XYLOPHYLLA MONTANA.» MounTAIN 4g 
Srea-sipE LAUREL. £3 
i % Class and. Order. 
Monazcra Monapecpaia. 
Generic Character. 
Masc. Cal. 6-partitus. Cor. 0. Nectarium Glandule 
6, globose. é # 
Fem. Cal. et Neet. ut in mascula. Germ. superum. 
Styli 3. Stigm. 3-partita. Caps. 3-locularis. Sem. 2, in 
- singulis loculamentis. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
XYLOPHYLLA montana ; foliis lanceolatis, floribus aggre- 
gatis subsessilibus, ramis teretibus apice ancipitibus. 
PuyLiantaus montanus ; foliis subdistichis elliptico-lanceo- 
latis coriaceis inciso-crenatis floriferis, floribus subses- 
silibus, ramis teretibus apice ancipitibus. Swartz Fl. 
Ind. oc. 2. p. W177. Pers. Syn. p. 591. ! 
XYLOPHYLLA montana. Swartz Prodr. p. 28. 
We remarked long ago, that Xytopnyza could hardly be 
distinguished from Puy.ianruus by characters taken from 
the parts of fructification. Nevertheless, from its remark- 
able habit, we are inclined still to continue it as a distinct 
genus. Swartz, who, in his Prodromus, retained the name 
of XyLoruy11a, afterwards, in his Flora Indie Occidentalis, 
united it with Payttantaus ; in the Hortus Kewensis, how- 
ever, both genera are kept distinct. 
Native of Jamaica, growing, according to Swarrz, on 
the calcareous rocks, in the western part of the —_ 
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