MYRSINE^. 393 



tive branehlet) often as long as the drupes, covered with imbricated scales : flowers subses- 

 sile; calyx 5-4-fid. — M. cubana, A. DC, ex descr. — Leaves variable, 4"-2"(-li") long, 

 12"'-9"' (-16'") broad; clusters equalling the petioles; drupe 2"'-14"' diam.— Hab. Ja- 



. maica !, March, in mountain-woods of the southern districts ; Dominica !, Imr. ; [Cuba ; 



. Panama!]. 

 w^ 3. VL. floribunda, R. Br. Glabrous ; leaves leathery, oiovate, rounded or emarginate 

 at the top, qiiite entire, revolnte at the margin, shining above, rusty and dotted beneath, de- 

 void ofpelhicid dots ; clusters stalked, lateral : stalk covered with imbricated scales, shorter 

 than the cluster: flowers sessile; calyx 5-fid. — Mart. Fl, Bras. 16. t. 50-53. — Samara, W. 

 S. pentaudra, Sw. Uapanea guianensis, Aubl. Caballeria coriacea, Mey. t M. Rapanea, 

 R. S.—A. large tree or reduced to a shrub {Schomi.) ; leaves 4"-3"(-5"-2'') long, 2"-li"(-l") 

 broad ; drupe 1'" diam. — Hab. Trinidad 1, Hiei. Trin. 49, Cr., in the mountains of S. Aims ; 

 [Haiti !, Guiana 1, Brazil ! to Uruguay]. 



2. GRA.MMADBNIA, Benth. 



Cfl/yx 5(-" 6")-partite. Corolla 5(-"6")-fid or -partite, imbricative. Stamens con- 

 nected into an adnate annular base : anthers subglobose, opening above by a short oblique 

 slit : filaments short. Style short, blunt. Drufe 1-seeded by abortion. — Glabrous shrubs ; 

 leaves sessile, alternate, dotted with linear glands beneath, quite entire ; flowers in axillary, 

 short, slender racemes, furnished with linear glands. 



4. G. parasitica, Gr. Leaves chartaceous, obversely lanceolate, shortly acuminate, 

 margined : linear dots serial from the midrib to the margin ; racemes one-third or half as 

 long as the leaves, 'iO-W-flowered : pedicels twice as long as the bractlet; corolla deeply 

 5-fid. — Ardisia, Sw. I — A branched shrub, growing on trees ; leaves 3i"-2" long, 8"'-6"' 

 broad : linear dots black ; corolla 1"' broad, dotted near the midribs, the blunt calyx like- 

 wise. — Hab. Dominica!, Sw., Imr., in the upper region of the Couliabon; S. Vincent!, 

 Guild. ; [Guadeloupe !]. 



3. CONOMORPHA,.^. DC. 



Calyx 4(-5)-fid. Corolla 4(-5)-fid or -partite, imbricative. Stamens connected. into an 

 annular adnate base : anthers oblong or ovoid, recurved at the top, opening by a longitudinal 

 slit. Style blunt. Drupe 1-seeded by abortion. — Glabrous shrubs ; leaves petioled, alter- 

 nate, quite entire, dotted with points ; tov/ers in axillary racemes. 



The principal character, viz. the recurved anthers, is common to this and Wallenia. The 

 imbricative aestivation of the corolla has been verified in G. laxiflora and four other speeies : 

 from the mistake of its being valvate, first occurring in Endlicher's genera, Miquel has trans- 

 ferred several ixw.t Conomorpha to Oybianthus, while in the figures added to his paper (Fl. 

 Bras. 16. t. 48. 49) the estivation is imbricative, except in C. macrophylla. Mart., which 

 from its figm-e (t. 47) probably is no congener. 



5. C peruviana, A. DC. I Branchlets rusty-leprous j ^^osm oval or obovate-oblong, 

 abruptly terminated by a narrow point, black-dotted beneath; racemes rusty-leprous, 

 simple, exceeded by the leaves : pedicels usually longer than the bractlet : corolla 4-partite : 

 segments elliptical, pointed; anthers oblong.— iffiy. Surin. t. 34.— C. multipuucta, My. 

 (Cybianthus, A. DC). Cyb. peruvianus, Mo.— Leaves 3"-2" long, 16"'-12"'^ broad: pe- 

 tiole 4"'-3"', racemes 2"-l", pedicels 2"'-J"', corolla 1'" long.— Hab. Dominica!, Imr., S. 

 Vincent!, Guild.; [Venezuela!, Guiana!, Peru!].. 



4. CYBIANTHUS, Mart. 



Calyx 4-partite. Corolla 4-fid or 4-partite, imbricative. Stamens distinct: anthers 

 ovoid or subglobose, opening above by a short slit: filaments short or none. Stigma blunt 

 or capitate. Drzipe 1-seeded by abortion.— Glabrous shrubs or smaU trees ; leaves petwled, 

 alternate, quite entire, dotted with points ; flowers in axillary racemes. 



6 C cuspidatus, Miq. Leaves chartaceous, obovate-oblong, poiutleted, often some- 

 what oblique arch-veined, granulate above, pale and black-dotted beneath ; racemes simple, 

 slender half as long as the leaf : pedicels as long as the drupe ; " corolla 4-fid ; anthers oval : 



