254 TlMEHRi. 
[B. longifrons, Mart : 
On the banks of the Essequibo, according to SCHOM- 
BURGK.] 
\B. macrantha, Mart : 
According to SCHOMBURGK this occurs in the Canakoo 
mountains, on the Roopoonooni and the Essequibo, flow- 
ering in January.] 
B. major. J acq : 
= B. choetorachis, Mart : 
Local Name. 
Creole (?) Maswah. 
Leaf regularly pinnate. Leaflets narrower and longer 
than in B. megalocarpa, Trail. Height of plant 10-15 
feet. Fruit smooth, large (i^inch in diameter), oval, dull 
greenish purple. 
The species grows abundantly, generally in somewhat 
dry, but occasionally in more moist, places, from the 
sea coast to some little distance up most of the rivers. 
On the Corentyn coast, between Skeldon and Tariogie, 
it grows in immense numbers, sometimes, where it has 
been cut or burned down, forming dense banks entirely 
covering level, otherwise open, tra6ts of country. Up 
the Corentyn River it occurs in thickets along the banks 
to some distance above the " Second Hill," after which 
it is less abundant. On the Pomeroon it is very com- 
mon on the low sea-tra6t, where mangrove is the pre- 
vailing vegetation, but does not occur higher up. On 
the whole, it seems not to penetrate beyond the tidal 
parts of the rivers ; though, according to SCHOMBURGK, it 
would appear to extend as far as the furthest limit of his 
forest tract i.e. to the Canakoo mountains. 
