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the middle, the lobes obtuse. Petals glabrous, narrow-spatulate, con- 

 nected only at the base, one-third longer than the calyx. Ovary very 

 villous. Style filiform ; stigma simple and truncate. 



Sandy Isthmus of Maul. 



,2. GUAZUMA Plum. 



Sepals 5, more or less united at the base. Petals 5, concave be- 

 low, linear-ligulate and deeply bilid at the apex. Stamens slightly con- 

 nected at the base : steril ones 5, lanceolate : fertile ones united into 

 5 trifid filaments, each opposite to a petal, and bearing 3 anthers. 

 Styles 5, connivent. Stigmas simple. Fruit indehiscent, woody, ex- 

 ternally muricated with club-shaped variously-connected tubercles, 

 o-celled, many-seeded. Seeds ovate-roundish. Albumen very thin, 

 fleshy. Cotyledons plaited. Shrubs or trees with stellate pubescence. 

 Leaves entire. Peduncles axillary and terminal, somewhat dichoto- 

 mously branched, many-flowered. 



A small tropical American and Javan genus. 



1. G. TOMENTOSA HBK. (Enum. No. 57 a .) Leaves ovate-oblong, 

 acuminated, cordate and unequal at the base, toothed ; upper side stel- 

 lately-puberulous, under side with a stellate white tomeutum. 



Near Honolulu. Probably introduced. 



ORDER XV. TILIACE^. 



Trees or shrubs: the alternate leaves with deciduous stipules. 

 Calyx with valvate aestivation, deciduous. Petals imbricated in aesti- 

 vation. Stamens several or indefinite, with two-celled anthers. Styles 

 united into one ; the fruit two to five-celled, or, by obliteration, one- 

 celled when ripe. In other respects nearly as in Malvacecv. 



1. EL.#!OCARPUS Linn. [Kalie.] 



Sepals 4 or 5. Petals as many, toothed, lobed, or fringed. Sta- 

 mens several, inserted on a glandular disk. Anthers with adnate cells, 

 opening at the top in transverse valves, often ciliate at the edge. 

 Ovary 3 - 5-celled, with 2-4 ovules in each cell. Style subulate. Fruit 

 a drupe ; the nut usually 3 - 5-celled. Seeds solitary in each cell, pen- 

 dulous. Trees. Leaves entire or serrate. Flowers in axillary or lat- 

 eral racemes. 



A considerable genus, of tropical Asia, Australasia, and the Pacific Islands. 



1. E. BIFIDUS Hook, and Am. (finum. No. 58.) A tree 20 -30 

 high, twigs gummy at their ends. Leaves ovate-acuminate, subcoria- 

 ceous, glabrous on both sides, remotely serrate with blunt teeth, 2' -4' 



