118 FLORA OF JAMAICA Coccoloha 



Lindau in XJrh. Syinh. Ant. i. 229. C. venosa Griseh. ms. in Herb. 

 Kt'io. (rion L.)\ Lindau in En(/I. But. Jahrh. .riii. 152 & in Urh. 

 Symh. Ant. i. 225. C, excoriata Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 168 

 (1856) (non L.). C. diversifolia Griseh. FI. Br. W. Lid. 163 (in 

 part, non J acq.). 



Wild Grape. 



In fl. April, May, in fr. Aug.-April ; Stvartz ; Cuming; lower moun- 

 tains of jNIanchester, PurcZic ! WuUschlacgel ; Moneague, Priori Claverty 

 Cottage, J.P. 1456, Hart ! Constant Spring, Campbell ! sea-coast, Hectors 

 River; New Green, Mandeville, 2200 ft. ; Holly Mount, near Mt. Diabolo, 

 2G00 ft. ; near Troy, 2000-2500 ft. ; Oxford, near Troy, 1400 ft. ; Leicester- 

 field, Upper Clarendon; Peckham, Upper Clarendon; Harris ! New Green, 

 INIandeville ; Martin's Hill, Mandeville ; foothills of John Crow (Blake) 

 Mts. ; Harris & Britton ! Fl. Jam. 5714, 6005, 6317, 6489, 8719, 8772, 

 9462, 9489, 10,597, 10,617, 10,689, 10,756, 10,758, 10,840, 10,873; Union 

 Hill, near Moneague ; Britton d Hollick, 2663, 2667 ! Grierfield, near 

 Moneague ; Britton, 2773, 2777 ! 



Tree 15-30 ft. Leaves from near base of ochreae, 10-.30 cm. 1., 4-12 

 cm. br. ; petioles 1-2*5 cm. 1. Ochrese short, triangular, apex deciduous, 

 rest persistent, -5-1 '5 cm. 1. Bracts triangular, -5-1 mm. 1., somewhat 

 tomentellous ; ochreolse equalling bracts, more or less tomentellous. 

 Pedicels 2-5 mm. 1. Floicers greenish-yellow. Perianth tomentellous, 

 tube about 2 mm. 1., lobes about equalling tube or somewhat longer. 

 Fruit about 1 cm. 1., about "7 cm. br. 



" A very good timber " (Purdie). 



13. C. pubeseens L. Syst. ed. 10, 1007 (1759); leaves large, 

 roundish or broadly elliptical, broader than long, base cordate, 

 glabrescent on upper surface but generally pubescent on nerves, 

 rusty-pubescent beneath, nerves and veins impressed above, 

 prominent beneath ; ochrese ample, deciduous ; racemes terminal ; 

 nodules 1-3-flowered, rhachis minutely puberulous.- L. Sp. PI. 

 ed. 2, 523 ; Hook. Boi. Mag. i. 3166 ; Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 

 152; Griseh. Fl. Br. W. Lnd. 161 ; Lindau in Engl Bot. Jahrh. 

 xiii. 202; Faicc. & Bendle in Journ. Bot. li. 123. C. grandifolia 

 Jacq. Enum. PI. Carih. 19 (1760) & Sel. Stirp. Arner. 113; Lindau 

 in Urh. Symh. Ant. 230. Scortea arbor americana, amplissimis 

 foliis aversa parte nervis extantibus, hirsutie ferruginea refertis. 

 Leathercoat-tree Barbadensibus nostris. PIulc. Phyt. t. 222./. 8 

 (Herb. Shane xcviii. 23, ci. 196). Coccolobis arborea, foliis 

 orbiculatis integris Browne Hist. Jam., 210. Type in Herb. 

 Mus. Erit. 



Leather-coat tree (Barbados), Bois a grandes feuilles 

 (Martinique). 



Wrigtit ! Hispaniola, Porto Rico, Antigua, Guadeloupe, Dominica, 

 Martinique, Nevis, St. Lucia, Barbuda, Barbados, Mexico, Guiana. 



Leaves 1 or even 2 ft. broad ; petioles short, attached at base of ochreae. 

 Bacemes l'5-2 dm. 1. Bracts and ochreolee 1 mm., minutely puberulous. 

 Pedicels jointed at top, 4-5 mm. 1. Perianth, tube about -5 mm. 1., lobes 

 about 1 mm. 1. Fruit not seen, described as " ovoid or globose." 



Browne identifies a plant in Jamaica with this species, and says it is 

 common between Kingston and Bull Bay, but is of low growth, seldom 



