XI 1 FLORA OF JAMAICA 



Fam. 44. Zygophyllaeese. Fls. hermaphrodite, regular. 

 Sepals and petals usually 5, imbricate. Stamens 10. Ovary 

 2 12-celled : *////<* uniti-d. Herbs, shrubs, or trees. Lcn <>.< 

 abruptly jiiunntr. opposite, stipulate. Fruit compos <1 <>f -2 t<> 1'2 

 cocci. 



Fam. 4~>. Rutacese. Fls. hermaphrodite, polygamous, or 

 dioecious, regular (but corolla oblique in Eavenia), parts usually 

 in fours or fives. Sepals and petals usually imbricate. Stamens 

 as many as, or twice as many as, the petals, or numerous. Disk 

 between stamens and ovary. Carpels 4 or 5 (8 in Peltostigma), 

 united into a single 4-5-celled ovary, or free at the base and 

 united in styles or stigmas, or altogether free and 1 -celled. 



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Shrubs or trees, usually gland-dotted and strongly smelling. Leaves 

 usually compound and alternate, without stipules. 



Fam. 46. Simarubacese. Fls. small, unisexual or polygamous, 



regular. Calyx 3-5-lobed. Petals 3-5, usually imbricate. 

 Stamens at the base of a disk, as many as, or twice as many as, 

 the petals. Ovary 2-5-lobed, 1-5-celled, or 3-5 free carpels ; 

 Styles 2-5. Shrubs or trees: Leaves simple or compound, 

 alternate, without stipules. 



Fam. 47. Burseraeese. Fls. ^-sexual, or polygamous, regular. 

 Calyx 3-6-lobed. Petals 3-6, ralvate, deciduous. Disk generally 

 ring-like. Stamens twice as many as the petals. Ovary 

 2-5-celled ; styles very short. Trees or shrubs. Leaves simple 

 or pinnate with an odd leaflet, alternate, without stipules. Fruit 

 drupaceous. 



Fam. 48. Meliaeese. Fls. 2-sexual, regular. Calyx 4-5- 

 lobed, imbricate. Petals 4-5, imbricate, convolute, or valvate. 

 Disk various. Filaments united more or less into a tube, or 

 adherent to the columnar disk (Cedrela). Ovary 2-5-celled. 

 Trees or shrubs. Leaves compound, alternate, without stipules. 

 Fruit a capsule or drupe. 



Fam. 49. Malpighiaeese. Fls. 2-sexual, regular. Calyx 

 5-cleft, each of 4 lobes usually witlt 2 glands outside. Petals 5, 

 clawed. Stamens 10. Carpels 3, more or less united into a 

 3-celled ovary, or separate ; styles free (except Bunchosia). Trees 

 or shrubs. Leaves simple, opposite, with or without stipules. 

 Fruit a drupe or a capsule. 



Fam. 50. Polygalaeese. FJs. 2-sexual, irregular. Sepals 5, 

 imbricate, tlte 2 inner lateral larger, coloured, wing-like. Petals 3, 

 united into a corolla : or 5 (2 reduced to scales). Stamens 8, 

 united into a sheath. Ovary 1-2-celled. Herbs or shrubs. 



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Leaves simple, usually alternate, without stipules. Fruit a 

 capsule, winged in Securidaca. 



