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than the inner. Stamens od, inserted generally on a 

 globose receptacle. Carpels 2-15, shortly stipitate, 

 compressed, 1-celled, 1-2-sceded, in some dehiscent, 

 in others subbaccate. Seeds obovate, shining, some- 

 times arillated. — De Cand. 



Trees or shrubs, with the bark and fruit aromatic, natives of 



tlie ^yest Indies, and of the wanner regions of America Name, 



abbreviated by Linnaus, from Xylopicron, a name given by 

 Browne, and derived from tlie two Greek words ^v>.o\i vood, 

 and T/xgo;, hitter. 



* 1. Xylopia muricata. Miiricated Bitter-wood. 



Leaves lanceolate acuminate strigose beneath, 

 bearded at the apex, peduncles many-flowered, car- 

 pels muricated. 



Xylopicron, Browne, 250. t. 5. f. 2 — Xylopia frntescens, 

 Gcer'tn. Fruct. I. 339. t. 69. f. 7. — X. muricata, De Cand. Syst. 

 I. 499. 



HAB. Mountains in Sixteen-mile Walk. 



FL. ? 



A slirub : branches glabrous, virgate, subtortuose. Leaves 

 shortly petiolate, nervose beneath, 3 inches and upwards long, 

 and about an inch broad. Peduncles short, branched, many- 

 flowered. Talyx 3 — 5-lobed. Petals lanceolate. Capsules 

 shortly stipitate, ovato-globose, punctato-muricated, coriaceous, 

 2-valved, bilocular, 2-seeded. — De Cand, 



Browne calls this the smaller Bitter-wood, and states that he 

 found it at the foot of the mountains in Sixteen-mile Walk. It 

 does not appear to have been observed by any other Botanist. 



* 2. Xylopia glabra. Glabrous Bitter-wood. 



Leaves oblongo-ovate glabrous, peduncles 1 -flow- 

 ered solitary or two together, carpels smooth. 



Xylopicron foliis amplioribus nitidis, Browne, Jam. 231. — 

 X. arbor Barbadensis, PluJi. Aim. 295. t. 238. f. ^.—Dunal, 

 3Ionogr. 121. t. 19 De Ca?id. St/st. I. 501.— Prod. I. 92. 



HAB. Mountains behind Bull-bay. 



FL. ? 



A tree ; branches terete, glabrous, slightly punctulated. 

 Leaves very shortly petiolate, oval, acuminate with the apex 

 obtuse, glabrous, 2 inches long, and 1 broad. Peduncles brac- 

 teated. Calyx 3-fid, with the lobes very obtuse, glabrous. 

 Alabastra oblong, externally appresso-pubescent, 4-lines long. 



