Schcepfia OLACACEiE 87 



Flowers sessile, calyxes coherent — 



Leaves ovate to elliptical 1. S. chrysophylloides. 



Leaves elliptical-lanceolate 2. S. angustata. 



Flowers pedicellate, calyxes separate — 



Flowers numerous in clusters at the nodes, 



peduncles wanting or very short 3. S. multiflora. 



Peduncles 1 or 2 at the nodes, 1-1-5 cm. 1. ... 4. S. Harrisii. 



1. S. chrysophylloides Planch, in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 4, n. 261 

 (1854) ; leaves ovate to elliptical, flat or plicato-falcate ; cuneate 

 at base, apex obtuse ; peduncles, one or more, axillary, 2-(l-3-) 

 flowered ; flowers sessile, calyxes coherent. — Griseb. Fl. Br. W. 

 Ind. 709 ; Urh. Symb. Ant. v. 182. S. Marchii Griseb. op. cit. 

 310 (1860). Diplocalyx chrysophylloides A. JRich. in Sagra Cub. 

 xi. 81, t. 54 (1850). 



Purdie ; March ; on rocky ground, coast between Portland Point and 

 Bocky Point, Harris I— Cuba. 



Tree 25 ft. high. Leaves 4-7 cm. 1., 2-3 cm. br. ; petiole 4-8 mm. 1. 

 Peduncles 1-4 mm. 1. Flowers dimorphic, long- and short-styled. Corolla 

 campanulate, 3-3-5 mm. 1., style just protruding from the corolla- tube or 

 included. Fruit narrowly obovate, 6 -5-7 -5 mm. 1., 4-4*5 mm. thick. 



2. S. angustata Urb. Symb. Ant. vi. 6 (1909) ; leaves elliptical- 

 lanceolate, cuneate at base, somewhat acuminate above, margin 

 flat ; peduncles solitary (rarely 2 or 3), axillary, 2-3-flowered ; 

 flowers sessile, calyxes coherent. 



Sandy soil on dry rocky hills near Port Henderson, Harris I Fl. Jam. 

 10,154. 



Tree to 18 ft. high, trunk 8 inches thick, bark ridged longitudinally, the 

 older branches terete, greyish-white, those of the first year angled. Leaves 

 4-5 cm. 1., 1*5-2 cm. br. ; petiole 4-6 mm. 1. Corollas (not seen) yellow 

 with a dark crimson eye (fide Harris). Fruit obovate, 6-7 mm. 1., about 

 5 mm. thick. — Very near the last species ; better material desired. 



3. S. multiflora Urb. Symb. Ant. v. 184 (1907); leaves ovate 

 or ovate-elliptical, rounded or obtuse at the base, apex obtuse 

 and shortly acuminate, flat ; flowers numerous in clusters at 

 nodes from which the leaves have generally fallen ; peduncles 

 1-2 mm. 1. or wanting, 2-(3)-flowered ; flowers subsessile ; calyxes 

 separate. S. arborescens Griseb. op. cit. 310 (1860) (as regards 

 the Jamaican specimen). (Fig. 24.) 



Prior; Chester Vale, Blue Mts.; Stanmore Hill, St. Cruz Mts., 2200 ft.; 

 Harris \ near Mile Gully, 1700 ft.; Harris d Brittonl Fl. Jam. 5345, 

 9952, 10,620. 



Tree to 30 ft. high, with longitudinal furrows in the bark. Leaves 

 6-13 cm. 1., 3-7 cm. br. ; petioles 3-5 mm. 1. Corolla greenish-yellow, 

 campanulate, about 4-5 mm. 1. Fruit ovoid 9-10 mm. 1., 7*5 mm. thick. 



4. S. Harrisii Urb. Symb. Ant. v. 185 (1907); leaves ovate- 

 oblong to oblong-lanceolate, produced at the base into the short 

 petiole, apex obtuse, flat ; peduncles 1-3 at nodes from which the 



