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TEREBINTHACEiE. XI. Comocladia. XIL Cyrtocarpa. XIII. Spathelia. XIV, Picramnia. 



beneath, h 



XIII. SPATHE^LIA (from aTraOr], spathe, a palm-tree; tlie 



upright habit and want of branches of S. simplex has caused it 



Native of Cuba in woods, as well as of St. to be likened to a palm-tree). Lin. gen. no. 373. Gaert.fruct 



3 C. denta'ta (Jacq. amer. 13. t. 173. f. 4.) leaflets on short 

 footstalks, oblong, erosely-toothed, smooth above and downy 



Domingo, where it is called Giiao. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 

 amer. 7. p. 16. This species is very like C Uicifblia, Leaflets 

 from 6 to 10. The whole tree abounds in a milky glutinous 

 juice, turning very black, not to be washed fi'oni cloth. If 

 the tree be ever so slightly wounded it has a very unpleasant 

 smell. Tlie natives have a notion that it is dangerous to sleep 

 under it. 



1. p. 278. t. 58. 

 Lin. syst. 



Kunth, gen. tereb. 25. 

 Dice'ciay Pentdndria. 



D. C. prod. 2. p.M. 

 Female flowers. Calyx 



5-parted, membranous, coloured. Petals 5, hypogynous, imbri- 

 cate in aestivation. Stamens 5, with short, 3-pointed filaraeDts, 

 which are dilated and villous at their base. Ovary somewk 

 conical, 3-angled, 3-celled, each cell containing 2 ova. Styk 

 wanting. Stigmas 3. Drupe oblong, 3-celled, trigonal, soIIl^ 



Toothed-leaved Maiden Plum. Fl. Jul. Clt. 1790. Tree 29 ft. times 2-angled, 2-celled ; angles winged. Seeds oblong, solitarj 



4 C. propi'nqua (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 7. p. 16.) in the cells. Albumen fleshy. Embryo straight, inverted, will 

 leaflets lanceolate-oblong, acute, almost entire, smoothish above, oblong-linear, thin cotyledons, and a short radicle. — ^Treeswitl 

 hairy-pubescent beneath and ferruginous. T2 . S. Native of the 

 island of Cuba near La Trinidad, where it is also called Guao. 



Allied Maiden Plum. Tree 12 feet. 



5 C. MOLLissiMA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 7. p. 16. 



impari-pinnate leaves, and subterminal racemose panicles o[ 

 flowers. This genus perhaps does not belong to this order. 



1 S. si'mplex (Lin. spec. 386.) leaves with about 20 pairs o( 

 obloncp. 



toothed leaflets. Tj . S. Native of Jamaica. Ker. 

 t. 607.) leaflets small, oblong, acute, rounded^at the base, downy- hot. reg. t. 670. Sloan, hist. 2. t. 171. Trunk hardly branched. 

 pubescent above, but clothed with soft silky tomentum beneath. Leaves like those of Sorhus. The habit of the plant that o( ^ 

 ^? . S. Native of Mexico, between Acapulco and Venta del Comocladia. The fruit is full of a resinous juice. The flowen 



Exido. C. tomentosa, Willd. herb, ex Scliult. mant. 1. p. 350. are red. 



oft 



Tree 20 feet. 



% 



6 C. iNTEGRiFouA (Jacq. amcr. 12.) leaflets stalked, lanceo- 



late, quite entire, smooth. Tj 



Native of Jamaica. Sloan. 



^u. 



^'^ 



jam. 2. t. 222. f. 1. Lam. ill. t. 27. f. 1. Flowers small, deep 

 red, without scent. Drupes black and succulent when ripe ; 

 they are eatable but not inviting. The wood is hard, of a fine 

 grain, and reddish colour. Leaves about 2 feet long, with about 

 8 leaflets on each side. The whole tree abounds in a watery 

 juice, slightly glutinous, which grows black in the air, and dies 

 the hand of a deep black colour, that can hardly be washed out. 

 Entire-leaved Maiden-plum. Clt. 1778. Tree 20 feet. 



•f* Species not sufficiently known. 



7 C. ? Tapa'culo (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c. p. 66.) leaflets oblong, 



acuminated, acutish at the base, quite entire, smooth. ^ . S. 



Native on the banks of the river Orinoco, near Maypures and 



Carichana, where it is called Tapaczda. The Indians near St. 



Fernando de Atabapo vise a preparation of the leaves against 

 chigars. 



Tapacula Maiden-plum. Tree 50 feet. 



8 C. ? Loxe'nsis (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c.) leaflets oblong, 

 somewhat acuminated, acute at the base, quite entire, shining, 

 and smooth above, pubescent and downy beneath, with the mid- 

 dle nerve, rachis, and branches clothed with rufescent down. 

 Tj . S. Native of New Granada, near Loxa, in woods. * 



Loxa Maiden-plum. Tree 30 feet. 



^m^j/e-stemmed Spathelia. Fl. July. Clt. 1778. Tr.20ll 



2 S.? RHoiFOLiA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 84.) leaves with about 5 

 pairs of ovate, acuminated, quite entire leaflets. \ . G. Native 

 of Mexico. Rhus pterocarpa, Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon 

 ined. 



Red-leaved Spathelia. Tree 20 feet. 



Cult. See Astronium for culture and propagation, p. 67. 



XIV. PICRA'MNIA (from 7rticpa/xoc,pcr«mo5, derived fro»| 

 TTiKpoQ^ picrosy bitter ; the plants are bitter in every part)' 

 Swartz, fl. ind. 1. p. 218. t. 4. Schreb. gen. no. 1517. D.^- * 

 prod. 2. p. 66. /i i 1 



Lin. SYST. Dice cia^Tri-Pentdndria. Flowers dioecious. Calji 

 3 or 5-parted. Petals 3 or 5, oblong. Male flowers with et- 

 serted stamens, equal in number with the petals. Female flower* 

 with an ovate ovary, and 2 sessile stigmas. Drupe ovate, con* 

 taining a 2-celled, 2-seeded nut. Seeds oblong. — Sniall trecJ 

 with impari-pinnate leaves, alternate, stalked, quite entire, ovate- 

 lanceolate leaflets. Racemes of flowers elongated, pendulous, 

 opposite the leaves. The character of the seed being unknovnit 

 the place which this genus should occupy in this order is truj 

 doubtful. 



1 P. antide'sma (Swartz, fl. ind. occ. 1. p. 218.) flowers^rj 

 androus ; racemes longer than the leaves ; leaflets ellipt><^ 



T2 . S. Native of Jamaica and St. Doiningo,o^ 



Flowers sma^'' 



acuminated. 



mountains in woods. Sloane, hist. t. 208. f. 2. 



XII. CYRTOCA'RPA (from kvqtoq, Jcyrtos^ gibbous, and 

 KapTTocj karpos^ a fruit ; in allusion to the 5 gibbosities above 

 the middle of the fruit). H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 7. 

 p. 19. D. C. prod. 2. p. 91. 



Lin. syst. Polygaviia^ Dicecia. Flowers polygamous ? Ca- 

 lyx 5-parted, permanent, spreading. Petals 5, sessile, longer 

 than the calyx, imbricate in aestivation. Stamens 10, length of 



about the size of a gooseberry. Swartz informs us 



Cult. See Astronium for culture and propagation, p. 67. greenish-white. Fruit at first scarlet, hut black when npj 



real, an" 



that they commonly use an infusion of it in colic. The w ^ 

 plant is exceedincrlv hitter, and is called Ma]o Bitters in Ja"'^. 



Maj 



Fl. AucT. Clt. 1793. Sb 



racemes shorter than the leaves ; leaflets ovate, acuniiD 



\ 



M 



Moc. etSc* 



calyx. Disk large, 10-crenate. Ovary 1. Style 1. Stigma fl. mex. icon. ined. Flo 



greenish 



4-cleft. Drupe obovate-elliptical, with 5 tubercles above the 3 scales in the female flowers in place of the stamens, 

 middle, containing a hard nut. — An American tree, with impari- — - 



pinnate leaves and quite entire sessile leaflets. Flowers almost 

 sessile, disposed in glomerated spikes, white. This tree has the 

 appear,ance of a species of Comocladia. 



1 C. PRo'cERA (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c. t. 609.). Tj. S. Na- 

 tive of New Spain. 

 ' Tall Cyrtocarpa. Tree 60 feet. 



Cult. See Astronium for culture and propagation, p. 67. 



Fesson's Majo-bitters. 



3 P. PENTA NDRA (SwartZ, li. lliu. uuc. *# ^- — '/ ^^ 



pentandrous ; racemes shorter than the leaves ; leaflets o 

 elliptical, acuminated. T2 . S. Native of the islands ot J»^ ^ 

 serrat and St. Domingo. P. pseiido-Brazilium, ^^^^'.P^' ppl 

 Juss. gen. 370. and hence Comocladia Brasilidstrum, Voxu s yr 



2. p. 325. Flowers greenish-white. 



Pentandrous Majo-bitters. Clt. 1822. Shrub 8 feet 



