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FLOHA OF JAMAH 'A 



ocouansa 



obtuse at both ends, margin with a few small teeth, somewhat revolute 

 when dry, without glands, papery-leathery, nerves and veins net-veined 

 on upper surface, midrib prominent beneath but venation indistinct ; 

 petioles about 4 mm. 1. ; stipules roundish-deltoid, about 1 mm. 1. 

 Inflorescence, male with about twenty bracts, terminal and axillary at 

 nodes from which the leaves have dropped, female not seen. Bracts : 

 male, roundish-ovate, minutely toothed. Male flowers: Sepals roundish- 

 rhomboid-ovate, margin irregular, minutely toothed. Bracts and sepals 

 deep crimson. 



24. SAPIUM Jac<[. 



Trees or shrubs, glabrous, with milky juice. Leaves alter- 

 nate, entire or obscurely denticulate, nerves (in Jamaican species) 

 almost at right angles to midrib, with or without 2 glands at 



A 



Fig. 109. Sapiuiii jamaicense s\\ . 



A, Leaves arcl inflorescence x i. D, Ditto with female flower x 5. 



B, Part of spike with young male flowers E, Capsules, nat. size. 



X 5. F, Coccus with columella and seed x 2. 



C, Ditto with male flowers x 5. G, Seed x '2. 



the apex of the petiole, with stipules. Flowers monoecious, with- 

 out petals, in terminal or lateral spikes or racemes. Male flowers 

 generally three in axil of each bract along the upper part of the 

 spike, which at length falls off; female, solitary in axil of each 

 bract, several in the lower part of the spike, or one only, or 

 none. Bracts often with glands on each side at the base. Disk 



wanting. 



Male flowers : Calyx small, shortly and unequally 



