Coccoloba POLYGONACEiE 113 



<above the middle ; in florescence a panicle branching near the base, 

 lax-flowered ; rhachis and bracts tomentellous ; nodules crenerallv 

 1 -flowered ; flowers subsessile, small : fruit not seen. Type in 

 Herb. Kew. 



In fl. Jau. ; interior of Westmoreland, Purdie ! 



Leaves 14-15 cm. 1., 9-11 5 cm. br. ; petioles 2 cm. 1. Ochrefv 7-9 mm, 1. 

 Panicle 17 cm, 1. Bracts and ochreolae about 1 mm, 1. ; pedicels generally 

 shorter, sometimes slightly longer, jointed at top. Perianth, tube about 

 1 mm. 1., lobes about 1'5 mm. 1., elliptical, apex rounded. 



The species occurs in tropical S. America, and is not known from the 

 West Indies where the variety only occurs. 



2. C. Plumierii Grlseh. Fl. Br. W. Lid. 162 (1859); plant 

 glabrous ; leaves large, springing from lower half of stipule, 

 broadly oblong-elliptical, obtuse or shortly acuminate, base 

 usually cordate or often subpeltate, nerves and veins prominent, 

 especially beneath ; ochrese truncate, lax, ample, deciduous ; 

 inflorescence a contracted panicle, branches (3-11) more or less 

 clustered, lax-flowered ; nodules 1 -flowered : bracts minute ; 

 pedicels of flowers almost none, of fruit about 1 5 mm. 1,, jointed 

 at base ; fruit large, ovate-conical, crow^ned by the conn i vent 

 perianth-lobes, Lindaii in Engl. Bot. Jalirh. xUL 134^ /. V.f. 9 ^.t 

 in Si/mh. Ant. i 220. 



^Mountain Grape. 



Wrig]it\ Purdie; Moneague, March \ Moneagiie, Priori Mandeville, 

 Britton, 3233 ! 



Arborescent shriib. Leaves 14-26 cm. 1,, 10-17 cm, br, ; petioles 2*5- 

 4*5 cm. 1. OcJircx Sihont 10 mm. \. Racemes 15-25 cm. \. Peria)it]i, tnhe 

 1-5-2 mm, 1., lobes 2-5 mm. 1. Ovary about 2 mm. 1.; styles 1-5 mm. 1, 

 Fruit 18-12 mm, 1., 12-10 mm, br, ; perianth-lobes about 3 mm. 1. 



3. C. zebra Griseh. Fl Brit. W. Ind. 162 (1859) ; twigs 

 glabrous ; leaves attached at base of stipules, broadly elliptical, 

 obtuse or shortly acuminate, rounded or emarginate at the base, 

 glabrous ; nerves prominulous beneath, \eins on both sides 

 densely reticulate ; ochrea? adpressed ; racemes lax-flowered, 

 nodules 1 -flowered ; rhachis obscurely tomentellous ; pedicels 

 jointed at the top, exceeding the minute bracts and ochreolse ; 

 fruit large, ovate-conical, the lobes about ;\ length of fruit. 

 Lindau in Engl. Bot. Jnhrb. xiii. 135, /. V. f. 10 i^' in Urh. Si/mh. 

 Ant. i. 220. Type in Herb. Kew, 



Zebra Wood. 



Wilson \ March. 



" A very large timber tree ; wood variegated " (Griseb.). Leaves 20-12 

 cm. 1., 12-8 cm. br., petioles l-5-2'5 cm. 1. Ochre.-r 1-2-1-6 cm. 1. 

 Racemes 10-6 cm, 1. Pedicels 3-4: mm. 1., spreading or cernuous. Perianth, 

 tube about 2 ram. 1., 4 mm. in diam., lobes as long as or shorter than 

 tube, puberulous. Stamens short, subincluded. Styles exserted. Fruit 

 1-6 cm, 1., 1-2- -8 cm, br., lobes about 5 mm. 1. 



Timber very suitable for building purposes (Wilson). 



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