118 FLORA OF JAMAICA Coccoloba 



Ltndau in Urh. Syvib. Ant. i. 229. C venosa Griseh, ms. in Herb. 

 Kew. {non L.); Lindau in Engl. Bot. Jahrh. xiii. 152 & in Urh. 

 Symh. Ant. i. 225. C. excoriata Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 168 

 (1856) (non L.). C. . diversifolia Griseb. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 163 (in 

 part, non Jacq.). 



Wild Grape. 



In fl. April, May, in fr. Aug.-April ; Swartz ; Cuming ; lower moun- 

 tains of Manchester, Purdie I Wullschlaegel ; Moneague, Prior ! Claverty 

 Cottage, J.P. 1466, Hart ! Constant Spring, Campbell ! sea-coast, Hectors 

 River ; New Green, Mandeville, 2200 ft. ; HoUy Mount, near Mt. Diabolo, 

 2600 ft. ; near Troy, 2000-2500 ft. ; Oxford, near Troy, 1400 ft. ; Leicester- 

 field. Upper Clarendon ; Pecliham, Upper Clarendon ; Harris ! New Green, 

 Mandeville; Martin's Hill, Mandeville; foothills of John Crow (Blake) 

 Mts. ; Harns d Britton ! Fl. Jam. 5714, 6005, 6317, 6489, 8719, 8772, 

 9462, 9489, 10,597, 10,617, 10,689, 10,750, 10,758, 10,840, 10,873; Union 

 Hill, near Moneague ; Britton <£ Uollick, 2663, 2667 1 Grierfield, near 

 Moneague ; Britton, 2773, 2777 ! 



Tree 15-30 ft. Leaves from near base of ochreoe, 10-30 cm. 1., 4-12 

 cm. br. ; petioles 1-2-6 cm. 1. Ochreas short, triangular, apex deciduous, 

 rest persistent, •5-1 "5 cm. 1. Bracts triangular, 5-1 mm. 1., somewhat 

 tomentellous ; ochreolse equalling bracts, more or less tomentellous. 

 Pedicels 2-5 mm. 1. Flowers greenish-yellow. Perianth tomentellous, 

 tube about 2 mm. 1., lobes about equalling tube or somewhat longer. 

 Fruit about 1 cm. 1., about '7 cm. br. 



" A very good timber " (Purdie). 



13. C. pubescens L. Syst. ed. 10, 1007 (1759); leaves large, 

 roundish or broadly elliptical, broader than long, base cordate, 

 glabrescent on upper surface but generally pubescent on nerves, 

 rusty-pubescent beneath, nerves and veins impressed above, 

 prominent beneath ; ochreae ample, deciduous ; racemes terminal ; 

 nodules 1-3-flowered, rhachis minutely puberulous. — L. Sjp. PL 

 ed. 2, 523 ; Hook. Bot. Mag. <. 3166 ; Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 

 152; Griseh. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 161 ; Lindau in Engl. Bot. Jahrh. 

 xiii. 202 ; Fame. & Bendle in Joum. Bot. li. 123, C. grandifolia 

 Jacq. Enum. PI. Carib. 19 (1760) & Sel. Stirp. Amer. 113; Lindau 

 in Urh. Symh. Ant. 230. Scortea arbor americana, amplissimis 

 foliis aversa parte nervis extantibus, hirsutie ferruginea refertis. 

 Leathercoat-tree Barbadensibus nostris. Pluk. Phyt. t. 222./. 8 

 (Herh. Shane xcviii. 23, ci. 196). Coccolobis arborea, foliis 

 orbiculatis integris Browne Hist. Jam., 210. Type in Herb. 

 Mus. Brit. 



Leather-coat tree (Barbados), Bois 4 grandes feuilles 

 (Martinique). 



Wright ! — Hispaniola, Porto Rico, Antigua, Guadeloupe, Dominica, 

 Martinique, Nevis, St. Lucia, Barbuda, Barbados, Mexico, Guiana. 



Leaves 1 or even 2 ft. broad ; petioles short, attached at base of ochrese. 

 Eacemes l'5-2 dm. 1. Bracts and ochreolse 1 mm., minutely puberulous. 

 Pedicels jointed at top, 4-5 mm. 1. Perianth, tube about -5 mm. 1., lobes 

 about 1 mm. 1. Fruit not seen, described as " ovoid or globose." 



Browne identifies a plant in Jamaica with this species, and says it is 

 common between Kingston and Bull Bay, but is of low growth, seldom 



