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PENT/VNDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



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SIDEROXYLON. 



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Dumosse. Lin, — Sapotic. Juss, — Sapoteae. Brown. 



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MasticJio- S. foUis oblongo-lanceolatis utrinque at- 

 dendron^ tenuatis sempervirentibns supra nitidis 



subtus parallele venosis, pedunculis axil- 



laribus confertis abreviatis calycibusque 



splendido-tomentosis. Spreng. Sysf. 1. 



p. G66. Jacq^ Coll 2. p. 253. t 17. 



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Corniis foliis lauvinis. Cate.sh. Car. p. 



75. t 75. 



Prunifera vel nucllbra, sen potius imci- 

 prunifcra. SL l.p. 40. Pluk, Aim. 307. 



PhyLU2ll^f. 5. 



Masiick Tree. HitgJies, 149. 



* Tliis species of Sideroxylon, the hard wood represented 

 by Sloanc, Lig-on, llng-hcSj and others^ under the name of Mas- 

 tick, is confounded by Willdenow with Bumelia salicifolia. 

 This vahiable tree, which was ouce so common in Barbados^ is 

 now very rarely to be seen. 





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