Purdieane. N. O. Tiliacee. 
TABS. DCXCIII, DCXCIV. 
' SLOANEA JAMAICENSIS, Hook. 
Foliis (amplis) ovatis acuminatis apicem versus obscure sinuato- 
dentatis, pedunculis axillaribus solitariis unifloris pendulis, — 
sepalis 4 petalisque 4 minoribus incisis extus subpubescen- 
tibus intus velutinis, capsula maxima ex apice profunde 
4-valvi lignosa 4-loculari extus setis rigidis longis echinata. a 
Sloanea? “The large oval-leafed Sloanea or Brake-axe Tree. 
P. Br. Jam. p. 250. F 
Has, St. Anne’s parish, Jamaica (P. Browne) Mr. W. Purdie. 
Also in the districts of Manchester and Hanover, Mr. W. 
urdie. Iron-wood of the colonists (not of Lunan.) 
Arbor excelsa. Ramuli rugosi, fusci, glabri. Folia alterna, pe- _ 
tiolata, 6-8 uncias longa, ovata, rigide submembranacea 
acuminata, integerrima, v. apicem versus sinuato-dentata, — 
ninervia, reticulatim venosa, nervis venisque subtus pro- — 
minentibus, utrinque glaberrima. Petioli 1-14 unciam long}, — 
teretes. Stipule parve, ovato-acuminate, valde cada 
Pedunculi biunciales, axillares, solitarii, uniflori, penduli, - 
medio bibracteolati, bracteis deciduis. Flos majusculus, un- — 
ciam latus. Calyx profunde 4-partitus seu 4-sepalus. Sepala — 
late ovata subanguste acuminata, coriacea, extus puberule foo 
intus cinereo-velutina. Petala 4,cum sepalis alternantia, ee 
minora, ovata, subacuminata, parce incisa, sub discum hypo- : 
gynum inserta, textura pubescentia calycis. Stamina were A 
rosa, petalis breviora, pluriserialia, in toro seu disco ae in 
lato elevato punctato yelutino inter ovarii basin et petala sita 
Filamenta brevissima, sericea. Anthere lineares, termin a 
erecte, puberule, apiculate, biloculares, loculis apice utrinque 
poro oblongo dehiscentibus. | Ovarium conicum, 4-localats a 
sericeo-setosum. Stylus subulato-filiformis, stamina pear be 
Stigma acutum. Fructus: capsula magna subrotun “ae : 
fragona, crassa, lignosa, 4-valvis, valvis ex apice fere 
basin dehiscentibus, 4-locularis, dissepimentis e centro ' oe 
rum, dorso setis longis copiosis rectis echinato. Semina Re 
vura in quoque loculo, magnitudine Amygdali semimis; — 
_ €X angulo interiore pendentia, arillo carnoso-pulposo ine = 
cente tecta. Albumen paucum. S 
(For further remarks see our next Leaf.) i 
Fig. 1. Section of a rtion of the flower. /. 2. a | 
mens and two of the oaths removed. f.3. Pistil. /. 4- Section : 
of the Ovary :—nat. size, a 
