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the latter 6'" broad ; its milk very clammy (P<f,) ; albumen exactly as in Sideroxylon. — 

 Hab. Jamaica 1, Fd., Al., WmUscM., Wils., March, in mountain-woods. 



14. D. salicifolia, A. DC. Branchlets rusty-sericeous, glabrate ; leaves lanceolate or 

 elMptical-lanceolate, pointed, tapering into the petiole, glabrous ; pedicels usually densely 

 fascicled and lateral, rnsty-sericeous, shorter than the petioles ; calyx B-leaved, rusty-serice- 

 ous, half as long as the 5-partite coroUa; ea-terior appendages subulate, interior oval, 

 serrate, nearly as long as the filaments ; anthers oblong ; herry small, oveid-glebose.- — SI. t. 

 206. /. 2; Br. Jam. t. \l.f. 4; Bich. Cub. t. 54. /. 2.— Achras, L. Bumelia, Sw. 

 B. nigra, Berterol {non Sui.). B. pentagona, Ste. (Sideroxylon, A. DO.) ex descr. : a form 

 with few-flowered fascicles. — A large, fragrant tree ; leaves 4"-2" long, 16"'-9"' broad: pe- 

 tiole 6"'-8"', pedicels 2"'-3"', corolla li* berry 4"'-3"' long, the latter 3'" broad, shining- 

 black, mucronate, sometimes slightly 5-gonal. — Hab. Jamaica !, all coll., in dty, calcareous 

 soil ; Dominica (&».), Barbadoes (Mayc.) ; Cuba ! to Guadeloupe !}. 



15. D. montana, Or. Branchlets rusty-sericeous, glabrate ; feawaf elliptfcal, obovate, 

 or obovate-lanceolate, blunt, retuse or with a bluntish ptHut, tapering into a short petiolei 

 glabrous : fascicles usually few-flowered, axillary : pedicels puberulous, about as long as the / 

 petiole ; calyx 5 (-8-4) -leaved, sericeous, half as long as the 5-fid corolla : exterior append- 

 ages subulate, interior roundish, serrate, as long as the fllaments ; anthers ovate ; berrv 

 ovoid. — Su>. Ft. t.i: the flower, but not accurate. — A tree ; leaves variable, usually 3"-2'', 

 pedicels 3"'-4"', corolla li'", berry 6"'-8"'long, the latter 4"'-6"' broad.— Hab. Jamaica!. 

 Mae/'., Pd., Al., Wullsohl., March, in mountain-woods; [Cuba!], 



6. BUMELIA, Sw., GceHn. 



Calyx 5-leaved, imbricative. Corolla, stamens, and appendages of Dipholis. Ovary 5- 

 celled : ovules ascending. Berry mostly 1 -seeded by abortion. Seeds exalbuminous, vrith 

 a small roundish scar. — Leaves in the West Indian species leathery, with somewhat eostate^ 

 oblique veins, and style exserted, longer than in Dipholis : no spines, except in B. buxi- 

 folia. 



16. B, retusa, Sw. Arboreous ; branchlets rusty-sericeous or glabrescent ; leaves obovate 

 or roundish, retuse or rounded at the top, cuneaie at the shortly petioled base, glabrous 

 above, rusty-sericeous or glabrous beneath ; pedicels densely fascicled, sericeousj usually 

 longer than the petiole ; calyx sericeous, half as long as the coroUa, one-third as long as the 

 style : exterior appendages lanceolate, cuspidate, half as long as the corolla-segments, in- 

 terior broadly ovate, serrate, channelled; berry ovoid. — Qeertn. Carp. 3. t. 202. — A hard 

 tree; leaves 2i^"-14", pedicels 3"'(-6"'), corolla 2'", .berry IJ" long.— Hab. Jamaica!, 

 Maef., Pd., March, in mountain-woods, Manchester ; S. Anns; Dominica I, Imr. 



/ 17. B. cuneata, Sw. Shrubby; branchlets subsericeous, early glabrescent; leaves 

 small, obovate-roundish, rounded or retuse at the top, cuneate at the shortly petioled base, 

 ^\e}i>m\\i ; fascicles few-lowered : ^«fe'ce/« glabrescent, as long as the petiole; calyx gla- 

 brescent, half as long as the coroUa, one-third as long as the style ; exterior appendages lan- 

 ceolate, exceeding half the corolla-segments, interior broadly ovate, serrulate ; berry obovoid- 

 globose.—Siieioxylon, A. DC. B. myrsinifolia, A. iJC- Leaves 8'"-18"', petioles 2'", 

 corolla 1 J"', berry 3'" long. — Hab. Jamaica {Sw.) ; Antigua!, Wullschl.; [S.Thomas!, 

 Guadeloupe !]. 



18. B. rotundifolia, Sw. Shrubby, wholly glabrous ; leaves small, oval-roundish, 

 rounded at both ends, shortly petioled; pedicels derisely fascicled, longer than the petiole ; 

 calyx glabrous ; exterior appendages lanceolate, interior broadly ovate, serrulate ; berry el- 

 lipsoidal. — A small shrub (Pd) ; leaves about 1" long, 9'" broad, sometimes nearly orbi- 

 cular : petioles l"'-li"', pedicels 2'", berry 3'" long. — Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., on rocks, S. 

 Katharine on the banks of the Eio Cobre. 



19. B. Cmegerii, 6r. («. sp.). Branchlets and pedicels puberulous ; leaves small, 

 obovate, rounded or retuse at the top, cuneate at the shortly petioled base, glabrous ; pedicels 

 densely fascicled, lateral, as long as the petioles; calyx puberulous below, half as long as 

 the style, two-thirds as long as the corolla ; exterior appendages minnte, ovate, much shorter 

 than the corolla-segments, interior broadly ovate, serrulate, — Habit of B. cuneata, but fasci- 

 cles about 20-flowered. Leaves li"-l" long, less leathery than in the other species ; pedi- 

 cels 2"', corolla 1'" long.— Hab. Trinidad!, Cr. 



