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NEW SYLVA. 
nerve and many paralel veins. Flowers scat- 
tered, very small. My specimens labelled C. 
cainito appear to form another variety or de- 
viation, perhaps it is a peculiar sp. as many 
have heon blended in C. cainito with round and 
oval fruits. 
Genus BUMEL1A, 
545. Bumelia ijndulata Raf. Branches 
inermous subopposite striate brown, leaves ter- 
minal alternate on long petiols, broad elliptic 
smooth minutely reticulate on both sides, base 
acute, end obtuse, margin undulate entire ; 
flowers scattered fasciculate shorter than pedi- 
cels — a small tree from South Florida, labelled 
B. salicifolia in Collins Herbal, but quite 
distinct from the Bahama and Antillian sp. 
with narrow acuminate leaves. This has 
leaves 2 or 3 inches long and li or 2 broad* 
quite obtuse and even somewhat retuse at the 
end, petiols 1 or 2 inches long : flowers not ax- 
illary scattered below the leaves 2 to 5 togeth- 
er, seldom solitary, calix smooth, sepals ovate 
acute, fruit oval style persistent. 
546. Bumelia arachnoidea Raf, Arbores- 
cent, inermous ? branchlets dark purple subru- 
gose, leaves petiolate fasciculate cuneate oblong 
entire obtuse, smooth and reticulate above, be- 
neath and petiols hairy arachnoidal, flowers on 
short pedicels fasciculate rufous hairy — in Ar- 
kanzas and Texas, large tree 40 to 50 feet 
high, leaves about 4 inches long and one broad, 
not lucid, dull on both sides, minutely netted 
nerves above, tomentose like spider webs be- 
neath, very acute at base and very obtuse at 
end. Flowers very small and short, sepals of 
calix ovate obtuse. The B . oblongifolia of 
Nuttal is akin but differs by being a small tree 
