396 MYBSINE^. 



Sect. 4. EuAEDisiA, Endl. — Corolla contorted. Anthers connivent^mucromite, or pointed: 

 cells converging, opening laterally by a slit or pore. Stigma mimute. Placenta " ^t-many 

 ovulate." 



* Pedicels umbellate, or corymbose. 



16. A. dusioides, Qr. {n. sp.). Glabrous; Leaves large, leathery, opposite or approxi- 

 mate in pairs or whorls, obovate-oblong or elliptical-oblong, blant or ronnded at both ends, 

 quite entire, dotless, subsessile or shortly petioled with a thick channelled petiole : midrib 

 thick, veins oostate, delicate ; panicle terminal, subsessile, very compound: pedicel umbel- 

 late, shorter than the drupe ; calyx ovoid, i-lobed : lobes oval-roundish ; corolla-segments 

 small, oval-oblong ; anthers conical, mucronulate, openii^ by longitudinal slits, much longer 

 than the very short filament ; style thiokish-filiform.— Leaves 10"-5" long, 5"-a" broad, 

 somewhat rusty in drying: petiole 4"'-i"'long, 3"'-2"' thick; panicle roundish, 3" diam., 

 with large bracts at the base, 4 times divided : pedicels ^racteate, 1'" long ; flowers polyga- 

 mous ; calyx 1"' long; corolla (still included) contorted-imbricative, 4-lobed to two-thirds : 

 stamens insei-ted into its tnbe ; pistil reduced to a style in 3 ; drupe glandular, 2'" diam., 

 seed globose, entire at the base : albumen cartilaginous : embryo cylindrical, transverse. — 

 Hab. Jamaica 1, Al., Pd., March ; S. Anns, at Moneague, "Westmoreland, in the mountains ; 

 Dominica I, Imr. 



17*. A. humilis, V. Grlabrous ; leaves chartaseous or membranaceous, obovate-oblong, 

 or elliptical-oblong, pointed, quite entire, tapering at the subsessile or petioled base, black- 

 dotted beneath ; corymbs nearly simple, most axillary : pedicels long, spreading ; calyx 

 5{-4i)-partite : segments oval-roundish; coroUa-segments ovate, pointed, twice as long as 

 the calyx j anthers large, tapering from the cordate base, pointed, opening by longitudi- 

 nal slits, subsessile ; style subuliform. — Wight, Ic. 1. 1313. — A. solanacea, Roxb. — A shrub ; 

 leaves 6"-4", pedicels 8"'-4"', calyx 3'", anthers 2'" long.— Hab. Naturalized in Jamaica 1, 

 March, near Bath; [introduced from the East Indies]. 



** Pedicels racemoscpanieulate. 



18. A. guadalupensis, Suchass. Grlabrous ; leaves leathery, elliptical-oblong, blunt- 

 ish, tapering into the petiole, quite entire or repand, dotted ; veins delicate ; panicle terminal, 

 dense, pyramidal : pedicels racemose; calyx small, contorted, deeply 5 -lobed : lobes ovate- 

 roundish ; corolla^segments ovate-roundish, twice as long as the cylindrical tube, as long as 

 the calyx ; anthers ovate, rounded-mzicronulatej as long as or shorter than the filament, 

 opening by a longitudinal oval slit ; style subuliform. — A. coriaceai DC, ex descr. /3 {non 

 Sie.). A. latifolia, Sieb. Mart. 296 ! ex parte. — A shrub ; leaves b'-i", pedicels 3'", calyx 

 1'", anthers J'" long ; corolla greenish. — ^Hab. Dominica 1, Imr. ; [Haiti to French islands !]. 



19. A. coriacea, Sw. Glabrous ; leaves leathery, elliptical or elliptical-oblong, blimt, 

 quite entire, nearly dotless, petioled : veins delicate ; panicle terminal, lax, pyramidal : pedi- 

 cels racemose ; calyx slightly contorted, deeply .5-lobed ; lobes ovate-roundish, ciliate ; corolla- 

 segments ovate-roundish, twice as long as the calyx ; anthers oblong-lanceolate, minutely 

 miicronulate, or bluntish, as long as the filament, opening fromjthe summit to the middle 

 ly a short slit; style thickish-iilifoTm, flexuose, subuliform at the top. — Diet. Sc. Nat. 

 Dicotyl. t. 64. — A shrub ; leaves 4"-3", pedicels 2'", calyx 1'", anthers li'" long ; coroUa 

 purplish-crimson; drupe 2i"' diam. — Hab. Jamaica!, At., March; [Panama I]. 



30. A. tinifolia, 8iv. Glabrous ; leaves leathery, elliptical, bluntish, quite entire, pale- 

 dotted beneath, petioled ; veins delicate ; panicle terminal, lax, pyramidal : pedicels race- 

 moas; calyx contorted-imbricate, .5-lobed: lobes ovate-romidish, subciliate ; corolla-segments 

 ovate-oblong, bluntish, twice as long as the calyx ; anthers oblong-lanceolate, tapering to- 

 wards the blnntish, mucronulate top, 4 times as long as the short filament, opening at the 

 top by an oblong pore ; style thickish-filiform, flexuose, subuliform at the top. — SI. t. 306. 

 /. 2. — A middle-sized tree; leaves 4"-2", pedicels 2'", calyx 1'", anthers 2'" long ; corolla 

 pink. — Hab. Jamaica!, all coll., in arid mountains, S. Thomas i. E., Port Royal, S. Andrews. 



A. laterijlora, Sw., fi'om Eorsstrom's specimen in Swartz's collection, is a Uuardisia, 

 probably found in the Swedish islands: it has oblong, 6'' long leaves, a terminal panicle, 

 with accessory axillary branches, the umbellate pedicels supported by a persistent involucel 

 of minute ovate bractlets, the stamens of A. tinifoliu, but shorter, l"' long, the corolla- 



