2GL' FLORA OF JAMAH A Phyllanttius 



Sw. Prodr. '28 (17^$). Specimen from Swartz in Herb. Mus. 

 Brit., also one named by him in Herb. Stockholm. 



On limestone rocks in the west, Swartz \ Pedro district, St. Ann, 

 Piirdicl Cascade of Falls R. near Kingston, Prior ! near Troy, 2000 ft. ; 

 Holly Mount, Mt. Diablo, 2700 ft. ; Dolphin Head, 1600 ft. ; Fray 

 Woods, 1650-1800 ft. ; Peckham, Clarendon, 2500 ft. ; Harris \ Fl. Jam. 

 8736, 8986, 9251, 10,338, 10,991, 11,013, 12,797. 



Shrub or tree 5-25 ft. high. Scaly cone, at apex of branches and 

 penultimate branches scarcely as broad as upper part of branch. Scab- 

 leaves and stipules minute, 1-1 '5 mm. 1., deltoid, very deciduous. Flower- 

 ing brandies varying much in size and form, lanceolate to oblong or 

 elliptical, 5-15 cm. 1., 1-4 cm. br., outline wavy, notched almost through 

 their whole length ; notches usually indistinct, shallow ; veins oblique, 

 close together. Normal leaves occasionally occurring, elliptical, 7-10 mm. 

 1., on branches very slightly expanded or broad like the flowering branches. 

 Flowers many in a cluster, 4-12 male, 1 female. Pedicels 2 mm. 1. to 

 shorter than the calyx. Male flowers : Sepals 5(4), pale red, 1-1-2 mm. 1., 

 more or less unequal, broadly elliptical, somewhat leathery. Disk of 

 fleshy glands somewhat concave at apex. Anthers 3, sessile, cells united 

 at back, opening horizontally. Female flowers : Sepals 5, dark purple, 

 somewhat leathery, roundish or ovate-roundish, unequal, 1-1 '2 mm. 1. 

 Disk of 5 separate flat elliptical glands. Capsule globular, 4 mm. in diam. 

 Seeds light brown, 2 mm. 1. 



c. Flowering branches in 2 vertical rows ; penultimate 

 branches modified, deciduous. 



16. P. angustifolius Sw. FL Incl Occ. 1111 (1800) ; pedicels 

 '2-o mm. 1. ; sepals 1-1 '5 mm. 1.; filaments united usually 

 above the middle, free above ; anther-cells separate ; styles 

 3 or 4, united at the base, recurved, cut halfway into 2-4 

 narrow branches, and often subdivided. Griseb. loc. cit. ; MuelL 

 Arg. torn. cit. 430 (incl. vars.). Phyllanthus foliis angustis &c. 

 Browne Hist. Jam. 188(?). Xylophylla angustifolia Sw. Prodr. 

 28 (1788) & Ic. ined. t, 36 ; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 577. X. elongata 

 Jacq. Hort. Schoenbr. Hi. 54, t. 348 (1798); Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 

 1091. X. montana Bot. Mag. t. 2652 (1826) (non Sw.}. Speci- 

 mens from Swartz in Herb. Mus. Brit, and in Herb. Stockholm. 

 Specimen apparently from Browne in Herb. Linn, named 

 Phyllanthus Epiphyllanthus in Solander's hand. 



Barham in Herb. Sloane clxii. 285 ! Brougliton ! stony and rocky 

 places in the west, Swartz ! Macfadycnl Distinl Yallahs R., Purdie\ 

 Lanel Lucea, Hitchcock ; Sheldon, Blue Mts. ; near Hagley Gap, 1600 ft. ; 

 near Cinchona ; Yardley Chase, 1600 ft. ; near lighthouse, Negril ; Orange 

 Bay Point, Hanover; Harris ! Fl. Jam. 5830, 8592, 9666, 10,233, 10,262.- 

 Culoa. 



Shrub, 2-10 ft. high. Bark of young twigs reddish-brown, becoming 

 ash-coloured. Scaly cone up to three times as broad as the upper portion of 

 twig, somewhat globular. Scale leaves linear, acuminate, about 3 mm. 1. ; 

 stipules broadly triangular, acute or blunt, about 3 mm. 1., ciliate with 

 rusty-red pubescence. Penultimate branches usually 6-11 cm. 1., l'5-2 

 mm. br., apical flowering branches generally paired ; sometimes (var. 



