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* ,Spike-pieces Z-flowered. 



20. A. cnpresWdes, Or. Branchlets striate-oylindrical, brittle: their intemodes 

 tmceaslong as t/ws\of the spike; scales pointed, connate, forming a truncate, spreading 

 sheath, like those of the spike ; spike-pieces %Jlowered : joints 6-2 : flowers decussate ; ? 

 calyx-hmb 3-lobed.— Viscum, Macf. /—A small parasite, resembling A. OxycedH, which 

 has a longer, 2-lobed ^Valyx-limb; stem-intemodes 2"'-3"' long: sheaths \\<" diam. • 

 spikes axillary, shortly peduncled.— Hab. Jamaica!, Macf., WNab, on trees of the Blue 

 Mountains. \ 



** Flowers serM^margiaal on the compressed spike-pieces. 



21. A. gracile, Gr. Branchlets^covapesseA, at length cylindrical: intemodes linear, 

 truncate, much longer than those of thc^ike ; scales reduced or obsolete ; 3 spike-pieces 

 many-flowered : joints 3-2 (4-1) : flo)^er3~4^2-seriate on each margin : involueels truncate- 

 2-fid, spreading ; ,? calyx S-partite^Pfem. B^. Barm. t. 258. /. 1 ; Besc. Fl. 5. t. 348. 

 — Viscum, DC. V. flagelliformej/O^jc— Spithampous or 1' high ; internodes of the stem 

 12"'-6"', those of the spike 2"', long j S spikes peduncled, axillary and terminal : anthers 

 roundish, compressed : disc fl&t ; style short, terminated with a trigonal stigma. — Hab. 

 Jamaica !, Fd., on trees in ths mountains of Port Eoyal. 



22. A. opnntioides^ Gr. Branchlets flat-compressed, constricted at the joints : in- 

 temodes oblong-linear, funded at both ends near the truncate joint ; scales obsolete, deci- 

 duous; (J spike-pieces spathulate, many-flowered: joints 3-2: flowers 1-serial on each 

 margin : involucels 4ubtruncate, spreading ; ? spikes longer, cylindrical : pieces 2-4- 

 flowered: joints 3^ : flowers distichous; calyx of $ ^nd calyx-limb of ? 3-lobed.— -SA 



■ t. 201./., 1. — Viscum, L. — Stem l'-2' high: branches ascending: intemodes usually li"- 

 l"long, 6"'-^''' broad; spikes shortly peduncled, axillary, S 8"'-4"', ? 15"'-6"' long; 

 calyx-lobes broadly ovate ; anthers roundish, compressed : rudimentary style cylindrical ; 

 S calyx 4'" diam., ? calyx-limb 1'" loug, as long as the tube.— Hab. Jamaica I, all coll., 

 on mountain-trees, Port Eoyal, S. Anns, Manchester. 



XCIII. CAPKIPOLIACE^. 



Stamens epipetalous, rarely epigynous. Ovary inferior, syncarpous or simple by abortion. 

 Embryo small, in fleshy albumen. — Leaves opposite, devoid of interpetiolar stipules. 



1. VIBURNUM, L. 



Calyx-limb minute, 5-partite. Corolla infundibular-rotate. Stamens 5, epipetalous. 

 Ovary 1-celled : ovule single, pendulous : stigmas 1-3, sessile. Drupe 1-seeded. — Shrubs j 

 leaves simple ; flowers white, infastigiate cymes : bracteules opposite, deciduous. 



1. V. villosum, Sw. Branchlets and peduncles puberulous with stellate down; leaves 

 chartaceous, elliptical, quite entire (or subdentate above), hoary with short stellate down 

 beneath, or glabrate; cymes pedunteled, 6-5(7-4)-rayed : flowers all fertile; calyx-lobes 

 ovate, dliate ; drupe obliquely ovoid, black. — 6' high ; very variable in the down and leaves ; 

 drupe 2'" long, 1^'" thick. 



o.'I/eaves hoary-villous beneath. 



fi. glabrescens. Leaves glabrate ; down persisting on the cymes. 



y. stibdentatum. Leaves thickish, rugose, subdentate, undulate, villous or glabrate be- 

 neath : the veins impressed above, prominent beneath. 



Hab. Jamaica !, all coll., common in the southern mountains at 1000'-4000' alt. ; [New 

 Granada !, Ecuador I]. 



2. V. grlabratum, Kth. Branchlets and peduncles hispidulous; leaves chartaceous, 

 elliptical-oblong, quite entire, glabrous or hispidulous on the revolute margiii ; cymes pe- 

 duncled, 5-6-rayed:' flowers all fertile; calyx-lobes deltoid, glabrous; drupe obliquely el- 

 Upsoidal-oblong, black.— V. alpinum, ifoe/'.— Leaves smaller and cymes less proliferous than 

 in the usual forms of the preceding; drupe 8'" long, 2'" thick.— Hab. Jamaica!, Ma(f., 

 Wils., March, Portroyal mountains, John Crow's wood ; [Venezuela I, New Granada I, 

 Ecuador I, Peru !]. 



