162 FLORA OF JAMAICA Erythroxylon 



keeled on the back, about 2*7 mm. 1. ; claw '8 mm. 1., "5 mm. br. ; ligule 

 about 1-2 mm. 1., of 2 lateral concave lobes united from their backs, -with 

 the inner edge decurrent on the claw. 



4. E. incrassatum 0. E. ScJmlz in TJrh. Spnh. Ant. v. 210 

 (1907) ; leaves elliptical, base cuneate, apex acute or slightly and 

 shortly acuminate, 8-10 cm. 1.; 3 '5-4 "5 cm. br. ; pedicels 

 thickened upwards, passing gradually into the calyx. — 0. E, 

 Schulz in Engl. PJIanzenreich iv. pt. 134, 101. E. havanense 

 Sw. Ohs. Bot. 185 (1791) (non Jacq.). E. squamatum Griseh. op. 

 cit. 114 (1859) (as regards the Jamaican plant) (non Vahl). 



Swartz ! Prior 1 



Petioles 6-8 mm. 1. Stipules 1-1 '5 mm, 1. Flotoers 1-3 in the axils. 

 Pedicels 8-10 mm. 1. Calyx about 1*6 mm. 1. ; segments about 1 mm. 1. 

 Petals obovate-oblong, 4-4 "5 mm. 1. (inch claw up to 1 mm. 1.); ligule 

 l"6-2 mm. 1., 2 lobes on each side, the exterior lobes the longer, denticu- 

 late, with an obtuse lobe joining them on the outside, the interior lobes 

 united by a lobe turned downwards on the inside. Staminal tube shorter 

 than the calyx. Drupe unknown. 



5. E. jamaieense Faicc. d- Bendle in Jonrn. Bot. Iv. 38 

 (1917) ; leaves elliptical, apex and base rounded, 4-7 cm. 1., 

 2*5-4 cm. br. ; pedicels thickened upwards, passing gradually 

 into the calyx. Type in Herb. Jam. 



Peckham Woods, Clarendon, 2,500 ft., Harris I Fl. Jam. 11,203. 



Tree 15 ft. high. Petioles about 1 cm. 1. Stipnles 2-3 mm. 1., per- 

 sistent triangular-ovate, not keeled, apex erect, shortly aristate. Floioers 

 1-2 in the axils. Pedicels 3-4 mm. 1, Calyx 1'5 mm. 1. ; segments 

 slightly over 1 mm. 1. Petals oblong, nearly 3 mm. 1. (incl. claw 

 1-3 mm. 1.); ligule folded just above the middle, upper portion reflexed, 

 2-lobed, the fold forming a crenulate pocket, length from union of claw 

 and lamina to fold 1 mm. Staminal tube slightly shorter than the calyx. 

 Stigmas capitate. Drupe linear-oblong, curved, 1*3 cm. 1., 2-2-5 mm. br. 



Family XLIV. ZYGOPHYLLACE^. 



Herbs, shrubs, or trees. Leaves opposite, or alternate by 

 abortion of one of the pair, abruptly pinnate, stipulate ; leaflets 

 entire. Peduncles 1, or 2 together, or often more in Guaiaaim, 

 1 -flowered. Flowers hermaphrodite, sepals and petals usually 5, 

 imbricate, distinct. Stamens generally 10, distinct. Ovary 

 2-1 2-celled ; styles combined into one : ovules 2 to many, more 

 rarely 1, pendulous or ascending, with ventral raphe and 

 superior micropyle. Fruit composed of 2-12 cocci; cocci 1- or 

 few-seeded. Endosperm horny, thick, scanty, or wanting. 

 Embryo as long as the seed, green, straight ; cotyledons oblong 

 or linear, somewhat thick or leafy. 



Species, about 160, natives of the tropical and warm regions. 



