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M E L I C 0 C C A,* (Browne, Linn.) 
(Knepier, Fr.) 
Natural Order , Sapindaceae. Linncean Classification , Oc- 
TANDRIA, MoNOGYNIA. 
Flowers polygamous. Calyx 4 to 5-parted, persistent. Petals , the same 
number with the divisions of the calyx inserted into a hypogynous disc. 
Stamens often 8. Ovary superior, mostly 3-celled. Style 1, the stigma 
capitate or 3-lobed. Drupe coated, mostly 1 -celled, 1 -seeded. Seed 
attached to the axis of the cell. 
Trees or shrubs, mostly of tropical America, with equally pinnated, 
alternate leaves, usually in 2 to 3 pairs, and entire. The flowers small, 
disposed in axillary or terminal spikes or panicles ,* the fruit with a suc- 
culent pulp. 
ROUND FRUITED HONEY-BERRY, or GENIP 
TREE. 
MELICOCCA paniculata, foliis pinnatis , 2-3 -jugis, foliolis oblongo- 
lanceolatis integris , floribus panicidatis subcorymbosis laxis , 5 -petcclis 
drupis splicer ids, 
Melicocca paniculata, Juss., Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat., vol. 3, p. 187, t. 5. 
Dec and. Prod. vol. 1, p. 615. 
This species, nearly allied to the common Honey-Berry 
of the West Indies, ( M bijuga ), was discovered in St. 
Domingo by M. Poiteau, and of which a very excellent 
*From honey, and kokjcos a berry, in allusion to the sweetness of 
its fruit. 
