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FLOKA OF JAMAICA 



Hernandia 



opposite the outer segments ; stigma dilated, irregular. Fruit 

 more or less distinctly 8-ribbedj surrounded by the much in- 

 creased inflated involucel. Cotyledons lobed. 

 Species 14, in the tropics. 



Leaves 3-iierved at base 1. H. jamaicensis. 



Leaves 5-nerved at base 2. H. cat alpi folia. 



1. H. jamaicensis Britton d- Harris in Torr. Bot. CI. Bull. 

 .r.r.r??. 338 (1908) ; leaves 3-nerved at or near the base. (Fig. 90, 

 G. H.) 



Fig. 90. Hernandia catalpifolia Britton & Harris. 



A, Inflorescence in axil of leaf x . 



B, Male flower-bud with perianth removed 



X 3. 



C, Stamen with anther-cell dehisced x 3. 



D, Female flower, opening bud X 3. 



E, Female flower x 3. 



F, Female flower, cut lengthwise and 



perianth partly removed x 10. 



G, Fruit of H. jamaicensis Britton & 



Harris X s. 

 Hj Ditto, cut lengthwise X g- 



In fr. March ; Wright ! Woodstock, Westmoreland, Harris ! Dolphin 

 Head, 1350 ft. Harris & Britton ! Fl. Jam. 9835, 10,312. 



Tree 25-80 ft. high, " with spreading and ascending stout branches, the 

 trunk becoming at least a metre in diameter, the young twigs more or less 

 flattened and angled." Leaves somewhat leathery, broadly elliptical to 

 oblong-elliptical, sometimes somewhat obovate, apex obtuse to truncate- 

 rounded, base obtuse to wedge-shaped, strongly triplinerved, nerves and 

 veins flat and somewhat obscure on the upper surface, prominent beneath, 

 glabrous, 8-22 cm. 1., 3-9 cm. br. ; petiole glabrous, 3-12 cm. 1. Inflor- 

 escence (inch peduncle) 15 cm. J. Involiicral bracts oblong, 4-5 mm. 1., 

 minutely tomentellous, as are also the floiuers. Fruit subglobose, about 

 2 cm. 1., enveloped by the yellow involucel. 



