230 CHRYSOBALANE^. 



Btipitate ; flowers 4'" diam. ; drupes 8'" long, abruptly contracted at the base. — Hab. Trioi- 

 dad I, Cr., at Tocuche, S. Anns. 



5. H. triandra, Sw. Leaves oblong, pointleted, slightly scabrous, glabrescent ; racemes 

 compound, eglandular, pubescent : hranehes racemuUform : bracts subulate ; calyx-tube tur- 

 binate : lobes ovate ; fertile stamens 3 ; drupe obovate-oblong, villous. — Jacq. Amer. Pict. 

 t, 11. — H. americana, L. partim, Jacq. H. paniculata. Lam. (non Sw.). — A small tree ; 

 flowers white, as long as the pedicels. — Hab. Jamaica !, Macf., Al., Wils., uncommon in 

 mountain woods ; Dominica !, 7/k)-. ; Trinidad !, iocM., Cr.; [Cuba! to Brazil!]. 



6. H. paniculata, Sw., Mey.l Leaves elliptical-oblong or oblong, mncronate or 

 bluntish, slightly scabrous, shining above, hairy on the nerves beneath ; racemes comfound, 

 eglandular, hispid: hranehes sub-3-flcwered, as lony as the ovate-laneeolate iraets; calyx- 

 tube obliquely campannlate : lobes elliptical ; stamens 5-6 : " drupe obovate, pubescent." — 

 Fahl, Symb. t. 31. — H. hirsuta. Lam. H. bracteosa, Steud.l — A shrub; bracts and brac- 

 teoles persistent; filaments purple. — Hab. S. Vincent!, Guild.; Trinidad!, Pd., Lockh., 

 Cr., in savannahs ; [Guiana !]. 



7. H. pendula, Sol. "Leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, cordate at the base, sca- 

 brous-pubescent beneath ; racemes compound, rusty-toraentose : special cymes divaricate : 

 bracts minute; calyx-tube globose; stamens 5-3." — Hab. S. Lucia (Zuccar.), 



3. LICANIA, Audi. 

 (Moquilea, Aubl., non Mart. Zucc.) 



Calyx 5-4-fid or 5-4-dentate. Petals 5-0. Stamens 3-ao . Ovary sessile, inserted 

 into the base of the calyx-tube. Pericarp drupaceous. — Flower-clnsters racemose or pani- 

 culate. 



Sect. 1. EULIOANIA. — Calyj: ovate-yloiose, ^-dentate. Petals 0. Stamens unilateral, 

 included, fertile 3-5. 



8. Ii. hypoleuca, Benth. Leaves ovate, cuspidate, glabrous, tehite beneath (the ribs 

 excepted) ; flower-clusters peduncled, in a divaricate, pubescent panicle : flowers shortly 

 pedicellate; calyx subglobose ; stamens 3 (-2-4); drupe obovate-oblong, tomentose. — Bot. 

 Sulph. t. 32 ; the panicle laxer than in our specimens. — A tree ; leaves 6"-4", petioles 3'"- 

 6"' long ; panicle 2"-4" diam..: peduncles %"'-&"' long ; pedicds 2-5, alternate, i'" long ; 

 calyx 1'" diam. ; drupe 6'" long ; — Hab. Dominica 1, Imr. Trinidad I, Pd., Cr., in the 

 mountains of S. Anns; [Veraguas, Panama). 



Sect. 3. Moquilea. — Calyx ?>-fld. Petals 5. Stamens in a complete whorl, fertile co-15. 



9. Ii. pyrifolia, Or. (n. sp). Leaves ronndish-elliptical or elliptical, mncronate, long- 

 petioled, shining-glabrous above, glabrate beneath; racemes compound, in a spreading, 

 white-pubescent panicle : flowers fascicled oi solitary, aj long as their pedicel ; calyx white- 

 tomentose, subglobose, as long as the. clawed petals; fertile stamens oo, with the style 

 shortly exserted.— Moqnileas sp., H. Bot. IVin. Cr. ! (Bot. Zeit. 15. p. 303.)— Allied to L. 

 leucosepala, Gr., of Guadeloupe, distinguished by broader and smaller leaves, long petioles, 

 and a larger number of fertile stamens.— A tree ; brauehlets and panicles whitish-pubescent ; 

 leaves coriaceous, 2i"-2" long, 1^" broad, shortly contracted at the base, polished above, 

 mealy-puberulous beneath, at length concolor : petiole 6'" long, slightly 2-glandular ; panicle 

 6" long, 4" broad : branches horizontal, distant ; calyx 3'" diam. ; petal-limb orbicular, as 

 long as the claw ; staniens 30-30, mostly fertile; ovary and interior side of the calyx densely 

 lanuginose. — Hab. Trinidad !, Pd. 



4. PARINARI, ^a«?. 



Calyx ^AA. Petals 5 (-4). Stamens 7-co: their insertion-line furnished witfi long, 

 silky, reversed hairs. Ovary 3-ceUed, with a spurious, longitudinal dissepiment : gynophore 

 adnate to the calyx-tube. i)™^e dry, 2-celled : ceUs 1-seeded. — Trees; leaves penninei-ved, 

 veiny beneath ; flowers cymose : cymes often, racemose-paniculate. 



10. P. campestre, Auhl, Loaves ovate, shortly acuminate, cordate at the base, rugulosc 

 and glabrate above, white-tomentose and strongly veined beneath : petiole very short, cglan- 



