276 COMBRETACE.E: 



eglandular ; spikes axillary, peduncled, rusty-pubescent ; stamens exserted ; samara-wings 

 " half-round, repand, subtruucate at the top, as broad as the longitudinal diameter of the 

 nut, ribs obsolete." — Rich. Cub. t. 43. — Terminalia, Sw. ! Chicharronia intermedia, Rich. 

 — A shrub (Sw.), or middle-sized tree (Rich.) ; leaves 3"-lV long, l"-£" broad : petiole 

 3"'-6'" long ; spikes l"-2" long, bracteate; calyx-limb 1'" long, as long as the cylindrical 

 tube. — Hab. Jamaica!, Sw., in the northern hills ; [Cuba]. 



6. C. obovata, Poir. Branchlets rusty-pubescent, glabrate; leaves obovate, tapering 

 at the base into a short, eglandnlar petiole, glabrescent, rigid ; spikes compound, terminal, 

 rusty-pubescent : branches approximate, subsessile ; stamens exserted ; samara-wings oblong, 

 rounded at the top, horizontal, twice as long as the longitudinal diameter of the nut : 

 crested ribs as broad as its transverse diameter. — A timber-tree ; leaves 2£"-li"long, H'-l" 

 broad •. petiole l'"-2'" long : spikes 1" long, bracteate ; flowers as in the preceding ; samara- 

 wings 5 '"-4"' long. — Hab. Trinidad I: Cr. ; [Panama!, Peru]. 



4. TERMINALIA, L. 



Flowers usually polygamous. Calyx-limb cyathiform, 5-fid, deciduous. Petals 0. Stamens 

 10. Pericarp drupaceous. Cotyledons foliaceous, convolute. — Trees -, leaves alternate, 

 quite entire, or repand ; flowers in slender, axillary spikes. 



7. T. latifolia, Sw. Leaves obovate- oblong, tapering into the long petiole, glabrate, 

 or pubescent beneath, subeglandular at the base ; spikes simple, peduncled, cylindrical, $ 

 above, with the distant $? flowers at the base ; drupe elliptical, pointed, biconvex : margins 

 navicular-acute.- 80' to above 100' high ; leaves 6 "-12", approximate at the top of the 

 branches, often with small glands or hair-tufts in the vein -axils beneath, but devoid of the 

 large glands of T. Catappa : petiole 1" long ; spikes usually half as long as the leaves ; 

 stamens scarcely exserted; drupe H"-2" long. — Hab. Jamaica!, all coll., common in 

 woods, S. Anns, Manchester, S. Elizabeth. 



8*. T. Catappa, L. Leaves cuneate-obovate or obovate-oblong, rounded or subcordate 

 at the tapering base (rarely tapering into the petiole), biglandular beneath at the base, 

 glabrous above, glabrescent beneath; spikes simple, peduncled, cylindrical, $ above, with 

 distant ^ flowers at the base ; drupe oval-oblong, rounded at both ends, compressed : mar- 

 gins produced into a narrow wing. — Pot. Mag. t. 3004. Desc. Fl. 4. t. 279. — 30-50' 

 high, very similar to preceding; drupe H"-2" long, 1" broad: its wing 1'"- 2'" broad. — 

 Hab. Naturalized in Antigua !, Wullschl., S. Vincent !, Guild. ; cultivated and common in 

 Jamaica (Macf.) ; [naturalized from Cuba ! to Guiana ! ; introduced from the old world : 

 East Indies I, Arabia !, trop. Africa !]. 



6. LAGUNCULARIA, G. 



Flowers polygamous. Calyx-limb short, 5-lobed, persistent : $ tube campanulate. Pe- 

 tals 5, minute, deciduous. Stamens 10, included. Nut obovate, slightly 2-winged. — A tree 

 or shrub ; leaves oj)posite, quite entire, reinless : petiole biglandular above ; flowers in 

 peduncled spikes. 



9. Ii. racemosa, 67. — Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 79. — Conocarpus, L. — Leaves oval-oblong 

 or oval, long-petioled, glabrous ; spikes usually compound at the base, and white-pubescent ; 

 nut 6'" long. — Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., Wils., March, common along bays and lagoons ; 

 Antigua!, Wullschl., S. Vincent !, Guild. ; [Cuba ! to Bahia !, along the coast of the Atlan- 

 tic and Mexican sea; Fernando Po !, on the African coast], 



6. BUCIDA, L. 



Calyx-limb cyathiform, minutely 5-dentate, persistent or tardily deciduous. Petals 0. 

 Stamens 10 : 5 longer and higher inserted. Pericarp drupaceous. Cotyledons foliaceous, 

 convolute. — Trees ; leaves alternate, blunt, eglandular, approximate at the top of the 

 branches ; flowers in axillary, peduncled spikes. 



10. B. Buceras, L. Leaves obovate or spathulate-lanceolate, glabrous above, sericeous 

 and glabrate beneath ; spikes cylindrical, sericeous or villous-pubescent : flowers subdistant ; 

 stamens long-exserted : anthers cordate, pointed ; drupe dry, small, ovate-conical, crowned 



