Amyris 



RUTACE/E 



191 



chartaceous, 1 -seeded. Cotyledons thick, plano-convex, dotted 

 with glands ; endosperm wanting. 



Species 12, natives of the AVest Indies and of tropical 

 America, north of the equator. 



Leaves opposite, or rarely subopposite. 



Ovary glabrous. Drupe globular, 5-8 mm. 1 1. A. Elemifera. 



Ovary puberulous. Drupe ellipsoidal, 6-14 mm. 1. 2. A. bahomife.ra. 

 Leaves alternate, or rarely subopposite 3. A. Plumicri. 



1. A. Elemifera L. Syst. ed. 10, 1000 (1759) ; leaves opposite ; 

 leaflets 3, or on the same branch 3 and 5, 2-6(-7) cm. 1. ; ovary 



Fig. 60 Amyris Elemifera L. 



A, -Male inflorescence and leaves X |. C, Hermaphrodite flower cut length- 



B, Hermaphrodite flower, diagram. wise x 6. 



D, Drupe cut lengthwise x _. 

 (After Sargent.) 



u'labrous ; drupe globular, 5-8 mm. 1. Urb. hi EmjL Jltrl>. xxi. 

 601 ; P. Wils. hi N. Amer. Fl. xxv. 218. A. maritima J<i<-q. 

 Enum. PL Carlb. 19 (1760) & ScL Stirp. Auicr. 107 ; M>-,'. Jam. 

 i. 231 ; Gri^b. FL Jlr. W. Lid, 174 (in part) ; Sar< f . Silv. L 85, 

 /. 36. A. sylvatica J<i<-q. Sel. Stirp. Aincr. 107 ( 17<>.">) A- E-L j>tct. 

 t. 108; Grisvb. lor. <-it. (1859) (excl. syn. Sj>rrn>i. and habitat 

 N. Gn itiiila}. Cvti^us ai'bnreus bituininosus &c, */<Hine Cat. 141 

 ct Ilixt. //. ^>3, /. 177. Frutex trifolius resinosus, floribus tetra- 

 petalis &c. r//r.s7>. Car. i>. 33, t. 33. (Fig. 60.) Specimen from 

 Browne in Herb. Linn, named by Linnaeus. 



