BUCWA buceras. ' 
Juimi^bHve4)aifk Tree. 
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DECANDRIA MONOGYNJAI 
Nat. ord. CoMBRKTAcr.^-.. Brown. 
BUCIDA L. — Calijx campaiuihitus, .I dentatiis. SlinuiiKi. calycc 
longiora. iJr/tcet sicca, coioiiata, I-spcnna. Folia in ramuloruni iluihutunixL 
et ajHL" (viifcrtd ; Jlorcs spicati, uxilldrcs, ct tcrrninalcs, coma spicam 
terminante spongioso, forsan inani, RhizophoTd davam mentiente. Juss. 
gen. 75. 
B. Buceras; spicis elongatis, foliis cuneiformibus glabris. Vahl. eel. 1.50. 
Mangle iulifera, foliis subrotundis versus siuumitatem latissimis coafertim 
nascentibus, cortice ad coria densanda utili. Sbeme jam. 156. Just. 2. 
p. 67. t. 189./. 3. Raj. dendr. 116. 
Buceras ramulis flexuosis tenuioribus, foliis obovatis confertis, fsfkh plorimb 
terminalibus. Browne jam. 221. t. 23./. 1. 
Bucida. Amoen. acad. 5. p. 997. 
B. Buceras. Linn. sp. pi. 556. Lam. HI. t. 356. Swartx. ob$. 180. 
WiUd. sp. pi. 2.630. Peri. syn. 1 .485. AU. Kew. ed. 2. 3.61. 
A tree 30 feet high; about 1 in diameter. Branches 
divaricate, or flexiiose, roundisli, smooth, and even. 
Leaves only at the divarications and summits of the 
branches, crowded together, petioled, obovate or ridge- 
shaped, obtuse, very entire, veined, smooth, near 2 int^hes 
long. Spikes, or rather spike-like racemes, numerous, simple, 
peduncled, axillary, near the ends of the branches, a})out 
the length of the leaves. Flowers small, yellowish, alter- 
nate, sessile, hoary without, tomentose within. The style, 
or upper part of the germ, especially at the extremity of 
the raceme, is sometimes extended to the length of an 
inch or more, and curved somewhat in the form of a bull's 
horn, (whence the specific name). 
A native of the West Indies and South America. In 
Jamaica it is called Black Olive; in Antigua, French 
Oak; and in the French Islands, Grignon. Its baik is 
