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V. HAVE’TIA (in honour of M. Havet, a young botanical 
collector, who was sent to the island of Madagascar to collect 
plants, where he died). H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. 
p. 204. t. 462. 
Lin. syst. Dioècia, Tetrándria. Male flowers. 
4 orbicular, concave sepals, 2 outer ones smaller. Petals 4, 
orbicular, concave, equal. Receptacle fleshy, orbicular, convex. 
Anthers 4, alternating with the petals, and immersed in the disk, 
l-celled, 3-valved at the apex. Female flowers unknown.—A 
tree abounding in yellow, clammy juice, with opposite branches, 
and quite entire obovate leaves, and terminal bractless panicles 
of flowers. Flowers at the tops of the branches, twin, nearly 
sessile. 
1 H. ravriròra (H. B. et Kunth, 1l. c.). h. S. Native on 
the Andes about Popayan. Clusia tetrándria, Willd. spec. 4. 
Calyx of 
p. 978. 
Laurel-leaved Havetia. Tree. 
Cult. This tree will grow well in a mixture of loam and peat, 
and ripened cuttings will root in sand or mould under a hand- 
glass, in heat. 
Tribe Il. 
CHRYSOPIE‘E, Ovary many-celled; cells containing many 
ovule. Fruit fleshy, indehiscent, many-celled. 
VI. MORONO'BEA (Moronobo or Coronobo is the Carib- 
bean name of M. coccinea). Aubl. guian. 2. p. 788. t. 313.— 
Symphonia, Lin. fil. suppl. p. 302. 
Lin. syst. Polyadélphia, Polydndria. Calyx 5-parted, bract- 
less, imbricate. Petals 5, alternating with the calycine lobes. 
Stamens 15-20, joined into a tube at the base, which is deeply 
5-cleft at the apex; bearing the anthers on the outside, 3 or 4 
on each segment, they are linear, 2-celled, bursting lengthwise 
behind, Stigmas 5, nearly sessile. Ovary 5-celled; cells con- 
taining 5 ovule. Fruit fleshy.—Trees with corymbose flowers, 
rarely solitary, terminal and axillary, hermaphrodite. 
1 M. coccinea (Aubl. guian. 2. p. 789. t. 313.) bud of flower 
globose; style very short; leaves oblong, acute at both ends, 
with an incurved point, coriaceous, without dots. h.S. Native 
of Guiana in moist woods and on mountains. Symphonia globu- 
lifera, Lin. fil. suppl. 302. Perhaps Symphonia esculénta, Arrud. 
is not distinct from this. A lofty tree. Leaves approximating 
at the ends of the branchlets, smooth, glaucous. Flowers about 
the size of those of Théa, red, axillary, solitary, or in terminal, 
few-flowered corymbs. The coriaceous rind of the fruit covers 
the painted seeds, which are covered with a deep yellow mucous 
substance interposed between them. The resinous juice which 
flows from all parts of the tree when cut, is used by the Creoles 
to tar their boats and ropes, and they also make flambeaus of it 
mixed with other resins of the country. It is also used by the 
Caribbees to attach the iron and the poison to their arrows. 
Scarlet-flowered Moronobea. Tree 40 feet. 
2 M. Gcranprrrora (Chois. in mem. hist. nat. p. 1. D. C. 
prod. 1. p. 563.) bud of flowers conical-ovate ; style very long ; 
flowers larger in all parts than in M. coccinea ; leaves elliptical- 
lanceolate. h.S. Native of Guiana. Flowers red. 
Great-flowered Moronobea. Tree. 
Cult. These fine trees will grow in a mixture of loam and 
peat; and well-ripened cuttings will root in sand, under a hand- 
glass, in a moist heat. 
VII. CHRYSO'PIA (from xpuaoc, chrysos, gold, and orve, 
opys, juice ; trees yielding yellow juice when cut). Pet. Th. gen. 
mad. no. 48, 
Lin. syst. Polyadélphia, Polydndria. Calyx bractless, of 
5 sepals, imbricate, ‘Petals 5, inserted on the outside of the 
disk. Disk urceolate at the base, sometimes entire at the apex, 
1 
GUTTIFERZ. V. Havetsa. VI. Moronosea. VII. Curysoria. VIIL. Mammea. 
sometimes 5-lobed. Stamens connected at the base into a thick 
urceolus, fixed to the inner side of the disk, 5-cleft at the top; 
each segment bearing 3-5 adnate linear anthers, bursting length- 
wise. Style short, 5-furrowed, 5-cleft at the apex, each segment 
furnished with a peculiar kind of stigma on the inside; segments 
spreading. Fruit fleshy, 5-celled. Seeds ovate, oblong. Cells 
of ovary 5-10-ovulate. Trees with terminal, few-flowered 
corymbs or umbels of hermaphrodite flowers. 
1 C. microrny’t1a (Hils. et Bojer. ex Cambess. mem. mus. 
16. p. 423. t. 4.) leaves spatulate, small; flowers umbellate ; 
disk nearly entire. h. S. Native of Madagascar. Flowers 
white. 
Small-leaved Chrysopia. Tree 40 feet. 
2 C. rascicuLa`ra (Pet. Th. 1. c.) leaves spatulate, coriaceous ; 
flowers in corymbs; disk 5-cleft. h.S. Native of Madagas- 
car. Branches umbellately crowded at the apex. Flowers 
purple. There is an oil expressed from the seeds. 
Fascicled-flowered Chrysopia. Tree 60 feet. 
Cult. These beautiful trees will thrive in a mixture of sandy 
loam mixed with a little peat; and ripe cuttings, not deprived 
of their leaves, will root readily in sand under a hand-glass, in 
a moist heat. 
Tribe III. 
GARCINIEÆ. Ovary many-celled; cells containing 1 
ovule. Fruit fleshy, indehiscent, many-celled. 
VIII. MAMME‘A (Mamey, its vernacular name in South 
America). Lin. gen. 1156. Juss. gen. 257. 
Lin. syst. Polydndria, Monogynia. Calyx bractless, of 
2 deciduous sepals. Petals 4-6, deciduous. Stamens numerous, 
free, or connected at the very base, deciduous ; filaments short ; 
anthers adnate, 2-celled, bursting lengthwise at the sides. Style 
short, crowned by a 4-lobed stigma; lobes emarginate. Fruit 
crowned by the permanent base of the style, fleshy, 4-celled or 
2-3-celled from abortion; cells 1-seeded. Seeds large, thick. 
Trees with leaves full of pellucid dots. Flowers usually solitary, 
male or hermaphrodite in different plants. 
1 M. America‘na (Lin. spec. 731.) leaves obovate, very 
blunt, quite entire; fruit very large, containing usually 4 large 
seeds. k.S. Native of the Caribbean Islands and the neigh- 
bouring continent. Jacq. amer. 268. t. 181. f. 82. pict. 130. 
t. 248.—Plum. gen. 44, t. 170.—Sloan. jam. 2. p. 123. t. 217. 
f. 3. A tall handsome tree with a thick, elegant, spreading 
head. It has a long downright tap root, which renders it very 
difficult to transplant. The leaves are oval or obovate, shining; 
leathery, opposite, from 5 to 8 inches in length. Peduncles 1- 
flowered, short, scattered over the stouter branches. The flowers 
are sweet-scented, white, an inch and a half in diameter ; calyx 
sometimes 3-sepalled ; corolla sometimes 6-petalled; but this 
arises from 2 of the segments or petals being cut. Fruit large, 
round, obsoletely 3 or 4-cornered, about the size of a cannon 
ball; it is covered with a double rind, the outer leathery, a Jine 
in thickness, tough, brownish-yellow, the inner thin, yellow, 
adhering closely to the flesh, which is firm, bright-yellow, has a 
singular pleasant taste, and a sweet, aromatic smell, but the skin 
and seeds are very bitter and resinous. It is eaten alone, or cut 
into slices with wine and sugar, or preserved in sugar. In Marti- 
nico they distil the flowers with spirit, and make a liquor which 
they call Eau-Creole. The English and Spaniards call the 
fruit Mammee ; and the French Abricot sauvage, from the yel- 
lowness of the pulp, like that of the apricot. Swartz remarks 
that the trees which bear hermaphrodite flowers are very lofty, 
but that the male trees are much smaller. Browne gives the 
hermaphrodite and male trees as distinct species. He infórms 
us that they are among the largest trees in the Island of e 
maica, abound with a strong resinous gum, and are esteeme¢ 
