332 FLORA OF JAMAICA Gymnanthes 



1199, 1355, Green Valley, J.P. 1407, Robertsfield J.P. 1408, Iforris ! 

 Liguanea plain, 650 ft., Campbell \ also Britton ; Ramble, St. Anns, 

 1700 ft., Fawcett <& Harris ! Sheldon; Grove, near Gordon Town, 800 ft. 1 

 Long Mt., 900 ft. ; Quarry near the Ferry ; Peckham, Clarendon, 2500 ft. ; 

 Crofts Mt., Clarendon, 2500 ft. ; Lititz Savanna, 300-900 ft. ; Harris ! John 

 Grow (Blake) Mts., Harris d Britton ! Kingston, Britton ! Fl. Jam. 5095, 

 5754, 6240, 7023, 8644, 8940, 8947, 10,887, 10,757, 11,173, 11,182, 11,210, 

 11,213, 11,215, 11,224, 11,769. 



Shrub or tree 6-80 ft. high (sometimes a large forest tree). Leaves 2-5- 

 10 cm. 1., roundish-elliptical to lanceolate-elliptical, entire or occasionally 

 very bluntly glandular-serrulate, without glands at the base, somewhat 

 leathery, shining on upper surface ; nerves and veins more or less pro- 

 minulous on the upper surface ; petiole 1-10 mm. 1. Fknvers described 

 as dioecious, but certainly sometimes moncecious, male green, anthers 

 yellow. Male spikes 3-9 cm. 1., solitary or 2-8 together in axils of leaves, 

 sessile or shortly stalked. Bracts small, transversely elliptical, with a 

 large fleshy gland on each side, l-flowered, united to the short peduncle. 

 Bractcoles (sepals of some authors) 2, unequal. Stamens 2 or 3; filaments 

 short. Female racemes 1-2 cm. 1-., lax-flowered, axillary,' 5-7-flowered. 

 Bracts broad, with a gland on each side, l-flowered. Pedicel 2-4 mm. 1., 

 not increasing in length in fruit. Bracteoles (sepals of some authors) 3-4. 

 Ovary sessile above the bracteoles. Styles shortly united below, free parts 

 recurved. Capsule 5-6 mm. 1., 7-8 mm. in diam., 3-lobed-globular. Seeds 

 about 5 mm. 1., about 8 mm. br., ellipsoidal, greyish-black; caruncle flat, 

 white, about 1 mm. in diam. 



4. G. Integra nom. nov. ; leaves 4 • 5-9 cm. 1., obovate-elliptical 

 to elliptical, abruptly and shortly acuminate, leathery, nerves 

 slightly prominent especially beneath, veins somewhat indistinct 

 especially beneath ; bracts : male roundish, broader than long, 

 not glandular, or sometimes slightly swollen at base with a 

 minute lateral gland, 3-flowered, uppermost with 1 flower, 

 female roundish-ovate with two groups of several minute pinkish 

 stipular glands ; filaments united at base ; ovary sessile on the 

 bracteole, shortly stalked above, the bract, not increasing in 

 fruit. — Gymnanthes glandulosa Pax in Engl. PJlanzenreich iv. 

 147. V. 83 (1912) non Muell. Arg. Excoecaria glandulosa Griseh. 

 FL Br. W. Ind. 51 (1859) (non Sw.). Seb astiania_glandul(^ a Muell. 



s eoastiania-gri 



Arg. in DC. Prodr.xv.pt. 2, 1186 (1 



Near Browns Town ; limestone hills, St. Anns ; Prior 857 ! March 

 1459! Dolphin Head, 1800 ft.; Crofts Mt., Clarendon, 2500 ft.; Harris \ 

 Fl. Jam. 10,159, 11,225. 



Tree 15-30 ft. high. Leaves 4-5-9 cm. 1., obovate-elliptical to elliptical, 

 abruptly and shortly acuminate, base rounded or subcordate to wedge- 

 shaped and unequal-sided, margin entire, revolute, without glands, 

 leathery, nerves slightly prominent especially beneath, veins somewhat 

 indistinct especially beneath ; petioles 3-8 mm. 1., thick. Inflorescence 

 apparently dioecious, male with several bracts, to 15, axillary, female with 

 1 or 2 flowers, terminal. Bracts : male roundish, broader than long, not 

 glandular or rarely slightly swollen at base with a minute lateral gland at 

 base, 3-flowered, uppermost bracts with 1 flower ; female roundish-ovate, 

 with 2 groups of several minute pinkish glands in the place of stipules. 

 Male floivers each with or without 1 dentate bracteole (sepal of some 

 authors). Stamens 8(-4). Filaments much shorter than the anthers, 



