262 FLORA OF JAMAICA Phyllanthns 



Sto. Prodr. 28 (1788). Specimen from Swartz in Herb. Mus. 

 Brit., also one named by him in Herb. Stockholm. 



On limestone rocks in the west, Sioartz ! Pedro district, St. Ann, 

 Piirdie ! Cascade of Falls R. near Kingston, Prior ! near Troy, 2000 ft. ; 

 Holly Mount, Mt. Diablo, 2700 ft. ; Dolphin Head, 1600 ft. ; Fray 

 Woods, 1650-1800 ft. ; Peckham, Clarendon, 2500 ft. ; Harris ! Fl. Jam. 

 8736, 8986, 9251, 10,338, 10,991, 11,013, 12,797. 



Shrnb or tree 5-25 ft. high. Scaly cone at apex of branches and 

 penultimate branches scarcely as broad as upper part of branch. Scale 

 leaves and stipules minute, 1-1*5 mm. 1., deltoid, very deciduous. Flower- 

 ing branches varying much in size and form, lanceolate to oblong or 

 elliptical, 5-15 cm. 1., 1-4 em. br., outline wavy, notched almost through 

 their whole length ; notches usually indistinct, shallow ; veins oblique, 

 close together. Normal leaves occnsionally occurring, elliptical, 7-10 mm. 

 1., on branches very slightly expanded or broad like the flowering branches. 

 Flowers many in a cluster, 4-12 male, 1 female. Pedicels 2 mm. 1. to 

 shorter than the calyx. Male /towers : Sepals 5(4), pale red, 1-1*2 mm. 1., 

 more or less unequal, broadly elliptical, somewhat leathery. Disk of 

 fleshy glands somewhat concave at apex. Anthers 3, sessile, cells united 

 at back, opening horizontally. Female flowers : Sepals 5, dark purple, 

 somewhat leathery, roundish or ovate-roundish, unequal, 1-1*2 mm. 1. 

 Disk of 5 separate flat elliptical glands. Capsule globular, 4 mm. in diam. 

 Seeds light brown, 2 mm. 1. 



c. Flowering branches in 2 vertical rows ; penultimate 

 branches modified, deciduous. 



16. P. angustifolius Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. 1111 (1800) ; pedicels 

 2-3 mm. 1.; sepals 1-1*5 mm. 1.; filaments united usually 

 above the middle, free above ; anther-cells separate ; styles 

 3 or 4, united at the base, recurved, cut halfway into 2-4 

 narrow branches, and often subdivided. — Griseh. loc. cit. ; Mnell. 

 Arg. torn. cit. 430 (incl. vars.). Phyllanthus foliis angustis &c. 

 Brotcne Hist. Jam. 188(?). Xylophylla angustifolia Sw. Prodr. 

 28 (1788) & Ic. incd. t. 36 ; Lodd. Bat. Cab. f. 577. X. elongata 

 Jacq. Hort. Schoenbr. Hi. 54, t. 348 (1798); Lodd. Bat. Cab. t. 

 1091. X. montana Bot. Mag. t. 2652 (1826) (non Sw.). Speci- 

 mens from Swartz in HerVj. Mus. Brit, and in Herb. Stockholm. 

 Specimen apparently from Browne in Herb. Linn, named 

 PJiyllanthus EpiphyllantJius in Solander's hand. 



Barham in Herb. Sloane clxii. 285 ! Broughton ! stony and rocky 

 places in the west, Swartz \ Macfadycnl Disiinl Yallahs R., Purdiel 

 Lane ! Lucea, Hitchcock ; Sheldon, Blue Mts. ; near Hagley Gap, 1600 ft. ; 

 near Cinchona ; Yardley Chase, 1600 ft. ; near lighthouse, Negril ; Orange 

 Bay Point, Hanover; Harris\ PI. Jam. 5830, 8592, 9666, 10,233, 10,262.— 

 Cuba. 



Shrub, 2-10 ft. high. Bark of young twigs reddish-brown, becoming 

 ash-coloured. Scaly cone up to three times as broad as the upper portion of 

 twig, somewhat globular. Scale leaves linear, acuminate, about 3 mm. 1. ; 

 stipules broadly triangular, acute or blunt, about 3 mm. 1., ciliate with 

 rusty-red pubescence. Penultimate branches usually 6-11 cm. 1., 1*5-2 

 mm. br., apical flowering branches generally paired ; sometimes (var. 



