278 THYMELE^. 



■y. heiefophjlla. Simple leaves elliptical or ovate, acuminate, ooai'sely serrate beyond the 

 base, rarely quite entire : segments of pinnatipartite ones 8-9-jugal, either large, ovate, or 

 small, ovate,lanceolate and lanceolate. — Simple leaves 3"-6" long, segments f "-4" long. 



Hab. Trinidad ! {/3, y), Pd., Or., in the ndrthem moraitaiii-woods ; [Isthmus ! (o, ft 7), 

 Venezuela ! (o,j3), Guiana !, Brazil]. 



LXXIV. THYMELE.^. 



Flowers apetalous. Stamens definite, inserted iuto the imbricative, oolom'ed calyx. Ovary 

 snperior, usnkUy simple : ovule usually solitary, laterally afiixed : style simple. Seed exal- 

 buminous or with a thin perisperm. Emhryo straight : radicle superior. — Leaves exstipu- 

 late, quite entire. 



This Order contains an acrid principle, which acts upon the stin as a vesicatory. Animals 

 feeding on the berries of Saphnopsis in Dominica are considered poisonous (Imr.). The 

 inner bark of Daplmopsis and Lagetta (the Lace-hark tree of Jamaica) afford an esteemed 

 fibre. In Trinidad the hark of Sehcenoiiblus is used as a substitute for rope {Pd.). 



1. SCHCENOBIBLUS, Mart. Zuec. 



Flowers dioecious. Cab/x S 4-partite, rotate, $ . . . . Stamens 4, inserted into the 

 calyx-segments ; filaments long. — A shrub ; leaves alternate ; flowers in peduncled, corym- 

 bose umbels. 



1. S. dapbnoides, Mart. Zuca. — Mart. PI. Bras. 14. t. 38./. 3 : the leaves narrower 

 and the flowers smaller than in our plant, which however presents no specific difierenoe. — 

 Leaves subsessile, chartaceous, lanceolate-oblong, pointed, glabrous, 13"-8" long, 3"-2" 

 broad ; corymbs rusty-pubescent : pedicels filiform, 8"'-10 long ; calyx-segments linear, 

 blunt, 4'" long, nearly twice as long as the stamens.- — Hab. Trinidad !, Pd., in shady woods 

 near Arima ; [Venezuela !, equat. Brazil]. 



2. DAPHNOPSIS, Mart. Zucc. 



Flowers dioecious : S with a rudimentary pistil. Calyar salver-shaped, supported by a 

 minute, denticulate involucel : limb 4-partite. Hypogynous scales 4. Anthers 8, subsessile. 

 Stigma terminal, subsessile. Berry naked : seed exalbuminous. — Leaves alternate ; flowers 



3. D. Sinrartzii, Meisn. Branchlets pnberulous 1 leaves chai'taceous, lanceolate or lan- 

 ceolate-oblong, discolor^ glabrous above, hoary-puberulous beneath ; peduncles simple : flowers 

 shortly pedicellate, sericeous ; calyx-tube infundibular, thrice as long as the limb : lobes lan- 

 ceolate, pointed, recurved; berry " ovoid." — Daphne occidentaUs, Sw. Hargasseria, Gr. — A 

 shrub ; leaves 4"-3" long, 18"'-10"' broad, tapering into the short petiole, pointed or blunt ; 

 peduncles l"-li", pedicels 1'", calyx-tube 4'", limb li'"long; flowers whitish. — Hab. Ja- 

 maica!, Pd., Ak, in the high southern mountains ; [Gttadeloupe {Wickstr.yi. 



3. D. tinifolia, Gr. Branchlets glabrous ; leaves chartaceous or subcoriaceous, lanceo- 

 late-oblong, elliptical-lanceolate or elliptical, concolor, glabroiis ; flower-heads cymose, hoary- 

 . sericeous : flowers sessile, ? peripherical, at length pedicellate, central ones in both sexes less 



developed; $ calyx-tube flliform'clavate^ Z-4i tirnes as long as the limb, ? infundibular, 

 -at length campauulate : lobes bkntish, recurved ; berry ellipsoidal, pdnted, as long as the 

 excrescent pedicel. — DaphnSj Sm). l^otimauma., Flsch. Mey. Hargasseria, .Sffirf/. D. ti- 

 nifolia, p, Cumingii, Meisn. — A tree, 20'-30' high ; leaves usually pointed, 3"-4" long, 

 'shortly petioled ; peduncles sericeous, several times djchotomous or 2-3-furcate ; $ calyx- 

 tube 4"'^5"', ? 2'"-3"', berry 4'" long ; flowers yellowish, $ with abortive anthers and the 

 stigma subexserted.— Hab, Jamaica!, Maof.,.Al., Wils., March, WullschL, in the southern 

 and western mountains. 



4, TO. caxibsea, Gr. , Branchlets glabrous; leaves subcoriaceous, lanoeolate-pblong, con- 

 color, glabrous, veiny ; flower-heads cymose, hoary -pubescent : flowers sessile or ? subses- 

 sile, central ones less developed ; S calyx-tube clavate, twice as long as the limb, ? in- 



