292 



FLOKA OF JAMAKA 



Adelia 



Stamens attached to a central promineuce. Leaves 



oblong-obovate, or elliptical, or obovate 1. A. llicinella. 



Stamens attached to a central column. Leaves 

 oblanceolate 2, A. luvyniolatidra. 



1. A. Rieinella L. Syst. ed. 10, 1298 (1759) A Amoeii. v. 411, 

 383 ; leaves oblong-obovate, oi* obovate, or elliptical ; stamens 

 8-15, attached to a central prominence.^trr/seb. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 

 45 ; Urh. Si/mh. Ant. iv. 346. A. foliis obovatis kc. Browne Hist. 

 Jam. 361. A. pedunculosa Bich. in Sagra Cuh. xi. 210 (1850). 

 Rieinella pedunculosa Muell. Arcj. in Linnxa .rxxiv. 154 (1865) 



Fig. 95. — Adelia Rieinella L. 



A, Portion of stem witli male flowers X 'i. E, Female flower with ovary ripening X i. 



B, Male flower x 5. K, Coccus with seed x 2. 



C, .Stamen x 10 G, Seed x 2. 

 1), Portion of stem with female flowers x ji- 



&, in DC. Prodr. xv. pt. 2, 729. Cucurbitifera arbor forte 

 Rhamni &c. Shane Cat. 207 & Hist. ii. 175. (Fig. 95.) Type 

 in Herb. Linn., apparently from Browne. 



Wright ! Swartz ! arid plains, Westmoreland, Purdie ! Watson's Hill, 

 Manchester, 800 ft. ; Negril ; between Town Savanna and Two Mile Wood, 

 Sloane Herb. vii. 109! Harris \ PI. Jam. 6378, 10,222, 10,234.— Cuba, 

 Hispaniola, Porto Rico, St. Thomas, St. Cruz, St. Jan, St. Martin, Tobago. 



Tree 15-30 ft. high, or shrub 6-10 ft. ; branches with white bark, erect 

 to spreading, apex spiny, glabrous. Leaves l"5-7"5 cm. 1. ; petiole 1-5 

 mm. 1. Male floioers : Pedicel as long as, or longer than, the flower. 

 Calyx 2-5-3 mm. 1., sepals unequal, oblong. Disk saucer-like, margin 

 orange-coloured. Female floioers : Pedicel 1-6 cm.. \. SepaZ.s unequal, to 

 3 mm. 1., lanceolate to linear. Ovary tomentose. Capsule 8 mm. in diam.. 



