380 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [1889. 



Order XXXVII. RHIZOPHOREAE. 



1. Rhizophora Mangle, L. 



Mangrove. Indigenous. West Indies, Tropical America and 

 Africa. The bark is very powerful as an astringent. It is used for 

 tanning and stops bleeding. The fruit is said to be eatable. The 

 Mangrove occupies the low swampy portions of all the Islands. 



Order XXXVIII. MELASTOMACEAE. 



1. Tetrazygia cleagnoides, De. (Herrick.) 

 Black-Torch Berry. 



2. T. angustiflora, Gr. [Swains.) 



Order XXXIX. COMBRETACEAE. 



1. Terminalia Catappa, L. 



Almond Tree, Country Almond. Introduced from the old world. 



2. Bucida Buceras, L. (S-tuains.) 



Olive Bark, Wild or Black Olive. Indigenous. West Indian. 



3. Conocarpus erectus, L. (Swains.) 



Button Tree, Zaragoza Mangrove. Alder. West Indian Variety 

 (a) of Grisebach. The glabrous and silvery-haired varieties grow 

 indiscriminately together in small woods on Fortune Island. ( Eggers.) 

 Indigenous and in West Indies, Tropical America and Africa. 

 No special use. 



4. Quisqualis Indica. 



In gardens. Introduced from Tropical Asia and Africa. 



This order possesses astringent properties, on which account the 

 fruits of species of Terminalia are used for tanning. T. Catappa is 

 a handsome tree. Its fruits are eatable and somewhat resemble 

 almonds, whence its name. 



Order XL. MYRTACEAE. 



1. Jambosa vulgaris, Dc. 



Rose Apple. Naturalized from India. Rose apples constitute a 

 part of the food of Maerowus iaterhousii, American Leaf-nosed Bat. 



2. Eugenia buxifolia, W. 

 Indigenous. West Indies. 



3. Eugenia, sp., near E. Poiretii De. 



West Indies. 



4. E. monticola, Dc. ( Griseb.) 



Stopper, small leaved Rod-wood. Indigenous and in Jamaica. 



