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BOMBACEAE 



Ochroma Sw. 



O. lagopus Sw. Prod. 98 (1788). Bomhax pyramidale Cav. 

 Dis. V. t. 153 (1788): common trees, (No. 281). Further 

 distr. Mex., W. Ind., S. Am. 



HYPERICACEAE 



Clusia L. 



C. rosea Jacq. Enum. 34 (1760) : grows very abundantly 

 on the rocks above the sea, forming dense thickets of low 

 trees. It often puts out numerous absorbing roots which 

 extend down into the sea-water. It also occurs abundantly on 

 both Conic and Nuez Islands, from the last of which the speci- 

 mens were taken, (Nos. 282-83). Further distr. Panama, W. 

 Ind., N. S. Am. 



COMBRETACEAE 



Terminalia L. 



T. Catappa L. Mont. II. 519 (1771) : a few large trees of 

 this species occur on the flat area just back of the beach at 

 Wafer Bay. It is probably introduced, (No. 331). Widely 

 distributed. 



MYRTACEAE 



Eugenia L, 



E. pacifica Benth. Bot. Sulph. 98 (1844) : low bushes on 

 the banks of streams, (No. 284). Endemic. 



MELASTOMACEAE 

 Clidemia D. Don. 



C. hirta (L.) D. Don. in Mem. Wernerian Soc. IV. 309 

 (1822). Melastoma hirta L. Sp. PI. 390 (1753): common 

 bushes and small trees in woodland at 600 ft. (No. 285). 

 Further distr. Mex., W. Ind., S. Am. 



C. umbonata Sch. & Mart, in DC. Prod. III. 158 (1828) : 

 common bushes in woodland, (No. 305). Further distr. N. 

 S. Am. 



