3o- FLORA OF JAMAICA 



II'.' 1 .), 1355, r.reen Valley, J.P. 1407, Robeitsfield J.P. 1408, 

 Liguanea plain, 050 ft., Camjihcll ! also Brit ton ; Rarnble, St. Anns, 

 1700ft., Fmrcctt ^ Harris I Sheldon; Grove, near Gordon Town, 800 ft. ! 

 Long Mt., 900 ft. ; Quarry near the Ferry ; Peckham, Clarendon, 2500 ft. ; 

 Crofts Mt., Clarendon, 2500 ft. ; Lititz Savanna, 300-900 ft. ; Jffirna ! John 

 Crow (Blake) Mts., Harris <( Brittonl Kingston, J>ritton\ Fl. Jam. 5095, 

 ,5754, G240, 7023, 8644, 8946, 8947, 10,387, 10,757, 11,173, 11,182, 11,210, 

 11,213, 11,215, 11,224, 11,769. 



Shrub or tree 6-30 ft. high (sometimes a large forest tree). Leaves 2-5- 

 10 cm. 1., roundish-elliptical to lanceolate-elliptical, entire or occasionally 

 very bluntly glandular- serrulate, without glands at the base, somewhat 

 leathery, shining on upper surface ; nerves and veins more or less pro- 

 minulous on the upper surface; petiole 1-10 mm. 1. Flowers described 

 as dioecious, but certainly sometimes monoecious, male green, anthers 

 yellow. Male spikes 3-9 cm. 1., solitary or 2-3 together in axils of leaves, 

 sessile or shortly stalked. Bracts small, transversely elliptical, with a 

 large fleshy gland on each side, 1-flowered, united to the short peduncle. 

 Jjracteoles (sepals of some authors) 2, unequal. Stamens 2 or 3; filaments 

 short. Female racemes 1-2 cm. 1., lax-flowered, axillary,' 5-7-flowered. 

 Bracts broad, with a gland on each side, 1-flowered. Pedicel 2-4 mm. 1., 

 not increasing in length in fruit. Bracteoles (sepals of some authors) 3-4. 

 Ovary sessile above the bracteoles. Styles shortly united below, free parts 

 recurved. Capsule 5-6 mm. L, 7-8 mm. in diam., 3-lobed-globular. Seeds 

 about 5 mm. L, about 3 mm. br., ellipsoidal, greyish-black; caruncle flat, 

 white, about 1 mm. in diam. 



4. G. Integra nom. nov. ; leaves 4 5-9 cm. 1., obovate-elliptical 

 to elliptical, abruptly and shortly acuminate, leathery, nerves 

 slightly prominent especially beneath, veins somewhat indistinct 

 especially beneath ; bracts : male roundish, broader than long, 

 not glandular, or sometimes slightly swollen at base with a 

 oninute lateral gland, 3-flowered, uppermost with 1 flower, 

 female roundish-ovate with tw r o groups of several minute pinkish 

 stipular glands ; filaments united at base ; ovary sessile on the 

 bracteole, shortly stalked above, the bract, not increasing in 

 fruit. Gymnanthes glandulosa Pax in Engl. Pflanzenreicli iv. 

 147. v. 83 (1912) non Muell. Arg. Excrecaria glandulosa Griseb. 

 Fl. Br. W. Ind. 51 (1859) (non Sw.). Sebastiania glandulosa Muell. 

 Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv.pt. 2, 1186 (1866). 



Near Browns Town ; limestone hills, St. Anns ; Prior 857 ! March 

 1459! Dolphin Head, 1800ft.; Crofts Mt., Clarendon, 2500ft.; Harris I 

 Fl. Jam. 10,159, 11,225. 



Tree 15-30 ft. high. Leaves 4*5-9 cm. L, obovate-elliptical to elliptical, 

 abruptly and shortly acuminate, base rounded or subcordate to wedge- 

 shaped and unequal-sided, margin entire, revolute, without glands, 

 leathery, nerves slightly prominent especially beneath, veins somewhat 

 indistinct especially beneath ; petioles 3-8 mm. L, thick. Inflorescence 

 apparently dioecious, male with several bracts, to 15, axillary, female with 

 1 or 2 flowers, terminal. Bracts : male roundish, broader than long, not 

 glandular or rarely slightly swollen at base with a minute lateral gland at 

 base, 3-flowered, uppermost bracts with 1 flower ; female roundish-ovate, 

 with 2 groups of several minute pinkish glands in the place of stipules. 

 Male flowers each with or without 1 dentate bracteole (sepal of some 

 authors). Stamens 3(-4). Filaments much shorter than the anthers, 



