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FLORA OF JAMAICA 



Coccoloba 



4. C. pirifolia Desf. Cat. Hort. Par. ed. 3, 389 (1829) ; plant 

 glabrous ; leaves (in Jamaican specimen) roundish-ovate or 

 elliptical, apex obtuse to rounded, base subcordate to obtuse ; 

 nerves on upper surface inconspicuous, underneath scarcely 

 prominent, veins not conspicuous ; ochreae adpressed, deciduous ; 

 racemes longer than the leaves, nodules 1 -flowered, pedicels 

 wanting ; fruit (not seen in Jamaican specimen) globose, shortly 



Fig. 34. Coccoloba Krugii Linclau. 



A, Twig with leaves and raceme. 



B, Portion of raceme. 



C, Flower. 



D, Flower with portion of perianth 



and 3 stamens removed. 



E, Fruit cut lengthwise. 



F, Fruit cut transversely. 



G, Embryo. 



c, cotyledons ; e, endosperm. 



stalked, crowned by the perianth-lobes. Linclau in Engl. Bot. 

 JaJirh. xiii. 144, t V. f. 13 d- 13a & in Urh. Symh. Ant. i. 222. 

 C. Kunthiana Meisn. in DC. ProcJr. xiv. 166. 



In fl. Jan.-Aug. ; rocks near the sea, Great Valley, Manchester, Purdie I 

 Wilson ! Porto Rico, St. Thomas. 



Shrub 10 ft. high, or tree 15 to 30 ft. or more. Leaves 6-12 cm. 1., 

 4-5 '5 cm. br., attached below base of ochreae, reddish-brown (when dry) ; 

 petioles as long as the ochrese, about 1 cm. 1. Racemes terminal, peduncle 

 scarcely 1 cm. 1. ; bracts triangular, 1 5 mm. 1. ; ochreolae as long as the 

 bract. Flowers white or greenish-white (Sintenis). Perianth, tube 

 1 mm. 1, lobes 2-5 mm. 1. Stamens as long as the perianth-lobes. Ovary 

 1-5 mm. 1. ; styles (sometimes 4) nearly 1 mm. 1. Fruit red (Sintenis), 

 about 4 mm. br. ; perianth andlOjlp/es about 2 mm. 1. 



