24 FLOKA OF JAMAICA Piper 



B. Leaves pcnnincrvcd scarcely beyond the lower half; petiole 



ivithout margins. 



7. P. otophyllum C. DC. in Urb. Symb. Ant. Hi. 196 (1902); 

 leaves at the base ^ely unequal-sided, the longer side auriculate 

 and covering the stalk. 



Jointy Benna. 



Between Cinchona and Morse's Gap, Faiccett ! Latimer, near Cinchona, 

 5000 ft. ; Brj^an's Hill, 3000 ft. ; DoUwood ; Harris ! Fl. Jam. 5108, 8159, 

 8197, 8329, 83i9. 



Shrub 6-8 ft. high. Branches villose. Leaves elliptical or ovate- 

 elliptical, the shorter side at base rounded or subacute, apex acuminate, 

 villous on both sides, especially on the nerves below, the older leaves 

 bullulate, rough above, penninerved in lower half, papery (when dry), with 

 numerous pellucid dots, 8-15 cm. 1., 4-8 cm. br. ; stalk villous, below the 

 limb 1-9 mm. 1., between the sides of the limb 2-5 mm. 1. Spike nearly 

 as long, or as long, as the leaf ; peduncle glabrous, generally longer than 

 the leaf-stalk. 



Form troyana form. nov. ; leaves above smooth, glabrate, 

 below hirtellous with adpressed hairs especially on the nerves ; 

 stalk puberulous ; branches at first puberulous, then glabrate or 

 roughish. 



Near Troy, 1500 ft., Harris ! Fl. Jam. 8545. 



8. P. Ledebourii var. jamaieense C. DC. torn. cit. 182 (1902) ; 

 leaves at the base slightly unequal-sided, on both sides acute ; 

 branches glabrous. 



Hills above Kingston, 490 ft., Lehmann. 



Shrub 6 ft. high. Leaves oblong-elliptical, acuminate, glabrous on 

 upper surface, with a few adpressed hairs on nerves and veins underneath, 

 with a few pellucid dots, to 13 cm. 1., 5 cm. br. ; stalks glabrous, below the 

 limb 5 mm. 1., between the sides of the limb almost 3 mm. 1. Spikes a 

 little shorter than the leaf ; peduncle glabrous, shorter than the whole 

 petiole. 



9. P. aduneum L. Spj- PI- 29 (1753) ; leaves oblong-elliptical 

 to lanceolate, at base rounded or subcordate ; spikes more or 

 less curved ; branches puberulous or glabrate. Wright Mem. 

 247 ; Haw. Succ. 3; C. DC. in Urb. Symb. Ant. Hi. 184, iv. 185. 

 P. longura folio nervoso &c. Sloane Hist. i. 135, t. 87,/. 2. P. 

 frutescens diffusum &c. Browne Hist. Jam. 122. Artanthe adunca 

 Miq. Comm. Phyt. 49, t. 4., f 1 (1838) ; Griseb. op. cit. 171. 



Eio Cobre, Sloane, Herb. ii. 81! Houstounl Wright; Broughton; 

 Dancer ! Shakespear \ Swartz ! Macfadyen ! Murray ; Hopewell, St. Mary, 

 McNab ! Moneague, Prior ! near Port Morant, Hitchcock ; J. P. 2105, 

 Morris ! Hope, 600 ft., Campbell \ Cedar Hurst ; Green River, 3500 ft. ; 

 road to Guava Ridge, 1800 ft. ; Harris ! Fl. Jam. 5214a (in part), 6431, 

 8345, 8355. Cuba, Isle of Pines, Hispaniola, Porto Rico, St. Vincent, 

 Grenada, Barbados, Tobago, Trinidad, Tropical America. 



Shrub 12-20 ft. high. Leaves, apex long-acuminate, rough above and 

 hirtellous on nerves, pubescent below, especially on the nerves, papery 



