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FLORA OF JAMAICA 



Miaanteca 



J.P. 1277, Morrisl Robertsfield, J.P. 1375, Hart\ Plato; Green Valley, 

 2000-2200 ft. ; Tweedside ; Chester Vale, 3000 ft. ; Harris ! Fl. Jam. 5362, 

 5488, 5630, 5728, 6816, 11,003.— Cuba, Hispaniola, Porto Rico. 



^ Tree 30-40 ft. high. Leaves narrowly elliptical, acuminate, nerves and 

 veins obscurely prominulous above, distintttly beneath, glabrous, 6-12 cm. 

 1., 2 •6-4 -5 cm. br. Inflorescence paniculate, becoming corymbose in fruit. 

 Flowers subumbellate at the apex of the peduncles, about 2 • 5 mm. 1. 



Fig. 8i.—Mt»anteea triandra Mez. 



A, Portion of flowering branch X J. D, Young fnilt X j. 



B, Flower cut lengthwise X 10. E, Mature fruit X |. 



C, Staniinal tube X 10. 



Perianth, tube funnel-shaped, about IJ times as long as the lobes. 

 Anthers evident when flower opens, about 1 mm. 1. Qlands dilated- 

 cordate, two often united, arising at about half the height of the staminal 

 tube. Staminodes none. Pistil about 2 mm, 1. Berry 2 cm. 1., 1-2 cm. 

 br. ; when young almost enclosed by the cupule ; cupule bell-shaped, 

 hemispherical, bright red, covering about one-third of the berry ; pedicel 

 somewhat thickened. 



3. PERSEA Gaertn. f. 



Leaves somewhat leathery, generally puberulous beneath. 

 Inflorescence, joints often broadening somewhat upwards. 

 Perianth, tube none ; segments, outer ^— ^ as long as the 

 inner (subequal in P. americana), persistent in fruit. Stamens 

 9 ; anthers 4-ceIled (but those of the inner stamens 2-celled in 

 P. Urhaniana) ; staminodes large, cordate-sagittate, stalked. 

 Berry globose or elliptical, or pear-shaped in P. americana ; 



