106 GUTTIPER^. 



.exceeded iy the leaf; pedicels hairy, opposite or whorled, with the whorls distant s flow«rs 

 unisexual ; sepals 4, ciliate ; petals 4 ; styles 2 ; berry obovate-globose, indehiseent.^Branch- 

 lets glabrous, cylindrical ; leaves 6"-3 long, 3i"-l" broad, quite entire, with a bluntish 

 point, tapering at the liase : textture of stiff paper : petiole thick, 2"'-4"' long ; stipules 4'"- 

 6'" long.; pediqels about 3"' long, twice as long as the roundish sepals; berry 5" -6'" long, 

 unilocular by abortion, 3-1-ae.eded : seeds obovate. — Has, Jamaica!, 4^., JIfaroA, e.^. at 



3. Q. guianensis, AuH. Branchlets glabrous, compressed ; leaves opposite, quite 

 entire or repand, elliptical-oblong, pointleted, tapering towards the rounded base, glabrous, 

 stiffly papery ; stipules juntapetiolar, persislent, linear, acuminate, at length much exeeediifg 

 the very short petiole ; cymes axillary, corymb^orm, divided from the base ; flowers uni- 

 sexual ; sepals i, ciliate; petals 5-8; styles 3; berry conoid-elliptical, umbilicate at the 

 top, ihdehiscent. — Aubl. t. 379. — Allied to the p^'eceding; leaves 6"-3" long, 2i"-li" 

 broad : petiole thickish, l"'-3?" long ; stipules 2'", at length 6'" long ; pedicels 4"'-6"' 

 long, the exterior simple, some of the central ones longer, and simply divided ; sepals f ", 

 petals li"' long ; . berry striated, 6'" long, usually 1-seeded by abortion. — Hab. Trinidad !, 

 O., at Iraia; [Guiana]. 



3. Q. Cruegeriana, Gr. Leaves opposite, oblong, glabrous above, glabrescent be- 

 neath : petiole rusty-downy ; j^i^te juxtapetio!^, deciduous, much exceeded by the petiole ; 

 racemiform cymes axillary, short, clustered, nearly as long as the petiole ; pedicels opposite; 

 flowers polygamous ; sepals h, petals as many; styles 2; berry otovate, "at length dehis- 

 cent." — Q. guianensis. Or. {not AuU^.^k, shrub, or low tree, 10'-30' high : branchlets 

 compressed, rusty-downy; leaves 15"-6" long, 6"-3" broad, quite entire, or repand, with 

 a bluntish point, tapering at the base, leathery, with a deciduous rusty down beneath on the 

 midrib and veins : petiole 8"'-4"' long, channelled above ; pedicels about 3'" long ; sepals 

 scarcely 1'" long, roundish ; petals 2' long, obovate, yellow ; berry about 6"' long, 4-1- 

 seeded. — Hab. Trinidad !, dr., Pd., in woods and on river-banks, S. Anns. 



2. TOVOMITA, Avil. '%^tJU VT\ If^ 



Flowers polygamous. Sepals 3-6. Petals 4 (-10), imbricaiive. Stamens a> (-8) : 

 filaments thickened, with the anthers introrse, obliquely adnate. Ovary 4-5-celled : cells 

 1-ovulate : stigmas 4-5, subsessile. JPm'carp dehiscent : seeds ariUate. ]Sml>ryg ovoid.-, coty- 

 ledons cohering. — Shrubs or trees; leaves glabrous, penninerved ; primary v^ns usually 

 somewhat distant; flowers in corymbiform cymes {or solitary). 



4. T. amazonica, Walp. Leaves lanceolateTellipticsd, quite entire, or repand, pointed at 

 both ends, veiny, petioled: primary veins numerous; cymes corymbiform, axillary and ter- 

 minal, twice trichotomous, 3-4 times exceeding the petiole ; sepals 3 ; stamens numerous : 

 anthers minute ; stigmas 4. — Pc^p. n. gen. t. 313. — Marialvaea, Pcepp. — A shrub, 6' high; 

 leaves 3"-2" long, li''-l" broad : petiole .3"'-4"' long ; sepals 2'" long, glabrous, somewhat 

 exceeded by the yellow petals.— Hab. Trinidad i, Pd., Cr., at Fort George; [equatorial 

 Brazil I]. 



5. T. havetioides, Gr. {n. sp.). Arboreous; leaves obovate, quite entire, petioled : 

 primary veins approximate, straight j cymes densely corymbiform, compound, terminal, ex- 

 ceeded by the leaves: peduncles tetragonal; sepals 6, two exterior smaller; stamens 16-20: 

 "anther-cells ovoid; stigmas 4. — A large tree, yielding resin : branchlets tetragonal, glabrous, 

 rusty; leaves 4"-2" long, 3"-l" broad, leathery, rounded at the top, caneate at the base : 

 prima^ vems delicate, conspicuous on both sides, secondary ones inconspicuous : petiole 

 3"'-5"' long; cymes many-flowered, B-4 times compound, with a ternary or quinary 

 ^division; 4 mterior sepal? roundish, 1"' long, twice as long as the ovate exterior ones; 

 petals 4 ; filaments distinct, thickened : anthers obliquely adnate ; fruit unknown.^HAB. 

 Jamaica I, Fi'&., in woods of the southern lowlands to 3000'. 



6. T- Plumieri, Or. («, sp). Leaves elliptical, quite entii-e, petioled: principal veins 

 8-10 on each side, distant, curved at the top; cymes terminal, simply corymbiform.; sepals 

 . . . ; petals 4 ; stamens numerous : anthers . . . ; stigmas 5.— Plum. ed. Bum. t. 87./. 2 ? 

 —A large tree ; leaves 6"-8" long, 2i"-4J" broad, mucronate or blunt, shortly tapering at the 

 base : principal veins prominulous beneath, the other irregular : petiole 1*' long, with tho 



