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SILKY BUTTON-TREE. 
CONOCARPUS erecta. sericea, (Forster in herb. PHerit.) 
foliis oblongis utrinque acuminatis ad utramque paginam 
etiam adultis adpressl villoso-sericeis. Dec and. Prod., vol. 
3. p. 16. 
Mangle foliis oblongis integris utrinque molli lanugine holo - 
sericea obductis. Sloane, Hist. Jam., vol. 2. p. 67. tab. 187. 
fig. 2. 
According to Sloane, this tree is known in Jamaica 
by the name of the White Mangrove, and attains the 
height of 20 feet, having white wood with a very small 
pith; the bark is also smooth and whitish. This variety,- 
or species, has also been found, with the above, at Key 
West, in East Florida, by Dr. Blodgett. We do not 
see any thing to distinguish it as a separate species 
from the erecta except the peculiar silky, shining pubes- 
cence with which the leaves continue to be clothed even 
in the adult state. 
