236 FLORA OF JAMAICA Cratceva 



slightly elevated in the centre; berry globose, 3 -2-3 '8 cm. in 

 diam.— iUac/. Jam. i. 37 ; Griaeb. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 17 ; Eichl. in Fl. 

 Bras, xiii.pt. 1, 264, t. 59. C. arborea foliis crassis &c. Browne 

 Hist, Jam. 247. Tapia Piso Bras. 68 tfr woodcut <k Marcijr. Hist. 

 98 d' woodcut. Malus americana trifolia &c. Commel. Amst. i. 129, 

 t. 67. Tapia arborea triphylla Phnn. Nov. PI. Amer. Oen. 22, 

 t. 21. (Fig. 97.) 



In fl. May ; in f r. June-Aug. ; Spanish Town road : Salt Ponds ; 

 Macfadyenl Ferry River; near Bull Bay; Harris \ Fl. Jam. 8272, 9669. 

 — Central and tropical S. America. 



Tree about 20 ft. high. Leaves, leaflets elliptical or broadly elliptical, 

 shortly acuminate, base rounded, obtuse or wedge-shaped, lateral oblique 

 and with unequal sides, membranous, becoming thicker, often somewhat 

 leathery, in fruit, 5-13 cm. 1., 3-7 cm. br. ; petiolule short, 5-13 mm. 1. ; 

 common petiole 2 cm. 1. near the flowers, and as long as 13 c!n. lower. 

 S^als oblong, slightly constricted below, 5-7 mm. 1., 1-5-2 -5 mm. br. 

 Stamens 5-6 cm. 1. Gynophore of berry 3*5-6 cm. 1.; pedicel 3-5 cm. 1. 

 Berry " size of a small orange " (Macfadyen). Seeds 8 mm. in diam. 



2. C. gynandra L. Sp. PI. ed. 2, 636 (1762) ; petals, limb 

 oblong or narrowly elliptical-oblong, '8-1 "7 cm. 1., 1-2 mm. br. ; 

 receptacle generally elevated in the centre, 2-4 mm. 1. ; berry 

 ovoid, somewhat more than 2 cm. in diam. — Macf. Jam. i. 36 ; 

 Oriseh. loc. cit. Anona trifolia flore stamineo &c. Sloane Cat. 205 

 <fe Hist. a. 169. Cratseva arborea foliis ovatis &c. Browne Hist. 

 Jam. 246. 



In fl. March, Apr.; in fr. June; Sloane Herb. vii. 100! Wright \ 

 Swartz I common in the plains, Macfadyen ; Hopewell, St. Mary, McNab 1 

 Spring Garden, Buff Bay, J. P. 1474, Morris \ Annotto Bay, Thortipsonl 

 Fl. Jam. 7917. — Central and tropical S. America. 



Tree 15-20 ft. high. Leaves, leaflets elliptical, shortly acuminate, 

 terminal with base wedge-shaped, lateral unequal-sided with oblique base, 

 membranous becoming chartaceous, 5-15 cm. 1., 2 -6-6 '5 cm. br. ; petiolule 

 4-8 mm. 1. ; common petiole 3-9 cm. 1. Sepals oblong, more or less 

 contracted below, 3-5 mm. 1. Stamens 2'6-4'5 cm. 1. Berry " size of a 

 pigeon's egg " (Macfadyen). 



Sloane's description of the fruit as " perfectly spherical, of the bigness 

 of a tennis ball," evidently refers to the preceding species, which he does 

 not distinguish from this. 



Family XXXII. CRUCIFER^. 



Herbs, annual or perennial, with watery juice. Leaves 

 simple, alternate ; in many species the radical leaves are 

 runcinate, and the cauline auriculate at the base. Stipules 

 wanting. Flowers in racemes, often corymbose, generally 

 terminal, hermaphrodite. Sepals 4, free, the lateral often 

 saccate at the base. Petals 4, spreading in a cruciate manner. 

 Stamens 6, of which 4 are long and 2 short (tetradynamous), 



