MANCINELLA. 
MONOECIA MONADELPHIA. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Male. Calyx of one leaf, bell-shaped, and notched at the 
end. 
Corolla none. 
Female. Calyx of three leaves. 
Corolla none. 
Pericarp pulpy, globose, containing a woody nut. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Hippomane mancinella. H. foliis ovatis serratis. Spec. Plant. 
Linn. Willd. 4. p. 57 1. 
With oval serrated leaves. 
H. arboreum lactescens, ramulis ter- 
natis, petiolis glandula notatis. 
Brown Jam. 350. 
Juglandi affinis, arbor juliferalactes- 
cens . venenata, pyrifolia. Sloan. 
Jam. 129. Hist. 2. p. 3. pi. 159. 
MalusAmericana. Comm.Hort. 1. 
p. 131. pi. 58. 
Mancinella Catesl. Carol. \.\). 95 . \A.Q5. Pluk. 
Phyt. 142. f. 4. 
The mancinella is a poisonous tree, growing in the 
East Indies and in America. It is tall, very much 
