276 COMBRETACE^. 



eglandular ; epiles axillary, peduncled, rusty-pubescent ; stamens eiserted ; samara-wings 

 " half-round, repand, subtruncate at the top, as broad as the longitudinal diameter of the 

 nut, ribs obsolete." — Rich. Cub. t. 43. — Terminalia, Sw. ! Chicharronia intermedia, Rich. 

 — A shrub (Sw.), or middle-sized tree (Rich.) ; leaves 3"-lV' long, l"-i" broad : petiole 

 3"'-6"'long; spikes l"-2" long, bracteate; calyx-limb 1'" long, as long as the cylindrical 

 tube. — Hab. Jamaica!, Sw., in the northern hills ; [Cuba]. 



6. C. obovata, Poir. Branchlets rusty-pubescent, glabrate; leaves oiovate, iofering 

 at the base into a short, eglandular petiole, glabrescent, rigid ; spikes compound, terminal, 

 rusty-pubescent : branches approximate, subsessile ; stamens exserted ; samara- wings oblong, 

 rounded at the top, horizontal, twice as long as the longitudinal diameter of the nut : 

 crested ribs as broad as its transverse diameter. — A timber-tree ; leaves 2i"-14"long, li"-l" 

 broad ; petiole l"'-3"' long : spikes 1" long, bracteate ; flowers as in the preceding ; samara- 

 wings 5'"-4"' long.— Hab. Trinidad!: Cr.; [Panama!, Peru]. 



4. TERMINALIA, L. 



Wowe™ usually polygamous. Calyx-limb cyathiform, 5-fid, deciduous. Petalsd. Stamens 

 10. Pericarp drupaceous. Cotyledons foliaeeous, convolute. — Trees ; leaves alternate, 

 quite entire, or repand ; flowers in slender, axillary spikes. 



7. T. latifolia, Sw. Leaves obovate-oblong, tapering into the long petiole, glabrate, 

 or pubescent beneath, subeglandular at the base ; spikes simple, peduncled, cylindrical, S 

 above, with the distant ^ flowers at the base ; drupe elliptical, pointed, biconvex : margins 

 navicular-acute.- 80' to above 100' high ; leaves 6"-12", approximate at the top of the 

 branches, often with small glands or. hair-tufts in the vein -axils beneath, but devoid of the 

 large glands of T. Catappa : petiole 1" long ; spikes usually half as long as the leaves ; 

 stamens scarcely exserted; drupe li"-2" long. — Hae. Jamaica!, all coll., common in 

 woods, S. Anns, Manchester, S. Elizabeth. 



8*. T. Catappa, L. Leaves cnneate-obovate or obovate-oblong, rounded or subcordate 

 at the tapering base (rarely tapering into the petiole), biglandular beneath at the base, 

 glabrous above, glabrescent beneath ; spikes simple, peduncled, cylindrical, $ above, with 

 distant ^ flowers at the base ; drupe oval-oblong, rounded at both ends, compressed : mar- 

 gins produced into a narrow wing. — Bot. Mag. t. 3004. Hesc. PI. 4. t. 279. — 30'-50' 

 high, very «milar to preceding; drupe li"-2" long, 1" broad: its wing 1'"- 2'" broad. — 

 Hab. Naturalized in Antigua !, Wullschl., S. Vincent !, Guild. ; cultivated and common in 

 Jamaica [Maif^ ; [naturalized from Cuba ! to Guiana I ; introduced from the old world : 

 East Indies !, Arabia I, trop. Africa!]. 



6. LAGUNCULARIA, G. 



Plowers polygamous. Calyx-limb short, 5-lobed, persistent : $ tube campanulate. Pe- 

 tals 5, minute, deciduous. Stamens 10, included. JVai obovate, slightly S-winged. — ^Atree 

 or shrub ; leaves opposite, quite entire, veinless : petiole biqlandular above : flowers in 



• ' ' -lies. 



9. li. racemosa, G.—Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 79.— Conocarpus, i.— Leaves oval-oblong 

 or oval, long-petioled, glabrous ; spikes usually compound at the base, and white-pnbesceut ; 

 nut 6'" long. — Hab. Jamaica!, Pd., Wils., March, common along bays and lagoons; 

 Antigua !, Wullschl., S. Vincent !, Guild. ; [Cuba ! to Bahia !, along the coast of the Atlan- 

 tic and Mexican sea; Fernando Po !, on the African coast]. 



6. BUCIDA, L. 



Calyx-limb cyathiform, minutely 5-dentate, persistent or tardily deciduous. Petals 0. 

 Stamens 10 : 5 longer and higher inserted. Pericarp drupaceous. Cotyledons foliaceous, 

 convolute.— Trees ; leaves alternate, blunt, eglandular, approximate at the top of the 

 branches ; flowers in axillary^ peduncled spikes. 



10. B. Buceras, L. Leaves obovate or spathuJate-lanceolate, glabrous above, sericeous 

 and glabrate beneath ; spikes cylindrical, sericeous or villous-pubescent : flowers subdistant ; 

 stamens long-exserted : anthers cordate, pointed ; drupe dry, smaW, ovate-conical, crowned 



