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FLORA OF -JAMAICA 



Omplialea 



petiolar part shorter than blade with two glands at apex. Anthers 2. 

 Ovary tomentose. Capsule as large as an orange. Seeds 4*5 cm. 1. and 

 br., 3 cin. thick, obtusely convex on the back, very obtusely keeled on the 

 ventral side, flat on the inner face (Muell. Arg.). 



23. DENDROCOUSINSIA Millsp. 



Small trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, opposite or whorled, 

 shortly petiolate or sessile, entire, or with small teeth, leathery 

 or papery-leathery, pinnate- veined. Spikes terminal, or terminal 

 axillary, solitary or clustered. Flowers dioecious, without petals, 



A, End of branch with leaves and female 



inflorescence X ft. 



B, Part of male inflorescence X 5. 



Fig. 108. Dendroeousinsia spicata Millsp. 



C, Stamen with sepal and glandular fringe 



X 10. 



D, Female flower x 5. 



E, Coccus with seed x 2. 



F, Seed x 2. 



small, solitary in the axil of each bract ; male sessile, female 

 sessile or subsessile. Bracts very short, with a gland on each 

 side. Disk represented by a fringe of small glandular hairs. 

 Male flowers : Sepals small, distinct, membranous, open before 

 flowering. Stamens 3 ; filaments free ; anther-cells distinct, 

 parallel, contiguous, opening longitudinally, attached at the base 

 to the filament. Rudiment of ovary wanting. Female flowers : 

 Calyx 3-parted or 3-lobed. Ovary 3-celled ; styles 3, united 

 very shortly below, or free, spreading or revolute above ; ovules 



