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solitary in each cell. Capsule subglobular, 3-furrowecl, breaking 

 up into 2-valved cocci leaving a central axis. Seeds oblong, 

 smooth, carunculate. — Faivc. d- Mendle in Journ. Bot. Ivii. 313 

 (1919). 



Species 3, natives of Jamaica. 



Leaves petiolate. 



Leaves 3-5-8 cm. 1., elliptical. Male spikes ter- 

 minal 1. -D. spicata. 



Leaves 2 -5-3 '5 cm. 1., ovate. Male spikes mostly 



axillary. 3. D. alpina. 



Leaves sessile, 3-9 cm. 1., ovate 2. D. fasciculata. 



1. D. spieata Millsp. in Field Coliimb. Mus. Bot. ii. 374 (1913) ; 

 Fawc. & Mendle loc. cit. ; leaves petiolate, 3*5—8 cm. 1., elliptical, 

 rounded or emarginate at both ends, margin distinct, revolute ; 

 inflorescence terminal; female inflorescence 2-3 '5 cm. 1., with 

 a cup-shaped gland at each side of the bract. (Fig. 108.) Type 

 in Field Museum. 



On limestone rocks, Peckham, Clarendon, 2500 ft., iifarm ! Fl. Jam. 

 10,980, 10,981, 11,204, 12,777. 



Shruh or tree, 9 to 15 ft. high, glabrous. Leaves 3-5-8 cm. 1., elliptical, 

 rounded or emarginate at both ends, marginal portion distinctly marked 

 and sometimes revolute, margin entire, with glandular points like 

 undeveloped teeth, leathery, midrib prominent beneath ; petioles 3-6 

 mm. 1.; stipules represented by disk-like glands. Bracts with a fleshy 

 cup-shaped gland on each side. Male spikes to 10 cm. 1., somewhat thick. 

 Male flowers sessile. Stamens spreading. Female inflorescence 2-3 "5 

 cm. 1. Female flowers snhaesaWe ; pedicels 1-4 mm. 1. Calyx-lobes Aeshy, 

 sometimes with glands. Styles recurved at apex. Capsule 7-8 mm. in 

 diam., 7 mm. high, dark brown, smooth. Seeds 4 mm. 1., dark grey. 



2. D. faseieulata Millsp. in Field Columh. Mtis. Bot. ii. 37o 

 (1913) ; Fawc. tfc Bendle loc. cit. ; leaves sessile, 3-9 cm. 1., ovate, 

 sometimes elliptical or oblong, obtuse at both ends ; female 

 inflorescence terminal, a sessile cluster surrounded by three 

 clustered leaves, with a prong like gland at each side of the bract. 

 Type in Herb. New York Bot. Gard. 



Dolphin Head, 1800 ft., Harrisl Fl. Jam. 10,266. 



Tree 15 ft. high, glabrous. Leaves 3-9 cm. I., sessile, ovate, sometimes 

 oblong or elliptical, obtuse at both ends, entire, papery-leathery, midrib 

 prominent beneath, venation prominulous, alternate below, opposite and 

 three in a cluster on flowering branches. Female inflorescence a sessile 

 cluster surrounded by three clustered leaves. Female floiuers sessile or 

 subsessile. Calyx about 2 mm. 1., sepals 3, very broadly ovate, blunt 

 lobes, closely adpressed to the ovary, fleshy especially below. Styles united 

 at the base, spreading, recurved. Male floiuers and fruit not seen. 



3. D. alpina Fawc. & Bendle loc. cit. ; leaves petiolate, 

 2 -5-3 '5 cm. 1., ovate, sometimes elliptical, obtuse at both ends; 

 male inflorescence terminal and axillary at nodes from which 

 the leaves have dropped. Type in Herb. Jam. 



John Crow Peak, Blue Mts., 6000 ft., Harris 1 Fl. Jam. 12,906. 

 Tree 18 ft. high, glabrous. Leaves 2-5-3'5 cm. 1., ovate to elliptical, 



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