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anthers sessile internally, near its month. Ovary 4-ceUed : cells 1-ovnlate or 2-ovnlate, 

 with the ovules superimposed. Pericarp woody, at length loculicidal. — Trees or shrubs ; 

 leaves airuptlt/ pinnate : the pairs appearing successively along the petiole; panicles simply 

 racemiform, axillary, ^ 



u": 9. G. Swartzii, DC. Leaflets elliptical or eHiptical-oblong, glabrous : principal veins 

 8-10 on each side: vein-axils bearded beneath; calyx snbentire : teeth minute, distant; 

 petals glabrous ; ovary glabrous ; "capsule snbglobose, costate." — SI. t. 170. /.I : leaves. 

 — G. Vahliana, Juss.—A. low tree j leaflets usually 8-2 ; petals white, Zi'" long. — Hab. 

 Jamaica !, JKfflc/'., ^;. ; [Guadeloupe]. ^ 



10. G. Perrottetii, A. Juss. Leaflets oblong or elliptical-oblong, glabrous : principal 

 veins 12-15 on each side: vein-axils glabrous; calyx subentire or 4-lobed; petals and 

 ovary tomentose i capsule pyriform-globose, snbcostate, velutinous. — G. trichilioides, Vl. 

 Carib. {non ^«cy.).— -Leaflets iar4 ; petals 2"'-3"' long ; capsule 8'" long, 6'" broad.— 

 Hab. Dominica!, /(Mr.; S.Vincent!, Guild.; [Guadeloupe!]. 



8. CARAPA, Aubl. 



Sepals 4-5, distinct Petals ovate-oblong, " twisted," spreading. Staminal tube 8-10- 

 crenate : anthers sessile internally, alternating with the crenatures. Ovary 4-5 -celled : cells 

 4-ovulate, with the ovules biseriate. Pericarp large, fleshy, at length 4-5-valved.-^Trees ; 

 \esNe& pinnate ; T^aaicles racemiform. 



11. C. guianensis, Aubl. Leajlets {4,-)8-\0-jugal, elliptical-lanceolate, glabrous,^ 

 leathery : terminal usually abortive. — Desc. PI. 6. t. 446.— C. proccra, DC. ? — A high tree;' ' 

 pericarp globose, 3" diam.; seeds oily.— Hab, Trinidad I, Pd.; [Guiana, Senegambia]. 



Tribe III. CEBEELBM—^eedsflat, winged. Ovary-cells 4,-malti-oviilate. 



9. SWIETENIA, £. 



Calyx 5-fid, Petals twisted. Staminal tube entire, 10-toothed : anthers ai^tached in- 

 ternally between the teeth. Ovary 5-celled: cells about 12-ovnlate. Pericarp woody, 

 dehiscent from the base : seeds albuminous, with a terminal, oblong wing. — Trees ; leaves 

 abruptly pinnate, glabrous ; panicles axillary, peduncled, bearing eorymiiform cymes. 



12. S. IVtahagoni, L. Leaflets 6-10, inequilateral, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, pointed; 

 capsule ovoid.— Bot. Misc. 1. t. 16, 17; Tuss. Fl. 4. t. .23; Desc. Fl. t. 99, 416.— S. y 

 Senegalensis, Desc. (non Desr.). — ^A high tree; leaflets usually 2" long; capsule 8"-4" 

 long.— Hab. Jamaica !, Jfoc/:, J//., common in the nlains ai^d lower hills, up to 3000' ; Ba- 

 hamas, Trinidad ;'V[Cuba!, Mexicol, Honduras]. S^x.-/'' /^f 



10. CEDKELA, L. 



\ 

 Calyx 5-lobed. Petals imbricative, oblong : midrib on the inside furnished with a plait, 

 which adheres to the gynophore. Staminal tube wholly combined with the gynophore : 

 fertile filaments 5, long, inserted on its top. Ovary 5-celled : cells 8-12-ovulate. Capsule 

 dehiscent from the top : seeds with a terminal wing : albumen thin. — Fetid trees ; leaves 

 pinnate ; panicle large, terminal. 



13. C. odorata, L. Leaves impari-pinnate : leaflets 8-5-jugal, oblong, oblique at the / 

 base, petiolulate ; petals pubescent ; capsule ovoid, subcostate.^-S/. t. 220./. 2 ; Br. Jam. ' 

 t. 10. f. 1; Desc. Fl. 6. t. 411. — A Mgh tree; leaflets variable in being broader or nar- 

 rower, shortly or long petiolulate ; panicle drooping, often above 1' long : flowers pale- 

 yeUow.^-HAB. Jamaica !, Al., Wils., common in the plains and lower hiUs ; Antigua I, 

 Nichols. ; [Cuba !, Mexico !, Yucatan !]. 



XLV. AUEANTIACEJ;. 



Sepals united. Petals sessile. Stamens inserted upon an hypogynons ^sc. Pistil syn- 

 carpous : style simple. Pericarp baccate. Umbryo exalbuminouSj straight. — Woody plants ; 

 leaves compound or unifoliolate, exstipulafe, with petlueid dots. 



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