5r' fiORTU^ JAMAICENSIS. ovmnantxim 



and in the ol 1 trees too the gum is more tenacious. These trees were or'-e found in 

 f real abundance in the eastern and north-easterti parts of Jamui('a. The wood is soft 

 a:id coarse, but supplies tolecablc staves for sugar casks. Long mentioiis one tree 

 from whTch Uiree thousand staves were obtained, which were sufficient for one hundred 

 bogsiicaJs. 



Jfe M.vNCHiNEEi, Tree. 



Ko English Xame. 'GYMNANTKES. 



Cl. 21, OR. 8. HtlomeciamjTiaclehhia. N.^T. OR. 



This name is derived from a Greek word signifying naked flowers, 



Gen. char. Male flowers. Calyx a compound ament, with pedicels tripartite or 

 trichotonious, aniher-bearing ; there is no corolla; the stamens are naked fila- 

 rnents, or pedicels tripartite or trichotomous, scattered, placed on every side of 

 the ament, very short,- deciduous; anthers oblong, minute, three-celled. Female 

 fiOwers o:i tne same or a different shrub, solitary, or amentaceous; the calyx no 

 perianth, hut one or two scales at tlie base of the germ ; no corolla ; the pistil has 

 a roundish, superior germ, scarcely any style, or very short, three-cornered ; 

 the stigmas three, linear, acute, channelled, reflex ; the pericarp a tricoccous 

 capsule, three-celled, three- vaived ; seeds solitary, roundish. There -are two 

 . species, one of which is a native of Jamaica. 



ELLIPTICA. ELLIPTIC. 



Z)ioicous J stamens three-parted ; females amentaceous. i'aJ. 



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