole, with accessory pedicels ; flowers perfect : organs in fours or fives ; coroUafl 

 divided nearly to the base; berry globose, smooth, nutlets 4-5, smooth. — Prinos nitidus, VXii 

 — A large tree; leavesS", petiole 6'", petals 14'" long ; berry 2"'-3"' diam. j anthers cordate.] 

 — Hab. Dominical, Imr.; [Guadeloupe!]. 



