394 MYRSINE^. 



. filameuts conspicuous."— A shrub ; leaves 7"-3" long, 2i"-li" broad : petiole 4"'-8"', ra-' 

 ccmes 3", pedicels IJ" long.— Hab. Trinidad!, Or., at Tocuche; [Venezuela I]. 



5. WEIGELTIA, A. DC. 



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

 nular adnate base : anthers ovoid, opening by a longitudinal slit : filaments usually longer 

 than the anther, incurved. Style slender : stigma minute. Drupe 1-seeded. — Glabrous 

 trees or shrubs ; leaves of Cybianthus ; flowers in axillary compound racemes. 



7. IV. myrianthos, A. DC. Branchlets rusty-leprous ; leaves chartaceous, lanceolate- 

 oblong or elliptical-oblong, pointed, tapering into the petiole, arch-veined, pale-rusty beneath, 

 exceeding the panicles : special racemes short : pedicels approximate, shorter than the bud ; 

 corolla 4s-partite, dotted ; filaments longer than, the anther. — Mart. Fl. Bras. \&. t. 44. — 

 Cybianthus, Miq. Weigeltia capitellata, Miq. I Salvadora surinamensis, Spreng. ! — A 

 tree, 20'-30' high; leaves 9"-B" long, 2V-2" broad; corolla pale-blue, 1'" broad.— Hab. 

 Trinidad!, Cr., in savannahs, Arima; [Guiana!, Brazil]. 



6. WALLENIA, Sw. 



Flowers polygamous. Cah/x 4-fid. Corolla tubular, shortly 4-lobed • lobes erect, blunt, 

 dextrorsely contorted, or one lobe exterior. Stamens distinct (or connected in the bud), in- 

 serted into the base of the corolla-tube : anthers oblong, recurved, opening by two longitu- 

 dinal slits : filaments elongated, exserted. Style slender : stigma minute. Drupe 1-seeded 

 by abortion. — Glabrous trees or shrubs ; leaves leathery, petioled, alternate or approximate 

 in pairs or whorls, subentire ; panicle terminal, formed of twice compound corymbs. 



8. "W. latirifoUa, Su>. Arborescent ; leaves large, elliftical -oblong, blunt, rounded 

 or bluntish at the base, obscurely pellucid-dotted, often subopposite, the uppermost exceed- 

 ing the panicle : petiole thick, channelled, distinct from the lamina ; calyx papillose. — Sw. 

 Fl. t. 6. fig. sup. : analyt., coroUa too long. Jacq. Schosnbr. t. 30. — ^W. angulata, Jaeq.: 

 stalks of the calyx-papiUae too long. — A small tree ; leaves 8"-6" long, 3^'-2V' broad, 

 slightly striated by numerous, delicate, costate veins : petiole 3"-6" long ; panicle subsessile ; 

 corolla yellowish, 2'" long, twice as long as the calyx ; drupe li'" diam., furnished with ob- 

 long glands. — Hab. Jamaica !, all coll., in the mountains, S. Thomas i. E., S. Anns [Cuba !, 

 Haiti!]. 



9. MIT. clusiifolia, Gr. Shrubby ; leaves lanceolate-oblong or spaihulate-ohlong, 

 blnnt, tapering into the fiattish petiole, opaque, iaihsss, polished, the uppermost twice as 

 long as the sessile panicle ; calyx-tube glabrous. — W. laurifolia, Balb. in PI. Bertero ! — A 

 stout shrub ; leaves tliicker than in the preceding, nearly veiuless, 4"-3" long, 30"'-12"' 

 broad : petiole 4"'-3"' long j flowers and drupes of the preceding : corolla 2'" long, 4-lobed 

 to i. — Hab. Jamaica !, Maef, Pd., in the mountains ; [Cuba !]. 



10. W. venosa, Gr. (ra. sp.). Leaves obovate or oval-oblong, blunt, tapering into the 

 - thickish, slightly channelled petiole, black-dotted chiefly beneath, opaque, arch-veined, with 



the veins prominent on both sides ; panicle sessile, much exceeded by the uppermost leaves ; 

 calyx-tube glabrous. — Habit oiArdisia laiipes. Mart., and of SI. 1. 145. f. 2, quoted by Sw. 

 as Wall, laurifolia, but which, being a climber, is probably neither. — A shrub or small 

 tree ( Wih^ ; leaves as thick as in the preceding, from which I formerly not distinguished 

 it, 6"-U" long long, 24"-10"' broad : petiole 8"'-l"', long, 1"' broad ; panicle l"-2" diam. : 

 bracts at its primary ramifications oblong-linear, blunt, 2" long, deciduous ; corolla bronze- 

 coloured {Wils.), 2"' long, twice as long as the calyx: stamens shortly exserted, connected 

 in the bud ; ovules 4-5, peltate.^HAB. Jamaica !, Al., M'Nab, Wils., in the Blue Mountains. 



7. ARDISIA, Sw., Miq. 



Ca%f» 5-4-fld or -partite. Cbro^^a 5-4-partite, rotate: segments dextrorsely contorted 

 or contorted-imbrioative, rarely valvate. Stamens distinct, inserted into the corolla-tube : 

 anthers straight, cordate at the base : slit longitudinal or partially closed. Stigma minute, 

 or capitate. Drupe 1 -seeded by abortion. — ^Flowers mostly paniculate, in compound ra- 

 cemes, corymbs, or corymbose umbels. 



