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FLORA OF JAMAICA 



Cakile 



or oblong-linear, entire or toothed, 3-7 cm. 1. Flowers white, 6-8 mm. 1. 

 Siliqua 2-3 cm. 1., 4 mm. at greatest br. ; lower joint obconical-cylindrical, 

 somewhat terete. 



Family XXXIII. TOVARIACE^. 



Herbs shrubby at base. Stem erect or trailing on shrubs, 

 branching. Leaves 3-foliolate, alternate, without stipules. 

 Racemes terminal. Flowers hermaphrodite. Sepals 7 or 8, 

 persistent. Petals 7 or 8, inserted on an elevated disk. Stamens 

 7 or 8, inserted on the disk ; anthers dehiscing longitudinally ; 

 filaments flat, linear, apex acute. Ovary subsessile, 6-8-celled ; 

 ovules numerous, attached to two spongy axile placentas in each 

 cell ; style short or wanting ; stigma 5-8-radiatB. Berry globose- 

 ovoid. Seeds numerous, minute, buried in the pulp ; embryo 

 curved, surrounded by a layer of endosperm. 



One genus with 2 or more species, natives of Jamaica, 

 Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru. 



TOVARIA Ruiz & Pav. 



T. diffusa comh. nov. T. pendula Griseh. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 

 17 (excl. distribution) (non Buiz & Pav.); Hook. Ic. PI. t. 664 



Fig. 104.— TotMria diffusa Fawc. & Rendle. 



A, Portion of plant X i. 



B, Flower with petals and stamens re- 



moved X 2. 



C, Petal X 3. 



D, Stamen x 5. 



E, Fruit, nat. size. 



F, Fruit cut across X 2, showing the 



branched placenta. 



G, Seed cut lengthwise x 20. 



(A-E after Hooker.) 



