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FLORA OF JAMAICA 



Ocotea 



a double margin, and the perianth-segments enlarged and more or less 

 persistent ; pedicel enlarged above to the diameter of the cupule. 

 The timber is used for inside work, also for shingles. 



6. NECTANDRA Roland. 



Leave^ glabrous or sparingly hairy. Perianth thick, some- 

 what fleshy ; tube short, sometimes almost none ; segments 

 subequal, spreading, deciduous in fruit. Stamens 9, much 

 shorter than the perianth, anthers 4-celled, the cells, at any rate 



A, Portion of flowering brancli X J. 



B, Flower X 6. 



C, Periantti-seKmeut with an outer and an 



inner stamen X 5. 



D, Stamens in C with the inner pulled 



down X 5. 



Fig. S8.—yectandra antUlana Meisn. 



£, Alternate perianth-segment with an 



outer stamen x 5. 

 F, Pistil X 6. 

 O, Fruit X S. 



of the outer ring, arranged in a bow-shaped curve ; staminodes 

 none or small ; filaments very short or wanting. Berry globose 

 or ellipsoidal ; cupule simple-margined, saucer-shaped, generally 

 red ; pedicel slightly thickened or expanding above to the 

 diameter of the cupule. 



Species about 86, natives of tropical America, especially the 

 Andes, a few in Mexico and the West Indies, and a few reaching 

 to Argentina and Paraguay. 



