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COCCOLOBA.* 
(Linn.) 
Natural Order , Polygoneje, (Juss.) Linncean Classification 9 
OcTANDRIA TrIGYNIA. 
Flowers perfect, or polygamous. — Calyx 5-parted, petaloid, at length 
converted into a berry. Corolla none. Stamens 8, anthers rounded. 
Ovary 3-sided : stigmas 3, short. Drupe , by abortion, 1 seeded, the 
nut oval and pointed. 
Trees or shrubs mostly of tropical America, with alternate entire leaves, 
and short, cylindric, sheathing stipules ; flowers herbaceous, in racemes, 
with articulated pedicels ; the fruit resembling grapes. 
SEA-SIDE GRAPE. (RAISINIER DE MER). 
COCCOLOBA UVIFERA, foliis cordato-subrotundis nitidis . Linn. 
Willd. Sp. pi. vol. 3, p. 457. Lamarck. Illust. tab. 316, fig. 2. 
Gajrt. t. 45. 
Coccoloba foliis subrotundis integris nitidis planis , racemis fructuum 
cernuis . Jacci. Amer. p. 112, tab. 73. Mill. Diet. No. 1. 
Coccolobus foliis crassis orbiculatis sinu aperto . Brown, Jam. p. 208. 
Polygonum caule arbor eo fructibus baccatis . Linn. Sp. pi. Ed. 1. 
Uvifera foliis subrotundis , amplissimis . Linn. Hort. Cliffort. p. 487. 
Uvifera litorea , foliis amplioribus fere orbiculatis crassis americana . 
Pluken. Almag. p. 394, tab. 236, fig. 7. 
Guajabara racemosa , foliis coriaceis subrotundis , Plumier, ic. t. 145. 
# The name derived from two Greek words, alluding to the lobing of 
the kernel at the base. 
