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SURIAXA L. 
S. MARiTiMA L., Sp. pi., vol. 1, p. 284 (1753); Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. 
Ind., p. 58. — Juan Griego, Ernst; Pt. Mosquito, Johnston, no. 284, 
Aug. 10. Distribution general in tropics. 
BURSERACEAE. 
BuRSERA Jacq. 
B. SIMARUBA (L.) Sarg., Gard. and for., vol. 3, p. 260 (1890) and 
Silva N. Amer., vol. 1, p. 97, pis. 41, 42; Urb., S\Tnb. Ant., vol. 4, p. 
324.— South Hill, El Valle, alt. 270 m., Johnston, no. 270, July 3. 
Venezuela : Ernst, Sobre la flora _v fauna, p. 226. Further distribution. 
West Indies, Panama. Tree, about 7 m. high; wood odorous and 
bitter. 
MELIACEAE. 
Melia L. 
M. Azedarach L., Sp. pi., vol. 1, p. 384' (1753); Urb., Symb. Ant., 
vol. 4, p. 325. — Cultivated, El Valle, Miller & Johnston, no. 112, 
July 18. Venezuela: valley of Aragua, HBK., Nov. gen. et sp., 
vol. 5, p. 218. Distribution general in tropical countries. 
Trichilia p. Br. 
T. HiRTA L., Syst. nat., ed. 10, vol. 2, p. 1020 (1759); Griseb., 
Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 129. T. spondiodes Jacq., Enum. pi. Carib., 
p. 20 (1760). — Santa Ana, Ernst. Further distribution, Jamaica, 
Cuba. 
MALPIGHIACEAE. 
Heteropteris HBK. 
H. LAURiFOLiA (L.) Juss., Auu. sci. nat., bot., ser. 2, vol. 13, p. 
276 (1840); Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 119. Banisteria laurifolia 
L., Sp. pL, ed. 2, vol. 2, p. 611 (1762).— South Hill, EI Valle, alt. 
300 ni.. Miller <{• Johnston, no. 46, Aug. 1; Juan Griego trail, alt. 
300. m., Johnston, no. 54, Aug. 14. Further distribution, Jamaica, 
Cuba, and Porto Rico. 
H. PURPUREA (L.) HBK., Nov. gen. et sp., vol. 5, p. 164 (1821), 
