200 



FLORA OF JAMAICA 



Xylopia 



be quoted from Sp. PI. ed. 2, where Linnaeus cites also Brown. Jam. 251 ; 

 Browne's description agrees with the plant now understood by this name. 

 It is interesting to note that Browne doubts the identity of Plukenet's 

 plant with his own. 



2. X. mupieata L. Syst. ed. 10, 1250 (1759); leaves 

 lanceolate, long- acuminate, strigose on midrib beneath. — Dun. 

 Anon. 120 ; Mac/. Jam. 13. X. jamaicensis Griseh. loc. cit. (1859). 

 Xylopicrum fruticosum drc. Browne Hist. Jam. 250, t. 5, /. 2. 

 Type in Herb. Linn. 



Fig. 81.— Xylopia gra-ndifiora A. St. Hll. 



A, Twig with flowers X !. 



B, Section of flower with petids removed 

 X 2. 



C, Outer petal X |. 



D, Inner petal X *. 



E, Stamen x 8. 



F, Berry cut lengthwise, nat. size. 



G, Seed cut lengthwise, showing the aril 



(a) and the embryo {em) x 24. 

 (After A. Richard.) 



Mts. in Sixteen Mile Walk, Browne ; Prior ! March I Ramble, Claremont, 

 Fawcett d Harris I Tyre, near Troy, 2000 ft. (" Lancewood ") ; Peckham, 

 Clarendon, 2300 ft. ; Harris ! Fl. Jam. 7033, 9477, 11,064. 



A tree 20-80 ft. high. Leaves 7-8 cm. 1., 1-3-2 -5 cm. br. Flowers 

 generally 2 in a cluster, shortly stalked. Calyx about 2-5 mm. 1. Petals.. 

 outer 1"4-1"5 cm. 1. Berries 2"5-3 cm. 1., l-6-l"8 cm. br., ellipsoidal, 

 stalked, with about 3 seeds in each. Seeds about 8 mm. 1. 



3. X. grrandlflora A. St. Ilil. Fl. Bros. Mer. i. 40, t. 8 (1825) ; 

 leaves lanceolate, acuminate, glabi'ous on upper surface, seri- 

 ceous beneath, midrib puberulous on both sides. — Oriseb. loc. cit. 



