L60 



FLORA OF JAMAICA 



Erythroxylon 



'2 cells abortive : ovule solitary. Styles 3, distinct or united at 

 the base. Drupe red, with 1 seed. 



Species nearly 200 ; distribution as in Family. 



Leaves with central area beneath included between 



2 longitudinal veins 1. E. areolatum. 



Leaves without 2 longitudinal veins. 

 Pedicels slender throughout. Apex of leaves 

 rounded. 



Leaves roundish-obovate, -5-3*5 cm. 1 2. E. roiundifolium. 



Leaves elliptical, 2-5-7 crn. 1 3. E. obovatum. 



Pedicels thickened upwards. 



Apex of leaves acute 4. E. incrassatum. 



Apex of leaves rounded 5. E. jamaicense. 



1. E. areolatum L. Syst. <><L 10, 1035 (1759) & Amoen. v. 379, 

 397 ; leaves with central area on the under side enclosed 

 between 2 longitudinal veins, commencing at the apex and more 

 or less continued to the base. Siv. Obs. Bot. 184 ; Descourt. FL 



Fig. 51. Erythroxylon areolatum L. 



A. Upper part of twig with stipules, D, Petal x 5. 



leaves and flowers X ^. E, Drupe, nat. size. 



B, Short-styled form of flower, petals 



removed x 4. 



C, Long-styled form of ditto x 4. 



F, Ditto cut across X 2. 



(After 0. E. Schulz, except D.) 



Ant. ri 260, t. 442 ; Macf, Jam. i. 144 ; Griseb. FL Er. W. Ind. 

 113 (excl. syn. and habitat); 0. E. Scluih in Urb. Symb. Ant. v. 

 193 & in Engl. Pflanzenreich iv. pt. 134, 63, fig. 13; Britton in 

 N. Amer. FL xxv. 63. (Fig. 51.) A specimen from Browne is 

 in Herb. Linn, named in Solander's hand. 



Red Wood. 



Browne \ Swartz ! Macfadyen ! Liguanea Plain, McNab ! Oersted ; near 

 Manchioneal, Wilson \ March ! King's House grounds, J.P. 1346, Morris ! 



