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base, leaving the replum persistent. Seed covered obliquely 

 with a soft pulpy aril at the base ; endosperm fleshy. 



Species 5, natives of tropical America (including West 

 Indies). 



B. fputeseens L. Sp. PL 505 (1753); Lam. Encyc. i 432 & 

 JZZ. t. 394 ; Descourt. Fl. Ant. i. t. 54 ; Macf. Jam. 22 ; Griaeb. 

 Fl. Br. W. Ind. 13 ; Urb. Symh. Ant. iv. 250 ; Fedde in Engl. 

 Pflanzenreicli iv. pt. 104, 216 (/. 27, s, t), 218. B. racemosa &c. 



Fig. 92. — Bocconia fruteseens L. 



A, Leaf x *. 



B, Portion of inflorescence X J. 



C, Flower-bud X 2. 



D, Flower just opefiing with one sepal 



removed X 2. 



B, Fruit with one valve gone ; note oblique 

 aril enveloping base of seed X 2. 



F, Fruit with both valves gone X 2. 



G, Seed cut lengthwise x 2. 



Plum. Nov. PI. Amer. Gen. 35, t. 25; Trew PI. Select, t. 4. 

 Chelidonium majus arboreum &c. Sloane Cat. 82 & Hist. i. 196, 

 /. 125. Bocconia ramosa &c. Browne Hist. Jam. 244. Type in 

 Herb. Mus. Brit. (Fig. 92.) 



John Crow Bush, Parrot Weed, Celandine. 



In fl. Oct.-Jan. ; Houstoun (9094 in fr. coll. Sloane) ! Sloane Herb. iii. 

 114 ! Browne ; Broughton ! common in the interior, Macfadyen ! Distin t 

 St. Mary, McNab ! Purdie ! March ! common on the Blue Mountains, 

 Moore 1 Bryce ! — Cuba, Hispaniola, Porto Rico, St. Kitts, Guadeloupe, 

 Dominica, Martinique, St. Vincent, tropical contineutal America from 

 Mexico to Peru. 



