182 FLORA OF JAMAICA EsenhecUa 



Clarendon, 2500 ft.; Ipswich, St. Elizabeth, 900 ft.; Harris \ Fl. Jam. 

 6629, 5664, 7057, 8209, 9074, 10,285, 11,195, 12,367. 



Tree 25-80 ft. high. Leaflets elliptical to oblong-elliptical, rarely 

 obovate, 1-2 dm. 1., glabrous. Panicles 2-5-branch6d, terminal. Seimls 5, 



I'ig. 58. — Esenbeekia pentaphylla Griseb. 



A, Leaf X \. E, Capsule from wliich the seeds 



B, Inflorescence X §• have fallen x j. 



C, Flower x 3. F, Seed x g. 



D, Ditto cut lengthwise X 4. 



varying in form, roundish to transversely oblong-elliptical, 1-1-1 -2 mm. 1. 

 Petals oblong-elliptical, pale yellow or yellowish-white, about 3-3-5 mm. 1. 

 Capsule 3 "5-4 -5 cm. br., 5-beaked at the apex, coarsely wrinkled, some- 

 times with small tubercles near the base ; endocarp loose. Seeds blackish- 

 brown, compressed, somewhat deltoid, about 1-2 cm. 1. 



[GLYCOSMIS Correa. 



Shrubs or trees without prickles. Leaves alternate, pinnate 

 or 1-foliolate, with numerous pellucid dots. Panicles axillary. 

 Flowers small. Calyx 5-cleft, lobes imbricate. Petals 5, free, 

 imbricate. Stamens 10, free. Ovary sessile on the disk, 2-5- 

 celled ; ovules one in each cell, pendulous. Berry with 1-3 seeds. 

 Seeds without endosperm. 



Species about 10, natives of tropical Asia and Australia. 



G. pentaphylla DC. Prodr. I 538 (1824); Hooh. f. Fl. Br. 

 Ind. i. 499 ; P. Wils. in N. Amer. Fl. xxv. 215. G. citrifolia 

 Lindl. Trans. Hort. Soc. Lond. vi. 72 (1826). G. cochinchinensis 

 Pierre ex Engl, in Engl.-Prantl PJlzfam. Hi. pt. 4, 185, /. 106 



