140 FLOIIA OF JAMAICA Alternantliera 



3. A. fieoidea Boem. d- Schult. Sysf. v. 555 (1819); leaves 

 elliptical, attenuated at both ends, somewhat acute ; two exterior 

 segments of perianth acuminate-cuspidate, 3-ribbed, more or less 

 liirtellous and brownish. Urh. loc. cif. A. polygonoides Grueh. 

 loc. cit. (1859). Gomphrena ticoidea L. Sp. PL 225 (1753). Ille- 

 cebrum ficoideum L. S}). PL ed. 2, 300 (1762). Gomphrena 

 repens ttc. Browne Hist. Jant. 184. Telanthera fieoidea Moq. 

 torn, cit 363 (1849). Type in Herb. Linn. 



Crab Withe, Rupture Wort. 



Rock River, Broione ; Shakspear ! Moneague, Prior ! J.P. 632 ; 

 Catherine Peak, J.P. 1441, Hart ! Kingston ; between Kingston and 

 INIorant Bay ; Faiccett ! Hope, 600 ft. ; Grove, St. Andrew, 800 ft. ; Black 

 River; between Portland Point and Rocky Point; Harris \ Fl. Jam. 6044, 

 6114, 6716, 6801, 6832, 8244, 9856. West Indies, South America. 



Ste7}i glabrate, more or less tomentose at apex of branches. Leaves 

 3-7 cm. 1., 1-2*3 cm. br., glabrate, the tomentum of the young leaves 

 sometimes partially remaining. Heads "5-1 cm. 1. Bracts about 2-5 

 mm. 1. Flowers straw-coloured. Perianth, two exterior segments about 

 3' 5 or 3*6 mm. 1. ; median 3*1 mm. 1., slightly pubescent ; interior 3-2*75 

 mm. 1., glabrous. Stamens 2*2 mm. 1. ; staminodes as long, with apex 

 fimbriate. Pistil (inch style and stigma) about 1 mm. 1., ovary globose. 



Yar. flavogrisea var. nov. ; stems with ver}'' dense greyish- 

 yellow adpressed pubescence above, glabrescent below ; perianth 

 densely hirtellous nearly to apex. Telanthera flavogrisea Urh. 

 Si/mh. Ant. i. 300 (1899). 



Kingston, Priori Eggersl seashore, Rockfort, Camphell\ Kingston, 

 Faiccett ! Rockfort ; coast between Portland Point and Rocky Point ; 

 Harris ! Fl. Jam. 6059 (fide Urban), 6114, 9563, 10,182. 



4. A. sessilis Moq. torn. cit. 357 (1849); leaves elliptical, 

 attenuated at base, obtuse ; exterior segments of perianth 2 mm. 1., 

 acuminate, strongly one-nerved, glabrous ; utricle a little longer 

 than perianth.^ Griseh. loc. cit. ; Seub. in FL Bras. v. pt. 1, 184, 

 t. 57, f. II. ; Urh. Symh. Ant. iv. 220. Gomphrena sessilis L. Sp. 

 PL 225 (1753). Illecebrum sessile L. Sp. PL ed. 2, 300 (1762). 

 Type in Herb. Mus. Brit. (Herm. Fl. Zeyl.). 



A weed on lawns, Hope Gardens, Harris & Britton ! Fl. Jam. 10,644. 

 Hispaniola, Porto Rico, St. Kitts, Antig"ua, Guadeloupe, Dominica, 

 Martinique, St. Vincent, Tobago, Trinidad, tropics. 



Stem pubescent in two lines. Leaves variable in size, 1-2*5 cm. 1., 

 *8-l*3 cm. br., sometimes larger, glabrous. Heads 2-3 mm. 1. Bracts 

 about 1 mm. 1. Flowers white. Perianth-segments about equal in length, 

 2 mm. 1. Stamens 3, perfect, about 1 mm. 1 ; staminodes as long as 

 stamens, lanceolate-linear ; cup almost obsolete. Pistil (inch style) 

 shorter than stamens ; ovary broader above. TJtricle obreniform. 



5. A. paronyehioides St. HiL Voy. Bres. ii. 439 (1833) 

 leaves long-stalked, oblanceolate or lanceolate to elliptical ; 

 exterior segments of perianth 4 mm, 1 , acute or somewhat 

 obtuse, scarcely mucronulate, 3-nerved and hirsute on lower 



