Psittacanthus 



LOEANTHACE^ 



89 



filaments filiform, adherent to the petals below, free above ; 

 style cylindrical-filiform, as long as the petals ; stigma capitate, 

 2-lobed. Berry fleshy. Seed without endosperm. 



Fig. 25. — Psittacanthus claviceps 

 Eichl. 



A, Portion of shoot with inflor- 



escence. 



B, Flower cut lengthwise. 



C, Fruit. 



D, Fruit cut lengthwise, showing 



the embryo withjits large coty- 

 ledons filling the seed. 



E, Fruit cut transversely. 



Species about 50, natives of the West Indies and tropical 

 America. 



P. elavleeps Ekhl. in Fl. Bras. v. pt. 2, 26 (1868) ; Urh. in 

 Engl. Bot. Jahrh. xxiv. 13 (1897). — Scurrula parasitica foliis 

 ovatis &c. Browne Hist. Jam. 197 (1756). Loranthus americanus 

 L. Sr/st. ed. 10, 988 (1759) (in part) & Ammn. v. 396 (non L. 

 Sp. PI. 331). L. Jacquini DC. Prodr. iv. 308 (1830) (in part) ; 

 Mac/. Jam. ii. 199 (excl. syn. Jacq.). L. claviceps Griseh. FL 

 Br. W. Ind. 311 (1860). (Fig. 25.) 



Hunts Bay and Palisadoes, Browne; Wright ! Broughton ! Macfadyen I 

 near Bath, Purdie ! Mt. Diablo, McNab ! Wullschlaegel ; near Newton, 

 Fawcett 1 Mt. Lebanon ; near Gordon Town ; Watson's Hill, 2200 ft. ; 

 Long Mountain, 600 ft. ; Harris ! Fl. Jam. 6009, 6209, 6210, 8177, 8838, 

 10,015. Found growing on Bippamane Mancinella (Browne), Eugenia 

 Jamhos, Coccoloba sp. and Metopium Linnxi. 



Leaves broadly ovate, obovate or ovate-oblong, rounded at apex, penni- 

 nerved. Inflorescence terminal, umbellate-racemose or elongate-racemose, 

 the ultimate branches bearing 3 or 2 flowers ; sometimes also from the 

 axils of the highest leaves. Unopened flower 6-7*5 cm. 1., straight or 

 curved, thickened at the apex. Corolla tawny yellow, sometimes tinged 

 with red. Fruit black, about 1-5 cm. 1. 



Var. longifolius Kr. & Urh. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xxiv. 14 

 (1897) ; leaves oblong-lanceolate or obliquely lanceolate, narrowed 

 at the base into the petiole, 8-9 cm. 1., about 2*5 cm. br. ; about 

 3 1 times longer than broad. — Loranthus Jacquini var. longifolius 

 DC. Prodr. iv. 308 (1830). 



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