Dendrocousinsia KlTIIORBIACE.!. 



solitary in each cell. Capsule subglobular, -I-furrowed, breaking 

 up into I'-valved cocci leaving a central axis. Seeds oblong, 

 smooth, carunculate. Fatrr. <( lii'ndb- in Journ. Bot. Ivii. 313 

 (1919). 



Species 3, natives of Jamaica. 



Leaves petiolate. 



Leaves 3*5-8 cm. 1., elliptical. Male spikes ter- 



minal ........................................................ 1. D. spicata. 



Leaves 2 '5-3 '5 cm. 1., ovate. Male spikes mostly 



axillary ................ ...................................... 3. D. alpina. 



Leaves sessile, 3-9 cm. 1., ovate ................................. '2. D. fasciculate. 



1. D. spieata Mill^>. in Pi, Id Columl,. JUW. B,,t. ii. 374 (1913 ; 

 F<ncr. -d- Hendle loc. cit.; leaves petiolate, 3*5-8 cm. 1., elliptical, 

 rounded or emarginate at both ends, margin distinct, revolute : 

 inflorescence terminal; female inflorescence 2-3 '5 cm. 1., with 

 a cup-shaped gland at each side of the bract. (Fig. 108.) Type 

 in Field Museum. 



On limestone rocks, Peckham, Clarendon, 2500 ft., 7/r//v;.s! Fl. Jam. 

 10,980, 10,981, 11,204, 12,777. 



Slinib or tree, 9 to 15 ft. high, glabrous. Leaves 3*5-8 cm. 1., elliptical, 

 rounded or emarginate at both ends, marginal portion distinctly marked 

 and sometimes revolute, margin entire, with glandular points like 

 undeveloped teeth, leathery, midrib prominent beneath ; petioles 3-6 

 mm. 1. ; stipules represented by disk-like glands. Bracts with a fleshy 

 cup-shaped gland on each side. Male spikes to 10 cm. 1., somewhat thick. 

 Mai-. 1 jlou.'cm sessile. Stamens spreading. Female inflorescence 2-3*5 

 cm. 1. Female flowers subsessile ; pedicels 1-4 mm. 1. Calyx-lobes fleshy, 

 sometimes with glands. Styles recurved at apex. Capsule 7-8 mm. in 

 diam., 7 mm. high, dark brown, smooth. Seeds 4 mm. 1., dark grey. 



2. D. fasciculata Millty- in Field Colnml. M//*. Bot. ii. 37-~> 

 (1913); Fairt'. (( l\<'Yt<llr loc. cit.; leaves sessile, 3-9 cm. 1., ovate, 

 sometimes elliptical or oblong, obtuse at both ends ; f finale 

 inflorescence terminal, a sessile cluster surrounded by three 

 clustered leaves, with a prong-like gland at each side of the bract. 

 Type in Herb. Xew York Bot. Ganl. 



Dolphin Head, 1800 ft., Harris I Fl. Jam. 10,200. 



Tree 15 ft. high, glabrous. Leaves 3-9 cm. 1., sessile, ovate, sometime 

 oblong or elliptical, obtuse at both ends, entire, papery-leathery, midrib 

 prominent beneath, venation -prominulous, alternate below, opposite' and 

 three in a cluster on flowering branches. Fmialr in_rh -uV 



cluster surrounded by three clustered leaves. Femalt jloiiYrx sessile or 

 subsessile. Calyx about 2 mm. 1., sepals 3, very broadly ovate, blunt 

 lobes, closely adpressed to the ovary, fleshy especially below. Styles united 

 at the base, spreading, recurved. Mul< /-' <it not seen. 



">. D. alpina Finer. /I' li.mllr lor. rit. ,* leave-, petiolate. 



2*5 3*5 cm. ]., o\ate, sometimes elliptical, obtuse at both rmU : 

 male inflorescence terminal and axillary at nodes from \vliich 

 the leave^ have dropped. Type in Herb. .lam. 



John Crow IVuk, P.lue Mts., GOOO ft., Harris'. Fl. Jam. I:.','. -or.. 

 7V- -j IS ft. high, glabrous. Lea '.- _ - :5*5 cm. 1., ovate to elliptical, 



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