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FLOItA OF JAMAICA 



Misanteca 



J.P. 1277, Morris \ Robcrtsfield, J.P. 1375, Hart \ Plato; Greeu Valley, 

 2000-2200 ft. ; Tweedside ; Chester Vale, 3000 ft. ; Harris ! F\. Jam. 53G2, 

 54S8, 5630, 5728, 6816, 11,003. Cuba, Hispaniola, Porto Rico. 



Tree 30-40 ft. high. Leaves narrowly elliptical, acuminate, nerves and 

 veins obscurely prominulous above, distinr.tly beneath, glabrous, 6-12 cm. 

 1., 2 '5-4 '5 cm. br. Inflorescence paniculate, becoming corymbose in fruit. 

 Floiuers subumbellate at the apex of the peduncles, about 2*5 mm. 1. 



Fi"-. Si. Misanteca triandra Mez. 



A, Portion of flowering branch x . 



B, Flower cut lengthwise X 10. 



C, Staminal tube x 10. 



D, Young fruit X |. 



E, Mature fruit X g. 



Perianth, tube funnel-shaped, about IJ times as long as the lobes. 

 Anthers evident when flower opens, about 1 mm. 1. Glands dilated- 

 cordate, two often united, arising at about half the height of the staminal 

 tube. Staminodes none. Pistil about 2 mm. 1. Berry 2 cm, 1., 1'2 cm. 

 br. ; when young almost enclosed by the cupule ; cupule bell-shaped, 

 hemispherical, bright red, covering about one-third of the berry; pedicel 

 somewhat thickened. 



3. PERSEA Gaertn. f. 



Leaves somewhat 

 Inflorescence, joints 

 Perianth, tube none 

 inner (subequal in P. 



leathery, generally puberulous beneath, 

 often broadening somewhat upwards. 



segments, outer ^-^ as long 



as 



the 



americcnm), persistent in fruit. Stamens 

 9 ; anthers 4-ceiled (but those of the inner stamens 2-celled in 

 P. TJrhaniana) ; staminodes large, cordate-sagittate, stalked. 

 Berry globose or elliptical, or pear-shaped in P. americana ; 



