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leaves oval or oval-roundisli, complicate at the top ; racemes single in the axils, terminal 

 compound : pedicels shorter than the ternateVy sessile flowers ; calyx truncate^ half again 

 as long as the ovate, blimtish bractlet ; corolla cylindrical in the hud : petals 6, linear (2J"' 

 long) ; filaments unequal, the longer dilated at the top : anthers erect, subulate ; berry ob- 

 long. — Kth. Nov. Gen. t. 399. — L. marginatus, Kth. {non Besr.). L. paniculatus, KtA., and 

 L. polyrrhizus. Mart., are probably also synonyms. — Panama specimens of L. marginatus, 

 Desr., are similar, but form a distinct species, having a denticulate calyx-limb, and the co- 

 rolla-buds abruptly ovoid above a cylindrical base. — Leaves l"-2", pedicels 1'" long ; style 

 cylindrical.— Hab. Trinidad!, Or.; [Venezuela]. 



5. Ii. avicularius, Mart. Branchlets cylindrical : the young internodes tetragonal j 

 leaves oval ; racemes axillary and terminal, compound : flower-clusters subsessile, or the in- 

 ferior pedicellate : flowers ternately sessile ; calyx subtruncate, as long as the ovate, pointed 

 bractlet ; corolla ovate-oMong in the bud : petals 6, lanceolate linear (l"'-li"' long) ; fila- 

 ments unequal, hoUowed on the margin, the longer dilated at the top : anthers erect, subu- 

 late; berry "ovate." — Leaves lV'-8", longest pedicels 1'" long; flowers greenish-white ; 

 style slightly clavate. — Hab. Jamaica !, Fd. ; [Panama !, Venezuela !, Brazil !, Spruce, Lor. 

 6]. 



Sect. 3. Dendkopemon. — Fowers small, racemose or sulspicate, single on the pedicels ; 

 the calyx-tube involved by a cupuliform, %-dentate or Z-fid bractlet. Petals distinct. 

 Stamens alternately unequal, inserted below the middle of the petals, the longer filaments 

 excavated on the margin below their sterile anther : 3 fertile anthers cordate, erect. 



6. Ii. parrifolius, Sw. Branchlets subcorapressed-cylindrical ; leaves spathulate-lan- 

 .ceolate or obovate, tapering into the petiole ; racemes axillary, simple, S-9-flowered, much 

 to twice exceeded by the leaves, rusty-furfiiraceous : pedicels nearly as long as the flowers : 

 bractlet cupulate, equal, broadly %-fld, with deltoid lobes ; corolla oblong, pointed in the 

 bud: petals 6, linear (1^'" long) ; berry ovoid-oblong. — L. montanus, Macf. — Leaves small, 

 1." (e'^'-ie'") long, stiU more variable in breadth, 3"'-9"' broad, blunt ; pedicels li"'-B"' 

 long, distant ; style thickened in the middle ; berry 3'" long. — Hab. Jamaica 1, all coll., in 

 the higher region, from the Blue Mountains to Manchester, upwards to the siunmits, e.g. on 

 Coffee- trees. 



7. Z>..ui>iflorus, Jacq. Branchlets compressed, at length cylindrical; leaves obovate 

 or spathulate, cuneate at the ,,base, rounded or emarginate on the top ; racemes axillary, 

 simple, devoid of scaly down, ^-many-flowered, as long as the leaves : pedicels distant, as 

 long as the flowers: bractlet obliquely cupulate, broadly Z-fid, with 2 lobes shorter; corolla 

 oblong, bluntish in the bud : petals 6, linear (1'" long) ; berry " oblong."— /oey. Amer. Pict. 

 t. 100 ; Catesb. Carol. 2. t. 95. — Viscum purpureum, L. ex ic. Catesb. ■ L. parviflorus, 

 iflm.— Leaves li"-2" long ; pedicels 2'" long ; corolla red ; berry blackish-blue.— Hab. 

 Bahamas {Catesb.) ; [Cuba !, Haiti]. 



8. Ii. emargiuatus, Sw. Branchlets compressed, at length cylindrical ; leaves obovate- 

 roundish, shortly cnueate at the subsessile, complicate base, emarginate or mucronulate-sub- 

 truncate at the rounded top ; racemes spiciform, axillary, simple, furfuraceous, many-3- 

 flowered, as long as or much exceeded by the leaves : flowers subsessile or at length shortly 

 pedicellate : bractlet subequal, cupulate, Z-fld, with deltoid lobes ; coroUa ovoid-oblong, 

 blnnt m the bud: petals 6, lanceolate (IJ"' long); berry ovoid-oblong.— Leaves li"-l" 

 long, li"-8"' broad ; berry blackish-blue, 3'" long.— Hab. Jamaica !, Pd. ; Antigua !, 

 Wullschl., S. Vincent !, Ouild. , . -s . 



9. Ii. pauciflorns, Sm. ! Branchlets subcompressed-cylindrical ; leaves obovate, oval, 

 or oval-oblong, subacute at the base, rounded at the top ; racemes spiciform, axillary, simple 

 or tripartite, furfuraceous, many-few-flowered, half as long as the leaves -.flowers subsessile : 

 bractlet cupulate, minutely %-dentate, at length subentire : 2 teeth smaUer ; corolla oblong, 

 pomted mthe bud : petals 6, linear (Ii'" long) ; beriy ovoid.— Leaves 2i"-l" long, 20"'-10'" 

 broad: petiole short, complicate; flower-pairs at length distant ; stamens of L. parvifolius : 

 berry 4'" long, 2i"' broad.— Hab. Jamaica 1, Ski. ; [Cuba!]. 



