Omphalea 



EUPHORBIACE.^ 



321 



As this tree is of quick growth, bears fruit in three or four years, and 

 succeeds very well in the pooresb soils, it is well worthy of extensive culti- 

 vation (Lunan). 



. 2. 0. diandra L. Syst. ed. 10, 1264 (1759) & Annjen. v. 382 ; 

 tomentose-pubescent on. youngest parts of branches, under 

 surface of leaves, petioles, and inflorescence ; leaves, base cor- 

 date ; anthers 2 ; ovary tomentose. — Aubl. PI. Guian. ii. 843, 

 iv. t. 328 ; Jtich. in. Sagra Cub. xi. 206 ; Baill. Etud. Euphorb. 

 529, t. 7,/. 1-5 ; Griseb. loc. cit. ; Muell. Arg. torn. cit. 1135 ife in 



Fig. 107. — Omphalea diandra L. 



A, Leaf and inflorescence X 

 H, ilalo flower. 



(B-D enlarged.) 



C, Stamen seen from above. 



D, Female flower. 



Fl. Bras, xi.pt. 2, 515, t. 72 ; Pax torn. cit. 20. O. eordata Sw. 

 Prodr. 95 (1788) & Obs. Bot. 350 (1791). Omphalandria fru- 

 tescens Sic. Browne Hist. Jam. 334. O. diandra Kuntze loc. cit, 

 (Fig. 107.) 



Port Antonio ; Manchioneel ; Broivne ; rocky places, Sivartz ; Dancer ! — 

 Cuba, St. Kitts, Guadeloupe, St. Vincent, Trinidad, Panama, Guiana, 

 Brazil, Para, Peru. 



Shriib trailing and climbing high into trees, tomentose-pubescent on 

 youngest parts of branches, under surface of leaves, petioles, and inflores- 

 cence. Leaves 9-17 cm. 1., broadly elliptical, elliptical-ovate, or roundish- 

 ovate, apex shortly cuspidate-acuminate, base cordate with one cr two 

 nerves on each side at the base ; petioles 3-5 cm. 1. Inflorescence usually 

 long with long side brao'^hes. Bracts variable in length, 1-7 cm. 1., 

 IV. Y 



