106 GUTTIFEILE. 



exceeded by the leaf: pedicels hairy, opposite or whorled, with 'the whorls distant ; flowers 

 unisexual ; sepals 4, ciliate ; petals 4 ; styles 2 ; berry obovate-globose, indehiscent. — Branch- 

 lets glabrous, cylindrical ; leaves 6"-3" long, 2\"-\" broad, quite entire, with a bluntish 

 point, tapering at the base : texture of stiff paper : petiole thick, 2"'-4"' long ; stipules 4'"- 

 6"' long ; pedicels about 2"' long, twice as long as the roundish sepals ; berry 5"'-6 / " long, 

 unilocular by abortion, 2-1-seeded : seeds obovate. — Hab. Jamaica !, AL, March, e.g. at 

 Moneague. 



2. Q. guianensis, Aubl. Branchlets glabrous, compressed ; leaves opposite, quite 

 entire or repaud, elliptical-oblong, pointleted, tapering towards the rounded base, glabrous, 

 stiffly papery ; stipules juxtapetiolar, persistent, linear, acuminate, at length much exceeding 

 the very short petiole ; cymes axillary, corymbiform, divided from the base ; flowers uni- 

 sexual ; sepals 4, ciliate ; petals 5-8 ; styles 2 ; berry conoid-elliptical, umbilicate at the 

 top, indehiscent. — Aubl. t. 379. — Allied to the preceding; leaves 6"-3" long, 2i"-li" 

 broad : petiole thickish, l'"-2"' long ; stipules 2'", at length 6'" long ; pedicels 4"'-6'" 

 long, the exterior simple, some of the central ones longer, and simply divided ; sepals f ' ", 

 petals H"'long; berry striated, 6'" long, usually 1-seeded by abortion. — Hab. Trinidad!, 

 Cr., at Iraia; [Guiaua]. 



3. Q. Cruegeriana, Gr. Leaves opposite, oblong, glabrous above, glabrescent be- 

 neath : petiole rusty-downy ; $&/)«/&? juxtapetiolar, deciduous, much exceeded by the petiole ; 

 racemiform cymes axillary, short, clustered, nearly as long as the petiole ; pedicels opposite; 

 flowers polygamous ; sepals 5, petals as many ; styles 2 ; berry obovate, " at length dehis- 

 cent." — Q. guianensis, Cr. {not Aubl.). — A shrub, or low tree, 10'~20' high: branchlets 

 compressed, rusty-downy ; leaves 15"-6" long, 6"-2" broad, quite entire, or repaud, with 

 a bluntish point, tapering at the base, leathery, with a deciduous rusty down beneath on the 

 midrib and veins : petiole 8"'-4'" long, channelled above ; pedicels about 2'" long ; sepals 

 scarcely I'" long, roundish ; petals 2 long, obovate, yellow ; berry about 6"' long, 4-1- 

 seeded. — Hab. Trinidad !, Cr., Pd., in woods and on river-banks, S. Anns. 



2. TOVOMITA, Aubl. 



Flowers polygamous. Sepals 2-6. Petals 4 (-10), imbricative. Stamens oo (-8) : 

 filaments thickened, with the anthers introrse, obliquely adnate. Ovary 4-5-celled : cells 

 1 -ovulate : stigmas 4-5, subsessile. Pericarp dehiscent : seeds arillate. Embryo ovoid : coty- 

 ledons cohering. — Shrubs or trees; leaves glabrous, penninerved ; primary veins usually 

 somewhat distant; flowers in corymbiform cymes (or solitary). 



4. T. amazonica, Walp. Leaves lanceolate-elliptical, quite entire, or repaud, pointed at 

 both ends, veiny, petioled : primary veins numerous; cymes corymbiform, axillary and ter- 

 minal, twice trichotomous, 3-4 times exceeding the petiole ; sepals 2 ; stamens numerous : 

 anthers minute ; stigmas 4. — Pospp. n. gen. t. 212. — Marialvsea, Poepp. — A shrub, 6' high ; 

 leaves 3"-2" long, H"-l" broad : petiole S'"~4'" long ; sepals 2"' long, glabrous, somewhat 

 exceeded by the yellow petals. — Hab. Trinidad!, Pd., Cr.. at Fort George; [equatorial 

 Brazil !]. 



5. T. havetioides, Gr. (n. sp.). Arboreous; leaves obovate, quite entire, petioled : 

 primary veins approximate, straight ; cymes densely corymbiform, compound, terminal, ex- 

 ceeded by the leaves: peduncles tetragonal; sepals 6, two exterior smaller; stamens 16-20: 

 anther-cells ovoid ; stigmas 4. — A large tree, yielding resin : branchlets tetragonal, glabrous, 

 rusty ; leaves 4"-2" long, 2"-l" broad, leathery, rounded at the top, cuneate at the base : 

 primary veins delicate, conspicuous on both sides, secondary ones inconspicuous : petiole 

 3'"-5'" long; cymes many-flowered, 3-4 times compound, with a ternary or quinary 

 division; 4 interior sepals roundish, V" long, twice as long as the ovate exterior ones; 

 petals 4 ; filaments distinct, thickened : anthers obliquely adnate ; fruit unknown. — Hab. 

 Jamaica !, Wils., in woods of the southern lowlands to 300C. 



6. T. Flumieri, Gr. («. sp.). Leaves elliptical, quite entire, petioled: principal veins 

 8-10 on each side, distant, curved at the top; cymes terminal, simply corymbiform ; sepals 

 . . . ; petals 4 ; stamens numerous : anthers . . . ; stigmas 5. — Plum. ed. Burnt, t. 87- /• 2 ? 

 —A large tree ; leaves 6"-8" long, 2£"-4i" broad, mucronate or blunt, shortly tapering at the 

 base : principal veins prominulous beneath, the other irregular : petiole 1" long, with the 



