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nerve and many paralel veins. Flowers scat- 

 tered, very small. My specimens labelled C« 

 cainito appear to form another variety or de- 

 viation,^ perhaps it is a peculiar sp. as many 

 have beon blended in C. cainito with round and 

 oval fruits. 



Genus BUMELIA, 



545. BuMELiA UNDULATA Raf. Branchcs 

 inermous subopposite striate brown, leaves ter- 

 minal alternate on long petiols, broad elliptic 

 smooth minutely reticulate on both sides, base 

 acute, end obtuse, margin undulate entire ; 

 flowers scattered fasciculate shorter than pedi- 

 cels — a small tree from South Florida, labelled 

 JB. salicifolia in Collins Herbal, but quite 

 distinct from the Bahama and AntillTan sp. 

 with narrow acuminate leaves. This has 

 leaves 2 or 3 inches long and 1^ or 2 broad,, 

 quite obtuse and even somewhat retuse at the 

 end, petiols 1 or 2 inches long : flowers not ax- 

 illary scattered below the leaves 2 to 5 togeth- 

 er, seldom solitary, calix smooth, sepals ovate 

 acute, fruit oval style persistent. 



546. BuMELiA ARACHNoiDEA Raf. ArborcSf- 

 cent, inermous ? branchlets dark purple subru- 

 gose, leaves petiolate fasciculate cuneate oblong 

 entire obtuse, smooth and reticulate above, be- 

 neath and petiols hairy arachnoidal, flowers on 

 short pedicels fasciculate rufous hairy — in Ar- 

 kanzas and Texas, large tree 40 to 50 feet 

 high, leaves about 4 inches long and one broad, 

 not lucid, dull on both sides, minutely netted 

 nerves above, tomentose like spider webs be- 

 neath, very acute at base and very obtuse at 

 end. Flowers very small and short, sepals of 

 calix ovate obtuse. The B. ohlongifolia of 

 Nuttal is akin but differs by being a small tree 



