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the blades, or shorter; peduncle stout, bracted at and very near the 

 base, inclined, longer than the petioles, 12-15 cm. long; umbels 

 many-flowered; pedicels rather slender, 2.5 cm. long; flowering 

 calyx broadly turbinate, 4-5 mm. broad; petals white, about as 

 long as the calyx; filaments somewhat longer than the petals; 

 persistent style of the young fruit very broadly conic, 2 mm. long 

 or less. 



Woodlands, summit of Dolphin Head, Jamaica, March 17, 

 1908, Britton & Hollick 2856. 



17. THE GENUS CAMERARIA (PLUMIER) L. 



The genus was accepted by Linnaeus from Plumier, C. latifolia 

 being the type species, and C. angustifolia L. also appearing in the 

 original publication of the genus, which is wholly West Indian in 

 distribution, so far as I am aware. 



1. Cameraria latifolia L. Sp. PI. 210. 1753 

 This is a shrub or tree up to 15 m. high, as observed by me at 

 the United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. It has 

 characteristic ovate-elliptic acuminate leaves. Its fruit is about 

 6 cm. long. The species seems to be widely distributed in Cuba; 

 occurring in the provinces of Oriente, Matanzas, and Havana. 

 In Jamaica it is apparently rare, the only specimen seen by me 

 being one collected by Dr. A. Hollick and myself {2045) in rocky 

 woods at Negril, the extreme western end of that island. It is 

 recorded from Haiti but I have seen no specimens from Hispaniola, 

 which is presumably the type locality. 



2. Cameraria angustifolia L. Sp. PI. 210. 1753 

 My knowledge of this species rests wholly on Plumier's descrip- 

 tion and plate 72, figure 2, where it is illustrated as having linear- 

 acuminate leaves and fruit 2.5 cm. long. According to Miller, 

 cited by Grisebach, Fl. Br. W. I. 410, it was found in Jamaica, 

 but it is unknown to us from that island. 



3. Cameraria retusa Griseb. Fl. Br. W. I. 410. 1861 



(C. angustifolia Griseb. loc. cit. not L.) 

 This is wholly a Cuban species, so far as it is represented in 

 our collections, occurring in the provinces of Santa Clara, Havana, 



