

FLOKA OF JAMAICA 



1. SURIANA L. 



Sea-shore shrub, covered with capitellate mixed with simple 

 hair-. Leaves alternate, clustered together, simple, linear- 

 .-pathulate, thick, without stipules. Flowers subterminal, hidden 

 V>v the leaves, solitary or few in a raceme, yellow, hermaphrodite. 

 Calyx 5-cleft, imbricate, persistent. Petals 5, as long as the 

 calyx, imbricate. Stamens 10, hypogynous, the 5 opposite the 

 petals shorter and sometimes without anthers. Ovary of 

 distinct carpels, the styles springing from near the base, free. 

 Ovules 2 in each cell, ascending from the base. Ripe carpels 

 3-5, surrounded by the calyx, 1 -seeded ; endocarp hard and 

 brittle. Seeds ascending. Embryo horseshoe-shaped ; cotyledons 

 flattish ; radicle long, superior, descending to the hilum. 



Species 1, found on all tropical sea-shores. 



S. maritima L. Sp. PL 284 (1753); Jacq. Sel. Stir p. Amer. 

 140; Sw. Obs. Bot. 185; Macf. Jam. L 235; Griseb. FL Br. W. 

 Lid, 58 ; Engl. in FL Bras. xii. pt. 2, 202 ; Urb. Symb, Ant. iv. 

 321; Engl. in EngL-Prantl Pftzfam. Hi. pt. 4, 208, /. 119; 

 P. Wile, in N. Amer. FL xxv. 225 ; Guppy Plants d-c. W. Indies, 



Fig. 62. Suriana maritima L. 



A, Portion of branch with inflorescence 



and leaves x |. 



B, Flower with part of the calyx and 



corolla and one stamen removed x 4. 



(A, C, D, E after Engler.) 



C, Pistil cut lengthwise x 6. 



I), One of the carpels cut across X 6. 



E, Ripe nutlet cut lengthwise X 2. 



F, Hair from calyx enlarged. 



