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FLORA OF JAMAICA 



Coccoloba 



4. C. pipifolia Besf. Cat. Hort. Par. ed. 3, 389 (1829) ; plant 

 glabrous ; leaves (in Jamaican specimen) roundish-ovate or 

 elliptical, apex obtuse to rounded, base subcordate to obtuse; 

 nerves on upper surface inconspicuous, underneath scarcely 

 prominent, veins not conspicuous ; ochreae adpressed, deciduous ; 

 racemes longer than the leaves, nodules 1 -flowered, pedicels 

 wanting ; fruit (Hot seen in Jamaican specimen) globose, shortly 



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Fig. 34.— Coccoloba Krugii Lindau. 



A, Twig with leaves and raceme. 



B, Portion of racerae.- 



C, Flower. 



D, Flower with portion of perianth 



and 3 stamens removed. 



E, Fruit cut lengthwise. 



F, Fruit cut transversely. 

 O, Embryo. 



c, cotyledons ; e, endosperm. 



stalked, crowned by the perianth-lobes.— ritnc?au in Engl. Bot. 

 Jahrb. xiii. U4, t. V. f. \3 d ISa & in TJrh. Symb. Ant. i. 222. 

 C. Kunthiana Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 166. 



In fl. Jan.-Aug. ; rocks near the sea, Great Valley, Manchester, Purdie I 

 Wilson I — Porto Rico, St. Thomas. 



Shrub 10 ft. high, or tree 16 to 30 ft. or more. Leaves 6-12 cm. 1., 

 4-5*5 cm. br., attached below base of ochreae, reddish-brown (when dry); 

 petioles as long as the ochreae, about 1 cm. 1. Racemes terminal, peduncle 

 scarcely 1 cm. 1. ; bracts triangular, 1-5 mm. 1. ; ochreolae as long as the 

 bract. Flowers white or greenish-white (Sintenis). Perianth, tube 

 1 mm. 1, lobes 2*5 mm. 1. Stamens as long as the perianth-lobes. Ovary 

 1-5 mm. 1.; styles (sometimes 4) nearly 1 mm. 1. Fruit red (Sintenis), 

 about 4 mm. br. ; perianth and lobes about 2 mm. I. 



