194 



FLOKA OF JAMAICA 



Spathelia 



%he lower half.— S. simplex i. 8p. PL ed. 2, 386 (1762) ; Gxrtn. 

 Fruct. i. 278, t. 58; Willd. Sp. PI i. 1496; Hort. Kew. ed. 2, ii. 

 171 ; Lun. Hort. Jam. i. 524; Bot. Beg. t. 670; Macf. Jam. i. 

 234; Planch, in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. v. 581 ; Griseh. Fl. Br. 

 W. Ind. 140 (excl. syn. S. gldhrescens) ; P. Wils. in N. Amer. 

 Fl. XXV. 208, & in Torreya xi. 2G3. Aceri aut paliuro aflSnis afbqr 

 caudice non ramoso, foliis sorbi, &c. Shane Cat. 138 & Hist. ii. 



Fig. 6l.—SpMhelia sarbifolia L. 



A, Small portion of inflorescence with a 



small leaf X |. 



B, Stamen X 3. 



C, Stamen of S. glabrescens X 3. 



'D, A sterile pistil of male flowers X 5. 

 E, Fertile pistil of hermaphrodite flower 

 X 3. 



F, A cross-section of same X 5 ; r, resin- 



canals ; c, cells with ovules. 



G, Fruit X h 



H. A cross-section of same X 2 ; r, resin- 

 canals ; a, abortive cells ; «, seed. 



(A after Bot. Reg. ; B, C, after P. Wilson.) 



'28, t. 171. Spa the caudice simplici, fronde pinnata comosa, 

 racemo spatiosissimo laxo tenninali Browne Hist. Jam. 187. 

 Bev. J. Lindsay Ic. ined. 



Hope river, Liguanea, Sloane Kerh. v. 101, 102! Browne; Shakspearl 

 Purdie ! March ; Hope, Campbell ! hillsides, Gordon Town, Britton, 1 ! 

 also Harris ! Fl. Jam. 6421, 9375. 



Tree, 20-25 ft. high, diameter 3 inches near the base. Leaves 4-10(-15) 

 dm. 1.; rhachis velvety; leaflets 45-81, alternate, subopposite, oblong, 

 sessile,- 2 cm.-2 dm. 1., 1-4 cm. br., coarsely crenulate with agiand at the tip 

 of each crenature, truncate to subcordate at the base, apex acuminate, 

 sometimes rounded. Panicle very large, to 18 dm. high, and 24 dm. in 

 diam., branches velvety. SepaZs elliptical to obovate-elliptical, glandular 



