Mry;throxylon ERYTHROXYLACE^ 161 



Grove, 750 ft. ; road to Constitution Hill, 1500 ft. ; Great Goat Is. ; 

 Harrisl M. Jam. 5904, 6837, 9027, 9333.— Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, 

 Porto Rico. 



Tree 10-20 ft. high. Leaves elliptical, narrowed to the base, apex 

 rounded or slightly emarginate, 3-9(-13) cm. 1. ; petioles 3-6 mm. 1. 

 Stipules 2-2-5 mm. 1., triangular, 2- ridged, 2-mucronulate. Flowers long- 

 and short-styled, 2-6 in the axils, fragrant, appearing mostly before the 

 leaves. Pedicels 2-5-7 mm. 1. Calyx 1*5-2 mm. 1.; segments ovate to 

 lanceolate, 1-1-2 mm. 1. Petals about 3 mm. 1. ; blade oblong-ellipticad, 

 concave, about 2 mm. 1. ; claw continuing evenly the outline of the blade, 

 or somewhat narrower, -7 or -8 mm. 1., ligule -5- -8 mm. 1., roundish, 

 erect over the blade, with a double edge. Drupes oblong, 7-9 mm. 1., 

 orange-scarlet. 



The leaves contain only a small amount of cocaine. The timber is 

 small, but is useful for general purposes, as it saws readily. 



2. E. potundifoliura Lun. Sort. Jam. it. 116 (1814); leaves 

 roundish-obovate, -5-3-5 cm. 1., apex rounded or emarginate; 

 drupe 5-6 mm. 1., ellipsoidal. — Britton torn. cit. 61. E. foliis 

 minoribus &c. Browne Hist. Jam. 278. E. obovatum Macf. 

 Jam. i. 143 (1837). E. brevipes Griseh. loc. cit. (non DC). 

 E. suave 0. E. Schulz in Urb. Symh. Ant. v. 199 (1907) & in Engl. 

 Pjlanzenreick iv.pt. 134, 67 (as regards sp. and var. jamaicense). 



Broivne ; Wright 1 Macfadyen ! Purdie ! Prior ; March ! Robertsfield, 

 J.P. 1476, Hart ! Green Valley ; road to Wareka, 1200 ft. ; near Troy, 

 2000 ft.; Long Mountain, 150-800 ft.; Cane River valley, 300 ft.; 

 Peckham, 2500 ft. ; Harris ! Fl. Jam. 5613, 9387, 9422, 9576, 9602, 9629, 

 10,942. — Cuba, Hispaniola, Porto Rico. 



Shruh or tree, 15-40 ft. high ; trunk slender or over 1 ft. in diam. 

 Petioles 2-5-4 mm. 1. Stipules amplexicaul, triangular, 1-1-5 mm. 1. 

 Flowers 1-4 in the axils. Pedicels 1-5 mm. 1. Calyx about 2 mm. 1. ; 

 segments ovate to cvate-lanceolate, about 1 mm. 1. Petal : blade 

 elliptical, concave, keeled on the back, 1-1-1-8 mm. 1. ; claw oblong, 

 narrowing towards base, 1-2 mm. 1. and br. ; ligule 1-1-3 mm. 1., with 

 2 lobes over the lamina, erect or bending inwards, and another lobe over 

 the claw, concave or flat, nearly as broad as the claw. 



3. E. obovatum Griseh. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 113 (1859) (non 

 Macf.) ; leaves elliptical, base wedge-shaped, apex rounded or 

 very slightly emarginate, 2-5-5(-7) cm. 1. ; stipules lanceolate or 

 linear-lanceolate ; drupe oblong, 8-9 mm. 1. — O. E. Schulz in 

 Urb. Symh. Ant. v. 209 & in Engl. Pflanzenreich iv. pt. 134, 100 ; 

 Britton torn. cit. 64. E. affine A. Rich, in Sagra Cub. x. 106, 

 i. 27 (1845). E. areolatum L. var. affine 0. E. Schulz in Engl. 

 Pflanzenreich iv. pt. 134, 65 (1907). Specimens from Macfadyen 

 in Herb. Kew. show that his E. obovatum was misinterpreted by 

 Grisebach and subsequent authors. 



March] Malvern, 2200 ft.; Lititz savanna, 300-900 ft.; Constant 

 Spring to Bardowie, 800 ft.; Harrisl Fl. Jam. 9661, 11,740, 12,105.— 

 Bahamas, Cuba. 



Tree 12-25 ft. high. Petioles 4-8 mm. 1. Stipules 2-6 mm. 1. Flowers 

 6 (1-10), in the axils. Pedicels 1-4 mm. 1., slightly thickened above. 

 Ca^T/x about 2 mm. 1. ; segments 1 mm. 1. Petal: blade elliptical, flat, 

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