232 PROCEEDINGS: BOSTON SOCIETY NATURAL HISTORY. 
ANACARDIACEAE. 
Anacarpium L. 
A. occipenTaLe L., Sp. pl., vol. 1, p. 383 (1753); Jacq., Hist. 
Stirp. Am., p. 124; Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 176.— Reported by 
Emst. Cultivated in the Asuncion valley. Distribution general im 
tropical countries. 
te Manerrera L. 
M. iwpica L., Sp. pl., vol. 1, p. 200 (1753); Griseb., Fi. Brit. 
W. Ind., p. 176.— Cultivated extensively. Common to all tropical 
countries. 
Mavria Kunth. 
M. nereroppyitia HBK., Nov. gen. et sp., vol. 7, p. 13, pl. 606 
(1825).— Juan Griego and Santa Ana, Ernst. Venezuela: Colonia 
Tovar, Fendler, no. 174, 1856-57. Further distribution, Colombia 
and Peru. 
Sponpias L. 
S. tuTea L., Sp. pl., ed. 2, vol. 1, p. 613 (1762); Griseb., Fi. Bnit. 
W. Ind., p. 175.— Cultivated according to Ernst. In the market 
place of El Valle also. Venezuela: Cumané, Loefling (1754), Reise 
nach den spanischen Landern, p. 152-153. Common to all tropical 
countries. 
CELASTRACEAE. 
ELAEODENDRON Jacq. 
E. sp. Johnston, no. 307. Related to E. xylocarpum DC., Prod., 
vol. 2, p. 11, from St. Thomas. Similar to no. 926 of P. Sintemiss 
Plantae Portoricenses (1885) determined by I. Urban. Differs ™ 
having broader leaves, which are often orbicular and very broad . 
the base. In general the leaves are larger than in EL. xylocarpum. 
Myerinpa Jacq. 
M. Ruacoma Sw., Prod. veg. Ind. Oce., p. 39 (1788); Griseb. 
Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 146.— Juan Griego, Ernst. Venezuela: nese 
Laguna Chica, HBK., Nov. gen. et sp., vol. 7, p. 67. Florida, Jamaica, 
Cuba 
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