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petiole lS'"-8"' long: oohrese appressed, BtriBted, 6"'-8"' long; racemes subaessile, 4"-2i" 

 long ! pedicels single, distant, spreading, or ceruuous, 2'" long ; calyx-tube 2'" diam., longer 

 than the rounded lobes, puberulous ; stamens short ; styles exserted ; berry 8'" long, 6''-4 

 diam. : adienium iibrous : interior testa^projections numerous. — Hab. Jamaica I, Wils., 

 March, in woods. 



11. C. diTersifolia, Jacq. Leaves ovate-oblong or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 cordate or roundish at the base (rarely ovate or bluntiah), glabrous : veins densely reticu- 

 lated, promimilous on both sides; racemes simple, elongated, ascending : pedicels jointed at 

 the top, about as long as the flower ; ealyx-tube ovate, often pubescent ; stamens subincluded ; 

 iern/ ellipsoidal or suhglobose, striated, obtusate with the bluntly conical calyx-limb. — 

 Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 113 : the berry does however not agree. — C. punctata, Lun. {non 

 Jacq.). — A. shrub, about 15' hieh, often rusty-pubescent on the branchlets, racemes, and 

 ochrese ; leaves variable, 12"^5'' long, 4"-2" broad : petiole 13"'-6,"' Ipng ■, ochrese ap- 

 pressed ; racemes 12"-4".long ; pedicels siugle or geminate, 2"'-l"' long ; calyx white, 5-fid 

 to the middle, 2'" long ; berry dark-red, keeled by prominulous ribs, 4'" Jong, 3"'-3"' diam. : 

 limb 2-3 times shorter than the accrescent portion. — Hab. Jamaica !, Al., March, Wullschl. ; 

 Antigua I, Wullschl.; [Haiti, French islands !]. 



** Calyx 5-partite; pedicels not exserted beyond the bracts. 



13. C. crescentiifolia, Cham. Leaves large, obtfvate-oblong or elliptical-oblong, 

 bluntish, tapering towards the base, glabrous, polished : primary veins immersed above, 

 prominulous beneath : ochrese spreading ; racemes compound at the base, or simple : 

 pedicels ternate or single, as long as the bracts ; berry " ovoid-globose." — Mart. Fl. Bras.} 4. 

 i. 8: racemes less compound than in our specimen. — ^Les^ves 10"-6"long, 4"-3" broad: 

 petiole IJ"-!" long. — Hab. Ti-inidad !, LocTch., common in woods ; [Brazil]. 



13. C. gma,nensis, Meisn. Leaves broadly ovate, bluntish, or elliptical and oblong- 

 lanceolate, subcordate or rounded at the base, glabrous : veins reticulated and prominulous 

 en both sides : ochrese spreading ; racemes simple : pedicels geminate or single, nearly as long 

 as the bracts j berry ovate-conical, pointed. — Mart. Ft. Bras. 14. 1. 10. — Leaves 5"-3" long, 

 3"-2" broad ; petiole 8"'-4"' long ; berry striated, 3'" long, 2'" diam. , upper portion 

 gradually tapering into the limb.— Hab. Trinidad I, Or. ; [Guiaila]. 



§ 4, Flowers sessile, jointed with the rachis. 



14. G. punctata, L. . Leaves pvate, elliptical, or oblong, glabrous : veins densely 

 reticulated and prominulous on both sides : ochrcEe tubular, entire ; spikes simple, virgaie 

 (rarely compound) : bracts 1 (-3) -flowered, enclosing the base of the l-partite calyx ; berry 

 ovoid-globose, abruptly crowtied with the foliaceous calyx-limb. — Jacq, Amer. Pict. t. 114. 

 — C. coronata, Jacq. C. microstachya, W. C. diversifolia, Hooh. ! — Very variable in the 

 leaf-form (o, 7, and S agreeing however perfectly in the fruit), so that several othpr West 

 Indian Coccolobce cannot be distinguished, as long as their fruit is unknown, viz. G. barba- 

 densis, Jacq. C. rotundifolia, Klotaschiana, aniSwartm, Meisn.-^-A shrub, 10'— 30' high ; 

 spikes subsessile : flowers white ; stamens exserted ; berry purple, 3"'-3"' long, 2if"-2"' 

 diam. : crown, formed of oblong, erect or spreading segments, 4'" high and broad. 



rt. -Jaaquini. Leaves bvate-oblong, acuniinate, roundpd or subcordate at the base (S"-3" 

 long, 3"-2" broad) : petiole often pubescent. 



iS. barbadensis, Jacq. Leaves ovate-roundish, with a bluntish point, subcordate or 

 roundish at the base (5"-4" long, 3"-2i" broad).— /«cy. Obs. t. 8. 



7. microstachya, W. Leaves ovate or eUiptical, blunt, rounded or bluntish at the base 

 (6"-3" long, 4"-2" broad). 



8. parv^olia. Leaves elliptical, pointed at both ends, rarely rounded at the base (4"-^2" 

 long, 3"-.!" broad). 



Hab. Jamaica 1 : all collect. (7, rarely $, S) ; Antigua I, Wullschl. {a, S) ; [Swedish 

 and French islands !, Venezuela]. 



Sect. 3. Le.ucomel.sna. — Achenium protruding beyond the calyx-limb.— Leaves 

 papery-membranaceous, inserted into the base of the ochrea. 



15. O. niyea, Jacq. Leaves papery, elliptical or eUiptical-oblpng, tapering and pointed 



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