GUTTIFERA 107 



atcath prominulou3 at the axil; cyme 3-5-fiowei-ed : pedicela 1" long, artieulsted towards 

 the middle; petals ovate-roundish, 6'" long; filaments distinct, snbulatb; ovary 5 -celled; 

 stigmas large, subsessile ; pericarp ovoid, 1" long : cells l-seedqd ; seeds arillate : embryo 

 ovoid.— Hab. Dominica !, Imr. 



3. CLUSIA, I. 



Mowers polygamous, SepdU 4-16, usually in a-leaved vfhorls, the exterior sueoessively 

 smaller. tetaU 4-8, imbricative. Stamensi x (or sometimes definite in the female flower) : 

 -""ttlfirf ^WW -°-*-"yfi° Omrj^ 4-5-1 2-celled : cells mqltiovulate : stigmas depressed, sessile, 

 as many. Fericarp fleshy, dehiscent: seeds arillate. Embryo small: cofyledons piano- ^ 

 convex, distinct. — Woody plants, tvrining, round the trunhs of trees and strangling them," 

 whence their popular name of Scotch Attorneys ; leaves oiovate-cuneate, coriaceoits-rigid, 

 pentiinerved i-ioweta solitary or ct/mose. 



io\ 7. C. rosea, L. Leaves stiff, petioled, subemarginate ; peduncles 1 (-3) -flowered; 

 flowers large, rose-coloured or whitish: sepals 6; petals 6-8; stiamas 8 l{i-'d) ; fruit 

 globose, " greenish,"— Jfera. M. 4. t. 15 ; Desc. Fl. 7. t, 485; Unnaa, 8. t. 4.— C. alba, 

 Klh. {not L.). — A tree, 20—30' high, growing on other trees or rocks ; leaves usually 

 5"-6" long, 3"-4" broad : veins usually inconspicuous above, often prominnlous beneath, 

 numerous, straightish : petiole thick, 6"' long; petals about 14" long, obovate or oboordate; 

 fruit 20'" diam.— Hab. Jamaica !, March; Caribbean Islands 1 ; [Cuba I to Brazil]. 



'} 8. C. alba, L. Leaves rounded at the top, petioled, veiny beneath ; peduncles 1-3- 

 flowered; flowers white; sepals 6 (-"9"),; petals 5 ; stigmas 5 ; fruit ovoid, red. — Plum, 

 ed. Burm. t. 87./. 1 ; Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 250.— A tree, lilce the preceding; leaves 7"-3" 

 long, 4"-2" broad : primary veins numerous, most of them straightish, rarely incon- 

 spicuous : petiole 4"'-j8"' long, broad and channelled above ; petals about 1" long ; fruit 3" 

 long. — Hab. S. Kitts !, Dominical, Imr.; [Cuba!, Guadeloupe !, Martinique], 



9. C, flava, Z, Leaves rounded or subtruncate at the top, petioled; peduncles 2-3- , 

 flowered; flowers pale-yellow; sepals 8-16; petals 4; stigmas about 12; fruij; " subglo, " 

 hose."— SI. t. 200. /. 1 ; Jacg. Amer. Piet. t. 251.— A tree; leaves 2i"-2" long, IV'-l" 

 broad, striated above, veins inconspicuous, or promiriulous beneath : petiole thick, 4"'-3"' 

 long; petals 10"'-8'" long. — Hab. Jamaica!, March^ chiefly on rocks, in the southern 

 lowlands. 



/)^10. C. venosa, Jacq. {exchis. syn. Plum). Leaves rounded or subtruncate at the top, 

 veiny on \soih. Aies, subsessile ; peduncles B-S -flowered; flowers shortly pedioelled, white ; 



sepals 6 (4-8) ; petals 4 ; stigmas, 5-4 ; fruit — A tree, 30' high ; leaves 4"-3" long, 



3 -2" broad, with a foliaceous, stem-clasping base : primary veins numerous^ straight, pro- 

 minnlous; petals about 9'" long. — Hab. Dominica!, Imr.; [Martinique], 



4. MORONOBEA, Aubl. 



Sepals 7, two escterior smaller. Petals 5, contorted. Stamens 15-20, connate : tube 

 5(-3)-fid : anthers linear, extorse, Ov^ry 5-celled ; ovules 2, or several in each cell ; style 

 cylindrical, with 5 stigmas. Pericarp baecate . . . . — Trees ; leaves. lariQeohte or lanoeolafej 

 elliptical, petioled, penninerved : vema delicate ; cjmea umbelliform ; lowers scarlet. 

 '^0- 11. lU- coccinea, Aubl., Mart. Leaves bluntly pointed, tapering at the base; bud 

 globose; staminal tube'o-Jid: lobes 3-antherifeious, ifrasi^Aif; ovary without spiral lines: 

 stigmas lanceolate, recurved. — -Mart. N. Gen. 3. t. 287. — M. globiilifera, Schlecht. — A lofty 

 tree, 90'-100' high ; leaves variable in breadth and shape ; cymes usually 3-9-flowered : 

 pedicels thick, as long as the flowers.^HAB. Jamaica!, Dist., in mouutaui-woods (Ban- 

 croft's Hog-gum-tree; Hoole. Joiirn. 41. p. 136); Dominical, Inir.; Trinidad I, Lockh., 'va, 

 swampy grounds ; [Suiana I, Brazil !]. 



5, MAMMEA, L. ^^^f"^ 

 (Rheedia, L.) -^ t, / Pf 

 Flowers polygamous. Sepals 2-4. Petals 4 (-6), imbricative. Stamens oo : anthers 

 introrse, or bursting laterally. Ovary 4-celled : cells multiovulate ; stigma depressed, sub- 



