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FLORA OF .TAMAKA 



Trojjhis 



T. racemosa Urh. Sj/mh. Ant. ir. 195 (1905). T. foliis S:c. 

 Broicne Hist. Jura. 357, /. 37, /'. 1. T. americaiia L. Syst. ed. 10, 

 1289 (1759) c^' Amoen. v. 410; Grlsch. FL Br. W. Lid. 153. 

 Bucephalon raceraosum L. Sp. PL 1190 (1753) ; Plum. PL Anier. 

 (Bunu.) t. 67,/. 1. (Fig. 10.) 



E, a m o o 11 . 



Wriglit ! Dancer ! Swarb ! St. ]\Iary, McNab ! Wilson ; Moneague, 

 Priori March; Hanover, J. P. 1288, Morrisl near Gordon Town, Moorci 

 Hall's Delight ; Cedar Hurst ; Kentucky Hill, Bluefield Mt., 2000-2500 ft. ; 

 Tom's Cave Wood, Upper Clarendon, 2500 ft. ; Harris ! Fl. Jam. 5550, 

 6075, 10,211, 10,858; near Port Antonio, Britton, 2598! Cuba, Porto 

 Rico, Hispaniola, Mexico, Guatemala, Panama, Colombia, Peru. 



Tree to 40 ft. high. Leaves elliptical, shortly acuminate, entire, 

 glabrous, 1-2 dm. 1., 4-8 cm. br. ; nerves 6-8 on each side, arched. Male 

 spikes 5-10 cm. 1. Female spikes '8-2 cm. 1. Berries 8-12 mm. 1. (fide 

 Grisebach). 



Leaves and twigs used as fodder for cattle. 



2. CHLOROPHORA Gaudich. 



Trees with yellow milky juice, with or without spines. Leaves- 

 stalked, entire or toothed, penniveined ; stipules lateral, caducous. 

 Flowers dicecious. Male flowers in catkins, dense, rather long, 

 with small bracts. Perianth 4-partite, segments broad, obtuse, 

 slightly imbricate. Filaments inflexed in bud, later straight and 



'Fig. 11. Chloropliora tinctoria 

 Gaudich. 



A, Shoot with male catkin. 



B, Male flower; uv, rudimeutaiy 

 ovary. 



C, Leaf with female inflorescence. 



D, Portion of female inflorescence 

 dissected, showing flower with 

 enveloping bracts. 



E, F, Gland-bearing bracts. 



G, H, Outer and inner perianth 

 segments. 



I, Pistil. 



exserted. Ovary rudimentary. Female flowers in capitula 

 which are globose in W. Indian species. Bracts similar to the 

 segments of the perianth, sometimes thickened inside at the apex 

 with two glands. Perianth deeply 4-fid or 4-partite, segments 

 thickened at the apex, concave, imbricate. Ovary included, 

 oblique ; style lateral, filiform, with a long stigmatic surface, 

 undivided ; ovule laterally affixed, descending. In fruit the 



