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FLOHA OF JAMAICA 



Crudia 



C a c o o n . 



Great Morass, Westmoreland, Purdie ! Lacovia, on banks of Black 

 River; edge of Great Morass, Negril ; banks of Cabaritta river, Meylersfield ; 

 Harris ! Fl. Jam. 9915, 10,247, 11,811. Hispaniola, Guiana. 



Tree to 50 ft. high; branches spreading, drooping. Leaflets 7-9(-13), 

 alternate or the lowest subopposite, oblong or elliptical-oblong, base more 

 or less unequal-sided, apex acuminate, glabrous, 7-13 cm. 1., 2-4 cm. br., 

 veins promhmlous on both sides. Bract narrowly elliptical, about 6 mm. 1. 



Fig. 36. Crudia. 



A, Bud of C. obliqua Griseb. cut length- D, Leaf and pods of C. spicata Willd., the 



wise x 3. valve of one pod removed to show the 



B, Flower of ditto X 3. seed x A. 



C, Pistil of ditto enlarged after the fall of 



the sepals and stamens X 8. (A, B, C after Fl. Bras.) 



Bracteoles elliptical, about 8 mm. 1. Eeceptacle about 2 mm. 1. Sepals 

 veiny, puberulous, about 6 mm, 1. Pod 7-10 cm. 1., 5-6' 5 cm. br., tomen- 

 tose, nerves prominent, branching and towards the centre forming a 

 net-work. Seeds somewhat kidney-shaped, compressed, 4-5-6 cm. 1., 

 3 '5-4 cm. br. 



The distinguishing characters which Urban gives for his C. antillana 

 are not confirmed by comparison of Jamaican specimens with Aublet's 

 original specimen in Herb. Mus. Brit. 



