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FLORA OF JAMAICA 



Picramnia 



Species about 25, natives of tropical America, including the 

 West Indies. 



Floral parts in 3's 1. P. Antidesma. 



Floral parts in 5's..... <... 2. P. pontaitdra. 



1. P. Antidesma Sw. Prodr. 27 (1768); parts of the flowers 

 in 3's ; clusters of flowers in racemes, simple or 2-branched 

 near the base, usually longer than the leaves.— /S^. Fl. Ind. 



Fig. W.—PieHtmnia Antidemna 8w. 



A, Portion of leaf X |. 



B, Portion of inflorescence X |. 



C, Male flower x lO. 



D, Female flower x 10. 



E, Berry x 2 ; 8, seed ; e, embryo. 



Occ. 218, t. 4 ; Macf, Jam. i. 224 ; Planch, in Hooh. Land. Journ. 

 Bot. V. 578; Griseh. FL Br. W. Ind. 141 ; Small in N. Amer. 

 Fl. XXV. 236. P. triandra StoJtes Mat. Med. iv. 535 (1812), 

 Berberis fructu fruticoso &c. Sloans Cat. 170 & Hist. ii. 101, 

 t. 208, /. 2. Antidesma &c. Browne Hist. Jam. 123. Cicca 

 macrostachya Benth. Bot. Voy. Sulph. 166 (1844). (Fig. 66.) 

 There is a specimen from Jamaica from Swartz in Herb. Mus. Brit. 



MajoeBitter, MacaryBitter. 



Between St. Jago de la Vega and Passage Fort ; Angels ; Sloane Herb, 

 vii. 22 (& opp. 21)! Broughton\ Swartz \ Macfadyenl Distill \ Great 

 Valley, Manchester, Purdiel Priori March I Silver Hill: Mt. Diablo; 

 Mona woodland, 600 ft. ; Long Mountain, 900 ft. ; Stanmore Hill, Malvern, 

 2400 ft. ; between Hardware Gap and Rose Hill, 3700 ft. ; Harris I Fl. 

 Jam. 5434, 7028, 8855, 9058, 9754, 9770, 9949, 10,186; Union Hill, 

 Moileague, Britton and Hollick, 2801 1— Central America. Swartz gives 

 Hispaniola also as a habitat. 



