SCHiEFFERA.t 
(Jacqtjin.) 
Natural Order , Celastrine^: ? Linnxan Classification , 
Dicecia, Tetrandria. 
Dioecious. — Calyx small, 4-parted, persistent. Petals 4, alter- 
nating with the sepals. Stamina 4, opposite to the petals. 
Ovarium 2-celled. Stigmas 2. Berry dry, bipartite, cells 
1-seeded. Seed erect, plano-convex; albumen fleshy; embryo 
central, straight and flat. 
Trees of tropical America with alternate, entire, coriaceous 
leaves; stipules none; flowers several, axillary, small and pedi- 
cellated, white or green. 
JAMAICA BOX-WOOD. 
SCHiEFFERA buxifolia, foliis lanceolato-ovatis basi at- 
tenuate plerisque acutis ramulisque glabris , petalis viridis 
obtusis. 
ScHiEFFERiA frutescens, /2. buxifolia , foliis latius ovatis mu- 
cronatis. Decand. Prod., vol. 2. p. 41. Lam. Illust. t. 809. 
Buxi folio majore acuminato , arbor baccifera, fructu minor e 
croceo dipyreno. Sloane, Hist. Jamaica, vol. 2. p. 102. tab. 
209. fig. 1. 
According to Dr. Blodgett, this plant, common at 
Key West and on the adjoining keys of East Florida, 
becomes a tree of 30 feet in height, and is an article of 
t Named in honour of James Christian Schseffer, of Ratisbon, 
author of several Botanical works. 
