Phytolacca 



PHYTOLACCACE.^^ 



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embryo annular, surrounding the tloury endosperm, cotyledons 

 semiterete, radicle Jong. Mountain C a 1 a 1 u, Jo c a t o, P o k e 

 Weed. 



Species 26, natives of tropics and subtropics, chiefly 

 American. 



Pedicels longer than the flowers. Perianth 2 mm, 1 1. P. rivinoides. 



Pedicels as long as the flowers. Perianth about 4 mm. 1. 2. P. icosandra. 



1. P. rivinoides Kunili A' Bouche In Ind. Sem. Horf. Berol. 

 (1848) 15; racemes much longer than the leaves; pedicels 



Fig. 56. Phytolacca icosandra L. 



A, Eaceme and leaf x I. D, Fruit cut across x 2. 



B, Flower x 5. E, Seed in section x 7. 



C, Fruit X 2. 



longer than the lloAvers, 5-10 mm. 1. ; perianth-segments pink, 

 broadly elliptical, about 2 mm. 1. and 1 5 mm. br., reflexed and 

 generally deciduous in fruit; stamens 20-10; carpels 16-10. 

 H. Walt, in Enql. PJianzenreich iv. pt. 83, 55. P. icosandra Wright 

 Mem. 268 (1828) (non L.) ; Moq. in DC. Froth: xiii. pt. 2, 3:3 ; 

 Hoolc. Bot. Mag. t. 4967; Griseh. FL Br. W. Ind. 58; JJrh. Si/oih. 

 A7it. iv. 229. 



Wrigldl Distinl Morse's Gap, McNabi Bethabara, Wnlhchlacqcll 

 Castleton, Hart\ Vinegar Hill, 3500 ft., Harris \ Fl. Jam. (.1-117. West 

 Indies, Central and tropical South America. 



Stem somewhat shrubby below, 4 ft. high. Leaves elliptical, ovate or 

 ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 10-20 cm. 1., 4-8 cm. br., green, covored with 



