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Xanthochymus dulcis. Sweet-fruited 

 Xanthochymus. 



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Class and Order. 



POLYADELPHIA PoLYANDRIA. 



( Nat. Ord. — Guttifer^e. ) 



Generic Character. 



Cal. 5-partitus inaequalis imbricatus. Cor. 5-petala 

 ovato-rotunda. Nectaria 5 petalis opposita. Stam. 15—20 

 altissime 5-delpha petalis alterna ; Antherce, oblongae. 

 Stylus brevissimus. Stigma 5-lobum, longum, patulum. 

 Bacca maxima pericarpio luteo coriaceo. Sem. 3 — 4. — 

 Arbor foliis lineari-lanceolatis acutis oppositis integris pe- 

 Uolatis ; Jlores fasciculati laterales pedunculati. D C. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Xanthochymus * dulcis; polygama, foliis oblongis, floribus 

 lateralibus fasciculatis, corollis globosis, fructibus ova- 

 libus obtusis. Roxb. 



Xanthochymus dulcis. Roxb. PL of Corom. v. 3. p. 66. 

 t. 270. 



, Descr. A small tree with a straight trunk and oppo- 

 site, glabrous branches; green and cylindrical in the 

 young shoots. Leaves opposite, six inches and more in 

 length, oblong, more or less acuminated, coriaceous, entire, 

 glabrous, bright green, glossy, dark above and penni- 

 nerved, beneath paler, and veiny. Petiole short, thick. 

 Mowers in fascicles, from the joints of a former year's 

 shoot, and where the leaves have fallen away. Peduncles 

 scarcely longer than the flowers. Calyx of three or four, 



rather 



* From Iwflof, yellow, and tom, juice, from the colour of the juice of the 



fruit. 



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