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segments unequal. Ovaiy 2-ceUed : ovules 2 in each cell, ftnatropaus, collateral, pendulous 

 frdmitstop. %fe2-partite: divisions long, linear, revolute. iJrejoe 1-oelled by abortion, 

 1-seeded, with the rudiment of the septum persistent : putameu at length sub-bivalved. 

 Seed sulcate, 2-lobed at the top : testa membranaceous, produced internSly as an integu- 

 ment of the anfractuosities of the embryo : cotyledons contiguous, mauy-plaited.-^A shrubby 

 tree 5 leaves temate; <J "aments peduncled, axillary" (ex ic. SI), ? in the axils of 



1. p. Juglans, Gr.—Sl. t. 157./. 1. S.ich. Cub. t. 30.— Juglans baocata, L. Rhus 

 arborea, ifec^. / (non DC). Schmidelia macrocarpa, iJacA. CfeS. Pierodendron arboreum. 

 Planch. ! — About 20' high ; leaflets lanceolate-oblong or elliptical-oblong, rounded at the 

 top or bluntish, petiolnlate, revolute on the margin, pubescent or glabrate beneath, with the 

 down usually persistent along the midrib, 2"-3i'^ long, nearly as long as the common 

 petiole ; peduncle of ? slender, pubescent, half as long as the petiole : calyx-segments 

 linear, blunt, l"'-2"' long, 3-4 times exceeded by the papillose style-segments; drupe 

 ovoid-globose, orange-yellow, 8"'-12"' long, 6"'-10"' broad.— Hab. Jamaica !, Ma<f., 

 March, in the southern arid plains between Spanish-town and Kingston ; [Cuba !, on 

 maritime rocks near Matanzas, Sugel]. 



Walnuts, sMd to be of Juglans cinerea, I>., have been sent to the Kew Museum from 

 S. Kitts. '•' 



LXII. AMENTACE^. 



Flowers unisexual, apetalous, <J or all amentaceous. Pistil syncarpous or reduced: 

 ovules 1-2 in each cell : stigma divided. Fruit indehiscent, 1-seeded. Embn/o exalbumi- 

 nous : radicle superior. — Woody plants ; leaves simple {or abortive). 



Teibe I. MTRXCEM— Flowers nalced, amentaceous. Stamens 2-6 (-8). Omry 1- 

 celled: ovule single, basilar, atropous: stigma bipartite. — Shrubs; leaves resinous- 

 dotted beneath. The bark exudes aromatic resin or wax. 



1. MYEICA, L. 



1. M, microcarpa, Benth. ! Leaves spathulate or lanceolate, serrulate chiefly beyond 

 the middle, or subentire, puberulous above or glabrate : ribs puberulous beneath ; aments 

 dicedous, serotinous, subsolitary in the axils, $ shortly cylindrical, ? ovoid; S bracts 

 wedge-shaped : stamens' 4 (-5) : filaments united to the middle : column filiform, hairy ; 

 $ bracts caducous ; fruit drupaceous, ovoid, minute (l"'loug). — M. xalapensis, Pcepp. Cub. ! 

 — Leaves variable.— Hab. Jamaica I, all collect., in the high moilntaius. Port Koyal to the 

 forest the summit of the Blue Mountains ; [Cuba I, Guiana !]. 



Teibe II. CASUARINEM. — Flowers nalced, amentaceous, involucraie. Stamen 1, ex- 

 crescent. Ovary \-celled: ovule single, pendulous: stigma bipartite. — ^Aphyllous, 

 woody plants ; ultimate branches striated : nodes encircled by a toothed leaf-sheath. 



2. CASUARINA, i. 



' 2*. C. eciuisetifolia, Forst. Branchlets filiform, simple : furrows 6-8 : teeth of the 

 sheath as many, convex-keeled on the back ; S aments terminal, clavate-linear, ? lateral,, 

 shortly peduncled, at length cylindrical-ovoid. — A high tree. — Hab. Naturalized in Jamaica !, 

 Wils.; Trinidad; [introduced from the East, now ranging through aU tropical countries]. 



LXIII.LEGUMINOSiE. 



Calyx with the odd division distant from the axis. Stamens usually 10. Carpel mostly 

 solitary, free : style oblique. Ovules sutural, hemitropous or anatrppous. Fruit leguminous. 

 Seeds exalbuminous. — Leaves stipulate, compound or reduced; inflorescence centripetal. 



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