156 FLORA OF JAMAICA Bivina 



carpel ; style short, stigma capitate. Fruit a globose berry, with 

 fleshy pericarp. Embryo annular, surrounding mealy endosperm ; 

 cotyledons convolute. 



Species 3, natives of tropical and subtropical America. 



R. humilis L. Sp. PI. 121 (1753); Moq. in DC. Prodr. xiii. 

 pL 2, 13 ; Baill. Hist. iv. 33, 34 ; Urb. Symh. Ant. iv. 228 ; 

 H. Walt, in Engl. Pflanzenreich iv, pt. 83, 102. R. laevis L. Mant. 

 41 (1767); Moq. torn. cit. 11; Griseb. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 59. 

 R. dichotoma &c. Brotone Hint. Jam. 148. Type in Herb. Linn. 

 (Fig. 53.) 



Bloodberry. 



Browne ; Br&ughton I Distin ! Cuming I near Greenwich, McNab ! 

 Oossel St. Ann, Prior] March \ Hopewell, St. Mary, Po« I Ginger Piece, 

 Blue Mts., J.P. 1462, Hart 1 Hope, Harris I Arcadia, Mrs. Sewell I Up Park 

 Camp, Campbell \ Annotto Bay, Thompsonl Fl. Jam. 5779, 6083, 6663, 

 6854, 8074. — Florida, Bahamas, Cayman, West Indies, tropical and sub- 

 tropical continental America. 



Plant 2-3 ft. high, pubescent or glabrous. Leaves ovate, acuminate, 

 2-9(-12) cm. 1. Perianth white or pinkish, 2-2 -3 mm. 1., in fruit to 

 3 mm. 1. Fruit scarlet, at length dry, about 3 mm. 1. when dry. Berries 

 sometimes used for colouring. 



2. TRICHOSTIGMA A. Rich. 



Undershrubs, erect or climbing. Leaves alternate or 

 subopposite in shortened twigs ; stipules minute, deciduous. 

 Flowers hermaphrodite, in terminal and axillary racemes. 

 Bracts deciduous ; bracteoles persistent. Perianth herbaceous, 

 4-cleft ; segments increasing a little and reflexed in fruit. 

 Stamens 8-16. Ovary of one carpel ; stigma sessile, penicillate. 

 Fruit a globose berry, with fleshy pericarp. Embryo annular, 

 surrounding floury endosperm. 



Species 3, natives of tropical America, 



T. octandrum H. Walt, in Engl. Pflanzenreich iv. pi. 83, 

 109, T, rivinoides A. Bich. in Sagra Cub. x. 306 (1845), 

 Rivina humilis var. scandens L. Sp. PL 122 (1753), R. 

 octandra L. Cent. Plant, ii. 9 (1756) & Sp. PL ed. 2, 177; 

 Wright Mem. 265; Moq. in DC. Prodr. xiii. pt. 2, 11 ; Oriseb. 

 Fl. Br. W. Ind. 59. R. sarmentosa <fec. Broicne Hist. Jam. 149, 

 /. 23, /. 2. Villamilla octandra Hook. f. in Benth. d- Hook. /, Gen. 

 Plant Hi. 81 (1880) ; Urb. Symb. Ant iv. 228. Type in Herb. 

 Linn. (Fig. 54.) 



Hoop Withe, Cooper Withe. 



Wright 1 Bancroft ! St. Mary, McNab ! Purdie ! Yallahs Valley, Prior ! 

 March I J.P. 946, Hart I Yallahs Valley, 2800 ft., Harris] Windward 

 Road, Harris d Britton ! Fl. Jam. 6591, 10,796.— Cayman, West Indies, 

 tropical continental America. 



Stems climbing amongst shrubs and low trees to a height of 20 ft. 



