Kallstroemia 



ZYGOPHYLLACE.-E 



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St. Jago de la Vega, and elsewhere, Sloane Herb. iv. 22 ! Browne ! 

 Broughtan ! Shakspcar ! Distin ! St. Mary, IfcNab \ Prior ; Gordon Town, 

 Ball ! Lucea, Hitchcock ; Spanish Town road, Campbell ! Hope grounds, 

 Harris ! Fl. Jam. 5687, 6298, 6634, 6638. 



Stems and procumbent branches -! ft. long, more or less pubescent 

 with white hairs, especially at the nodes. Leaves : common petiole 

 1-4 cm. 1., the larger with 3-4 pairs of leaflets, the smaller with 2-3 pairs, 

 occasionally abortive ; leaflets somewhat unequal in size, the larger at the 

 apex of the leaf, 1-2 cm. 1., 3-9 mm. br., elliptical to narrowly elliptical, 

 unequal-sided especially the leaflets at the apex which are also very 



Fig. 54. Kallstroemia maxima Torr. & Gr. 



A, Flowering branch with leaves X ?. 



B, Flower with the petals and the five 



larger stamens adhering to them 

 removed x 5. 



C, Petal with its stamen x 2. 



D, Pistil and receptacle cut lengthwise 



X 5 ; '/, hypogynous disk. 



E, Fruit with the calyx, two of the cocci 



detached, X 3. 



F, A coccus cut leiiirthwi.se, showing the 



seed and emhryo, x 2. 

 (After A. Gray.) 



oblique, more or less glabrescent, the margins often hairy; stipules per- 

 sistent, 4-5 mm. 1. Flowers solitary ; peduncle about as long as, or a little 

 longer than, the opposite leaf. Sepals narrowly lanceolate or linear- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, increasing in length in fruit, but shrivelled, 

 4-6 mm. 1. /Wu-fo obovate, veiny, 6-8 mm. 1. Sta-mciix 3-4 mm. 1. 

 Fruit 8-9 mm. 1. ; cocci 4-5 mm. 1., rough with transverse ridges. 



