Bocconia 



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base, leaving the replum persistent. Seed covered obliquely 

 with a soft pulpy aril at the base ; endosperm Meshy. 



Species 5, natives of tropical America (including West 

 Indies). 



B. fruteseens L. Sp. PL 50") (1753) ; L(()n. Encyr. i. 432 tfe 

 17/. /. 394 ; Dvxronrt. FL Ant. i. t. 54 ; Mdcf. Jam. 22 ; Griseh. 

 Fl. Br. W. Lid. 13 : Urh. Symh. Ant. iv. 250 ; Fedde in En<jl 

 Pjianzenreich iv. pt. 104, 216 (f. 27, s, t), 218. B. raceinosa ifcc. 



rig, 92. Bocconia fruteseens L. 



A, Leaf x i. 



B, Portion of inflorescence X g. 



C, Flower-biul X 2. 



D, Flower just opening with one sepal 



removed X 2. 



E, Fruit with one valve gone ; note oblique 



aril enveloping base of seed x 2. 



F, Fruit with liotli valves gone X 2. 



G, Seed cut lengthwise x 2. 



Plum. Nov. PI. Anwr. Gen. 35, /. 2:); Trcw PI. Schrt. i. 4. 

 Chelidonium majus arboreum ttc. Sloane Cat. 82 ct Hist. i. 196, 

 t. 125. Bocconia ramosa &c. Browne Hist. Jam. 244. Type in 

 Herb. Mus. Brit. (Fig. 92.) 



John Crow Bush, Parrot Weed, Celandine. 



In fl. Oct. -Jan. ; Iloustouti (9094 in fr. coll. Sloane) ! Sloanc Herb. iii. 

 1141 Browne; BrougJitonl common in the interior, Macfaiycn\ Distinl 

 St. ]\Iary, McNab ! Piirdie ! March ! common on the Blue Mouutains, 

 Moore\ Bryce\ Cuba, llispaniola, Porto Rico, St. Kitts, Guadeloupe, 

 Dominica, Martinique, St. Vincent, tropical continental America from 

 ]\Iexico to Peru. 



