NO. 6 gentry: land plants 13 



PALMAE 

 Phytelephas macrocarpa Ruiz & Pav. ? 



Royal Botanic Gardens, Port of Spain, April 18, Elmore R3. 

 Distribution : Tropical America. 



COMMELINIACEAE 



Zebrina pendula Schnizl. 



Royal Botanic Gardens, Port of Spain, April 18, Elmore R7. 

 Distribution : Mexico, Central America, and West Indies. 



ARISTOLOCHIACEAE 

 Aristolochia elegans Mart. ? 



Royal Botanic Gardens, Port of Spain, April 18, Elmore R28. 

 Distribution: Brazil. 



POLYGONACEAE 

 Triplaris surinamensis Cham. 



Royal Botanic Gardens, Port of Spain, April 18, Elmore R8. 

 Distribution: Guianas. 



MYRISTICACEAE 

 Myristica fragrans Houtt. 



Royal Botanic Gardens, Port of Spain, April 18, Elmore Rl. 

 Distribution : West Indies. Native to Molucca Island, India. 

 This is the Nutmeg tree. 



LEGUMINOSAE 



Amherstia nobilis Wall. 



Royal Botanic Gardens, Port of Spain, April 18, Elmore R29. 



Distribution : Southeastern Asia. 

 Cassia Fistula L. 



Royal Botanic Gardens, Port of Spain, April 18, Elmore R2. 



Distribution : Native of Asia, but widely cultivated as an ornamental 

 in tropical America. 



MALVACEAE 

 SiDA ACUTA Burm. 



Pitch Lake, April 17, Elmore S2; in crevices of rock along Pitch Lake. 



Distribution: A weed widely dispersed in tropical and subtropical 

 Americas. 



