T!S 8VI.YV TiCLLl'R. 



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

 ylon of JSwartz 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, 



JL racemosls — Very distinct by mere fruit said 

 to bo akin to that of Bign. cerulea, see 458. The 

 flowers not described. 



449. Platolaria flacescens Raf. Bign. orbi- 

 culata Jaq. auct. — fol. onatis ovatis acum. cirr- 

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

 lowish. 



450. PoTAMoxYLOx Raf. difl*. Bign. cor. 41o- 

 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 Guy ana 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, blpinnatis — 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. diffl Bign, cal. tubul. spa- 

 thaceo latere dehiscens, cor. hypocrat. limbo 

 piano 5plicato repando ineq. dent, stam, 4 didyn, 

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



