174 TERBBINTHACEiE. 



I. Copal, Bioh. (Cut. t 37) ? : a form with three or more leaflets.— Leaflets 4"-Z" long, 

 12"'-6"' broad; calyx minute : teeth obsolete; petals 1'" long, including the stamens.— 

 Hab, Jamaica!, Wright: S. Imcia!, Anders.; S. Vincent!, Gtiild.; Trinidad!, Pd.; 

 [Cuba (ear jy«. Rich.), Guiana!]. 



3. HEDWIGIA, Sw. 



Characters of Idea, but corolla 4-5-fid. 



3. H. balsamifera, 5w. " Bark whitish j leaflets 3-4-jugal, elUptical-lanceolate, 

 pointed, quite entire ; flowers racemose ; drupe subglobose, furrowed along the diasepimeutal 

 lines, glabrous." — Sw. Fl. t. 13 : anal. : cor. 4-fld. — Tuss. Fl. 4. t. 80 : cor. 5-M. — Capro- 

 xylon.Hedwigii, Tuss. — Hab. Nearly all the West Indian islands (?W*,). 



4. DACRYODES, F. 



Flowers dioecious. S : Calyx adnate to the abortive ovary : limb short, subentire, 

 Petals 3, valvate. Stamens 6, hemiepigynous : anthers adnate, introi-se. ? : " Ovary 

 adherent to the calyx : style simple, irupe one-seeded (by the abortion of the second 

 ovule)." — A balsamiferous tree ; leaves impari-pinnafe : leaflets quite entire, leathery, opaque; 

 $ corymbs axillary, compound. 



4. D. hexandra, Gr. — Amyris, Hamilt. — 10'-15' high, glabrous ; bark ash-coloured, 

 rugose; leaflets 2-3(-l)-iugal, elliptical-oblong or elliptical-lanceolate, blunt, tapering at 

 the base, veiny beneath, 4"-S" long, 2"-l" broad : petiolales 3"'-3"' loug, at length thickish, 

 transversely rugulose ; $ corymbs pyramidal, shortly peduncled, about 3" long ; ultimate 

 divisions racemose, 7-3-flowered ; pedicels 2'" long ; flowers \\"' long ; caly.'c very short ; 

 petals, ovate-roundish-, stamens very short, included, incurved : anthers bilocular ; "drupe 

 elliptical, pointed." — Hab. Nevis (Ham.), Dominica !, 7»Kr., in the mountains; [Portorico]. 



5. AMYRIS, L. 



Calyx minute, 4-fid. Petals 4, imbricate. Stamens 8, hypogynous. Ovary 1-celled : 

 ovules 2, pendulous ; stigma capitate, sessile. Drupe 1-seeded. — Balsamic, glabrous shrubs 

 or trees ; leaves pellucid-dotted, usually opposite (mixed sometimes with alternate ones on 

 the same stem), impari-pinnaie or 1-fbliolaie ; corywhs panicled : flowers white. 



5. A. Plumteri, DC. Leaflets 3, ovate, usually blnntish, green on ioth sides, crenate: 

 principal veins distant, prominulous beneath ; panicles as long as the leaves ; petals spathu- 

 late ; anthers roundish, exserted; dnipe globose, minute, blacle. — Plum. Ed. Burm. t. 100. 

 — A. maritima, Sw. (nan Jacq). A. sylvatica, Macf. I {nan Jacq.). — ^Leaflets 4"-14'' long, 

 S''-!" broad ; lateral petiolides 2"' long ; drupe 3'" diam. — Hab. Jamaica !, Macf., Pd., 

 March, common ; [Cuba to New Granada !]. 



6. A. sylvatica, Jacq. Leaflets 3-5, ovate or deltoid-roundish, pointed, glaucous 

 ieneath, obsoletely orenulate or subentire : veins reticulated, prominulous on both sides ; 

 panicles exceeded by the leaves ; petals oval, as long as the stamens ; anthers ovoid-oblong ; 

 drupe globose, small, purpleJ—Jaeq. Jmer. Pict. t. 108. — A. dyatripa, Sjoreng. — A flori- 

 dana, Nutt. — A. cymosa, Mchi, in Sieb. 2Hn. 29. A. mai-itima. Rich. Oub. {non Jacq.). — 

 A. shrub, 2'-15'high; leaflets IJ" long, 1" broad: lateral petiolules 2'" long ; drupe 2'" diam. 

 — Hab, Jamaica!, Pd. ; Trinidad; ffieJ. ; [Florida!, Cuba! to New Granada]. 



7. A. maritima, Jacq. leaflets 3-1, ovate, with a bluntish point," quite entire, or 

 obsoletely orenulate, green on both sides, or paler beneath ; veins reticulated, prominulous 

 on both sides ; corymbs exceeded by the leaves ; petals oval, exceeding the stamens ; anthers 

 ovoid-oblong ; drupe globose, as large as a pea, black.-^k. Lunani, /^e«^.— Neaily aUied 

 tb the preceding, and possibly a seashore variety of the same, but the lateral petiolules 

 longer (3'" long), and the drupes larger (3'" diam.). Our Cuba form has crenulate, quite* 

 green, 3-foliolate leaves, while the Trinidad specimens have simple leaves and the anthers 

 more roundish. — Hab, Tiinidad !, Lockh., Pd., in arid situations of the Boco Islands ; 

 [Cuba I]. 



8. A. balsamifera, L. Leaflets 5 (7-3), ovate-oblong, ovate-lanceolate or elliptical. 

 acuminate, quite entire, or obsoletely crenulate, green on both sides, or paler beneath : veins 



