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Casearia odorata Macf. inermis, ramis hornotinis brevissime v. 

 minute pilosulis; stipulis lanceolatis v. lineari-lanceolatis acutis v. bre- 

 viter subulatis 1 1,5 mm. longis; foliis 4 6 mm. longe petiolatis, 

 anguste ovatis, obovatis v. subrhombeis, basi acuta parum v. manifeste 

 in petiolum angustatis, apice vix v. mediocriter acuminatis, acumine 

 obtusissimo , interdum leviter emarginato, 3,5 8,5 cm. longis, 2 3,5 cm. 

 latis, margine plus minus manifeste crenulatis, crassiuscule chartaceis; 

 floribus in axillis foliorimi (saepius delapsorum) 4 10( 15) fascicu- 

 latis, pedicellis 4 5 mm. longis supra v. sub medio articulatis; sepalis 

 4 5 mm. longis, basi 0,6 0,8 mm. longe connatis, elliptico-oblongis, 

 apice obtusis; staminibus 8 cum staminodiis supra basin calycis ab- 

 euntibus et cum iis in Ys alt. in tubum connatis, staminodiis latiuscule 

 linearibus dense pubescentibus; ovario ovato, sensim in stylum dimidio 

 longiorem attenuato. 



Casearia odorata Macf. Flor. Jam. I (1837) p. 215 (ex descript. 

 optima), noji Teijsm. et Binn. (1855). 



' Casearia ramiflora var. spinosa Griseh.! Flor. (1859) p. 24 



(p. p.). 



Frutex 2 3,3 m. altus. Eami saepius horizontaliter divaricati teretes 

 paree striati, brunei v. grisei, lenticellis parvis oltecti, hornotini pube lire- 

 vissima patula v. suberecta obsiti. Stipulae satis persistentes pallidae 

 pilosiae. Folia in ramis floriferis disticha, petiolis gracilibus, 0,5 mm. 

 crassis, supra leviter v. vix sicatis pilosulis, nervo medio supra infeme 

 parum, superne magis prominente, lateralibus utroque latere 6 7 utrinque 

 prominentibus et reticulato-anastomosantibus, crenis depressis antice mucro- 

 nulum deciduum gerentibus, margine plana, pellucido- punctata, lineolis parcis 

 V. parcissimis intermixtis, praesertim supra nitida, subtns ad nervs minute 

 V. obsolete pilosula. Pedicelli ca. 0,2 mm. crassi, sub articulatione dense 

 et brevissime, superne parcius v. parcissime pilosuli; liracteae ovatae v. sub- 

 orbiculares 1 1,5 mm. longae; prophylla nulla. Sepala \iridi-alba (ex 

 Macf.), dorso minute et parce adpresseque pilosula, tuVio Itreviter semi- 

 globoso, in aestivatione quincuncialiter imbricata, sub anthesi erecta v. patentia, 

 crassiuscule cliartacea, lineolis et sub apice punctis flavidis notata. Sta- 

 mina 8 subhypogyna, tubo ca. 1 mm. longo; filamenta quoad libera 1,5 2 mm. 

 longa glal>ra; antherae anguste ovatae in Y3 alt. affixae, vix 0,5 mm. longae, 

 apice ad dorsum glanduloso-incrassatae. Staminodia quoad libera 1 mm. 

 longa densissime pubescentia. Ovarium breviter et suberecto-pilosum; pla- 

 centae 3; Ovula numerosa placentis ca. 4-seriatim affixa. Stylus 1,5 mm. 

 longus inferne sensim incrassatus glaber; stigma fere 3-plo crassius, vertice 

 concaviusculum. 



Hab. in Jamaica: Alexander, Purdie, Swartz (hb. Holm.), in 

 Yallah's Yalley 500 m. alt. m. Jun. flor., in Green Valley m. Oct. flor., 

 ad Cascade Rock m. Sept. fl.: Harris n. 5744, 6595, 8155, in savannahs 

 vulgaris ad St. Thomas in the Vale, in Port Royal mountains, m. Aug., 

 Sept. flor.: ex Macf. 



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