174 TEREBINTH ACE^E. 



I. Copal, Rich. {Cub. t. 37) ? : a form with three or more leaflets. — Leaflets 4"-2" long, 

 12"'-6''' broad ; calyx minute : teeth obsolete ; petals 1"' long, including the stamens. — 

 Hab. Jamaica!, Wright: S. Lucia!, Anders.; S. Vincent!, Guild.; Trinidad!, Pd. ; 

 [Cuba {ex syn. Rich.), Guiana!]. 



3. HEDWIGIA, Sw. 



Characters of Idea, but corolla 4-5 -fid. 



3. H. balsamifera, Sw. "Bark whitish; leaflets 3-4-jugal, elliptical-lanceolate, 

 pointed, quite entire ; flowers racemose ; drupe subglobose, furrowed along the dissepimental 

 lines, glabrous." — Sw. Fl. t. 13 : anal. : cor. 4-fid. — Tuss. Fl. 4. t. 30 : cor. 5-fid. — Capro- 

 xylon Hedwigii, Tuss. — Hab. Nearly all the West Indian islands {Tuss.). 



4. DACRYODES, V. 



Flowers dioacious. $ : Calyx adnate to the abortive ovary •. limb short, snbentire. 

 Petals 3, valvate. Stamens 6, hemiepigynous : anthers adnate, introrse. $ : " Ovary 

 adherent to the calyx : style simple. Drupe one-seeded (by the abortion of the second 

 ovule)." — A balsamiferous tree ; leaves impari-pinnate : leaflets quite entire, leathery, opaque; 

 c? corymbs axillary, compound. 



4. D. hexandra, Gr. — Amyris, Hamilt. — lO'-l 5' high, glabrous; bark ash-coloured, 

 rugose ; leaflets 2-3(-l)-jugal, elliptical-oblong or elliptical-lanceolate, blunt, tapering at 

 the base, veiny beneath, 4"-3" loug, 2"-l" broad : petiolules 2'"-3" / long, at length thickish, 

 transversely rugulose ; $ corymbs pyramidal, shortly peduncled, about 3* long : ultimate 

 divisions racemose, 7-3 -flowered : pedicels 2'" long; flowers li'" long ; calyx very short ; 

 petals ovate-roundish ; stamens very short, included, incurved : anthers bilocular ; " drupe 

 elliptical, pointed." — Hab. Nevis {Ham.), Dominica !, Imr., in the mountains; [Portorico]. 



5. AMYRIS, L. 



Calyx minute, 4-fid. Petals 4, imbricate. Stamens 8, hypogynous. Ovary 1-celled : 

 ovules 2, pendulous : stigma capitate, sessile. Drupe 1-seeded. — Balsamic, glabrous shrubs 

 or trees ; leaves pellucid-dotted, usually opposite (mixed sometimes with alternate ones on 

 the same stem), impari-pinnate or \-foliolate ; corymbs panicled : flowers white. 



5. A. Plumieri, DC. Leaflets 3, ovate, usually bluntish, green on both sides, crenate: 

 principal veins distant, promiuulous beneath ; panicles as long as the leaves ; petals spathu- 

 late ; anthers roundish, exserted; drupe globose, minute, black. — Plum. Ed. Burm. t. 100. 

 —A. maritima, Sw. {non Jacq.). A. sylvatica, Macf. ! {non Jacq.). — Leaflets 4*-li" long, 

 3*-l" broad : lateral petiolules 2"' long ; drupe 2'" diam.-r-HAB. Jamaica !, Macf., Pd., 

 March, common ; [Cuba to New Granada !]. 



6. A. sylvatica, Jacq. Leaflets 3-5, ovate or deltoid-roundish, pointed, glaucous 

 beneath, obsoletely crenulate or subentire : veins reticulated, promiuulous on both sides ; 

 panicles exceeded by the leaves ; petals oval, as long as the stamens ; anthers ovoid-oblong ; 

 drupe globose, small, purple.— Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 108. — A. dyatripa, Spreng. — A flori- 

 dana, Null. — A. cymosa, Rchb, in Sieb. Tnn. 29. A. maritima, Rich. Cub. {non Jacq.). — 

 A shrub, 2'-15' high ; leaflets \\" long, 1" broad : lateral petiolules 2'" long ; drupe 2"' diam. 

 — Hab, Jamaica!, Pd. ; Trinidad, Sieb.; [Florida!, Cuba! to New Granada]. 



7. A maritima, Jacq. Leaflets 3-1, ovate, with a bluntish point, quite entire, or 

 obsoletely crenulate, green on both sides, or paler beneath : veins reticulated, prominulous 

 on both sides ; corymbs exceeded by the leaves ; petals oval, exceeding the stamens; anthers 

 ovoid-oblong ; drupe globose, as large as a pea, black. — A. Lunani, Spreng. — Nearly allied 

 to the preceding, and possibly a seashore variety of the same, but the lateral petiolules 

 longer (3'" long), and the drupes larger (3'" diam.). Our Cuba form has crenulate, quite 

 green, 3-foliolate leaves, while the Trinidad specimens have simple leaves and the anthers 

 more roundish. — Hab. Trinidad !, Lockh., Pd., in arid situations of the Boco Islands ; 

 [Cuba !]. 



8. A. balsamifera, L. Leaflets 5 (7-3), ovate-oblong, ovate-lanceolate or elliptical, 

 acuminate, quite entire, or obsoletely crenulate, green on both sides, or paler beneath : veins 



