MONCECIA. HEXAND. 1692— 1694. 



1567 



tiuafera. 



lutyraceai 



fuineen/is. 



acukuia. 



Nypa. 



tnindr. 



totajer. 



Jptcio/4* 

 tugo/a, 



Optica, 



1692. COCOS. Calyx 3 -parted : corol 3-petalled : 

 ftigmata 3: drupe coriaceous* 



Unarmed: fronds pinnate: leafets folded back, fword-fhaped. 



Cocoa-nut tree* 

 Tropies. Jacq. Amer.zjj. t. i6g. piel, t. 135. 



Unarmed* 1 fronds pinnate: leafets fimple. 

 South America. Pis. Bras bi.f. 



The whole covered with fubulate fpines: fronds diftant: 

 root creeping. Prickly pole. 



Carthagena. Jacq. Amer.t. \Ji.f. pict. /. 256. 



Sharp prickly: trunk fufiform: fronds pinnate: ftipes and 

 fpathes fpinous. Macaw-tree* 



Caribbees. Sloan. Jam. 2. t. 214. Grew. mus. t. 16. 



Unarmed : fronds pinnate : fpadix of the male-flowers 

 round; of the females roundifh: drupe grooved. 

 Eaft indies. Rumpb. Amb, 1 . p. 69. t. 16. 



1693. BACTRIS. Male. Calyx 3-parted : corol 

 i-petaled, 3 -cleft: Jlamina feated on the middle of 

 the tube. 



Fern. Calyx 3 -toothed : corol 3- toothed : ftigmata 

 obfcurely 3 -cleft: drupe coriaceous. 



Fruit nearly round. 



Ccrthagena. Jacq. Amer. t, lj\.f- I. k»/eh /• 256* 



Fruit ovate. 



Carthagcna. Jacq. Amer. t. \Ji>f- 2, ic.feh t. 236, 

 Both are tall prickly trees with frondofs leaves, 



1694. GUETTARDA. Calyx cylindrical, rery 

 entire .* corol funnel-form, 6 or 7-cleft: piftil 1 : 

 drupe dry. 



Leaves fomewhat hearted, ovate, obtufe with a point, filky 

 underneath: ftamina 6or 7. 

 Jamaica. Brown. Jam 205. t. 20. f. 1. 



Leaves fomewhat hearted, ovate, acute, downy underneath,, 

 rough above: ftamina 6. 

 Santa Cruz. Swart, prodr. 59. Vahl.fymb. 3. 50. 



Leaves elliptic, pubefcent: ftamina 4. 

 Jamaica. Swart, prodr, 59. 



