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fiiiinients, alternately shoi-tiT, and shorter than thepetiis: anthers ovatf, didmoiis^ 

 aii.l t.'roct. There is a scarlet glaudiiloius reci.'ptacle, periiups liic r.ectanimi, vjt a te- 

 tragonal form, placed in the centre of the cup, which sup'ports an oblong cjennen : tlie 

 style is simj)!e, short, and tliick ; the stitrma capitated. Tlie stem terminates in ;i 

 liranched panicle, and, from, this bosoms o the first pair of leaves bcncatli, arise froMi 

 one to four in number on eadi side. 



The smaller shru'il)i/._stit'elrioo(l is a little plant ven' oOinmon in the hills about tin-; 

 Ferrv ; it grows. chietly among the rock'^,- and seldom rises above fom' or live feet in 

 height, or exceeds an inch and a half in diameter Tiie leaves are V(n-y round, .and 

 distant from one another; tiie flowers sniull, and disposed in lopse bundles at the tops 

 of the branches. The leaves ami ou'lvrard parts of this .-.hrub have no remarkable 

 warmth, nor does the trunkbnrn with tiiat fragrance, though .it. contains a great qnau- 

 Uty of the like aromatic panicles, wuli tiie ionner.-^Bro:i:iu\ . 



The muritima is described asfoUovrs- by Swartz: Stem Lrtinciiekl, scabrous, asii- 

 coloured ; leaves petioled, ternate ; leaflets petioled, roundish, elliptic, with a short 

 ])oint, sometimes obtuse, crenate, spreading, nerved^ smooth on both sides, perfor- 

 ated, with pellucid dots ; potiole^ and petiiJules round ; racemes compound, in cymes, 

 wuh oj)posite many flowered bra;nchlets ; flowers crowded,, -white,- very sweet ; petals 

 nvate, entire^. v--ith short ckvvs ; berry the size, of a black pepper, black when ripe ; 

 inclosing a globular brittle nut, in" which is a white kernel. Swartz doubts it this spe- 

 cies be distinct from the following, which ditfers- according to soil and situation in th<; 

 size of all the. parts, . Thej' grow, he says, in very l)arren coppices, in a calcareous 

 rocky soil, both near the Sea and in the interior mountains uf.Jamaka, Hispaniola, antl 

 Cuba j flovvexing from June to September, 



3. SYLVATica. . -vrooc, . 

 L^ves ternate, crenate, acute. 

 This is described as an erect lofty shrub, branching but little ,* from two fo refteei* 

 feet high according'to soil and situation. The vvliole abonuding-in turpentine of a dis=- 

 agreeable smell. The small branches round, leafy to the ends ; leaflets shuiing, finely 

 jiotched, of different shapes. Racemes panicle'i, erect, terminal, and axiibry, sus- 

 taining many small snow-vyhite flowers. The drupe the siise of a-pea^ 



The follGwir-gare the three species of this genus alluded to by Mr. Loi>g, as disco- 

 vered by Mr. Anthony Robinson, and as described in his manuscript : 



" I. 'Amyris foliis ternatis piniwtis pediculis marginatis racemis alaribus. This is a 

 small tree about fourteea or fifteen feet high, the bark of the trunk and branches is na- 

 turally of a reddish brown, but appears variously coloured by reason of many lichens 

 growing on it. The trunk is about six inches diameter, dividing a little v/ay from the 

 ground into many branches, growing into a close compact ovate form, ^vith numerous 

 erect slender twigs. The blossoms small and white, proceed in small clusters from the 

 alx of tlie leaves. 



" 2. Ainyris hypdate. ^The cup or calyx was composed of five concave leaves, 



which were roundish, unequal in breadth, and ciliated on their edges .: corolla had four 



petals, also roundish and unequal, and bigger than the cup ; there appeared a vacant 



4terspacc as it'ji fifth petal was wanting j.^tlte. germ was small, trigonal, and placed 



upon 



