^ SYLTA TKLLt'U. 



maica on streams, flowers rosate, the B. leucox* 

 ylon of Swartz and others. 



447. Leucoxylon acuminata Raf. Bign. 

 ieuc. L. auct. fol. 5-6natis ovatis acumin. fl. 

 corvmbosis South America. 



448. Plato L ARIA Raf. diff. Bign .... Siliqua 

 maxima orbiculata plana. Scafidens, foL digit. 



jl, racemosis Very distinct by mere fruit said 

 to be akin to that of Bign. cerulea, see 458. The 

 flov\ers not described. 



449. Platolaria flavescens Raf. Bign. orbi- 

 culata Jaq. auct. fol. 5natis ovatis acum. cirr- 

 hosis, racemis axil, sub lOfl. Carthagena,fl. yel- 

 lowish. 



450. PoTAMoxYLON Raf. diff. Bign. cor. 4]o- 

 ba,ineq. lobo sup. major, capsula incurva ventri- 

 cosa. Arbor foL digit, fl. corymbosis ano- 

 ther very distinct G. with digitate leaves. 



451. Potamoxylon alba Raf, Bign. fluviati- 

 lis Aubl. t. 267. auct fol. 5natis petiol. ovatobl. 

 acutis small tree of Guyana growing in streams 

 fl. white. 



452. HiPPoxYLON Raf. (horse wood) diff. 

 Bign. cal. tubul. 5dent. cor. hypocrat. 51oba, 

 stam. 5, fertiles 2, sterilis 3, siliqua uniloc. sem. 

 villosis. Arbor foL bipinnatis G. quite dis- 

 tinct. 



453. Hippox, indica Raf Bign. do auct. B, 

 pentandra Lour, foliolis subrot. ovatis cord, 

 acum very large tree of India, Anam, Molu- 

 cas, perhaps 2 or 3 sp. blended, the lignum equi- 

 num of Rumph 3, t. 46 is one, the Palega of 

 Rheed 1 1. 43 and 6 t. 45 also. 



454. PoNGELiA Raf diff. Bign, cal. tubul. spa- 

 thaceo latere dehiscens, cor. hypocrat. limbo 

 piano 5plicato repando ineq. dent, stam, 4 didyn, 

 siliq. linear, plana subtorul. sem, alata. Arbor, 



