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Sect.' 1. NoTOPLEuHAi Senthv-^FyreHee compressed, from "tTie. buck, S-cristatei lateral 

 crests contiguous to the angles.of the commissure. Albumen flat-compressed, devoid of, 

 furrows. — Stem herbaceous, large-leaved : stipules single: upper part deciduous, leaving 

 . a persistent, connate-sheatMng base. 



• 111. F. uliginosa, Sa.l Glabrous or glabrescent, somewhat succulent; leaves obo-. 

 vate or eUiptical, usaally poiMleted, costate-veiny, long-petioled : stipules pointed ; panicles 

 axillary, trichotomous : flowers clustered, bracteolate; calyx-limb 5-dentate; corolla villous 

 at the throat ; anthers linear; berry ovate, at length nearly smooth. — P.laevis, DC. — Habit 

 of Patima. A suffrutescent herb, V-^' high ; leaves 10'V6", petiole 2" long ; axillary pani- 

 cles short : peduncle 3" long or none ; flowers small, pale-red ; berry criinson. 

 a. Glabrous ; leaves pointleted ; panicles long-peduncled. 



i8. discolor, Sm. ined. Leaves oval, rounded at the top, acute at the base : uuder side of 

 the midrib and subsessile panicles puberolous. 



Hab. Jamaica !, all coll., in wet places (a, j3) ; Dominica !, Imr., S. Incia ; Trinidad ! , 

 Cr.; [Cuba ! ; CentM America, Guiana!]. 



Sect. 2. Mapotjkia, 5ereM. — Fyrence half-terete, ^{-V)-cristate :■ crests equidistant. Al- 

 bumen furrowed between the crests, flat with 2 minute, or no furrows on the commissural 

 side. — Stipules single, deciduous from or near the base. Panicles terminal : flowers mi- 

 nutely bracteolate. 



In the West Indian species the corolla is villous at or below the throat, and* the anthers 

 are oblong ; exserted and included stamens occur in the same branch. 



* Stipules distinct, wholly or above. 



112. P. grandis, Sw.l Herbaceous, suffrutescent, glabrous; leaves large, obovate, 

 pointed, cuneate towards the shortly petioled base, costate-veiny : stipules broadly ovate- 

 subulate, tardily deciduous, membranaceous, slightly cohering at the base, as long as the 

 petiole ; panicle large, peduncled, trichotomous, with accessory branches, slightly pubern- 

 lons : flowers clustered I'calyx-limbTsinutely denticulate ; berry "ovate." — 12'-15'high ; leaves 

 15"-8", stipules 10"'-8"', corolla '2"''iong; panicle often terminal between two branches. — 

 Hak, Jamaica!, Al., Wils., among mountain shrubs, e.g. near Bath. 



113. P. Mapouria, B. S. "Suffrutescent, glabrous ; leaves large, elliptical, shortly pe- 

 tioled, costate-veiny: stipules broadly ovate,ilunt, membranaceous ; panicle large, pedun 

 cled, trichotomous, with accessory branches ; flowers clustered ; calyx-limb minutely denti- 

 culate ; berry " ovoid-globose." — Aubl. t. 67. — 7'-8' high ; leaves 6''-8", stipules 6" , corolla 

 2'" Idng.^-HAB." Dominica !, Imr., S. Vincent 1, Guild. ; [Guiana 1] . 



114. P. floribunda, Kth. Shrubby, glabrous; leaves leathery, oblong, costate-veiny; 

 stipules oblong, i2»»^, membranaceous, deciduous, with the short base marcescent ; panicle 

 trichotomous, with accessory branches, peduncled, slightly puberulous above : flowers clus- 

 tered; calyx-limb subentire; corolla-lobes shorter than the tube; berry ovoid: pyrense mi- 

 nutely 2-furrowed at the commissure. — 25'-5' high ; leaves 8"-3", petiole 4'"— 10'", stipules 

 4"'-8"', corolla 2'" long ; flowers white ; berry yellowish. — Hab. Dominica !, Imr. ; [Gua- 

 daloupe !, in damp woods ; Martinique \, Sieb. Mart. 77 ; New Granada], 



11 B. P. dura, Sm. ined. (in Mb. Bks.). Shrubby, glabrous; leaves leathery, shining 

 above, elliptical or oblong, costate-veiny beneath : stipules broadly ovate, blunt, membrana- 

 ceous, deciduous, with the short base marcescent; panicle trichotomous, with accessory 

 branches, peduncled, slightly puberulous above : flowers clustered ; calyx-limb shortly 5- 

 lobed ; corolla-lobes shorter than the tuhe ; berry ovoid : albumen 2-furrowed at the com- 

 missure.— Leaves 5"-2i", petiole 4"'-8"', stipules 4"'-6"', corolla 2"'long.— Hab. Jamaica !, 

 Fd., Wils., Al., March, in woods, Manchestei-, S. Anns. 



116. P. marginata, Sw. / Shrubby, glabrous; leaves chartaceous, lanceolate-oblong 

 or oblong, pointed, gradually tapering into the petiole, cbstate-veiny : stipules oblong, blunt or 

 bluntish, membranaceous, deciduous; panicle lax, trichotomous, peduncled: flowers pedi- 

 cellate ; calyx-limb minutely 5-dentate ; corolla-lobes as long as the tube ; terry subglobose : 

 pyrense minutely 2-furrowed at the commissure. — 3'^' high ; leaves black in drying, 6"-3", 

 petiole_10"'T4",', stipules 6"'-3"', oorglla 14'" lD,ng.— Hab. Jamaica !, Sw., U'Nab', March, 

 in woods. 



