VEBBENACE^. 407 



8. CITHAEEXYLUM, L. 



Calyx truncate-5(-7)-deutato. Corolla salver-shaped, subequal. Stamens iaeluded, 5, 

 or one of them abortive. Stigma blimt. Drupe 2-pyrenous ; pyrenffi 2-celled or 1-celled 

 by abortion. — Shrubs or trees ; flowers odorous, white or yellow, in spiciform racemes or 

 sjtikes ; corolla often, villous mthin. 



23. C. subserratnm, Sw. I Brandies 4-gonal, at lenijih striaie-cylindrical ; leaves 

 rigid, obovate-oblong, blunt, glabrous, repand-entire : network of veins prominulous on 

 both sides; spicif'orra racemes short, lax, nodding; calyx wbmsAs, unequally h-dentate, 

 longer than half the corolla-tuie ; fertile stamens 4 ; " drupe red, obovate-roundish." — A 

 shrub, 12' high; leaves 3"-2", racemes 2"-3", calyx li'", corolla-tube 2'" long.— Hab. 

 Jamaica !, March ; [Haiti I, in savannahs]. 



24. C. quadrangulare, Jac^. (kok &^.aM.). Branches permanently i-gonal ; leaves 

 chartaceous, at length rigid, eUiptical-oblong or elliptical, usually bluntish, glabrous or 

 glabrate beneath : network of veins at length prominulous on both sides ; spiciform 

 racemes elongated, lax, nodding ; calyx subsessile or shortly pedicellate, suhtruucaie, half 

 as long as the corolla-tuie : pedicels shorter than the bract ; fertile stamens 4 ; drupe 

 "black." — SI. t. 200. f 3, 4. — C. caudatum, Sw. {non L). C. coriaceum, Besf. — A tree, 



.20-60' high ; leaves 7"-2", racemes usually 6"-12", calyx 1'" long ; flowers white. — Hab. 

 Jamaica !, March, Wils., in savannahs along the coast ; Antigua !, Wullschl., Dominica !, 

 Imr., S. Lucia!, Anders., S. Vincent !, Guild.; [Gruadeloupe ! ; Guiana I]. 



25. C. cinereum, i. Branches 4-gonal, at length striaie-cylindrical ; leaves char- 

 taceous, at length rigid, elliptical-oblong, lanceolate-oblong, or elliptical, usually blunt, 

 glabrons or glabrate beneath: network of veins at length prominulous on loth sides; 

 spiciform racemes elongated, lax, nodding ; calyx subsessile, unequally lobed at the summit, 

 half as long as the corolla-tuie ; fertile stamens 4(-5) ; drupe subglobose, red, at length 

 blaek.^ — Jacq. Amer. Vict. t. 178. — A tree, 15'-20' high ; leaves 6-2", racemes usually 

 6"-10", calyx li"'long; flowers white.— Hab. Jamaica!, Wils.,I)ist.,March,\Ti.'s&yis&- 

 nahs; Trinidad!, Cr. ; [Cuba! to Martinique]. 



** Pedicels longer than or as long as the bracts. 



26. C. lucidum, Cham., Schleeht.l Branches i-gona\, at length cylindrical ; leaves 

 memiranaceous, at length chartaceous, elliptical-oblong, lanceolate-oblong, or elliptical, 

 usually bluntish, glabrous, shining -polished above ; racemes slender, lax, slightly nodding -. 

 pedicels often as long as the calyx ; calyx subtrnncate, two-thirds as long as the corolla- 

 tube ; stamens 4(-5) ; drupe subgloiose, black. — C. quadrangulare, Schau. ! ex Siei. Mart. 

 156. C. Iffivigatnm, Hostm. Fl. Mrsicc. I C. caudatum, Seem. Fanam. 1 — A tree ; leaves 

 5"-2", racemes 2"-5", calyx 14"'-1"', corolla-tube 2"'-li"' long ; flowers white; drupe. 3'" 

 diam. — Hab. Jamaica I, Wullschl., rare; [Cuba! to Martinique!; Mexico!, Panama!, 

 Guiana !] . 



27. C. surrectum, Gr. {n. sp.). Branches 4-gonal, early striaie-cylindrical ; leaves 

 chartaceous, at length leathery, oblong-lanceolate or elliptical-oblong, bluntish, glabrous, 

 shining-polished above, archveined beneath ; racemes single, slender, nodding, in fruit 

 erect : pedicels shorter than the calyx, longer than the bract ; calyx subtruncate, as long as 

 the corolla-tuie; stamens 4; drupe subglobose, black.— Allied to C. pentandrum. Vent., 

 which has permanently 4-gonal branches, and is hairy. Leaves 6"-2", racemes 6"-2", 

 calyx 2'" long ; corolla-tube as loug as the puberulous limb, densely hispid within ; drupe 

 4'"' diam. — Hab. Jamaica !, VK'iVa*, if««A, Port JJoyal ; Antigua!, Wullschl. 



28. C. caudatum, L. Branches obsoletely 4-gonal, early striate-cylindrical ; leaves 

 chartaceous, at lenijih leathery, eUiptical-oblong or oblong, bluntish, glabrous, polished 

 above, archveined beneath; racemes often compound at the base, rigid, erect : pedicels- 

 approximate, shorter than the calyx, spreading; calyx campanulate, subtruncate, one-half 

 to two-thirds as long as the coroUa-tube ; stamens 4 ; drupe ovoid-oblong, b\&cV.— Br. Jam 

 t 28 /. 2.— A shrub, 10'-12' high (P. Br.) ; leaves 5"-3", racemes S"-4", calyx W, 



