WEST INDIAN BAY. 



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acris, Colla* and Plunkenett-t It is allied to Uur/imia Pimenta, 

 but differs in the flowers being always 5-cleft. It is a handsome 



PiMEXTA ACRIS AYight 



(reduced). 



tree, 20 feet to 40 feet in height, of a pyramidal form. The leaves 



are opposite, without stipules, short-stalked, 2 to 3J inches long, 



* Hortus Ripulensis, p. 49. 



t Almagistum botanicum, t. 155 f. 3. 



