lit) FLOHA OF JAMAICA Coccoloha 



7. C. neglecta Fmcc. d Bendle in Joiirn. Bot. li. 124 (1913) ; 

 twigs glabrous : leaves brofuily elliptical, apex rounded or sub- 

 acuminate, base acute, obtuse or rounded, nerves prominent 

 beneath, veins inconspicuous ; ochrese, apex deciduous, persistent 

 below ; racemes longer than the leaves, somewhat dense-flowered ; 

 rhachis slender, nbbed, toraentellous or glabrous ; nodules 1-2- 

 flowered, approximate ; pedicels very short, in fruit about twice 

 as long as the minute ochreolae ; ochreolse not reflexed in fruit ; 

 fruit broadly ovoid, ' base rounded, crowned by perianth-lobes. 

 Type in Herb. Jam. 



In fl. July, in fr. Feb. ; Green Valley, Blue Mts., Harris I Fl. Jam. 

 5094 (in part), 5233. 



Leaves attached just above base of ochrese, 5-7 cm. 1., 3-4*5 cm. br,, 

 glabrous; petioles 5-6 mm. 1. Ochrese about 8 mm. 1. Racemes 8-14 

 cm. 1.; pedicels scarcely 1 mm. 1, Bracts about lO mm. 1., upper half 

 triangular, apex obtuse ; ochreolte scarcely 1 mm. 1. Perianth, tube about 

 1 mm. 1., lobes broadly elliptical, about 2 mm. 1. Stamens about as long 

 as perianth-lobes. Fruit 8 mm. l.j[incl. lobes), about 5 mm. br. ; lobes 

 1-1 • 5 mm. 1. 



8. C. troyana Urh. Si/mh. Ant. vi. 8 (1909) ; plant glabrous; 

 leaves broadly ovate-elliptical, shortly acuminate, base cordate, 

 nerves on both sides prominent, veins prominulous on both sides 

 with a fine-meshed network ; ochrete adpressed ; racemes not 

 longer than the leaves ; nodules 1 -flowered ; fruit ellipsoidal, 

 slightly narrowed at the base, perianth -lobes extending down to 

 the middle. 



In fl. March, in fr. Oct., Nov. ; near Troy, 2000-2200 ft., Harris I John 

 Crow (Blake) Mts. 1700 ft. Harris d Britton I Fl. Jam. 9439, 9474, 10,653, 

 10,764. 



Tree 20-40 ft. high. Leaves attached at the base of the ochrese, 7-10 

 cm. 1., 4*5-7 cm. br. ; petiole l'5-2 cm. 1. Ochreiv deciduous, to 1"3 cm. 1. 

 Racemes lax-flowered, 2-5-9 cm. 1., peduncles -5-1 cm. 1. Pedicels jointed 

 at apex, • 5-1 mm. 1. Bracts scarcely 1 mm. 1., ovate, upper part deciduous ; 

 ochreolae minute or not conspicuous. Perianth, tube 1 • 2 mm. 1., 1 mm , br., 

 lobes elliptical, about 2 mm. I. Fruit 1 cm. 1., 6-7 mm. br. 



9. C. iaurifolia Jacq. Hort. Schoenhr. Hi. 9, i. 267 (1798); 

 plant glabrous ; leaves elliptical, apex rounded, base obtuse, 

 nerves and veins prominent on both sides ; ochreaj somewhat 

 lax; nodules 1-2-flowered ; bracts and ochreolcB minute ; pedicels 

 of fl. 1 nearly 2 mm. 1., of fr. '.i mm. 1., spreading horizontally; 

 fruit somewhat pear-shaped, the lobes forming a rounded, 

 somewhat mammiliform apex, — Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 165 ; 

 Lindau in Engl. Bot. Jahrh. xiii. 158, t. V. f. 23, 23a & in Urh. 

 Symh. Ant. i. 227. C. floridana Meisn. loc. cit. (1856). Cocco- 

 lobis Iaurifolia Sarg. Silv. vi. 119, t. 300. 



PigBon Plum of Florida. 



In fl. March-July, in fr. Nov .-July; Wrightl March] Sheldon, Blue 

 Mts. ; Content Road, above Gordon Town, 2300 ft. ; Harris t PI. Jam. 



