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BITTEE WOOD. 
(Quassie, Fr.) 
Natural Order , Simarubace^:, (Richard.) Linncean Clas- 
sification, Decandria Monogynia. 
SIMARUBA* (Aublet.) 
Flowers monoecious, dioecious or polygamous. — Calyx small, 5-parted. 
Petals 5, somewhat larger than the calyx. Stamens 5 to 10, with 
scales at their base. Style divided at the apex. Carpels usually of the 
same number as the petals, inserted by a joint on the axis, capsular, 2- 
valved, internally dehiscent and 1 -seeded. Seeds without albumen, pen- 
dulous ; cotyledons thick ; radicle superior. 
Trees or shrubs of the inter-tropical regions of America with a very 
bitter bark and milky juice : the leaves alternate, pinnated, and without 
stipules. 
GLAUCOUS BITTER- WOOD. 
SIMA RUB A glauca, floribus monoids , masculis decandrisl , stigmate 5- 
partito , foliis abrupte pinnatis , foliolis alter nis subpetiolulatis glabris 
glaucis. Decand. Prod. vol. 1, p. 733. Humb. Bonpl. et Kunth, 
Nov. Gener. Am. vol. 6. p. 16. 
* An Indian name given by Aublet, employed by the Galibis. 
