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panicle densely corymbiform : pedicels 6-10 times as long as the globose bud ; anthers with- 

 out transverse furrows ; drupes globose. — Ann. Mus. 17. t. 15. — A tree, 15'-20' high; 

 leaves 3" long, 1" broad ; buds before anthesis 1J'" long; sepals oval, as long as the petals. — 

 Hab. Jamaica I, Pd., Mac/., sparingly in rocky woods, S. Anns. 



2. O. guianensis, Rich. Leaves quite entire, or with small, blunt, distant serratures, 

 elliptical-oblong •. veins delicate j panicle lax, corymbiform : pedicels about twice as long as 

 the large, ovate, blunt bud; anthers without distinct rugosities; drupes "globose." —Aubl. t. 

 152; Ann. Mus. 17. t. 20, 24.— Ouratea, Aubl. G. nitida,2>a (notSw.) G.Candollei,PWA. 

 G. jamaicensis, Planch. ! — A tree, remarkable by its flowers, which are larger than 

 in the other West Indian species ; leaves 4"-2£" long, 2J"-li" broad, leathery, variable 

 in being blunt or pointed at both ends ; buds before anthesis 4'" long ; sepals oval, a little 

 shorter than the petals. — Hab. Jamaica !, Macf, AL, in the district of S. Anns ; [French 

 Caribbean Islands, Guiana, equatorial Brazil]. 



3. G. longifolia, DC. Leaves quite entire, or with obsolete serratures above, oblong, 

 acuminate, rounded or subcordate at the base, shortly petioled ; panicle lax, spreading : 

 pedicels somewhat longer than the large, ovate, blunt bud ; petals as long as the ovate- 

 oblong sepals ; anthers without transverse furrows ; drupes . . . . — Ann. Mus. 17. t. 21. — A 

 tree ; leaves 1 0"-6" long, 3"-2" broad, leathery, veiny : petiole 2'" long ; buds 4'" long ; 

 ovary stipitate. — Hab. Dominica!, Imr., in mountain-woods ; [Guadeloupe]. 



4. G. nitida, Sw. Leaves serrate, with pungent serratures, lanceolate-oblong, taper- 

 ing into the petiole : veins delicate ; panicle racemiform : pedicels approximate, as long as 

 or exceeding the ovate-conical bud ; sepals ovate-lanceolate, acuminate; anthers with trans- 

 verse furrows, tapering towards the top ; drupes globose, at length ovoid, distant upon the 

 obcocical gynophore. — G. Guildingii, Planch. ! : a small-leaved form. — A tree, 40'-50' high ; 

 leaves 7"-3" long, 2£"-l" broad, rigid, variable ; buds 3"-2" long, pointed ; sepals a little 

 shorter than the petals ; drupes 2"'-\\'" diam. — Hab. Jamaica {Sw.) ; Antigua !, Nichols. ; 

 S. Vincent !, Guild. ; Trinidad I, Pd. 



5. G. pyrifolia, Gr. (n. sp.). Leaves small, serrulate with minute, accumbent serra- 

 tures, oval-oblong or elliptical-lanceolate : veins prominulous ; cymes racemiform, simple, 

 lax : pedicels twice as long as the ovate, blunt bud ; sepals ovate, bluntish ; anthers with 

 transverse furrows, oblong-linear ; drupes . . .- Branches tortuous : all the smaller branchlets 

 producing simple racemes ; leaves 2" long, 12"'-6"' broad, rounded at the top, cuneate at 

 the shortly petioled base ; buds 2"' long ; petals nearly as long as the sepals.— Hab. 

 Trinidad !, (Jr. 



XXXIV. GUTTIFEILE. 



Sepals imbricative, together with the petals in 2-3 -leaved whorls. Stamens indefinite (-4) : 

 anthers adnate. Pistil syucarpous (or reduced). Embryo mostly exalbuminous, straight : 

 cotyledons large, fleshy, often cohering. — Woody plants, producing yellow resin; leaves 

 simple, opposite (or whorled), usually leathery, and articulated at the base : stipules mostly 

 none. 



Several acrid or balsamic drugs are obtained from the resinous juice of Tovomita, Clusia, 

 Moronobea, and Calophyllum. Mammea bears eatable berries, which are however of less 

 value than those of the cultivated Garcinia Mangosiana. Calophyllum Calaba and Tovo- 

 mita Plumieri are stated to be valuable timber-trees. 



1. QUIINA, Aubl. OtnA, 



Flowers usually polygamous. Sepals 4 (-5). Petals 4, (5-8), imbricative. Stamens 

 *> : anthers roundish, introrse. Ovary 2-4-celled : cells 2-1-ovulate : styles 2-4, distinct. 

 Pericarp baccate : seeds included within appressed down. Embryo large, ovoid : cotyledons 

 at length cohering. — Shrubs or trees ; leaves bittipulate : primary veins costate, distant ; 

 flowers small, in racemiform cymes. 



1. Q. jamaicensis, Gr. (». sp.). Leaves opposite, spathulatc- or elliptical-oblong, 

 petioled, glabrous ; stipules juxtapetiolar, persistent, linear-subulate, exceeding the petiole ; 

 racemiform cymes axillary and terminal, simple, solitary or geminate, twice {or 4 limes) 



