Vol. 37 No 7 
BULLETIN 
OF THE 
TORREY BOTANICAL CLUB 
JULY; 2086 
Studies of West Indian plants — III 
NATHANIEL LORD BRITTON 
12, THE WEST INDIAN SPECIES OF COMOCLADIA P. Br. 
Comoc.apia* P. Br.; L. Syst. ed. 10, 861. 1759 
Type species: Comocladia pinnatifida L. 
Leaves entire or undulate. 
A. Glabrous species. 
a. Lateral leaflets distinctly stalked. 
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I. COMOCLADIA PINNATIFIDA L. Syst. ed. 10, 861. 1759 
Comocladia integrifolia Jacq. Enum. Pl. Carib. 12. 1760. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Jamaica. 
Both names are based wholly on P. Browne, Hist. Jam. 124, 
where the generic name is printed Comocladia. Browne refers 
to Sloane’s description and figure of ‘‘Prunus racemosa, caudice 
non ramosa’”’ (Hist. Jam. 2: 131. pl. 222. f. 1); the illustration 
there given is not wholly satisfactory for the plant which has been 
taken for this species, but which is here accepted as usually 
interpreted. 
DISTRIBUTION: Moist woodlands at middle and lower eleva- 
tions throughout Jamaica; Haiti and Santo Domingo. 
*The spelling of the generic name was changed by Linnaeus to Camocladia, but 
this form is here regarded as a typographical error, although it was continued by 
Linnaeus, in the second edition of Species Plantarum, and in successive editions of 
the Systema, but was changed back to the original by ‘Gmelin (Syst. ed. 
The She spelling was accepted by Jacquin, by Swartz, and by most a ie 
author: 
Pie BULLETIN for June, 1910 (37: 273-344- pf’. 37), was issued 21 J] 1910. ] 
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