Xll FLORA OF JAMAICA 



Fara. 44. Zygophyllacese. Fls. hermaphrodite; .regular. 

 Sepals and petals usually 5, imbricate. Stamens 10. * Ovary 

 2-12-celIed; styles united. Herbs, shrubs, or trees. Leaves 

 abruptly pinnate, opposite, stipulate. Fruit comptosed of 2 to 12 

 cocci. 



Fam. 45. Rutaeese. Fls. hermaphrodite, polygamous," or 

 dioecious, regular (but corolla oblique in Bavenia), parts usually 

 in fours or fives. Sepals and petals usually imbricate Stamens 

 as man}' as, or twice as many as, the petals, or numerous. Disk 

 between stamens and ovary. Carpels 4 or 5 (8 in Pclfostigma), 

 united into a single 4-5.celled ovary, or free at the base and 

 united in styles or stigmas, or altogether free and 1-celled. 

 Shrubs or trees, usually gland-dotted and strongly smelling. Leaves 

 tisually compound and alternate, withcut stipules. 



Fam. 46. Simarubacese. Fls. small, unisexual or polygamous, 

 regular. Calyx 3-5-lobed. Petals 3-5, usually imbricate. 

 Stamens at the base of a disk, as many as, or twice as many as, 

 the petals. Ovary 2-5-lobed, 1-5-celled, or 3-5 free carpels ; 

 Styles 2-5. Shrub.? or trees. Leaves simple or compound, 

 alternate, without stipules. 



Fam. 47. Burseraeese. Fls. 2-sexual, or polygamous, regular. 

 Calyx 3-6-lobed. Petals 3-6, tJaZvrt/e, deciduous. Disk generally 

 ring-like. Stamens twice as many as the petals. Ovary 

 2-5-celIed ; styles very short. Trees or shrubs. Leaves simple 

 or pinnate with an odd leaflet, alternate, without stipules. Fruit 

 drupaceous. 



Fam. 48. Meliaeese. Fls. 2-sexual, regular. Calyx 4-5- 

 lobed, imbricate. Petals 4-5, imbricate, convolute, or valvate. 

 Disk various. Filaments united more or less into a tube, or 

 adherent to the columnar disk (Cedrela). Ovary 2-5-celled. 

 Trees or shrubs. Leaves compound, alternate, without stipules. 

 Fruit a capsule or drupe. 



Fam. 49. Malpighiaeese. Fls. 2-.sexual, regular. Calyx 

 5-cleft, each of 4 lobes usually tcitli 2 glands outside. Petals 5, 

 clawed. Stamens 10. Carpels 3, more or less united into a 

 3-celled ovary, or separate ; styles free (except Bunchosia). Trees 

 or shrubs. Leaves simple, opposite, with or Avithout stipules. 

 Fruit a drupe or a capsule. 



Fam. 50. Polygalaeese. Fls. 2-sexual, irregular. Sepals 5, 

 imbricate, the 2 inner lateral larger,, coloured, wing-like. Petals 3, 

 united into a corolla : or 5 (2 reduced to scales). Stamens 8, 

 united into a sheath. Ovary 1-2-celIed. Herbs or shrubs. 

 Leaves simple, usually alternate, without stipules. Fruit a 

 capsule, winged in Securidaca. 



