Zanthoxtjlum KUTACEiE 179 



surface, paler beneath, l"5-6*5 cm. 1., with or without spines on midrib 

 beneath, nerves and veins reticulate, more or less prominent on both sides, 

 margin entire or slightly crenulate, sometimes with pellucid dots along 

 the margin, especially one at the apex, occasionally with glandular dots 

 on one or both sides. Peduncle 3-6 cm. 1. ; pedicels to 2 mm. 1. in flowers, 

 to 4 mm. 1. in fruit. Bracts triangular, -5 mm. 1. Flowers white, frag- 

 rant. Male flaivers : Sepals 3, open in bud, united at base, roundish- 

 deltoid, -5- -7 mm. 1. Petals 3, elliptical, imbricate, 2*5-3 mm. 1. 

 Stamens 3, slightly longer than the petals. Pistil sterile, of 2 carpels, 

 united but styles distinct, or rudimentary. Female flowers : Staminodes 

 wanting. Pistil about as long as the petals, carpels more or less united ; 

 stigma one, peltate ; styles about half the length of the ovaries. Cocci 

 slightly united at the base, with 1 or 2 abortive cocci, sessile, roundish- 

 ellipsoidal, slightly apiculate, glandular-dotted or dots obsolete, 5-6 mm. 1. ; 

 seeds 4 '5-5 "5 mm. I. 



Sloane states that the wood is very fragrant when burning. Small 

 stems are cut for use as walking sticks and umbrella sticks. 



We think that all the various forms included here may be considered 

 as one very variable species. Urban divides them into three species : 

 F. sapindoides, leaves without an odd leaflet ; leaflets 8, on both sides 

 minutely dotted ; inflorescence axiUary shorter than the leaves; F. Swartzii, 

 leaves with or without an odd leaflet ; leaflets 12-20, 2*5-4 cm. 1., sparingly 

 dotted on the lower surface, with pellucid dots on the margin ; inflor- 

 escence terminal ; F. spinosa, leaves without an odd leaflet ; leaflets 4-10, 

 3 '5-6 -5 cm. 1., not dotted, with peUucid dots on the margin ; inflorescence 

 terminal. 



12. Z. negrilense Fnwc <& Bendle in Journ. Bot. Zr. 271(1917); 

 leaves without an odd leaflet; leaflets 7-13 cm. 1., elliptical to 

 oblong, apex obtuse, slightly emarginate, sometimes very shortly 

 and abruptly acuminate, base unequal-sided, more or less rounded, 

 pellucid dots wanting ; panicles terminal, corymbose ; carpels 3 ; 

 cocci 1 or 2. Type in Herb. Jam. 



In rocky woodland, near lighthouse, Negril, 300 ft., Harris I Fl. Jam. 

 10,242. 



Small tree, 10 ft. high, without spines or prickles. Leaves 1*5-3 dm. 1. ; 

 leaflets in 2-4 pairs, shining above, nerves and veins prominulous on both 

 sides, reticulate ; margin entire ; petiole and rhachis with a shallow groove 

 above. Inflorescence about 8 cm. 1. Cocci ellipsoidal, rough with wrinkles 

 and glandular dots, keeled along one side where the valves split open, about 

 5 mm. 1. ; endocarp persisting, while the exocarp and seeds drop away ; 

 abortive carpids 1 mm. 1. 



13. Z. aeuminatum 8w. Fl. Ind. Occ. 575 (1797); leaves 

 without an odd leaflet ; leaflets elliptical to oblong-lanceolate, 

 generally somewhat narrowly acuminate, apex blunt and generally 

 more or less emarginate ; panicles terminal and axillary, corym- 

 bose ; carpel 1 ; coccus 1. — DG. Prodr. i. 726 ; Macf. Jam. i. 192 ; 

 P. Wils. torn. cit. 183. Fagara acuminata Sw. Prodr. 33 (1788) ; 

 Kr, & TJrh. in Engl. Jahrh. xxi. 593. Tobinia acuminata Ham. 

 Prodr. 57 (1825). T. coriacea Griseh. lac. cit. (1859) (non Desv.), 

 Type in Herb. Mus. Brit. 



Wright \ Dr. Lindsay \ Tweedside, Macfadyenl March \ J.P. 208T, 

 Morris 1 Green Valley, 2500 ft. ; Westphalia road, 3000 ft. ; Grandvale, 



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