48 Burseraceae— Malpighiaceae. 



139. Burseraceae. 



4150. Bursera Linn. 



Bursera bonairensis Boldingh (n. sp.) ramulis crassiusculis, rufes- 

 centibus, glabris; foliis apice ramorum congestis, pinnatis 3—5 

 jugis, petiolo anguloso, foliolis distincte petiolatis, facile deciduis, 

 oblongo-ovatis, basi parum obliqua, apice longius acuminatis, ramis 

 floriferis ramosis multifloris, glabris; floribus ignotis; fructibus 

 trigonis. Foliorum petiolus a basi usque ad jugum inflmum usque 

 10 cm. longus, interstltia inter foliola 3—7 cm. longa, petioluli 

 0,3—0,5 cm. longi; foliola adulta 14 cm. longitudine, 3—8 cm. 

 latitudine assequentia. 



Fructus trigonus, valvis circ. 1,2 cm. longus, 0.7 cm. diametiens, pyrena 

 loculo uno complete. 



Sieja korraa. Plate III. 



CuraQao: Suringar. 



Aruba: Hills near Ajo (6345); Calcareous hills near Savaneta 

 (6545). 



Bonaire: Riiicon (7062); Slope of Macutacao (7126) (type); 

 Calcareous plateau of Bolivia (7273). — Suringar. 



On Curasao 14 finding places noted; on Aruba 5, on Bonaire 9. 



Bursera simaruba Sarg. Gard. and For. Ill (1890) 260; 



Bursera gummifera Jacq. Sel. (1763) 94 t. 65; Gris. Fl. 173. 

 Paaloe sieja doesji, Paaloe sieja maatsjoe, Sieja 

 blanko. 



CuraQao: Nask (4690); Vw (4705); Vw (4715); Blw (4751); 

 Hg (5121&); Beh (5526). - Britton & Shafer 3103. 



Aruba: Suph (6391); Nick (6492). 



Widely spread on Curagao, 34 finding places noted there, on Aruba 9, 

 on Bonaire 14. 



Margarita. (Johnston). 



Florida, Key Ins., Baham., Antill., from Mexico to Nova 

 Granata and Venezuela. (Symb.). 



Bursera tomentosa Triana et Planchon in Prodr. Fl. Novae 



Granatensis. Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. V. XIV (1872) 304; 



Elaphrium Jacquinianum H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. VII. 23. 

 t 613. Takamahak. 



CuraQao; Nask (4695). — Suringar, — Britton & Shafer 8146. 



Aruba: Okg (6240); Hoh (6367). 



Bonaire: R (7110). — Suringar. 



Very general; on Curasao 36 finding places noted, on Aruba 7, on Bonaire 16. 



Nova Granata, Venezuela. (Trian. et Planch.). 



