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FLORA OF JAMAICA 



Esenbeclda 



Clarendon, 2500 ft. ; Ipswich, St. Elizabeth, 900 ft. ; Harris \ Fl. Jam. 

 5629, 56G4, 7057, 8209, 9074, 10,285, 11,195, 12,3G7. 



Tree 25-80 ft. high. Leaflets elliptical to oblong-elliptical, rarely 

 obovate, 1-2 dm. 1., glabrous. Panicles 2-5-branched, terminal. Sepals 5, 



B 



Fig. 58. Esenbeckia pentaphylla Griseb. 



A, Leaf X \. E, Capsule from which the seeds 



B, Inflorescence X have fallen x . 



C, Flower X 3. F, Seed x . 



D, Ditto cut lengthwise X 4. 



varying in form, roundish to transversely oblong-elliptical, 1-1-1-2 mm. 1. 

 Petals oblong-elliptical, pale yellow or yellowish-white, about 3-3 -5 mm. 1. 

 Capsule 3*5-4-5 cm. br., 5-beaked at the apex, coarsely wrinkled, some- 

 times with small tubercles near the base ; endocarp loose. Seeds blackish- 

 brown, compressed, somewhat deltoid, about 1*2 cm. 1. 



[GLYCOSMIS Correa. 



Shrubs or trees without prickles. Leaves alternate, pinnate 

 or 1-foliolate, Avith numerous pellucid dots. Panicles axillary. 

 Flowers small. Calyx 5-cleft, lobes imbricate. Petals 5, free, 

 imbricate. Stamens 10, free. Ovary sessile on the disk, 2-5- 

 celled ; ovules one in each cell, pendulous. Berry with 1-3 seeds. 

 Seeds without endosperm. 



Species about 10, natives of tropical Asia and Australia. 



G. pentaphylla DC. Prodr. i. 538 (1824); Hook. f. FL Br. 

 Ind. i 499; P. Wils. in N. Amer. FL xxv. 215. G. citrifolia 

 LindL Trans. Hort. Soc. LoncL vi. 72 (1826). G. cochinchinensis 

 Pierre ex Engl. in EnyL-Prantl Pfizfam. Hi. pt. 4, 185, /. 106 



