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GLAUCOUS DRYPETES. 
DRYPETES glatica, foliis ovato-oblongis, aliis obtusius- 
culis, remote crenulatis, aliis longioribus, integerrimis, 
acuminatis; Jloribus 6-8 -andris. Vahl. Eclog. Amer. 
fascic. 2. p. 49. 
This species also becomes a tree, and grows at Key 
West with the preceding; it is likewise indigenous to 
Montserrat and Porto Rico. The branches are cylindric, 
somewhat angular above, with the buds thinly covered 
with a brownish down. The leaves are very similar to 
those of the preceding species, and often glaucous, with 
a thin resinous coating. The male flowers are 4 to 5- 
leaved, with 6 to 8 stamens; there is no corolla. The 
drupe is oval, villous, becoming the size of a small hazel- 
nut, with a suture on one side, and terminated, when 
young, with a single, sessile, reniform stigma. 
The wood is probably of the same quality as in the 
preceding species. 
