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pointleted, ciliate-denticulaie,^yiith scattered hairs above and on the nerves beneath : petiole 

 glandular-hairy, as long as the leaf; peduncles long, scapiform, glandular-hairy, especially 

 on the branches of the corymbiform cyme ; 2 capsule-wings deltoid, the third twice as long, 

 obtusate-oblong. — Ehizoma creeping, scaly : stipular scales oblong, cuspidate ; leaves 6"-4" 

 long, 4"-3" broad ; peduncles 1' long : dichotomous branches 3-4, few-flowered : bracts 

 oblong or elliptical, oiUate, cuspidate ; 3 larger $ sepals ovate, blunt, 4'" long, 2 interior 

 oblong-lanceolate, half as long ; stamens many, free : anthers shortly obovate-oblong, as 

 long as the filament, bluntly produced beyond the cells j ? sepals 5, oval, 3"' long : style 

 3-partite : stigmas bifid, with short, contiguous, papillose bands ; capsule rounded at the 

 base : placentas thinly bilameUate ; wings 4'" broad, two 3"'-4"' long, the third straightish 

 on the upper margin, 6"'-9"' long. — Hab. Trinidad !, Zockh., (Jr., in moist ravines, Maraval. 



10. B. Furdieana, ^. 2)C. " Stemless, leaves obliquely cordate-ovate, pointed, vcte- 

 gularly ,crenate, with scattered hairs above and hairy on the nerves beneaSi ; peduncles 

 scapiform, slender, few-flowered ; capsule blunt at the base : larger wing long, ovate." — 

 The diagnosis is not sufficient to distinguish this from the preceding : but my species is 

 very peculiar by the dense glandular covering of the pedicels, not mentioned, and therefore 

 probably not existing in A. DCs plant. — Hab. Jamaica {A. SC^. 



Sect. ^. SoNALDLA. — Sepals S 2, ? 5. Styles and capsules of ^e^omaaiYma. — Shrubs; 

 leaves short-petioled : stipules and bracts persistent. 



11. B, ulmifolia, W. Stem erect, angular, with scattered hairs ; ^etsvei oblong, pointed, 

 slightly oblique at the base, hiserrate, pilose on both sides : stipules oblong-lanceolate, ex- 

 ceeding the petiole ; " 2 capsule-wings narrow, the third deltoid." — 1,&. and Otto, Ic. 1. 1. 38. 

 — 2'-4' high ; leaves 2" (-5"), stipules 6'" long.— Hab. Trinidad !, Or. ; [Venezuela]. 



Sect. 3. GiKBOUDiA. — Sepals in loth sexes 2. Stigmas 3, shortly bifid, with a semilunar, 

 contiguous, papillose band. Capsule unequally S-teinged: placentas bilameUate. — • 

 Sutfrtttescent, fleshy herbs ; leaves large, long-petioled. 



12. B. macrophylla, JDryand. "Stem short: stipules large, deltoid; leaves T!ery 

 large, unequally and deeply cordate, romtdish, sinuate-dentate, ciliate, hairy on the nerves 

 beneath : petiole terete, scaly ; cymes large, long-pedoncled ; capsule-wings obtusate-round- 

 ish, the third much larger." — " Leaves above 1*, stipules 1^", sepals 3"'-4"' diam." — Hab. 

 Jamaica (5a>.), in the mountains ; [French islands]. 



Sect. 4. Wagbkeria. — Sepals of Begoniastram. Stigmas 3, bipartite, tunsted, wholly 

 papillose. Capsule-mng of the third cell spreading, the two others reduced: placentas 

 entire. — Sufiratescent, often scandent herbs ; cymes large, divaricate. 



13. B. scandens, Sm. Scandent, radicant, glabrous; leaves ovate or ovate-roundish, 

 subequal, slightly emarginate at the base, irregulai'ly dentate; cymes peduncled^ effuse; 

 third capsule-wing ovate-oblong, blunt, spreading, the two others shortly ascending-deltoid, 

 bluntish. — Aubl.t.'Ms^: bad. — B. glahia, Aubl. — 2'-6'long; leaves 3"-6" long; sepals 

 white, larger in 3 , ovate, 2'" long ; third capsule-wing 8"' long, and as broad, the two others 

 2'" broad above. — Hab. Jamaica I, all coU., on trees and in ravines, with the large cymes 

 pendulous ; Dominica!, Imr, ; Trinidad !, Or.; [Guiana, equat. Brazil, Peru]. 



LXXXVIII. AEALIACE^. 



Calyx-limb reduced. Stamens epigynous, mostly definite. Ovary compound : cells with 

 a single, pendulous ovnle : styles distinct or combined, usually surrounded at the base by an 

 epigynous disc. Pericarp fleshy, with cartilaginous pyrense. Embryo small, in the top of 

 tie endosperm. — ^Leaves sheathing at the base of the petiole ; flowers mostly umbellate. 



An aromatic or balsamic principle is extracted, chiefly from the berries. 



1. HBDERA, L. 



Calyx-limb produced beyond the ovary. Petals 5, valvate. Stamens as many. Disc 

 obsolete. Styles combined to the top. Berry 5-pyienous. — The "West Indian species ar» 



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