•- TEREBINTHACE^. 176 



reticulated, prominulons chiefly above ; panicles large, as long as or exceeding the leaves ; 

 petals ovsQ, as long as the longer stamens ; anthers roundish ; drupe ovoid.- — Kth. Noo. 

 Gen. t. 710. Bese. Fl. 3. t. 211. — A. toxifera, W. A. pinnata, Kth. A. sylvatica, Rich. 

 Cub. {non Jacq.).— 6'-l5' high; leaflets 6''-2'' long, a'^-S'" broad; drupe 3"'-4"' long, 

 2'" broad. — Hab. Jamaica!, tdl collect., common in the 'mountains; [Cuba 1, Venezuela I, 

 New Granada I], 



Eobinson'a Jamaica species, quoted from Lunan in DC. Prodr., do not belong to this 

 Order, 



Teibe II. ANAGABDIACE^. — Ovary-cells 5-1 : ovules single in each cell. 



6. SPONDIAS, L. 



Flowers polygamous. Calyx 5-4-fid. Petals 5-4. Stamens 10-8 (-15), inserted 

 below an hypogynous disc. 0»«rj^ 5(-3)-ceEed : cells all fertile : styles short, as many aa 

 there are cells. Pericarp drupaceous, marked around the top with the distant f ddiments of 

 the styles. — Trees ; leaves impari-jnnnate, glabrous ; flowers racemose or panicled. 



9. S. lutea, L. Leaflets 3-8-jugal, petiolulate, ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate, acuminate, 

 snbentire or serrulate; racemes panicled, often exceeding the leaves ; drupe ovoid (2" long). 

 — <S;. t. 319./. 1, 2. Tms. Fl. 3. t. 28. Besc. Fl. 6. t. 397.— S. Monbin, Jacq., cytherea, 

 Tuss., graveolens, Macf,, Myrobalanus, Mey. /, Fsseq.- — A high tree ; panicle 6"-12' long : 

 flowers yellowish-white; drupe yellow. — Hab. Jamaica!, A.I., Wils., March, common; 

 S. Vincent I, Guild.; [Cuba to Venezuela, Panama !]. 



10. S. purpurea, L. "Leaflets 8-10-jugal, shortly petiolulate, elliptical-oblong, 

 bluntish, usually serrate ; racemes simple, few-flotOered, much shorter than the leaves ; 

 drupe obovoid (1* long)." 5^. t. 219./. 3-5. Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 131. Tuss. Fl. 3. t. 8. 

 Bese. Fl. 5. t. 336. — S. Myrobalanus, Jicq., cironeUa, Thiss., lutea, Macf. — "A low tree; 

 leaves deciduous : racemes lateral ; flowers purplish ; drupe yellow or tinged with purple." 

 Hab. Jamaica (Jacq.), common; [Cuba to New Granada]. 



7. EHUS, I. 



Calyx 5-partite or 5-lobed. Petals 5. Stamens as many, inserted into a perigynous 

 disc. Ovary 1-celled :' ovule pendulous from an ascending, central funiculus : styles 3, or 

 stigmas snbsessile, as many. Pericarp drupaceous, or dry, indehiscent. — Leaves impari- 

 pinnate, or Z(,-i.)-foliolate ; Aovreia panicled, small. 

 l/ 11. B. Metopiuxu, Z. Leaflets 2 (3-l)-iugal, ovalrroundish, emarginate or rounded 

 at the top,_ quite entire, long-petiolulate, glabrous ;| flowers hermaphrodite, corymbose : 

 corymbs in axillary, racemiform panicles ; calyx 5-lobed; stigmas subsessile ; drupe ovoid- 

 oblong, scarlet.— 5/. t. 199./. 3. Br. Jam. t. 13./. 3. Besc. Fl. 2. t. 79.— A tree, 15'- 

 40' high; leaflets l*-li" long. — Hab. Jamaica!, all collect., common on limestone hills ; 

 [Cuba], 



8. COMOCLADIA, P. Br. 



Flowers polygamous. Cah/x 3 (-4) -partite, coloured. Petals 3 (-4). Stamenf as 

 many, inserted into a perigynous disc. Ovary of Rhtis: stigmas 3, sessUe. Pericarp 

 drupaceous. — Stem nearly simple ; leaves impari-pinnate, approximate at the top of the stem 

 or the branches; flowers dark-purple, smaU, fascicled, or glomerate along the racemiform, 

 distant branches of a loose panicle. 



12. C. integrifolia, Jacq. Leaflets 8-lO.jugal, petiolulate, glabrous or glabrate 

 beneath, quite entire, oblong, pointed, subtruncate at the base, inferior decrescent, ovate ; 

 panicle puberulous or glabrate, as long as the leaves : flowers fascicled ; drupe oblong. — SI. 

 t. 222./. 1. Besc. Fl. 2, t. 86. — Stem 10'-30' high ; leaves l'-2' long ; flowers V" long ; 

 drupes dark-purple. — Hab. Jamaica I, Bist., Pd., Al., March, common. 



13. C. propinqua, Kth. Leaflets h-jugal, sessile, glabrate abo*e, rusty-pilose beneath, 

 oblong, blunt, subtruncate at the base, entire, inferior smaller; panicle rusty-pUose, as long 



as the leaves : flowers glomerate ; drupe — Leaves 6", flowers i"'long. — Hab, Jamaica I, 



March; [Cuba], 



