a genus of the monadelphia order, belonging to the dioecia clas of plants; the characters of which are: The male calyx is a perianthium one-leaved, three-parted; the florets sublanced and concave: No corolla: The stamens consist of many capillary filaments the length of the calyx, conjoined at the base in a cylinder; the anthers are roundish. The female calyx is a five-leaved perianthium; the leaflets sublanced, concave, persistent; No corolla: The pistilum has a roundish germen; the styli are three, short, and divaricated; the stigma lacerated: The persan-thium is a three-grained, roundish, three-celled capsule: The seeds are solitary and roundish. In the natural method, this genus belongs to the 38th order, Tricoccæ. Of this genus there are three species: the bernardia, the reinella, and acidotona, for which we have no proper names in English. They are natives of Jamaica, and are akin to the ricinus or croton, and may be propagated in hot-beds from seeds procured from Jamaica.