L'58 FLORA OF JAMAICA PhyllantJnin 



9. P. cladanthus MuclL Ar<j. in Linmra, xxxii, 46 (1863) A: 

 in DC. Pro<lr. .( r. ^//. 2, 413 ; slender tree, 21-30 ft. high; trunk 

 at base not more than 1 dm. in diam. tapering to 2'5 cm. at 

 apex ; branches 3 or 4 at intervals, erect ; leafy branchlets 

 several crowded together at apex of trunk and branches ; leaves 

 about 1 dm. 1., about 4 cm. br. ; flowers in racemes or panicles, 

 2-5 together from small knobs on the main trunk and some- 

 times on the branches ; sepals of male flower 4 (or 5), unequal, 

 1-2 mm. 1. ; anthers 3-4, united at the apex, diverging towards 

 the base ; sepals of female flower 5 ; ovary oblong-ovoid ; stigmas 

 sessile, broad, spreading, reflexed. P. cauliflorus Griseb. Fl. Br. 

 W. Ind. 33 (1859) (in part). Type in Herb. Kew. 



Wilson \ near Troy, 2500 ft., Harris \ John Crow (Blake) Mts,, eastern 

 slopes of south end, Harris & Brittonl Fl. Jam. 8722, 8^61, 10^7. 



Leaves ovate-elliptical, acuminate ; stipules broadly triangular, thick, 

 persistent, about 4 mm. 1. and br. Pedicels several in clusters along the 

 rhachis. Glands of male flower concave upwards, with irregular fleshy 

 margin. Staminal column thick ; sepals of female flower fleshy, elliptical 

 to ovate, blunt. Glands of female flower small, linear-oblong in outline. 



10. P. cauliflorus Griseb. Fl, Br. W. Ind. 33 (1859) (in part) ; 

 Jluell. Arg. in Linn sea xxxii. 46 (1863) & in DC. Prodr. xv.pt. 2, 

 412; tree about 20 ft. high; trunk 5 cm. in diam., bearing 

 branches from the apex (like Comocladia or Spathelia) and 

 the racemes below ; branches simple, 1 * 5-3 dm. 1., angled 

 but not flattened; leaves 8-13 cm. 1., 3-5 cm. br. ; flowers 

 in racemes or panicles which spring 23 together from small 

 scaly knobs on the main trunk ; sepals of male flower 4, sub- 

 equal, about 1*5 mm. 1., yellowish-green ; anthers 2, united at 

 apex of column, diverging obliquely below ; sepals of female 

 flower 5, unequal, 1 ' 2-1 * 7 mm. 1. ; ovary cylindrical-ellipsoidal, 

 the base 3-celled, the upper portion elongating to form a stout 

 column after fertilization ; stigmas sessile, flat, broadly triangular, 

 with prominent lateral angles. Omphalea cauliflora Sw. Prodr. 

 95 (1788). Epistylium cauliflorum Sw. Fl, Ind. Occ, 1099, t, 22, 

 fig. e, f } It (1798). Omphalea Epistylium Poir. Encyc. Suppl. iv. 



140 (1816) (in part). A specimen from Swartz named by him 

 in Herb. Stockholm, and one in Herb. Mus. Brit. 



Mts. in west, Swartz \ 



Leaves elliptical to oblong, acute or acuminate ; petiole about 5 mm. 1. ; 

 stipules broadly triangular, thick, persistent, 2 mm. br., 1*5 mm. 1. 

 Racemes 6-15 cm. 1. Pedicels 12-20, about 3 mm. 1. in clusters on minute 

 tubercles. Glands of male flower fleshy, grooved along the upper face. 

 Staminal column about half as long as the calyx. Sepals of female flower 

 elliptical-oblong to ovate, fleshy, blood-red, persistent. Capsule (fide 

 Swartz) oblong, obtusely 3-cornered, attenuated at the apex; seeds 2 in 

 each cell. 



11. P. axillaris Nuell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. pt. 2, 412 

 (1866); shrub 2-4 ft. high; branches flattened towards the 



