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MONOECIA. MONADELPH. 1734— 173 6 « 



pubera, 



elajtica. 



mxi 



Maris, 



eaulina. 



tordata. 



nucifera , 



Leaves downv underneath. 



China. Shrubs with alternate leaves in 2 rows, elliptic* very 

 entire : flowers axillary, numerous, clofe. 



1734. SIPHONIA. Calyx i-leafed : corol o. 

 Male. Anther* 5, btlow the top of the column. 

 Fern. Style o . ftigmata 3: capfuks 3 -grained .' feeds 



with a lit;le fhell. 



Siphoma. Elaftic gum tree* 



Guiana. Aubl. Guian- t. 339. A.I Pa*-, f 7 C t . / 20. 

 Tree lofty, raked: up to the he?d : fruit triangular. 

 The well known fu u ftapce called Caoutchouc or gumela/tre, is 



the infpifsated vifcid juice, procured by making incifions in 



the bark. 



1735. OMPHAIFA. Male. Calyx 4-Ieaved: corot 

 c : filament columnar, with the antherse inferted 

 into it. 



Fem. Calyx 5 -leaved.* corol o: ftigma 3- cleft: cap* 

 jule flelhy, 3- celled : nuts folitary. 



Racemes axillary : leaves 2 rowed, ovate, pointed, (hining^ 

 on fhort petioks : ftipules mucronate : ftem fhrubby. 

 Jamaica. Sivarfz. prcdrr 95. 



Racemes on the (fem, fcaly at the bafe : leaves 2-fowed' 

 oblong, aeutr>, fhining: ftem arborefcent. 

 Jamaica. Snvartz. prcdr 95. 



Racemes compound, leafy, terminal : leaves fcatterecf,' 

 beart^-fhaped, villous underneath, with 2 glands at the 

 b. r . ilem climbing. 

 Weft Indies, Aubl. Guian. 834. tab. 328. 



Racemes compound, leafy, terminal .* leaves fcattered, ob- 

 long, quite glabrous, with 2 glands at the bafe : ftem 

 arboreous. 

 Jamaica. Swartz.pr0dr.g5. O. triandra. Sp.pl, 



1736. BRADLEIA. Male. Calyx o: corol 6-pe- 

 talled, nearly equal : filaments 3, with 3 twin; 

 antherse. 



Fem. Calyx o: corol 6-parted; 3 of the parts in- 

 terior; germ fuperior, with 6-8 ftigmata : capfule 

 6- celled, 6-valved : feeds folitary. 



