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[Labour donnaisia. 
long, the divisions ovate-deltoid, naked, the three outer more coriaceous. 
Petals 12, lanceolate, whitish, as long as or rather longer than the 
sepals. Stamens 12, as long as the petals, one opposite each. Fruit a 
1-seeded brown berry, girt by the persistent calyx, with a gelatinous 
endocarp. A. DC. Prod. viii. 194. 
Mauritius, in the mountain woods. L. revoluta , Bojer, seems to be only a form of 
exposed places with smaller leaves with revolute edges. L. sarcophleia , Bojer, 
I have not seen, and there is nothing in the description in the Prodromus by which 
to separate it clearly. Endemic. Bois de Natte d petites feuilles. 
2. L. glauca, Bojer, Port. Maur. 199 (name only). General 
habit just the same as in the other species. Petioles longer (1-li in.). 
Leaves obovate-oblong, 2-3 in. long, rounded and emarginate 
at the tip, deltoid at the base, very rigid, green above, very thinly 
coated with white tomentum below. Peduncles shorter than the 
petiole, 1-3-nate. Flowers much smaller than in L. calophylloides . 
Sepals J— | in. long, reflexed after flowering. Petals and stamens 12-13 
each. Berry oblong, 1-li in- long, tipped with the persistent base 
of the style. DC. Prod. viii. 195. 
Mauritius, on the Pouce. Endemic. 
2. SIDEROXYLON, Linn. 
Calyx persistent, of 5 distinct obtuse coriaceous much-imbricated 
lobes. Corolla rotate ; tube very short ; lobes 5, Ungulate or obovate, 
obtuse, as long as or rather longer than the calyx. Stamens 5 fertile, 
opposite the petals, with subulate filaments inserted in the short co- 
rolla-tube and versatile anthers and 5 sterile petaloid alternate with the 
petals. Ovary ovoid, 5-celled ; cells with a single ovule in each ; style 
simple, subulate. Fruit a small or large 1-seeded berry. — Trees, with 
alternate simple coriaceous leaves, the flowers in copious fascicles from 
nodes lower down the branch. Distbib. Round the world in the 
tropics. Species 60. 
Coroll a-tube very short. 
Pedicels glabrous, much longer than the calyx. 
Petals Darrow-lingulate 1. S. Boutonianum. 
Petals obovate 2. S. attenuatum. 
Pedicels ferrugineo-tomentose, at most as long as the 
calyx. 
Sepals i in. long 3. S. Bojerianum. 
Sepals 1 in. long 4. S. grandiflorum. 
Corolla-tube as long as the lobes 5. S. Lessertii. 
1. S„ Boutonianum, A. DC. Prod. viii. 179. A. tree, glabrous in 
all its parts, with moderately stout terete rugose branches. Leaves 
glabrous, coriaceous, obovate-oblong, obtuse, rounded at the base, 3-6 
in. long ; petiole in. long. Flowers 3-6 in a cluster, on slender 
flexuose pedicel in. long. Sepals -§- in. long, glabrous, much 
