IIG FLOliA OF JAMAICA Coccoloba 



7. C. negleeta Fmvc. d- Rendle in Joitrn. Bof. U. 124 (1913) ; 

 twigs glabrous ; leaves broadly elliptical, apex rounded or sub- 

 acuminate, base acute, obtuse or rounded, nerves prominent 

 beneath, veins inconspicuous ; ochreie, apex deciduous, persistent 

 below ; racemes longer than the leaves, somewhat dense-flowered ; 

 rhachis slender, ribbed, tomentellous or glabrous ; nodules 1-2- 

 flowered, approximate ; pedicels very short, in fruit about twice 

 as long as the minute ochreohe ; ochreolse not reflexed in fruit ; 

 fruit broadly ovoid, base rounded, crowned by perianth-lobes. 

 Type in Herb. Jam. 



In fl. July, in fr. Feb.; Green Valley, Blue 'Mt'S,., Harris \ Fl. Jam. 

 5094 (in part), 5233. 



Lcatvs attached just above base of ocbrese, 5-7 cm. 1., 3-4'5 cm. br., 

 glabrous ; petioles 5-6 mm. 1. Ochrcx about 8 mm. 1. Racemes 8-14 

 cm. 1.; pedicels scarcely 1 mm. 1. Bracts about 1*6 mm. 1., upper half 

 triangular, apex obtuse ; ochreolee scarcely 1 mm. 1. Perianth, tube about 

 1 mm. 1., lobes broadly elliptical, about 2 mm. 1. Stamens about as long 

 as perianth-lobes. Fruit 8 mm. 1. (incl. lobes), about 5 mm. br. ; lobes 

 1-1 5 mm. 1. 



8. C. troyana TJrh. Si/mh. Ant. vi. 8 (1909); plant glabrous ; 

 leaves broadly ovate-elliptical, shortly acuminate, base cordate, 

 nerves on both sides prominent, veins prominulous on both sides 

 with a fine-meshed network ; ochrea? adpressed ; racemes not 

 longer than the leaves : nodules 1 -flowered ; fruit ellipsoidal, 

 slightly narrowed at the base, perianth-lobes extending down to 

 the middle. 



In fl. March, in fr. Oct., Xov. ; near Troy, 2000-2200 ft., Harris ! John 

 Crow (Blake) Mts. 1700 ft. Harris & Brittwi ! Fl. Jam. 9439, 9474, 10,653, 

 10,764. 



Tree 20-40 ft. high. Leaves attached at the base of the ochrese, 7-10 

 cm. 1., 4*5-7 cm. br. ; petiole 1*5-2 cm. 1. Oclireie deciduous, to 1*3 cm. 1. 

 Bacemes lax-flowered, 2*5-9 cm. 1., peduncles *5-l cm. 1. Pedicels jointed 

 at apex, * 5-1 mm. 1. Bracts scarcely 1 mm. 1., ovate, upper part deciduous ; 

 ochreolse minute or not conspicuous. Perianth, tube 1 * 2 mm. 1., 1 mm. br., 

 lobes elliptical, about 2 mm. 1. Fruit 1 cm. 1., 6-7 mm. br. 



9. C. laurifolia Jacq. Eort. Schoenhr. Hi. 9, t. 267 (1798); 

 plant glabrous ; leaves elliptical, apex rounded, base obtuse, 

 nerves and veins prominent on both sides ; ochre a3 somewhat 

 lax; nodules 1-2-flowered ; bracts and ochreolse minute ; pedicels 

 of fl. 1 nearly 2 mm. 1., of fr. 3 mm. 1., spreading horizontally; 

 fruit somewhat pear-shaped, the lobes forming a rounded, 

 somewhat mammiliform apex. Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 165 ; 

 Lindau in Engl. Bot. Jahrh. xiii. 158, t. V. f. 23, 23a & in Urh. 

 Symh. Ant. i. 227. C. floridana Meisn. loc. cit. (1856). Cocco- 

 lobis laurifolia Sarg. Silv. vi. 119, t. 300. 



Pigeon Plum of Florida. 



In fl. March-July, in fr. Nov.-July; WrigUtl Marchl Sheldon, Blue 

 Mts. ; Content Koad, above Gordon Town, 2300 ft. ; Harris ! Fl. Jam. 



