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pointed stick — of course only wlien small messages are to be transmitted ; but as tte TXTitiug cannot be 
obliterated either by dampness or rain, and is legible as long as the leaves keep fresh (about four uctks), 
this primitive mode of communication is, in a country possessing such a wet climate as the Isthmus, more 
frequently resorted to than might be expected. 
108. Clusia odwata, Seem. ; foliis obovato-cllipticis obtusis in petiolum attenixatisj floribus 
in cymis trifidis paucifloris odoratiSj sepalis 6, petalis 4 ohovato-ohlongis albis, stigmatlbus 6 dis- 
tiuctisj capsula ovata. — Nomen vemacul. " Copecillo oloroso." Volcano of Chiriquij Veraguas. 
A tree from 20 to 24 feet high ; leaves from 3 to 3^ inches long, 1 to \\ inch broad ; flowers about 
an inch across. 
109. Clusia p-afensisj Seem. ; foliis o'bovato-cnipticis obtusis vcl subacutis in petiolum 
attcnuatis, floribus iuodoris, calycc 8-phyllOj petalis 4 ohovatis obtusis roscis vcl albis sanguiuco- 
maculatisj stigmatibus 8 distinctis. — Nomcn vernacul. "Cope chico." In savanas ; very common 
about Panama. 
A handsome tree, generally terrestrial, about 18 feet high ; leaves 5 inches long, and from 1^ to 2 
inches broad: primary veins very prominent in the dried specimen, and on each side of the leaves from 18 
to 22 in number; flowers l^ inch in diameter; oapsuh' about three-quarters of an inch long. — The leaves, 
like those of Clusia rosea, are used for writing upon, and when bruised, employed as a vulnerary. 
There is besides another species of Clusia in my collection from the Volcano of Chiriqui, but the speci- 
mens are too imperfect to be determined. 
110. MoNOROHEA fflobuitfera, Sclilccht. Linneea, vol. viii. p. 190. Cbagrcs (Fendl.). 
111. Mammea Amei'icana, Linn., Do Cand. Prodr. vol. i. p. 561.— Xumcn vernacul. " Ma- 
mey dc Cartagena." Cultivated all over the country^ on account of its edible fruit. 
113. Rheedia lateriflora, Linn., Dc Caud. Prodr. vol. i. p. 564. Dark woods of Southern 
Vcraguas. 
The male flowers of this tree are 2-sepalou8, 4-petalous. 
113. Calophyllum Calaba, Jacq.? De Cand. Prodr. vol. i. p. 562. In dark woods near 
Remcdios, Veraguas. 
"There are no flowers ; the description of the leaves agrees very well with those of my specimens. 
114. Calophyllum edule, Seem.; arborca, foliis elliptico-lanceolatis in petiolum attenuates 
apicc acuminatis, pedunculis axillaribus geminis, calyee 2-5cpalo, sepalis obtusis, petalis . . . . , 
stamiuibus 10-12 persistcntibus, drupa oblonga flava miisper ma.— Nomen vernacul. " Sastra." In 
dark forests, near the village of San Lorenzo, Veraguas. 
* A tree about 50 feet high, with a fine dark green foliage ; leaves from 3 to 4 inches long, and from 1 
to 1\ inch broad ; the petals I have not seen ; the fruit, which is edible, is about the size of a hazel-nut, 
and has a j^leasant taste ; the seed is about as large as a cofi-ee-bcau.— This species aecms to come close to 
G. MaJrunno, II. B. K., the fruit of which is also eaten. 
MARCGRAVIACEiE. 
115. MAReoRAViA umbellata, Linn., De Cand. Prodr. vol. i. p. 5G6. In dark woods; Cape 
Corricntes, Darlcu. • . 
