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Casearia odorata Macf. inermis, ramis hornotinis brevissime v. 
minute pilosulis; stipulis Janceolatis v. lineari-lanceolatis acutis v. bre- 
viter subulatis 1—1,5 mm. longis; foliis 4—6 mm. longe petiolatis, 
anguste ovatis, obovatis v. subrhombeis, basi acuta parum v. manifeste 
in petiolum angustatis, apice vix v. mediocriter acuminatis, acumine 
obtusissimo, interdum leviter emarginato, 3,5 —8,5 em. longis, 2—3,5 cm. 
latis, margine plus minus manifeste cerenulatis, crassiuscule chartaceis; 
floribus in axillis foliorum (saepius delapsorum) 4—10(—15) fascieu- 
latis, pedicellis 4—5 mm. longis supra v. sub medio articulatis; sepalis 
4—5 mm. longis, basi 0,6 —0,8 mm. longe connatis, elliptico-oblongis, 
apice obtusis; staminibus 8 cum staminodiis supra basin calycis ab- 
euntibus et cum iis in !/, alt. in tubum connatis, staminodiis latiuscule 
linearibus dense pubescentibus; ovario ovato, sensim in stylum dimidio 
longiorem attenuato. 
Casearia odorata Macf. Flor. Jam. I (1837) p. 215 (ex descript. 
optima), — non Teijsm. et Binn. (1855). 
Casearia ramiflora var. spinosa Griseb.! Flor. (1859) p. 24 
(p- PJ). / 
Frutex 2—3,3m.altus. Rami saepius horizontaliter divaricati teretes 
parce striati, brunei v. grisei, lenticellis parvis obtecti, hornotini pube bre- 
vissima patula v. suberecta obsiti. Stipulae satis persistentes pallidae 
pilosulae. Folia in ramis floriferis disticha, petiolis gracilibus, 0,5 mm. 
crassis, supra leviter v. vix sulcatis pilosulis, nervo medio supra inferne 
parum, superne magis prominente, lateralibus utroque latere 6—7 utrinque 
prominentibus et reticulato-anastomosantibus, crenis depressis antice mucro- 
nulum deeiduum gerentibus, margine plana, pellucido-punctata, lineolis pareis 
v. pareissimis intermixtis, praesertim supra nitida, subtus ad nervos minute 
v. obsolete pilosula.. Pedicelli ca. 0,2 mm. crassi, sub articulatione dense 
et brevissime, superne parcius v. pareissime pilosuli; bracteae ovatae v. sub- 
orbiculares 1—1,5 mm. longae; prophylla nulla.. Sepala viridi-alba (ex 
Maor.), dorso minute et parce adpresseque pilosula, tubo breviter semi- 
globoso, in aestivatione quincuncialiter imbricata, sub anthesi erecta v. patentia, 
crassiuscule chartacea, lineolis et sub apice punctis flavidis notata. Sta- 
mina 8 subhypogyna, tubo ca. 1 mm. longo; filamenta quoad libera 1,5 — 2 mm. 
longa glabra; antherae anguste ovatae in !/, alt. affıxae, vix 0,5 mm. longae, 
apice ad dorsum glanduloso-incrassatae. Staminodia quoad libera 1 mm. 
longa densissime pubescentia. Ovarium breviter et suberecto-pilosum; pla- 
centae 3; ovula numerosa placentis ca. 4-seriatim affıxa. Stylus 1,5 mm. 
longus inferne sensim incrassatus glaber; stigma fere 3- PR crassius, vertice 
concaviusculum. 
Hab. in Jamaica: Alexander, Purdie, Swartz (hb. Holm.), in 
Yallah’s Valley 500 m. alt. m. Jun. flor., in Green Valley m. Oct. flor., 
ad Cascade Rock m. Sept. fl.: Harris n. 5744, 6595, 8155, in savannahs 
vulgaris ad St. Thomas in the Vale, in Port Royal mountains, m. Aug., 
Sept. flor.: ex Mack. 
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