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117. P. glabrata, Sw. Shruiby, glabrona ; leaves chartaceous, elliptical, costate-veiny: 

 stipules distinct, ovate, ottusate, membranaceous, deciduous, with tie basilar hairs persis'- 

 tent; panicle tnchotomons, peduncled : flowers shortly pedicellate ; calyx-limb 5 -dentate; 

 corolla-lobes nearly as long as the tube ; berry ovoid-globose < pyrSnse flat ; albumen slightly 

 2-furrowed at the comniissure. — P. laurifolia, Svf. : a form with the leaves tapering at the 

 base. — 4'-5' high ; leaves black in drying, 4"-2i", petiole 4'"-:2"', stipules l"'-3" , corolla 

 2'" long; berry 2'" diam. — Hab. Jamaica!, March,\si rocky hills; Antigua!, WvXlscM. ; 

 [Cuba!]. 

 ' 118. P. tenuifolia, Sv>. Shrubby, glabrous ; leaves somewhat leathery or chartaceous, 

 elliptical or oblong, costate-veiny : stipules broad, distinct, bifid, with subulate lobes, deci- 

 duous, with the basilar hairs persistent ; panicle trichotomous, shortly peduncled, or subses- 

 sile : flowers clustered ; calyx-limb 5-fid : corolla-lobes as long as the tube ; berrif ellip- 

 soidal: pyrense flat, albumen 2-furrowed at the commissure. — P. glabrata, Sieb. Mart. 73 

 {non Sio.). — 3'-4' high, resembling P. Brownei ; leaves glaucous-black in drying, variable, 

 blunt or pointed at both ends, often with hair-tufts in the vein-axils beneath, B"-7", petiole 

 4"'-12"', stipules 4"'-5"', coroUa 1'", berry 3"'-4"' long.— Hab. Jamaica!, Mac/., Fd:, 

 M'Nab, Wkcllschl., 'm W00A&: Antigua!, Wullschl.; [Cuba! to, Martinique!]. 



119. P. BroTraei, Spreng. Shrubby, glabrous; leaves somewhat leathery, elliptic'al or 

 •lanceolate-elliptical, l)lunt or bluntish at both ends, costate-veiny : stipules connate-sheathing 

 below, ovate or I'oundish, blunt or bluntly mucronate, deciduous, with the basilar hairs per- 

 sistent ; panicle trichotomous, lax, spreading, sessile, or peduncled : flowers clustered ; calyx- 

 limb short, minutely 5 -dentate ; corolla-lobes shorter than the tube ; berry ellipsoidal: py- 

 -reuse flat, albumen slightly 2-furrowed at the commissure. — Br, Jam. t. VI. f. 2. — P. asia"- 

 tica. Lam. 'P.taiteTis,Sw.,partim: a form with lanceolate-elliptical leaves. — Leaves glau- 

 cous-black in drying, 4"-3", petiole 6"'-4"', stipular sheath 2'"-!'", corolla 2'" long ; berry 

 2"'-2i"'long, 1'" broad.— Hab. Jamaica!, A'Nab, AL, Macf., Dist., March, Wullschl., in 

 woods and along rivers ; [Portorico, S. Thomas]. 



120. P. androssemifolia, Gr. («. jy.). Shrubby, glabrous; leaves leathery, lanceo- 

 late-oblong, bluntly acuminate : veins distant, delicate : stipules connate-sheathing below, 

 ovate, blunt, with the basilar hairs persistent; 'panicle peduncled, 3-rayed, cymoaej/Mfo- 

 giaie : flowers clustered, alar ones shortly pedicellate ; calyx-limb short, minutely 5-denti- 

 cnlate ; corolla-lobes shorter than the tube ; berry ellipsoidal : pyrense 4-fnrrowed between 

 the broadly obtuse crests : commissure flat, with the albumen 2-ftirrowed. — Leaves glaucous, 

 smooth, 4"-3" long, 1" broad, tapering into the short petiole ; stipules 2'", corolla 2'" long; 

 berry 2i"' long, 14"' broad. — Hab. Jamaica !, March. 



** Stipules combined-sheathing, often dimidiate. 



121. P. celastroides, Gr. (n. sp.). Shrahhy, glabrous ; leaves chartaceous, elliptical 

 OT lanceolate-elliptical, pointed at both ends, costate-veiny : stipules connate or rumpent, 

 often dimidiate-sheathing, bluntly acuminate, membranaceous, deciduous, with the basilar 

 hairs persistent ; panicle peduncled, usually 5-rayed (or trichotomous) : flowers clustered.; 



■ calyx-limb 5-dentate; corolla-lobes half as long as the tube; berry ovoid-globose-, pyrense 

 flat, albumen 2-farrowed at the commissure. — Allied in character to R. Brownei, but dis- 

 tinguished by thinner, often wavy-repand, light-green leaves, the deltoid calyx-teeth, and 

 chiefly by the shape of the berry. Leaves 3"-l", petiole 2"'-3"', stipules 2"'-3"', corolla 2'" 

 long; berry 2'" long, 14"'-2"' broad. — Hab. Jamaica!, Wullschl.; [Cuba!]. 



122. P. dasyophthalma, Gr. («. sp). Shrubby, glabrom, but with rusty-villous sti- 

 pules ; '[emea chartaceous, lanceolate-oblong, pointed, costate-veiny: stipules connate, dimi- 

 diate-sheathing, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, bluntly acuminate, membranaceous, deciduous, 

 with the basilar hairs persistent ; panicle peduncled, trichotomous : flowers clustered ; calyx- 

 limb minutely 5-denticulate ; corolla-lobes half as long as the tube; berry ellipsoidal: py- 

 rense flat at the commissure.— Nearly allied to P. Ursula, but having glabrous leaves and 

 branches : the bferry remains to be compared. Leaves black in drying, tapenng towards the 

 base, 4"-2i"i petiole 5"'-3"', stipules 3^"-6"', corolla li'" long; berry 3"' long, IV" broad. 

 ■— Hab.' Jamaica !, 7^««ii>K, Manchester, at Fairfield. _ 



123 P hirsuta, Sw. Shrubby ; brandies rusty-pilose, with jointed, spreading hairs ; 

 leaves chartaceous, lanceolate-oblong, acuminate, arch-veined, glabrate above, pilose on the 



