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panicle densely eorymbiform : pedicels 6-10 times at long as the glolose bud ; anthers with- 

 out transverse furrows ; drupes globoae,-— ^»re. Mus, 17. t. IB. — A, tree, lB'-20' high; 

 leaves 3" long, 1" broad ; buds before anthesis IJ'" long; sepals oval, as long as the petals. — 

 Hab. Jamaica I, Fd., Macf., sparingly in rocky woods, S. Anns. 



%. G. guianensis, Rich. Leaves quite entire, or with small, blunt, distant aerratures, 

 elliptical-oblong : veins delicate ; panicle lax, eorymbiform : pedicels about twice as long as 

 the large, ovate, blunt budj anthers mthout distinct rugosities; drupes " globose." —Aubl. t. 

 152; Ann. Mus. 17.*. 20,24.— Ouratea, AW. G. mi\&i.,Da{notSw.) G.Candollei,P;aa(;A. 

 G. jamaicensis. Planch. I — A tree, remarkable by its flovfers, which are larger than 

 in tie other West Indian species ; leaves 4"-24" long, 2J"-li" broad, leathery, variable 

 in being blant or pointed at both ends ; buds before anthesis 4'" long ; sepals oval, a little 

 shorter than the petals. — Hab. Jamaica I, Macf, Al., in the district of S. Anns; [French 

 Caribbean Islands, Guiana, equatorial Brazil]. 



3. G. longifoUa, DC. Zeaves quite entire, or with obsolete serratures above, oblong, 

 acuminate, rounded or snbcordate at the base, shortly petioled; panicle lax, spreading: 

 pedicels somewhat longer than the large, ovate, blunt bud ; petals as long as the ovate- 

 oblong sepals ; anthers without transverse furrows ; dmpes . . . . — Ann. Mas. 17. t. 21. — A 

 tree; leaves 10"-6" long, 3"-2" broad, leathery, veiny; petiole 2'" long; buds 4'" long; 

 ovary stipitate. — Hab. Dominica !, Imr., in mountain-woods ; [Guadeloupe]. 



4. G. nitida, Sw. Leaves serrate, }eith pungent serratures, lanceolate-oblong, taper- 

 ing into the petiole : veins delicate ; panicle racemiform : pedicels approximate, as long as 

 or exceeding the ovate-conical bud ; se^ah ovate-lanceolate, acuminate; anthers with trans- 

 verse furrows, tapering towards the top ; drupes globose, at length ovoid, distant upon the 

 obconical gynophore. — G. Guildingii, Planch. I : a small-leaved form. — A tree, 40'-B0' high ; 

 leaves 7"-3"long, 2i"-l" broad, rigid, variable; buds 3"-2"long, pointed; sepals a little 

 shorter than the petals ; drupes 2"'-li"' diam. — Hab. Jamaica {She.) ; Antigua !, Nichols. ; 

 S. Vincent!, ffai/c?.; Trinidad!, Pfi?. 



5. G. pyrifolia, 6r. {n. sp.). Leaves small, serrulate mth minute, accumbent serra- 

 tures, oval-oblong or elliptical-lanceolate : veins promiuulous ; cymes racemiform, simple, 

 lax : pedicels twice as long as the ovate, blunt bud ; sepals ovate, bluntish ; anthers with 

 transverse furrows, oblong-linear ; drupes . . .- Branches tortuous : aE the smaller branchlets 

 producing simple racemes ; leaves 2 long, 12"'-6"' broad, rounded at the top, cnneate at 

 the shortly petioled base ; buds 2'" long ; petals nearly as long as the sepals. — Hab. 

 Trinidad !, Or. 



XXXIV. GUTTIFEE^. 



Sepals imbricative, together with the petals in 2-8-leaved whorls. Stamens indefinite (-4) : 

 anthers adnate. PififsV syucarpous (or reduced). Embryo mostly exalbuminous, straight : 

 cotyledons large, fleshy, often cohering. — ^Woody plants, producing yellow resin; leaves 

 simple, opposite (or whorledj, usually leathery, and articulated at the base : stipules mostly 

 none. 



Several acrid or balsamic drugs are obtained from the resinous juice of Tovomita, Clusia, 

 Moronobea, and Calophyllum. Mammea bears eatable berries, which are however of less 

 value than those of the cultivated Garcinia Mangostana. Calophyllum Calaba and Tovo- 

 mita Plumieri are stated to be valuable timber-trees. 



1. aUIINA, Aubl. 



Flowers usually polygamous. Sepals 4 (-5). Petals 4, (5-8), imbricative. Stamens 

 re : anthers roundish, introrse. Ovarj 2-4-celled : cells 2^1-ovulate : styles 2-4, distinct. 

 Pericarp baccate : seeds included within appressed down. Embryo large, ovoid : cotyledons ^(* 

 «t kugtU euhuung. — Shrabs or trees j leaves bistipulate : primary reins costate, distant ; 

 flowers small, in racemiform cymes. 



1. Q. jamaicensis, Gr. {n. sp.). Leaves opposite, spathulate- or elliptical-oblong, 

 petioled, glabrous ; stipules juxtapetiolar, persistent, linear-subulate, exceeding the petiole ; 

 racemiform cymes axillary and terminal, simple, solitary or geminate, twice {or 4 times) 



