JloVysT nORTUS :^A?.IAICENSI-S, .4,6i 



GLABRA. SMOOTH. 



Jtrboi'ca foliis olrlougis crenato-srrratis disticln- ct aUcrmlm sitis, ra* 

 cemis htxis propcndcniibiis, Browne, p. 176, 



Loaves pinnate-ovate, obtusp, crenr.tc, smooth. 



"The leaflets of the calyx are ovate-acuminate, concave; the jictals tlaweJ, ciliate; 

 the nectary a flesliy ring, surrounding the germ and stamens ; the filaments, rise from 

 the base of the corolla, broader at bottom, villose, the saiiip length with the petals.; 

 the germ roundish, three-cornered ; style subulate, the length of tlie stamens, trifiii at 

 the tip; stigma small, almost upright; the pericarp is obiusely three-cornered ; the 

 seed spherical or oblong ; tlie aril coloured, fasteneil to the seed above the middle. 

 Sw Capsule of a dusky ferruginous colour, opening into three parts at the tip, 

 scarcely to half its length, and quite entire at tlie bottom ; the sutures of the valves to- 

 ivards the top have a narrow groove, but the sides hiive,a deep one, to which the par- 

 titions correspond witliin. Heeds solitar)-, brov,'n_; aril incomplete, spongy-membra- 

 naceous, of a dirty-white colour, fuunel-shaj>ed, with a solid .beak, but the cup in- 

 volviug the seed half way, and ending ui a rcpand, toothless, margin. Gitrtner. 

 This shrubby tree is pretty common in the lower hills of Jamaica, and rises generally to 

 -the height of twelve or fourteen feet; the leaves arc pretty large, and the wood soft 

 -and useless, from whence its name, liach of the seeds Jias. a proper cup witiiiu the 

 capsule.- Browne. 



LOBLOLLY-BAY, GORDONIA. 



Cl. 16, OR. C, Monadclphia polyancb-ia. Nat. or. Coiumnifei'te. 



fThis was so naqied after Mr. James Gordon, an eminent nurseryman in London. 



Gf:N. CHAR. Calyx Hve-leaved ; petals five, united at the base by means of the 



nectary ; stamens numerous filaments, inserted into the nectary, by which they 



. are united ; anthers oval, upright; the pistil has an ovate germ, a short styicj 



and five sharp horizontal stigmas ; the pericarp a superior five-celied capsule; 



seeds winged. One species was discovered in Jamaica by Swartz. 



H/EMATOXYLOX. 



Leaves ovate-pointed, serrate, recurved at the tip; peduncles very short; 

 flowers with five styles. 

 The plants of this genus differ in habit from the malvaceous tribe, and the filaments 

 not being united at bottom, but only inserted into the nectary, it more pxapeRly.be- _ 

 iongs to the dass polyandria. t. btifi' ,Jn'rtiiJ;TO3 



Loblolly Sweetwood .Ytr Sweetwood. ^-.j^, j <T.[,cnci sii^sri&na'' 

 Locus-Beruy-Tree ^ce ^i^i^i^x^_^paf b:?^;.;;;'^^,,.,^ I i,;,jLiq 



s'-i. ;v oit'uvi'i'. ijoiifi-) ,ai3i:) o.) iitJJidlljs, Joe}!! 



LOCUST-TREE. , |,,..!ir.. ,i ,.qmnl M^WA^lLo ai !>;.!,. .b-.r 



