EUPI10flr.IArK.l-: o-'U 



7 mm. 1., about 1 cm. in diam., 3-lobed-globular, more or less net-veined 

 on surface. Seeds 4-5 mm. in diam., globular, dark brownish ; caruncle 

 flat, circular, white, about 2 mm. in diam. 



The wood is heavy, hard, close-grained, and susceptible of receiving a 

 beautiful polish. It is rich dark brown streaked with yellow, with thick 

 bright yellow sapwood. A cubic foot of absolutely dry wood weighs nearly 

 68 Ibs. In Florida it is occasionally manufactured into canes. (Sargent) 



2. G. glandlllOSa Mini/. .I/'./. /// Linn;<,i ./-.,.#//. 1U' (1SI>3); 

 leaves 37 cm. l.,o\ate to oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, mem- 

 branous, net-veined more or less prominently especially beneath : 

 inflorescence male and female terminal, springing l'n>m wood of 

 the same year, monoecious ; bracts : male transversely oblong, 

 sile on a short peduncle, with a swelling extending uj from 

 the peduncle on the back, with one or two groups of minute 

 glands near the apex of the peduncle, with 5-(3-7) llo\\<-ix; 

 filaments as long as or somewhat shorter than the ant lief, 

 united almost or quite to the apex ; female flowers sessile above 

 the bract ; ovary sessile above the bracteoles. G. jamaicen>i- 

 Urb. Si/mb. Ant. cii. 516 (1913). Excoecaria glandulosa Su'. Fl. 

 Ind. Ofc. 1124 (1800). Actinostemon jamaicensis Jlriffon in 

 Torr. Bot. Club xxxix. 7 (1912). Ricini fructu irlabro, arbor A:c. 

 Shane Cat. 131 & Hit. II. 7, /. 158,/. 2. 



Gully between Town savanna and Two Mile Wood, Sloane Herb. v. .",7 ' 

 Wright I Svartzl Grants Pen, near Albion Estate, Yallahs Bay, Han i.s d 

 Britton ! Harris I Fl. Jam. 10,643, 10,818, 10,826, 10,936. 



Tree 20-30 ft. high. Leaves crenate-serrulate, rarely with one or two 

 glands at apex of petiole beneath; petioles slender '5-1 cm. 1. Stiftulfs 

 2- - 4 mm. 1., linear-acuminate, soon falling. Inflorcsceiice terminal, male 

 only, with about twenty bracts, or male with one sessile female llower at 

 base, or one or two female ilowers on a separate spike. Mule flotr< r,<. each 

 with or without one or two lanceolate acuminate bracteoles (sepals of 

 some authors). Stamens 2, rarely 3. Fi-mali- jlmn r.s : B 

 of some authors) 3. Style* united below, free above. Capsule (only valves 

 seen) apparently slightly larger than that of G. in/ajni. - .-omewhat 

 like those of G. inteyra, but globular, darker in colour, and somewhat 

 smaller, 3*3 mm. br. ; caruncle wanting. 



3. G. elliptica Sic. Pm,],-. 9G (17S8); leaves 2 .">-! cm. 1., 

 roundish-elliptical to lanceolate-elliptical, >oim>\vh;it leathery. 

 shining on upper surface, nerves and \eins more or le-s pi-oniinu- 

 loiis on the upper surface; bracts small, \ rans\ ers.-ly elliptical, 

 with a large fleshy gland on each side, male L -flowered : tilanients 

 very short, free ; ovary sessile abo\e the hraeteoles ; peduncle B 

 long as, or shorter than the ovarv, not increasing in fruit. - 



I*<l.r tinii. fit. Si. Mxeiecai'ia tillifolia Sir. Fl. I/lil. ()'. 1 1 I'.' 



(1800); (Iriscli. <>}>. cit. Til. Sebastiania elliptica Mn.ll. .!/</. /'// 

 DC. I'roilr. Inf. fit. (iSlili). SpeciiiM-ns from Swan/ in Herb. 

 Mus. Brit. A- 11'Th. Stockholm. 



Bertero; Miii-f,i<ly,-n ! St. Cru/ Mt^.: (;uu\;i . 



^loneague; Liguauea Hills; l'rir\ .!/<//.//; near Cinchona. J.I'. '.MS 



