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FLORA OF JAMAICA 



Alvaradoa 



A, Portion of branch of A. jamaicensis 



Benth. with leaves and raceme of 

 capsules x i. 



B, Diagram of male flower. 



C, Male flower of A. amorphoides Liebm. 



X 6. 



Fig. 67. Alvaradoa. 



D, Female flower of ditto x 4. 



E, Capsule of A. jamaicensis, nat. size. 



F, Ditto cut open to show seed X 2. 



G, Embryo of ditto X 4. 



H, Seed of ditto cut lengthwise x 4. 



A. jamaieensis Benth. PL Hartw. 344 (1857) ; Griseb. FL Br. 

 W. Ind. 141; Urb. Symb. Ant. v. 379, /. 5; Small in N. Amer. 

 FL xxv. 239. 



St. Ann, Purdie ! Union Hill, Moneague, 2000 ft., Prior ! March ; 

 Schwallenburgh, St. Ann, 2200 ft. ; Mount Diablo ; Holly Mount, 2600ft.; 

 road to Holly Mount, 2000 ft. ; Harris ! Fl. Jain., 7037, 8493, 8903, 8982. 



Shrub or small slender tree, 3-25 ft. high. Leaves, 1-2 dm. 1. Leaflets, 

 15-45, leathery, oblong or oblong-elliptical, 1-3-5 cm. 1., gradually becoming 

 smaller towards the base of the rhachis, glabrous, apex emarginate, lower 

 surface lighter-coloured, margin revolute. Stamens twice as long as calyx 

 (fide Grisebach). Capsules ovate-roundish, glabrous. Flowers not seen. 



