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the vine-stem, which were called by Presl SpondylantJia ajphylla 

 (Eel. Haenk. ii. 35. t. 53). 



ANACAKDIACE^. 





Spondias pubpubea, L. Sp. PI. ed. 2, p. 613 ; Jacq. Amer. 

 t. 131. 



There are a number of trees of what seems to be this species 

 not only in the gardens, but also apparently wild in the Sapate, 

 perhaps planted there by birds. Many of the trees were quite 

 bare of leaves during our visit, and neither fruit nor flowers 

 were seen. It is known as " Caja." 



Makgieeba indica, L. Sp. PI ed. 1, p. 200. 



There are a few trees of the Mango scattered about the 

 island. 



Anacabditjm occidentale, L. Sp. PI ed. 1, p. 383 ; Oriseb. 

 Fl. Brit. W. Ind. p. 176. 



Is abundant in many spots in the central, cultivated districts, 

 growing often in the maize-fields, and also in the Sapate. It 

 does not appear to be indigenous here, as it is doubtless in 

 Pernambuco. 



COMBKETACE^. 



Tebminalia Catappa, L. Mant. p. 519. 



There are a few trees of this plant scattered over the island, 

 it having been introduced. 



Lagitnculabia racemosa, Gaertn.f. Fruct.iii. t. 217; Eichl. 



in Mart. Fl. Bras. xiv. 2. p. 101. 



The largest stream, the one at Suesta, which flows into the sea at 

 Tobacco Point, had a thick fringe of this Mangrove along its banks. 

 The trees were about 20 feet high, a good deal taller than they are 

 in the maugrove-swamps on the mainland. 



Distribution. All the coasts of Tropical America and Western 

 Africa. 





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Combrettjm, § Tebminaliopsis, n. sect. 



Frutex ramosus dioicus, f olii s oppositis coriaceis ovatis obtusis 

 exstipulatis, spicis axillaribus gracilibus, floribus minimis glo- 

 bosis viridibus pubescentibus sessilibus, sepalis connatis epigynis 

 intus ac extua nubescentibus. uetalis nullis. 







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