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FLORA OF JAMAICA 



Picramnia 



Species about 25, natives of tropical America, including the 

 "West Indies. 



Floral parts in 3's 1. P. Antidesma. 



Floral parts in 5's 2. P. pentandra. 



1. P. Antidesma Sw. Prodr. 27 (1788); parts of the flowers 

 in 3's ; clusters of flowers in racemes, simple or 2 -branched 

 near the base, usually longer than the leaves. Siu. Fl. InfL 



Fig. 66. Picramnia Antidesina Sw. 



A, Portion of leaf X ?. 



B, Portion of inflorescence x . 



C, Male flower x 10. 



D, Female flower x 10. 



E, Berry x 2 ; s, seed ; e, embryo. 



Occ. 218, t. 4 ; Nacf. Jam. i. 224 ; Planch, in Hook. Lond. Journ, 

 Bot. v. 578 ; Griseb. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 141 ; Small in N. Amer. 

 FL xxv. 236. P. triandra Stokes Mat. Med. iv. 535 (1812). 

 Berberis fructu fruticoso tfcc. Sloane Cat. 170 & Hist. ii. 101, 

 t. 208, /. 2. Antidesma &c. Browne Hist. Jam. 123. Cicca 

 macrostachya Bentli. Bot. Voy. Sulpli. 166 (1844). (Fig. 66.) 

 There is a specimen from Jamaica from Swartz in Herb. Mus. Brit. 



Ma joe Bitter, Macary Bitter. 



Between St. Jago de la Vega and Passage Fort ; Angels ; Sloane Herb, 

 vii. 22 (& opp. 21)! Broughtonl Swartz ! Macfadyenl Distinl Great 

 Valley, Manchester, Purdie ! Prior ! March ! Silver Hill : Mt. Diablo ; 

 Mona woodland, 600 ft. ; Long Mountain, 900 ft. ; Stanmore Hill, Malvern, 

 2400 ft. ; between Hardware Gap and Kose Hill, 3700 ft. ; Harris ! Fl. 

 Jam. 5434, 7028, 8855, 9058, 9754, 9770, 9949, 10,136; Union Hill, 

 Moneague, Britton and Hollick, 2801 ! Central America. Swartz gives 

 Hispaniola also, as a habitat. 



