TS BYLY V T'&LU.'R. 



maica on streams, flowers rosate, the B. leucox- 

 ylon of Swartz and others. 



447. Leucoxylon acuminata Raf, Bign. 

 leuc. L. auct. fol. 5-6natis ovatis acumin. fl. 

 corymbosis South America. 



448. PLATOLARIA Raf. diff. Bign .... Siliqua 

 maxima orbiculata plana. Scandens, fol. digit. 

 fl. racemosis Very distinct by mere fruit said 

 'to be akin to that of Bign. cerulea, see 458. The 



flowers not described. 



449. Platolaria llacescens Raf. Bign. orbi- 

 culata Jaq. auct. fol. 5natis ovatis acum. cirr- 

 hosis, racemis axil, sub lOfl. Carthagena,fl. yel- 

 lowish. 



450. POTAMOXYLOX Raf. diff. Bign. cor. 4Jo- 

 ba, ineq. lobo sup. major, capsula incurva ventri- 

 cosa. Arbor fol. digit* fl. corymbosis ano- 

 ther very distinct G. with digitate leaves. 



451. Potamoxylon alba Raf. Bign. fluviati- 

 lis Aubl. t. 267. auct fol. 5natis petiol. ovatobl. 

 acutis small tree of Guyana growing in streams 

 fl. white. 



452. HIPPOXYLON Raf. (horse wood) diff. 

 Bign. cal. tubul. 5dent. cor. hypocrat. 51oba, 

 stam. 5, fertiles 2, sterilis 3, siliqua uniloc. sem. 

 villosis. Arbor fol. bipinnatis G. quite dis- 

 tinct. 



453. Hippox. indica Raf. Bign, do auct. B, 

 pentandra Lour, foliolis subrot. ovatis cord, 

 acum very large tree of India, Anam, Molu- 

 cas, perhaps 2 or 3 sp. blended, the lignum equi- 

 num of Rumph 3, t. 46 is one, the Palega of 

 Rheed 1 1. 43 and 6 t. 45 also. 



454. PONGELIA Raf. diff. Bign, cal. tubul. spa- 

 thaceo latere dehiscens, cor. hypocrat. limbo 

 piano Splicato repando ineq. dent. stam. 4 didyn, 

 siliq. linear, plana subtorul. sem, alata. Arbor, 



