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Isle of Pines: Ensenada de Siguanea, 19 16, Britton, Wilson, & 

 Selby 14529. 



Jamaica: Berwich Hill, altitude 765 meters, 1899, Harris 7710. 

 Papine, near Hope, altitude 240 meters, 1909, Harris 1082 1. 



Santo Domingo: 1871, Wright, Parry & Brvtmmel. Lopez, 1887, 

 Eggers 1836. Barahona, 1910, Fuertes 223. Azua, 1913, Rose, Fitch, & 

 Russell 4082. 



St. Thomas: 1881, Eggers. 



St. Croix: Bassin yard, 1896, Ricksecker 247. 



Antigua: 19 13, Rose, Fitch, c~ Russell 3313. 



Martinique: 1881, Duss 1497. 



Grenada: 1905, Broadway. 



Cultivated: Little River, Florida, Richer 4066, Tidestrom 4178.. 

 Near Ponce, Porto Rico, 1886, Sintenis 4939. Botanical Garden, Port 

 of Spain, Trinidad, 19 13, Mell. Gamboa, near Caracas, Venezuela, 

 1918, Pittier 7947 (introduced from vSanto Domingo). Oahu, Hawaiian 

 I-slands, 19 11, Curran 115. 



Although the first binomial given to this species was Cedrela 

 mahagoni L-, the parenthetical authority cannot be used for the 

 name Swieienia mahagoni Jacq., since Jacquin makes no direct 

 reference to the earlier name of Linnaeus. 



Descourtilz'" states that the bark of S. mahagoni is used as a 

 tonic and astringent in the West Indies, and that it is often 

 substituted for that of quinine, without, however, possessing 

 the virtues of the larter. He also says: "C'est Lid'Oubouheri 

 des hommes caraibes, and Liacaicachi des femmes." Solereder^^' 

 states that a purgative known as "karapatoel" is extracted from 

 the seeds. 



Among some fruits of this species collected from a planted 

 tree near Caracas, Venezuela, by Mr. Pittier, is one which has 

 only four valves and four rows of seeds, and which must have 

 come from a tetramerous flower. I have seen no other evidence 

 in the genus of deviation from the pentamerous type. De 

 Candolle,^-' however, describes the flowers as 4-or 5-merous. 



•' Fl. Med. Ant. "2: 125. 1822 ;" ed. II. 2: 125. Pi. 99. 1833. 

 '* Archiv. Pharm. 229: 256, footnote. 1891. 

 '^ Prodr. i: 625. 1824. 



