160 FLOKA OF JAMAICA Erythroxylon 



2 cells abortive ; ovule solitary. Styles 3, distinct or united at 

 the base. Drupe red, with 1 seed. 



Species nearly 200 ; distribution as in Family. 



Leaves with central area beneath included between 



2 longitudinal veins 1. E. areolatum. 



Leaves without 2 longitudinal veins. 

 I- Pedicels slender throughout. Apex of leaves 

 rounded. 



Leaves roundish-obovate, 'S-S'S cm. 1 2. E. rotundifolium. 



Leaves elliptical, 2-6-7 cm. 1 3. E. obovatum. 



Pedicels thickened upwards. 



Apex of leaves acute 4. E. incrassatum. 



Apex of leaves rounded 5. E. jamaicense. 



1. E. areolatum L. Syst. ed. 10, 1035 (1759) & Amoen. v. 379, 

 397 ; leaves with central area on the under side enclosed 

 between 2 longitudinal veins, commencing at the apex and more 

 or less continued to the base. — Sw. Obs. Bot. 184 ; Descourt. Fl. 



Fig. 61. — Erythroxylon areolatum L. 

 A, Upper part of twig with stipules, D, Petal X 5 



leaves and flowers X i. 



B, Short-styled form of flower, petals 



removed X 4. 



C, Xong-styled form of ditto X i. 



E, Drupe, nat. size. 



F, Ditto cut across X 2. 



(After 0. E. Schulz, except D.) 



Ant. VI. 260, t. 442 ; Mac/. Jam. i. 144 ; Griseh. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 

 113 (excl. syn. and habitat); 0. E. Schulz in Urh. Symh. Ant. v. 

 193 & in Engl. PJlanzenreich iv. pt. 134, 63, Jig. 13 ; Britton in 

 N. Amer. Fl. xxv. 63. (Fig. 51.) A specimen from Browne is 

 in Herb. Linn, named in Solander's hand. 



Red Wood. 



Browne ! Swartz 1 Macfadyen 1 Liguanea Plain, McNah ! Oersted ; near 

 Manchioneal, Wilson ! March ! King's House grounds, J. P. 1346, Morris ! 



