194 



FLORA OF JAMAICA 



Spathelia 



the lower half. S. simplex L. Sp. PL ed. 2, 386 (1762) ; Gsertn 

 Frnct. /. 278, /. 58; Willd. Sp. PI. i. 1496; Hort. Kew. ed. 2, {/. 

 171 ; Lnn. Hort. Jam, i. 524; Bot. Reg. t. 670; Macf. Jam. i. 

 234 ; Planch, in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. v. 581 ; Grisi'b. Fl. Br. 

 W. Ind. 140 (excl. syn. S. glabrescens) ; P. Wils. in N. Amer. 

 Fl. xxv. 208, & in Torreija xi. 263. Acer! aut paliuro affinis arbor 

 caudice non ramoso, foliis sorbi, &c. Sloane Cat. 138 & Hist. ii. 



Fig. 61. Spathelia sorbifolia L. 



A, Small portion of inflorescence with a 



small leaf x |. 



B, Stamen X 3. 



C, Stamen of S. glabrescens X 3. 



I), A sterile pistil of male flowers X 5. 

 E, Fertile pistil of hermaphrodite flower 

 X 3. 



F, A cross-section of same x 5 ; r, resin- 



canals ; c, cells with ovules. 



G, Fruit X . 



H. A cross-section of same X 2 ; r, resin- 

 canals ; a, abortive cells ; s, seed. 



(A after Bot. Reg. ; B, C, after P. Wilson.) 



28, t. 171. Spathe caudice simplici, fronde pinnata comosa, 

 racemo spatiosissimo laxo terminal! Browne Hist. Jam. 187. 

 Bev. J. Lindsay Ic. ined. 



Hope river, Liguanea, Sloane Herb. v. 101, 102! Browne; Sliakspear \ 

 Purdiel March; Hope, Campbell I hillsides, Gordon Town, Britton, 1! 

 also Harris ! Fl. Jam. 6421, 9375. 



Tree, 20-25 ft. high, diameter 3 inches near the base. Leaves 4-10(-15) 

 dm. 1. ; rhachis velvety ; leaflets 45-81, alternate, subopposite, oblong, 

 sessile, 2 cm.-2 dm. 1., 1-4 cm. br., coarsely crenulate with a gland at the tip 

 of each crenature, truncate to subcordate at the base, apex acuminate, 

 sometimes rounded. Panicle very large, to 18 dm. high, and 24 dm. in 

 diam., branches velvety. Sepals elliptical to obovate-elliptical, glandular 



