232 PROCEEDINGS: BOSTON SOCIETY NATURAL HISTORY. 
ANACARDIACEAE. 
Anacardium L. 
A. occiDENTALE L., Sp. pi., vol. 1, p. 383 (1753); Jacq., Hist. 
Stirp. Am., p. 124; Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 176.— Reported by 
Ernst. Cultivated in the Asuncion valley. Distribution general in 
tropical countries. 
Maxgifera L. 
M. INDICA L., Sp. pi., vol. 1, p. 200 (1753); Griseb., Fl. Brit. 
W. Ind., p. 176. — Cultivated extensively. Common to all tropical 
countries. 
Mauri A Kunth. 
M. HETEROPHYLLA HBK., Nov. gen. et sp., vol. 7, p. 13, pi. 606 
(1825). — Juan Griego and Santa Ana, Ernst. Venezuela: Colonia 
Tovar, Fendler, no. 174, 1856-57. Further distribution, Colombia 
and Peru. 
Spondias L. 
S. LUTEA L., Sp. pi., ed. 2, vol. 1, p. 613 (1762); Griseb., Fl. Brit. 
W. Ind., p. 175. — Cultivated according to Ernst. In the market 
place of El Valle also. Venezuela: Cumana, Loefling (1754), Reise 
nach den spanischen Landern, p. 152-153. Common to all tropical 
countries. 
CELASTRACEAE. 
Elaeodendron Jacq. 
E. SP. Johnsion, no. 307. Related to E. xylocarpuvi DC, Prod., 
vol. 2, p. 11, from St. Thomas. Similar to no. 926 of P. Sintenis's 
Plantae Portoricenses (1885) determined by I. Urban. Differs in 
having broader leaves, which are often orbicular and very broad at 
the base. In general the leaves are larger than in E. xijlocarpum,. 
]Myginda Jacq. 
M. Rhacoma Sw., Prod. veg. Ind. Occ, p. 39 (1788); Griseb., 
Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 146. — Juan Griego, Ernst. Venezuela: near 
Laguna Chica, HBK., Nov. gen. et sp., vol. 7, p. 67. Florida, Jamaica, 
Cuba. 
