5S HOTITUS JAMAICENSIS. BASTAna 



of the tube ; anthers ovate, erect ; gcrmcn superior, ovale ; style thick, erect, 

 shorter than tlie stamens ; stigma obtuse ; the pcrii arpiuni an oval drupe ; the 

 seedasin:;le kernel, obbng-, sm:;oth, witli a lateral sci-r. Thi? genus has been 

 seperate.l from the achras by Suartz, although it is thought the following species 

 more properly belong to the latter genus : 



1. NIGRA. BLACK. 



Fntctihvs vtinorihus glabris per ramos sparsix, scminibus siihrohindL% 

 cicatncula viintma O'.ata. Browne, p. 201. 



Branches wand-like .spreading, leaves terminating oblong, lanceolate, smooth, 

 waved about the edge, branchlcts Hower-beanug. 



Browne calls this bastard bully tree. He only dcicribes tlie fruif, as above, small, 

 smooth, and scattered over the branches, containing roundish seeds, jnarked with a 

 very" small ovate scar. This is the common bastard bu'ly tree, a native of Jamaica, and 

 but an iacUfferent timber ; it is the black mastic of Barham. 



2. RETU.SA. EETUSE-LEAVED. 



Friicfu miitori glabra, foliis ovatis, Jloribus conjcrtis oLiribus.' 

 Browne, p. 201. 



Leaves opposite, wedge-ovate, retuse, rigid, floncrs crowded, axillarv. 



Browne calls this the mountain bastard bully tree. 



3. PALLIDA. PALE. 



Branches upright, leaves terminating, elliptic, obtuse, flowers crowJeJ, latent 

 ral. -S^K'. Pr. 49. 



4. MONTANA. MOUNTAIX. 



Leaves scattered, alternate, oblong, obtuse ; flowers axillary, peduaclcd. ..Jr. 

 - Pr. 49. 



5. ROTt'XDIFOLIA. ROL'ND LEAVCD. 



Leaves sub-orbiculatc margined, veined, coriaceous, smooth on both sides, 

 Sn: Pr. 50. 



Barham calls this tree white mastic, and says, " I met^with a great many of these 

 trees in falling a piece of ground in the mountains above Guanaboi, in the parish oi 

 St. John. I observed, they bore a iVu it much of the shape an 1 bigness of casliew- 

 stones, and the gum that came out of it was in small little drops, white, and of the scent 

 of mastick, for which reason the tree is called so ; and I believe it is as good as any 

 mastick whatever, and of the same virtues." Barham, p. 207. 



6. S.AI.ICirOLIA. WILLOW-LEAVED. 



Sah'c'.'; f'lh'i) lato splendenfe, arbor, fioribus -p irvis pallidt: liiteis pcnla- 



peloVs c ramuloruvi lateribus canfrrtini e.ieuntibus. Sioaue,, v. 2, 



p. 9S, t. 20'", f. 2. Fol'is ob/amris nitidis utrinque produc/iy, ftoribi.': 



cnnfcrtis, fasciculis infra fror.des sparsis. Browne, n. 201, t. 17, 



f. 4. 



Leaves lanceolate- ovate, acuminate; flowers crowded, axillary, and lateral. 



This is called the willow-leaved sapota, white bully tree, and galimeta wood, it grows 



to a considerable height, and i:; generally furnished witii many branches towards the 



top. 



