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the vine-stem, wbicli were called by Presl Spondylantlia aphylla 

 (Eel. Hank. ii. 35. t. 53). 



ANACAEDIACE^. 



Spondias puepueea, L. Sp. PI. ed. 2, p. 613 ; Jacq. Amer. 

 t. 131. 



There are a number o£ trees of what seems to be this species 

 not only in tbe gardens, but also apparently wild in tlie Sapate, 

 perhaps planted there by birds. Many o£ the trees were quite 

 bare of leaves during our visit, and neither fruit nor flowers 

 were seen. It is known as " Caja." 



Mangifeka indica, L. Sp. PI. ed. 1, p. 200. 

 There are a few trees of the Mango scattered about the 

 island. 



Anacaeditjm occidentale, L. Sp. Fl. ed. 1, p. 383 ; Griseh. 

 M. Brit. W. Ind. p. 17G. 



Is abundant in many spots in the central, cultivated districts, 

 growing often in the maize-fields, and also in the Sapate. It 

 does not appear to be indigenous here, as it is doubtless in 

 Pernambuco. 



COMBEETACE^. 



Teeminalia Catappa, L. Mant. p. 519. 



There are a few trees of this plant scattered over the island, 

 it having been introduced. 



Lagunculaeia eacemosa, Gaertn.f.Ffuct.m.t.2Vl; McJil 

 in Mart. Fl. Bras. xiv. 2. p. 101. 



The largest stream, the one at Suesta, which flows into the sea at 

 Tobacco Point, had a thick fringe of this Mangrove along its banks. 

 The trees were about 20 feet high, a good deal taller than they are 

 in the mangrove-swamps on the mainland. 



Distribution. All the coasts of Tropical America and Western 

 Africa. 



COMBEETEM, § TeEMINALIOPSIS, U. Sect. 



Erutex ramosus dioicus,io\i\?, oppositis coriaceis ovatis obtusis 

 exstipulatis, spicis axillaribus gracilibus, floribus minimis glo- 

 bosis viridibus pubescentibus sessilibus, sepalis connatis epigynis 

 intus ac extus pubescentibus, petalis nuUis. 



