HO tALYcirLOR,*:. 



stigma obtuse. u Berry crowned, size of a large pea, 2^4- 

 seeded. Swartz." 



This receives in some places the name of "the Wild 

 Cinnamon" Its Haytien name is " Bois d' Inde." 



III. Calyptranthes. 



Calycine tube obovate : limb previous to flow- 

 ering entire, afterwards separating at the base 

 and forming a lateral and eventually deciduous 

 operculum. Petals O ? or 2-3, very small. Sta- 

 mens oc : filaments capillary : anthers small, 

 round, bilocular. Style single ; stigma simple. 

 Ovary 2-3 celled ; cells at the central angle 2- 

 ovuled. Berry bv abortion 1-celled, 1-4-seeded. 

 —PC. 



Name from xoXiwr^w a lid, and a\>Qo$ a flower, in allusion 

 to the peculiar form of the calyx. 



1. Calyptranthes rigida. Stiff-leaved Calyp- 

 tranthes. 



Arborescent dichotomously branched, leaves 

 ovate subacute at the base slightly convex gla- 

 brous, peduncles interpetiolar for the most part 

 simple subtriflorous occasionally trichotomously- 

 subdivided with the central branch 3-flowered, 

 the lateral ones 1-2 flowered. 



Swartz, Fl. hid. Occ. 923. 



HAB. St. Catherines' peak. Gap below Dublin Castle, 

 St. Andrew's. Near the Moneague, Dr. Alexander, 



F L. July — August. 



A low tree : young branchlets bifario-lineated. Leaves 

 an inch and a half long, opposite, subacuminate with the 

 apex blunt, subattenuated at the base, entire, shining, stiff, 

 almost nerveless, very obscurely pellucido-punctulated. 

 Peduncles interpetiolar, for the most part solitary, com- 

 pressed : pedicels about two lines in length. Calyx with 

 the calyptra adhering on one side till the fruit is perfected. 

 Petals O • Filaments numerous, capillary : anthers very 

 minute, spherical, yellow. Style subulate, slightly curv- 





