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GUTTIFER^. 



Mammea AMERICANA, L. ** Mammee Tree." " Mammee Apple." 

 Hab. West Indies and equatorial America. 



Calophyllum calaba, Jacq. ** Galba." Hab. West Indies and 

 equatorial America. Fine examples of this tree grow on the 

 road side at Mr. T. Fowle Tucker's, Devonshire Parish. They 

 were brou2;ht from the West Indies. The fruit is considered 

 poisonous by the inhabitants. 



MALPIGHIACEJE. 



Malpighia tjeens, X. (M. martinicensis, Jacq.) '' Cowhage 

 Cherry " of Jamaica. *' Stinging Cherry " of Barbados. Hab. 

 West Indies. 



SAPINDACE^. 



Blighia sapida, Koen, (Akeesia africana, Ticss.) Hab. West- 

 ern Africa. 



Sapindus saponaria, X. " Soap-berry Tree." *' Black Nicker 

 Tree" of Barbados. Hab. Tropical America and West Indies. 

 The first tree known in the Bermudas, originated from drift seed. 

 It may be considered rare, as few examples are to be found on 

 the islands. Flowers in January. In 1841 a plant sprang up 

 from a heap of seaweed, collected during the previous antumn 

 for manure. 



Nephelitj]\i Litchi, Don, (Dimocarpus Litchi, Willd. — Scyta- 



lia chinensis, ^.—Euphoria Litchi, D. (7.) 

 Dodon^a YiSGOSA, L. (D» Candolleana, Bl. — D. arabica, 



Hochst.) 

 D. angtjstifolia, Sw. (D. bialata, Kth. — D. linearis, U.Mey, 



D. Mundtiana, JEcTcl, — D. Schiedeana, Schlecht.) 



-^SCULUS hippocastanum, L. *' Horse-chestnut." Hab. Asia. 



MELIACEiE. 



Melt A Azedaeach, L. ^* Pride of India." *« Lilac" of Barba- 

 dos. ** China Tree" of the Southern States of America. Hab. 

 Asia. This is one of the few trees that loses its foliage in the 

 winter season. It usually flowers about the end of March, the 



