152 FLORA OF JAMAICA x Pisonia 



3. P. fragrans Binnont Cours. Bot. Cult. ed. 2, vli. 114 (1814) : 

 leaves very variable even on the same branch, elliptical or 

 obuvate-elliptical to obovate-lanceolate, apex subacuminate, obtuse 

 or rounded, base attenuated or obtuse, membranous, almost the 

 same colour on both sides, nerves distinct, arching towards the 

 margin, veins very few and indistinct, with short glabrous slender 

 stalks ; panicle solitary, erect, terminal, corymbiform, many- and 

 subdense-flowered, when young brown-puberulous, at length glab- 

 rate : male flowers with funnel-shaped perianth ; stamens 6-8 ; 

 female perianth tubular with expanding limb irregularly denti- 

 culate ; style exserted ; stigma multitid ; anthocarp oblong-ellip- 

 soidal, subfleshy on outside, ribbed (when dry). Urh. torn. rif. 225. 

 P. obtusata Gritich. loc. cit. (in part) (non Jacq.) ; Heimcrl 

 op. cit. 624 (in part). P. inermis Griseh. loc. cit. (1859) (in 

 part) (non Jacq.). P. Harrisiana Hcimerl in Urh. Symh. Ant. 

 vii. 214 (1912). Torrubia inermis Britton torn. cit. 614 (1904). 



Wright ! Lindsay ! Hartweg ! near Port Maria, Purclie ! Wilson ! 

 ]Moneague, Prior ! March ! Montego Bay, McCatty ! Cherry Garden, 600 ft. ; 

 Hope ; Rock Fort (sea coast) ; Campbell ! Claverty Cottage, 2000 ft. ; 

 Sheldon Road, 2500 ft. ; Stony Hill, 900 ft. ; Long Mt., 100 ft. ; Chelsea 

 Hill, S. Cruz Mts., 2200 ft. ; Potsdam, 2600 ft. ; Spur Tree Hill, 1800 ft. ; 

 near Malvern, 400 ft. ; near Ferry ; Tyre. Fl. Jam. 5764, 6030, 6063, 6369, 

 6520, 8385, 9577, 9688, 9779, 9820, 9857, 9917, 10,814. West Indies. 



Shrub or tree 18-25 ft., sometimes to 50 ft. high. Branchlcts ashen- 

 grey. Leaves 4*5-10 cm. 1., 2*5-5 cm. br. ; petioles 5-1-5 cm. 1. Floiveis 

 tawny-yellow, sessile or subsessile. Perianth, male 4 mm. 1., female 

 3 mm. 1. Stamens to 8 mm. 1., much exserted. Fruit 6*5-10 mm. 1., 

 3-4 mm. thick, red. 



4. P. discolor Spreng. Syst. U. 168 (1825); leaves variable, 

 broadly or narrowly elliptical, oblong, obovate or oblanceolate, 

 base cuneate or rarely rounded, stalked, apex obtuse or rounded, 

 thin, often much lighter-coloured beneath, nerves more or less 

 indistinct, arching towards the margin ; petioles slender ; inflor- 

 escence lax, generally two or more panicles or racemes together, 

 from shortened shoots in the axils of leaves, few-flowered, ultimate 

 branches somewhat tomentose or glabrous ; flowers puberulous or 

 glabrescent ; fruit fleshy on outside, oblong or somewhat obovoid, 

 red, j)ulp rather thin, ribbed (when dry). Clioisy op. cit. 443; 

 Griseh. op. cit. 710; Heimerl in Engl. Bot. Jahrh. x.vi. 626. 

 Torrubia discolor Britton torn. cit. 613 (1904). T. longifolia 

 Britton torn. cit. 614 (1904). 



Wright \ Bertero ; March [ Long Mt., near sea-coast, Grahham\ Long 

 Mt. ; Pedro Blufi, Black River, Spur Tree Hill, 1800 ft., Harris ! Fl. Jam. 

 7871,7872,8923,9577,9732, 9735, 9855, 9857. Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola. 



Shrub (often trailing) or tree to 18 ft. high. Leaves 2-6*5 cm. 1., 

 1-4 cm. br. ; petioles 2-1*2 cm.l. Flowers sessile or subsessile. Perianth, 

 male 4-4*5 mm. 1. (Me Heimerl), female about 3 mm. 1. Fruit 7 mm. 1. 



