Phytolacca 



PHYTOLACCACE^ 



159 



embryo annular, surrounding the floury endosperm, cotyledons 

 semiterete, radicle long. Mountain Calalu, Jocato, Poke 

 We e d. 



Species 26, natives of tropics and sub tropics, chiefly 

 American. 



Pedicels longer than the flowers. Perianth 2 mm. 1 1. P. rivinoides. 



Pedicels as long as the flowers. Perianth about 4 mm. 1. 2. P. icosandra. 



1. P. rivinoides Kunth & Botiche in Ind. Sent. Hort. Berol. 

 (1848) 15 ; racemes much longer than the leaves ; pedicels 



Fig. 56. — Phytolacca icosandra L. 



A, Raceme and leaf X J. D, Fruit cut across X 2. 



B, Flower x 5. ^ E, Seed in section x 7. 



C, Fruit X 2. 



longer than the flowers, 5-10 mm. 1. ; perianth- segments pink, 

 broadly elliptical, about 2 mm. 1. and 1 • 5 mm. br., reflexed and 

 generally deciduous in fruit ; stamens 20-10 ; carpels 16-10. — 

 H. Walt, in Engl. Pflanzenreich iv. jpt. 83, 55. P. icosandra Wright 

 Mem. 268 (1828) (non L) ; Moq. in DC. Prodr. xiii. pt. 2, 33 ; 

 Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4967 ; Oriseb. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 58 ; Urh. Symh. 

 Ant. iv. 229. 



Wright 1 Distin 1 Morse's Gap, McNab I Bethabara, Wullschlaegel I 

 Castleton, Hart I Vinegar Hill, 3500 ft., Harris 1 Fl. Jam. 6417.— West 

 Indies, Central and tropical South America. 



Stem somewhat shrubby below, 4 ft. high. Leaves elliptical, ovate or 

 ovate- lanceolate, acuminate, 10-20 cm. 1., 4-8 cm. br,, green, covered with 



