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TEREBINTHACE.E. XI. COMOCLADIA. XII. CYRTOCARPA. XIII. SPATHELIA. XIV. PICRAMNIA. 



3 C. DENTA'TA (Jacq. amer. 13. t. 173. f. 4.) leaflets on short 

 footstalks, oblong, erosely-toothed, smooth above and downy 

 beneath. T; S. Native of Cuba in woods, as well as of St. 

 Domingo, where it is called Guao. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 

 amer. 7. p. 16. This species is very like C. ilicifulia. Leaflets 

 from 6 to 10. The whole tree abounds in a milky glutinous 

 juice, turning very black, not to be washed from cloth. If 

 the tree be ever so slightly wounded it has a very unpleasant 

 smell. The natives have a notion that it is dangerous to sleep 

 under it. 



Toothed-leaved Maiden Plum. Fl. Jul. Clt. 1790. Tree 29 ft. 



4 C. PROPI'NQUA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 7. p. 16.) 

 leaflets lanceolate-oblong, acute, almost entire, smoothish above, 

 hairy-pubescent beneath and ferruginous. Ij . S. Native of the 

 island of Cuba near La Trinidad, where it is also called Guao. 



Allied Maiden Plum. Tree 12 feet. 



5 C. MOLLISSIMA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 7. p. 16. 

 t. 607.) leaflets small, oblong, acute, rounded at the base, downy- 

 pubescent above, but clothed with soft silky tomentum beneath. 



I? . S. Native of Mexico, between Acapulco and Vcnta del 

 Exido. C. tomentosa, Willd. herb, ex Schult. mant. 1. p. 350. 

 Very soft Maiden Plum. Tree 20 feet. 



G C. INTEGRIFOLIA (Jacq. amer. 12.) leaflets stalked, lanceo- 

 late, quite entire, smooth. Jj . S. Native of Jamaica. Sloan, 

 jam. 2. t. 222. f. 1. Lam. ill. t. 27. f. 1. Flowers small, deep 

 red, without scent. Drupes black and succulent when ripe ; 

 they are eatable but not inviting. The wood is hard, of a fine 

 grain, and reddish colour. Leaves about 2 feet long, with about 

 8 leaflets on each side. The whole tree abounds in a watery 

 juice, slightly glutinous, which grows black in the air, and dies 

 the hand of a deep black colour, that can hardly be washed out. 

 Entire-leaved Maiden-plum. Clt. 1778. Tree 20 feet, 



f Species not sufficiently known. 



7 C. ? TAPA'CULO (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c. p. 66.) leaflets oblong, 

 acuminated, acutish at the base, quite entire, smooth. fj . S. 

 Native on the banks of the river Orinoco, near Maypures and 

 Carichana, where it is called Tapacula. The Indians near St. 

 Fernando de Atabapo use a preparation of the leaves against 

 chigars. 



Tapacula Maiden-plum. Tree 50 feet. 



8 C. ? LOXE'NSIS (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c.) leaflets oblong, 

 somewhat acuminated, acute at the base, quite entire, shining, 

 and smooth above, pubescent and downy beneath, with the mid- 

 dle nerve, rachis, and branches clothed with rufescent down. 

 Tj . S. Native of New Granada, near Loxa, in woods. 



Loxa Maiden-plum. Tree 30 feet. 



Cult. See Astrbnium for culture and propagation, p. 67. 



XII. CYRTOCA'RPA (from Kvproe, kyrtos, gibbous, and 

 Kdpiros, Icarpos, a fruit ; in allusion to the 5 gibbosities above 

 the middle of the fruit). H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 7. 

 p. 19. D. C. prod. 2. p. 91. 



LIN. SYST. Polygamia, Dicecia. Flowers polygamous ? Ca- 

 lyx 5 -parted, permanent, spreading. Petals 5, sessile, longer 

 than the calyx, imbricate in aestivation. Stamens 10, length of 

 calyx. Disk large, 10-crenate. Ovary 1. Style 1. Stigma 

 4-cleft. Drupe obovate-elliptical, with 5 tubercles above the 

 middle, containing a hard nut. An American tree, with impari- 

 pinnate leaves and quite entire sessile leaflets. Flowers almost 

 sessile, disposed in glomerated spikes, white. This tree has the 

 appearance of a species of Comocladia. 



1 C. PRO'CERA (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c. t. 609.). J? . S. Na- 

 tive of New Spain. 



Tall Cyrtocarpa. Tree 60 feet. 



Cult. See Astrbmum for culture and propagation, p. 67. 



XIII. SPATHE'LIA (from vmtdi), spathe, a palm-tree ; the 

 upright habit and want of branches of S. simplex has caused it 

 to be likened to a palm-tree). Lin. gen. no. H73. Ga-rt. fruct. 

 1. p. 278. t. 58. Kunth, gen. tereb. 25. D. C. prod. 2. p. 84. 



LIN. SYST. Dice* da, 1'enUmdria. Female flowers. Calyx 

 5-parted, membranous, coloured. Petals 5, hypogynous, imbri- 

 cate in aestivation. Stamens 5, with short, 3-pointed filaments, 

 which are dilated and villous at their base. Ovary somewhat 

 conical, 3-angled, 3-celled, each cell containing 2 ova. Style 

 wanting. Stigmas 3. Drupe oblong, 3-cellcd, trigonal, some- 

 times 2-angled, 2-celled ; angles winged. Seeds oblong, solitary 

 in the cells. Albumen fleshy. Embryo straight, inverted, with 

 oblong-linear, thin cotyledons, and a short radicle. Trees with 

 impari-pinnate leaves, and subterminal racemose panicles of 

 flowers. This genus perhaps does not belong to this order. 



1 S. SI'MPLEX (Lin. spec. 386.) leaves with about 20 pairs of 

 oblong, toothed leaflets. fj . S. Native of Jamaica. Ker. 

 bot. reg. t. 670. Sloan, hist. 2. t. 171. Trunk hardly branched. 

 Leaves like those of Sorbus. The habit of the plant that of 

 Comocladia. The fruit is full of a resinous juice. The flowers 

 are red. 



Simple-stemmed Spathelia. Fl. July. Clt. 1778. Tr. 20 ft. 



2 S. ? RHOIFOLIA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 84.) leaves with about 6 

 pairs of ovate, acuminated, quite entire leaflets. Tj . G. Native 

 of Mexico. Khus pterocarpa, Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon, 

 ined. 



Red-leaved Spathelia. Tree 20 feet. 



Cult. See Astrbmum for culture and propagation, p. 67. 



XIV. PICRA'MNIA (from TUKpapoc,picramos, derived from 

 7T<*:poe, picros, bitter ; the plants are bitter in every part). 

 Swartz, fl. ind. 1. p. 218. t. 4. Schreb. gen. no. 1517. D. C. 

 prod. 2. p. 66. 



LIN. SYST. Dicecia, Tri-Pcntandria. Flowers dioecious. Calyx 

 3 or 5-parted. Petals 3 or 5, oblong. Male flowers with ex- 

 serted stamens, equal in number with the petals. Female flowers 

 with an ovate ovary, and 2 sessile stigmas. Drupe ovate, con- 

 taining a 2-celled, 2-seeded nut. Seeds oblong. Small trees 

 with impari-pinnate leaves, alternate, stalked, quite entire, ovate- 

 lanceolate leaflets. Racemes of flowers elongated, pendulous, 

 opposite the leaves. The character of the seed being unknown, 

 the place which this genus should occupy in this order is truly 

 doubtful. 



1 P. ANTIDE'SMA (Swartz, fl. ind. occ. 1. p. 218.) flowers tri- 

 androus ; racemes longer than the leaves ; leaflets elliptical, 

 acuminated. ?7 . S. Native of Jamaica and St. Domingo, on 

 mountains in woods. Sloane, hist. t. 208. f. 2. Flowers small, 

 greenish-white. Fruit at first scarlet,- but black when ripe, 

 about the size of a gooseberry. Swartz informs us that the 

 negroes in Jamaica look upon this shrub as antivenereal, and 

 that they commonly use an infusion of it in colic. The whole 

 plant is exceedingly bitter, and is called Majo Bitters in Jamaica. 



Antidesma-like Majo-bitters. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1793. Sh. 8ft. 



2 P. FESSONIA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 66.) flowers triandrous ; 

 racemes shorter than the leaves ; leaflets ovate, acuminated. 

 Tj . S. Native of Mexico. Fessonia dependens, Moc. et Sesse, 

 fl. mex. icon. ined. Flowers greenish-white ? Fruit red, with 

 3 scales in the female flowers in place of the stamens. 



Fesson's Majo-bitters. Shrub 8 feet. 



3 P. PENTA'NDRA (Swartz, fl. ind. occ. 1. p. 220.) flowers 

 pentandrous ; racemes shorter than the leaves; leaflets ovate- 

 elliptical, acuminated. Tj . S. Native of the islands of Mont- 

 serrat and St. Domingo. P. pseudo-Brazilium, Hort. par.? in 

 Juss. gen. 370. and hence Comocladia Brasdidstrwn, Poir. suppl. 

 2. p. 325. Flowers greenish-white. 



Pentandrous Majo-bitters. Clt. 1822. Shrub 8 feet. 



