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transverse secticn, from 1 to 7 aells v/ide and from 4 to 8 

 times as high.^ 



Distribution, common names end uses 



This beautiful tree, discovered first by Seemann in the 

 Colombian Darien, is gregarious and grows on the hillsides 

 of the eastern _;.jart of r-anama , always at some distance from 

 the sea. Notwithstanding its striizing api^earance it does 

 not seem to have been much noticed by the natives and the 

 ;vood, tough and very heavj'-, is not used for any purpose. 



I'heaceae 



The Caribbean Ternstroeraia 



Ternstroemla oeemannii '-i-'riana & Planch. 



Descrijjtion of the tree 



A tree 6 to o m, high, the trunk erect, continuous, co- 

 vered with^a verruculose bar}:, the crown pyramidal, all parts 

 glabrous. {'Leaves oblanceolate , long cuiieate at the base, 

 obtuse at the apeii, 4 to 6 cm. long, ti.5 to 5 cm. broad, the 

 petioles 6 to 8 cm. long. i^lov;ers axillary, single; pedun- 

 cles 1 to 1.5 cm. long-; se^jals 5, 2 exterior, 2 interior, all 

 rounded, coriaceous, 4 to 6.5 mm. long; petals 5, more or 

 less coherent at the base, v;hite; stamens 5, inserted on the 

 petals; ovary 2 to 3-celled, each cell with several ovules. 

 Capsule indehiscent, obconical, apiculate, about 2 cm. long 

 and thick, bearing at the base the persistent celyx; 1 seed 

 in each cell, obovate, flattened, about 10 mm. long and 6 

 mm. broad. 



Description of the wood 



Sapv/ood thin, very light red or slightly yellowish; heart- 



