l-~)6 FLOHA OF JAMAICA Riviiia 



carpel ; style short, sti,L(ina capitate. Fruit a globose berry, with 

 tieshy pericarp. Embryo annular, surrounding mealy endosperm ; 

 cotyledons convolute. 



Species 3, natives of tropical and subtropical ^Vmerica. 



R. humilis L. Sp. PI. 121 (1753) : Moq. in DC. Prodr. .dii. 

 pt. 2, 13 ; BallL Hist. iv. 33, 34 ; Urh. Symb. Ant. iv. 228 :. 

 II. Wdlt. in Engl. Pfianzenreicli iv. pt. 83, 102. R. Isevis L. Mant. 

 n (1767); 3%. 'torn. cit. 11; Griseh. Fl Br. \V. Ind. 59. 

 R. dichotoma etc. Browne Hi^t. Jam. 148. Type in Herb. Linn, 

 (Fig. 53.) 



B 1 o o d b e r r y . 



Browne ; Brougliton ! Distin ! Cuming \ near Greenwich, McNab I 

 Gossel St. Ann, Priori March \ Hopewell, St. Mary, Po^H Ginger Piece,. 

 Blue Mts., J.P. 1462, Hart ! Hope, Harris ! Arcadia, Mrs. Sewell ! Up Park 

 Camp, Campbell \ Annotto Bay, Thompson\ Fl. Jam. 5779, 6083, 6663, 

 6854, 8074. Florida, Bahamas, Cayman, West Indies, tropical and sub- 

 tropical continental America. 



Plant 2-3 ft. high, pubescent or glabrous. Leaves ovate, acuminate, 

 2-9(-12) cm. 1. Perianth white or pinkish, 2-2*3 mm. 1., in fruit to 

 3 mm. 1. Fruit scarlet, at length dry, about 3 mm. 1. when dry. Berries 

 sometimes used for colouring. 



2. TRICHOSTIGMA A. liich. 



Underslirubs, erect or climbing. Leaves alternate or 

 subopposite in shortened twigs ; stipules minute, deciduous. 

 Flowers hermaphrodite, in terminal and axillary racemes. 

 Bracts deciduous ; bracteoles persistent. Perianth herbaceous, 

 4 -cleft ; segments increasing a little and reflexed in fruit.. 

 Stamens 8-16. Ovary of one carpel ; stigma sessile, penicillate. 

 Fruit a globose berry, with fleshy pericarp. Embryo annular,, 

 surrounding floury endosperm. 



Species 3, natives of tropical America. 



T. oetandpum H. Walt, in Enr/L Pfianzenreicli iv. pt. 83, 

 109. T, rivinoides A. Bicli. in Sar/ra Cub. .c. 306 (1845).. 

 Rivina humilis var. scandens L. Sp. PL 122 (1753). R. 

 octandra L. Cent. Plant, ii. 9 (1756) & Sp. PL ed. 2, 177: 

 Wright 3Iern. 265; Moq. in DC. Prodr. .ciii. pL 2, 11; Griseh. 

 FL Br. W. Ind. 59. R. sarmentosa etc. Browne Hist. Jam. 149, 

 /. 23, /. 2. Villamilla octandra Hooh. f. in Bentli. ft Hcoh. f. Gen. 

 Plant. Hi. 81 (1880); Urb. Symh. Ant. iv. 228. Type in" Herb. 

 Linn. (Fig. 54.) 



Hoop Withe, Cooper Withe. 



Wright ! Bancroft ! St. Mary, McNab ! Purdie ! Yallahs Vallev, Prior ! 

 2Iarch[ J.P. 946, Hart I Yallahs Valley, 2800 ft., Harris I Windward 

 Road, Harris & Britton ! Fl. Jam. 6591, 10,796. Cayman, West Indies, 

 tropical continental America. 



Steins climbing amongst shrubs and low trees to a height of 20 ft. 



