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the latter 6"' broad : its milk very clammy {Pd.) ; albumen exactly as in Sideroxylon. — 

 Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., AL, Wullschl., Wils., March, in mountain- woods. 



14. D. salicifolia, A. BC. Branchlets rusty- sericeous, glabrate ; leaves lanceolate or 

 elliptical-lanceolate, pointed, tapering into the petiole, glabrous ; pedicels usually densely 

 fascicled and lateral, rusty-sericeous, shorter than the petioles ; calyx 5-leaved, rusty-serice- 

 ous, half as long as the 5-partite corolla; exterior appendages subulate, interior oval, 

 serrate, nearly as long as the filaments ; anthers oblong ; berry small, ovoid-globose. — SI. t. 

 206. /. 2; Br. Jam. t. 17. /. 4; Rich. Cub. t. 54,./. 2.— Achras, L. Bnmelia, Sw. 

 B. nigra, Berterol {non Sw.). B. pentagona, Sw. (Sideroxylon, A. BO.) ex descr.-. a form 

 with few-flowered fascicles. — A large, fragrant tree ; leaves 4"-2" long, 16"'-9'" broad : pe- 

 tiole 6"'-8'", pedicels 2"'-3'", corolla 1*"', berry 4"'-3'" long, the latter 3'" broad, shining- 

 black, mucronate, sometimes slightly 5-gonal. — Hab. Jamaica !, all coll., in dry, calcareous 

 soil; Dominica {Sw.}, Barbadoes {Mayc.) ; Cuba! to Guadeloupe!]. 



15. D. montana, Or. Branchlets rusty-sericeous, glabrate ; leaves elliptical, obovate, 

 or obovate-lanceolate, blunt, refuse or with a bluntish point, tapering into a short petiole, 

 glabrous : fascicles usually few-flowered, axillary : pedicels pubemlous, about as long as the 

 petiole; calyx 5 (-8— 4) -leaved, sericeous, half as long as the 5-h'd corolla: exterior append- 

 ages subulate, interior roundish, serrate, as long as the filaments ; anthers ovate ; berry 

 ovoid. — Sw. Fl. t. 8 : the flower, but not accurate. — A tree ; leaves variable, usually 3"-2", 

 pedicels 3"'-4'", corolla H'", berry 6"'-8'" long, the latter 4'"-5"' broad.— Hab. Jamaica !, 

 Mac/., Pd., AL, Wullschl., March, in mountain-woods; [Cuba!]. 



6. BUMELIA, Sw., Gartn. 



Calyx 5-leaved, imbrieative. Corolla, stamens, aud appendages of Bipholis. Ovary 5- 

 celled : ovules ascending. Berry mostly 1-seeded by abortion. Seeds exalbuminous, with 

 a small roundish scar. — Leaves in the West Indian species leathery, with somewhat costate, 

 oblique veins, and style exserted, longer than in Dipholis : no spines, except in B. buxi- 

 folia. 



16. B. retusa, Sw. Arboreous ; branchlets rusty-sericeous or glabrescent ; leaves obovate 

 or roundish, refuse or rounded at the top, cuneate at the shortly petioled base, glabrous 

 above, rusty-sericeous or glabrous beneath ; pedicels densely /ascicled, sericeous, usually 

 longer than the petiole ; calyx sericeous, half as long as the corolla, one-third as long as the 

 style : exterior appendages lanceolate, cuspidate, half as long as the corolla-segments, in- 

 terior broadly ovate, serrate, channelled; berry ovoid. — Gartn. Carp. 3. t. 202. — A hard 

 tree; leaves 2£"-l£'', pedicels 3"'(-6'"), corolla 2"', berry 1J" long. — Hab. Jamaica!, 

 Mac/, Pd., March, in mountain- woods, Manchester; S. Anns; Dominica!, Imr. 



17. B. cuneata, Sw. Shrubby; branchlets subsericeous, early glabrescent; leaves 

 small, obovate-roundish, rounded or refuse at the top, cuneate at the shortly petioled base, 

 glabrous ; /ascicles /ew-flowered : pedicels glabrescent, as long as the petiole ; calyx gla- 

 brescent, half as long as the corolla, one-third as long as the style ; exterior appendages lan- 

 ceolate, exceeding half the corolla- segments, interior broadly ovate, serrulate ; berry obovoid- 

 globose.— Sideroxylon, A. BC. B. myrsinifolia, A. DC.— Leaves 8"'-18'", petioles 2'", 

 corolla H'", berry 3'" long.— Hab. Jamaica {Sw.) ; Antigua!, Wullschl.; [S.Thomas!, 

 Guadeloupe I], 



18. B. rotundifolia, Sw. Shrubby, wholly glabrous; leaves small, oval-roundish, 

 rounded at both ends, shortly petioled ; pedicels densely /ascicled, longer than the petiole ; 

 calyx glabrous ; exterior appendages lanceolate, interior broadly ovate, serrulate ; berry el- 

 lipsoidal. — A small shrub {Pd.) ; leaves about 1" long, 9'" broad, sometimes nearly orbi- 

 cular: petioles I'"- H'", pedicels 2'", berry 3'" long. — Hab. Jamaica!, Pd., on rocks, S. 

 Katheriue on the banks of the Rio Cobre. 



19. B. Cruegerii, Gr. (». sp.). Branchlets and pedicels puberulous ; leaves small, 

 obovate, rounded or retuse at the top, cuneate at the shortly petioled base, glabrous ; pedicels 

 densely /ascicled, lateral, as long as the petioles , calyx puberulous below, half as long as 

 the style, two-thirds as long as the corolla ; exterior appendages minnte, ovate, much shorter 

 than the corolla- segments, interior broadly ovate, serrulate. — Habit of B. cuneata, but fasci- 

 cles about 20-flowered. Leaves \\"-\" long, less leathery than in the other species ; pedi- 

 cels 2'", corolla 1"' long— Hab. Trinidad!, Or. 



