228 FLORA OF JAMAICA Malpi yl i. i < < 



crests equal in length, lateral broader, middle crest thick, the 

 spaces between with more or less prominent irregular transverse 

 ri dices ; commissural rid^e shorter than the crests at the base, 



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sharp-pointed at the apex. Niedenzu t<>m. cit. 12; Small 

 1">7. Miller's specimen, the type, is in Herb. Mus. Brit. 



Sloanc Herb. vii. opp. 32 ! Broivnel Wright I Halfway Tree to Spanish 

 Town, 200 ft., Harris ! Fl. Jam. 10,048. Cuba, Mexico. 



The specimen from Browne in the Linnean Herbarium is named 

 j[. angustifolia by Linnffius. But M. angustifolia L. is M. linearis Jacq., 

 a species with much narrower leaves, which is found only in the Lesser 

 Antilles. 



Sepals ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 2-5-3 mm. 1. ; glands 6, about 2 rnm. 1. 

 Petals purple. 



6. M. biflora Pair, in Lam. Encyc. iv. 326 (1797); leaves 

 with stinging hairs (2-6 mm. 1.) beneath, parallel with midrib, 

 otherwise glabrous, elliptical or elliptical-oblong to lanceolate. 

 apex acute to acuminate, base obtuse, membranous or papery, 

 subsessile, 2-12 cm. 1. ; flowers 2-5, in stalked corymbs 

 (or umbels) ; peduncle 15-4 mm. 1. ; pedicels 6-20 mm. 1. ; blade 

 if one petal roundish, 6-7 mm. 1., claw 3-5 mm. 1., limb of the 

 rest subhastate-ovate, 3-5 mm. 1., claw 2-3 mm. 1. ; drupe about 

 8 mm. 1. and in diam. at base, when dry triangular-pyramidal 

 with 9 prominent crests ; pyrenes 3-winged, the median wing 

 longer and usually much broader than the lateral wings, in the 

 spaces between transverse raised lines, parts of which sometimes 

 become warty ; commissural ridge subequal or somewhat shorter 

 than the wings at the base. Small torn. cit. 158. M. punicifolia 

 Gav. Diss. 406, t. 134, /. 2 (1789) (non L.). M. urens JIacf. 

 Jam. i. 146 (1837) (non L.}. M. oxycocca Griseb. op. cit. 117 

 (1859); Niedenzu torn. cit. 13. Type of M. oxycocca Griseb. in 

 Herb. Kew. 



Cowhage or Cowitch Cherry. 



Wright \ woods near Bath, Purdie\ Wilson; Prior; above Gordon 

 Town; Windward Road ; Cinchona; Fawcettl road to Troy, 1400ft. ; Cave 

 river valley, 400 ft. ; Mulgrave, 1200 ft. ; Harris ! Fl. Jam. 9409, 9625, 

 12,372. Cuba. 



Shrub 3-8 ft. high ; youngest twigs villose with adpressed white hairs, 

 older glabrescent, at length glabrate. Sepals ovate, obtuse, puberulous or 

 glabrate, villose at base or just below glands, 2-5 mm. 1. ; glands 6, 2 mm. L 

 Petals purplish. 



7. M. Harrisii Small in Torreya xiii. 77 (1913); leaves 

 glabrous, elliptical to broadly elliptical, apex obtuse, sometimes 

 rounded or acute, base rounded, somewhat leathery, 7-12 cm. L, 

 4-6 5 cm. br. ; petiole 4-7 mm. 1. ; racemes clustered, sub- 

 corymbose, many-flowered, pedunculate ; pedicels jointed, lower 

 joint 5-6 mm. 1., upper 2 5-1 5 cm. 1. ; petals to 12 or 13 mm. 1. : 

 apex of styles hammer-shaped. 



