256 FLORA OF JAMAICA Hirtella 



Species, about 42, natives of Brazil and Guiana, very few in 

 the rest of tropical America and the W. Indies, and one in 

 Madagascar. 



lufloresconce a raceme 1. H. raccTnosa. 



Inflorescence paniculate. 



Fruit 2-2'5 cm. 1., densely hairy 2. H. jamaicensis. 



Fruit about 1*4 cm. 1., sparingly puberulous 3. H. multiflora. 



1. H. racemosa Lam. Encyc. Hi. 133 (1789) & Blmtr. ii. 114, 

 t. 138; inflorescence racemose. — Griseh. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 229. 

 H. americana Auhl. Guian. 247, t. 98 (1775); Sw. Ohs. Bot. 94; 

 Hook. f. in Fl. Bras. xiv. pt. 2, 33 (non L. nee Jacq.). 



McNabl (in Herb. Edinb.). — St. Vincent, Trinidad, Central America, 

 tropical S. America. 



Shrub or small tree, 5-10 ft. high. Leaves very variable, oblong or 

 oblong-lanceolate, acute, acuminate, or long pointed acuminate, glabrous 

 on both sides, or sometimes pubescent on the midrib and beneath, nerves 

 and veins prominulous on both sides, the smaller somewhat leathery, the 

 larger membranous; petioles shortly hairy, 4-6 mm. 1. ; stipules filiform 

 or setaceous. Racemes axillary and terminal, longer than the leaves, 

 many-flowered, sparingly puberulous, 1-3 dm. 1. Bracts awl-shaped, 

 3-6 mm. 1. Pedicels •5-1; 5 cm. 1. Receptacle campanulate, 3 mm. 1. 

 Sepals and petals about 3 mm. 1. Stamens 5-7, 8-12 mm. 1. Fruit 

 obovoid-oblong, glabrous, woolly inside, 8-12 mm. 1. 



2. H. jamaicensis Urb. Symh. Ant. v. 355 (1908); leaves 

 oblong or oblong-elliptical, shortly acuminate, 4-12 cm. 1., 2-4 

 cm. br. ; inflorescence paniculate ; fruit oblong, truncate at the 

 apex, narrowed at the base, very densely covered outside and 

 inside with buff-coloured hairs, obsoletely ribbed under the hair, 

 2-2-5 cm. 1., -8-1 cm. br. H. triandra Sw. Prodr. 51 (1788) & 

 Fl. Ind. Oec. 508 (in part) ; Griseh. op. cit. 230 (in part). 

 (Fig. 109 D, E.) 



In fl. May-Sept., in fr. March-May; Swartzl Macfadyenl Wilsont 

 Moneague, Priori Blue Mts., Hansen; Whitfield Hall, Blue Mts., Harrisl 

 Fl. Jam. 5604. 



Small tree, 20 ft. high. Leaves hairy on the midrib, or glabrate, on the 

 upper surface, with short adpressed hairs underneath, midrib on upper 

 surface generally prominent, nerves and veins impressed, flat or slightly 

 prominulous on upper surface, prominent beneath; petioles 2 •5-3 "5 mm. 1.; 

 stipules awl-shaped, l"5-3 mm. 1. Inflorescence 2-4 cm. 1., densely pubes- 

 cent with short buff-coloured hairs. Bracts triangular, l'5-3 mm. 1.; 

 bracteoles much shorter. Co/j/x-segmeuts 2 5-3 mm. 1. Petals 3 mm. I., 

 about 2 mm. br., oval, with a very short claw. Stamens generally 3, 6-8 

 mm. 1. Style 10-11 mm. 1., hairy on the lowest third. 



3. H. multiflora Urb. Symh. Ant. v. 356 (1908) ; leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate or oblong-elliptical, usually long 

 acuminate, 5-12 cm. 1., 2-3 '5 cm. br. ; inflorescence paniculate; 

 fruit (fide Urban) subrectangular, more or less ribbed, bidentate 

 at the apex, narrowed at the very base, with very short hairs 

 sparingly scattered over the surface, 1 '3-1 "4 cm. 1., '6 cm. br. 



