( 1858 ) 



slderoxylon mite. l.ance-leaved 

 Iron -Wood. 



Class and Order. 



PENTANDRIA MoNOGYNlA. 



Generic Character. 



Cor. 5-fida. Nect, in plerisque 5-phyllum, Stigma simplex. 

 Bacca 5-sperma. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Sideroxylon mite ; inerrae, foliis perennantibus lanceolatis 



acutis, pedunculis teretibus brevissimis aggregatis gim- 



plicibus compositisque. 

 Sideroxylon mite ; inermc floribus sessilibus. Syst . Veget. 



232. mild. I. 1089? 

 Sideroxydon mite. Jacq. Collect. 2. p. 249. certo certius, 



excluso synonymo Milled. 

 Scleroxylon mite, Willd. Enum. p. 249. diversa videtuy 



ob flores solitarios huic ascriptos. 



Prom the want of an adequate description, it is uncertain 

 whether this be 'the Sideroxyeon mite of Linnaeus or not, we 

 have no doubt, however, but that it is the plant described 

 under that name, by Jacquin, in his Collectanea, above 

 quoted. The leaves arc lanceolate, acute, quite entire, 

 alternate, of a deep shining- green on the upper, paler and 

 smooth on the under side, petioles short, of a purple colour. 

 Peduncles axillary, aggregate, rounded, very short, some 

 simple and one-flowered, others branched and many-flowered. 

 Corolla white, without nectaria. Filaments somewhat shorter 

 than the corolla, white : anthers yellow. Germen roundish ; 

 stigma simple, obtuse, sessile, green. In all which charac- 

 ters it agrees exactly with Jacquins description. From 



melanophlceum, 



