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GUILANDINA. 



The BONDUC, or NICKAR TREE. 

 Clafs lo. Order i. Decandria Monogynia. 



^PHE Empakment is one leaved, bell-fliape; the border five 



parted, equal, and fpreading. 

 The Corolla confifiis of five petals, lanced, concave, fquat, equalj 



fomewhat larger than the calyx and Inferted in its chaps. 

 The Filaments are ten, awl-iliaped, ereft, inferted in, and lliort- 



er than the calyx : the alternate lefs. The Anthem are ob- 



tufe and incumbent. 

 The Gemen is oblong. The Style is thread-form and the length 



of the (lamina. The Stigma is fimple. 

 The Seed-vejfel is a legumen or pod, which is rhomboid, con- 

 vex on the upper future, bellied-comprelTed, of one cell, 



diftincl, with tranfverfe partitions. 

 The Seeds are bony, globofe-compreffed, and folitary between 



the partitions. 

 0^f. A fpecies of this genus is dioecious. 



The Species with usy 



G u I L A N D I N A dioica, Canadian dioiceous 

 BonduCj or Nickar Tree. 



This tree is faid to rife, with an ereft ftem, to the 

 height of thirty feet or more, dividing into many 

 branches, covered with abluifh afh-coloured, fmooth 

 bark, garniflied with large winged leaves, the lobes 

 of which are ranged alternately, and are oval ftiap- 

 ed, very fmooth and entire. I have lately received 

 feveral feeds from Kentucky, fuppofed to be of this 

 tree, where it is faid to grow plenty, and is called 

 the Coffee or Mahogany tree. 



HALESIA, 



