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FLORA OF JAMAICA 



Ocotea 



a double margin, and the perianth-segments enlarged and more or less 

 persistent ; pedicel enlarged above to the diameter of the cupule. 

 The timber is used for inside work, also for shingles. 



6. NECTANDRA Roland. 



Leaves glabrous or sparingly hairy. Perianth thick, some- 

 what fleshy ; tube short, sometimes almost none ; segments 

 subequal, spreading, deciduous in fruit. Stamens 9, much 

 shorter than the perianth, anthers 4-celled, the cells, at any late 



Fig. 88. Sectandra antiilana Meisn. 



A, Portion of flowering branch x . 



B, Flower X 5. 



C, Perianth -segment with an outer and an 



inner stamen x 5. 



D, Stamens in C with the inner pulled 



down X 5. 



E, Alternate perianth-segment with an 



outer stamen X 5. 



F, Pistil X 5. 



G, Fruit X s- 



of the outer ring, arranged in a bow-shaped curve ; staminodes 

 none or small ; filaments very short or wanting. Berry globose 

 or ellipsoidal ; cupule simple-margined, saucer-shaped, generally 

 red ; pedicel slightly thickened or expanding above to the 

 diameter of the cupule. 



Species about 86, natives of tropical America, especially the 

 Andes, a few in Mexico and the West Indies, and a few reaching 

 to Argentina and Paraguay. 



