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anthers sessile internally, near its mouth. Ovary 4-celled : cells 1 -ovulate or 2-ovulate, 

 with the ovules superimposed. Pericarp woody, at length loculicidal. — Trees or shrubs ; 

 leaves abruptly pinnate .- the pairs appearing successively along the petiole ; panicles simply 

 racemiform, axillary. 



9. Q. Swartzii, DC. Leaflets elliptical or elliptical-oblong, glabrous : principal veins 



8-10 on each side : vein-axils bearded beneath ; calyx subentire : teeth minute, distant ; V -• *i 

 petals glabrous ; ovary glabrous ; "capsule subglobose, costate." — SI. t. 170. /. 1 : leaves. 

 — 6. Vahliana, Juss. — A low tree ; leaflets usually 8-2 ; petals white, 2£'" long. -Hab. 

 Jamaica!, Maqf., Ah; [Guadeloupe]. 



10. G. Perrottetii, A. Juss. Leaflets oblong or elliptical-oblong, glabrous: principal 

 veins 12-15 on each side: vein-axils glabrous; calyx subentire or 4-lobed ; petals and 

 ovary tomentose ; capsule pyriform-globose, subcostate, velutinous. — G. trichilioides, PI. 

 Carib. (non Jacq.).— Leaflets 12-4 ; petals 2 m -3 f " long ; capsule 8'" long, 6* broad — 

 Hab. Dominica!, Imr.; S.Vincent!, Guild.; [Guadeloupe!]. 



8. CARAPA, Aubl. 



Sepals 4-5, distinct. Petals ovate-oblong, " twisted," spreading. Staminal tube 8-10- 

 crenate : anthers sessile internally, alternating with the crenatures. Ovary 4-5-celled : cells 

 4-ovulate, with the ovules biseriate. Pericarp large, fleshy, at length 4-5-valved. — Trees; 

 leaves pinnate ; panicles racemiform. 



11. C. gnianensis, Aubl. Leaflets (k-)%-\§-jugal, elliptical-lanceolate, glabrous, 

 leathery : terminal usually abortive. — Besc. Fl.Q.t. 446. — C. procera, DC. ? — A high tree ; 

 pericarp globose, 3" diam. ; seeds oily. — Hab. Trinidad!, Pd.; [Guiana, Senegambia]. 



Tribe III. CEBEELEM. — Seeds fiat, winged. Ovary-cells 4,-multi-ovulate. 



9. SWIETENIA, L. 



Calyx 5 -fid. Petals twisted. Staminal tube entire, 10-toothed: anthers attached in- 

 ternally between the teeth. Ovary 5-celled: cells about 1 2-ovulate. Pericarp woody, 

 dehiscent from the base : seeds albuminous, with a terminal, oblong wing. — Trees ; leaves 

 abruptly pinnate, glabrous ; panicles axillary, peduncled, bearing corymbiform cymes. 



12. S. Mahagoni, L. Leaflets 6-10, inequilateral, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, pointed; gu. 

 capsule ovoid.— Bot. Misc. 1. t. 16, 17 ; Tuss. Ft. 4. t. 23 ; Desc. Fl. t. 99, 416.— S. 

 Senegalensis, Desc. (no* Besr.). — A high tree; leaflets usually 2" long; capsule 3"-4" 

 long.— Hab. Jamaica !, Maqf., Ah, common in the plains and lower hills, up to 3000'; Ba- 

 hamas, Trinidad; [Cuba!, Mexico!, Honduras]. 



10. CEDRELA, i. 



Calyx 5-lobed. Petals imbricative, oblong : midrib on the inside furnished with a plait, 

 which adheres to the gynophore. Staminal tube wholly combined with the gynophore : 

 fertile filaments 5, long, inserted on its top. Ovary 5-celled; cells 8-1 2-ovulate. Capsule 

 dehiscent from the top : seeds with a terminal wing : albumen thin. — Fetid trees ; leaves 

 pinnate ; panicle large, terminal. 



13. O. odorata, L. Leaves impari-pinnate ; leaflets 8-5-jugal, oblong, oblique at the 

 base, petiolulate ; petals pubescent ; capsule ovoid, subcostate. — SI. t. 220./. 2 ; Br. Jam. 

 t. 10. /. 1 ; Besc. Fl. 6. t. 411.— A high tree; leaflets variable in being broader or nar- 

 rower, shortly or long petiolulate ; panicle drooping, often above 1' long : flowers pale- 

 yellow. — Hab. Jamaica !, AL, Wils., common in the plains and lower hills ; Antigua !, 

 Nichols. ; [Cuba !, Mexico !, Yucatan !]. 



XLV. AURANTIACEJJ. 



Sepals united. Petals sessile. Stamens inserted upon an hypogynons disc. Pistil syu- 

 carpous : style simple. Pericarp baccate. Embryo exalbuminous, straight. — Woody plants ; 

 leaves compound or unifoliolate, exstipulate, with pellucid dots. 



