Amy r is 



RUTACEiE 



191 



chartaceous, 1 -seeded. Cotyledons thick, plano-convex, dotted 

 with glands ; endosperm wanting. 



Species 12, natives of the West Indies and of tropical 

 America, north of the equator. 



Leaves opposite, or rarely subopposite. 



Ovary glabrous. Drupe globular, 5-8 mm. 1 1. A. Elemifera. 



Ovary puberulous. Drupe ellipsoidal, 6-14 mm. 1. 2. A. halsamifera. 

 Leaves alternate, or rarely subopposite 3. A. Phcmieri, 



1. A. Elemifera L. Syst. ed. 10, 1000 (1759) ; leaves opposite ; 

 leaflets 3, or on the same branch 3 and 5, 2-6(-7) cm. 1. ; ovary 



Fig. eo.—Amyris Elemifera L. 



A, Male inflorescence and leaves X |. C, Hermaphrodite flower cut length- 



B, Hermaphrodite flower, diagram. wise x 6. 



D, Drupe cut lengthwise X 2. 

 (After Sargent.) 



glabrous; drupe globular, 5-8 mm. 1. — Urb. in Engl. Jahrh. xxL 

 601 ; P. Wils. in N. Amer. Fl. xxv. 218. A. maritima Jacq. 

 Enum. Fl. Carib. 19 (1760) &, Sel. Stirp. Amer. 107 ; Macf. Jam. 

 i. 231 ; Griseb. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 174 (in part); Sarg. Silv. i. 85, 

 t. 36. A. sylvatica Jacq. Sel. Stirp. Amer. 107 (1763) & Ed. pict. 

 t. 108; Griseb. loc. cit. (1859) (excl, syn. Spreng. and habitat 

 iV. Grenada). Cytisus arboreus bituminosus &c. Sloane Cat. 141 

 «k Hist. a. 33, t. 177. Frutex trifolius resinosus, floribus tetra- 

 petalis &c. Catesb. Car. ii. 33, t. 33. (Fig. 60.) Specimen from 

 Browne in Herb. Linn, named by Linnaeus. 



