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FLORA <>F JAMAICA 



Adelia 



Stamens attached to a central prominence. Leavi 



oblong-obovate, or elliptical, or obovate 1. A. Ricinclla. 



Stamens attached to a central column. Leaves 

 oblanceolate :2, A. hn'miolandra. 



1. A. Ricinella L. Syst. ed. 10, 1298 (1759) & Amcen. v. 411, 

 .">83 ; leaves oblong-obovate, or obovate, or elliptical ; stamens 

 8-15, attached to a central prominence. Griseb. FL Br. W. Ind. 

 45 ; Urb. Si/mb. Ant. w. 346. A. foliis obovatis &c. Browne Hi fit. 

 Jam. 361. A. pedunculosa Eicli. in Sagra Cub. xi. 210 (1850). 

 Ricinella pedunculosa Muell. Arg. in Linnaea :cxxiu. 154 (1865) 



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Fig. 95. Adelia Ricinella L. 



A, Portion of stem with male flowers x |. E, Female flower with ovary ripening x 4. 



B, Male flower x 5. F, Coccus with seed x 2. 



C, Stamen x 10 G, Seed x 2. 



D, Portion of stem with female flowers x ri- 



& in DC. Prodr. xv. pt. 2, 729. Cucurbitifera arbor forte 

 Rhamni &c. Sloane Cat. 207 & Hist. ii. 17 o. (Fig. 95.) Type 

 in Herb. Linn., apparently from Browne. 



Wright ! Sicartzl arid plains, Westmoreland, Purdiel Watson's Hill, 

 Manchester, 800 ft. ; Negril ; between Town Savanna and Two Mile Wood, 

 Sloane Herb. vii. 109! Harris I FL Jam. 6378, 10,222, 10,234. Cuba, 

 Hispaniola, Porto Rico, St. Thomas, St. Cruz, St. Jan, St. Martin, Tobago. 



Tree 15-30 ft. high, or shrub 6-10 ft. ; branches with white bark, erect 

 to spreading, apex spiny, glabrous. Leaves 1 5-7 5 cm. 1. ; petiole 1-5 

 mm. 1. Hale flowers : Pedicel as long as, or longer than, the flower. 

 Calyx 2-5-3 mm. L, sepals unequal, oblong. Disk saucer-like, margin 

 orange-coloured. Female flowers : Pedicel 1-5 cm. 1. Sepals unequal, to 

 3 mm.l., lanceolate to linear. Oz/arT/tomentose. Capsule 8 mm. indiam., 



