Hirtella ROSACE.E 257 



In fl. Aug.-March; Purdie] Marchl Colthirst, Spanish River, about 

 3000 ft.; Mansfield, Bath; Harrisl John Crow (Blake) Mts,, Harris d 

 Brittonl Fl. Jam. 5317, 5417, 596G, 10,753. 



Tree 35 ft. high. Leaves, nerves and veins on upper surface prominu- 

 lous, beneath prominent, sparingly hairy on both sides especially on the 

 midrib; petioles 2-3 mm. 1.; stipules linear-filiform, 1-5-2-5 mm. 1. 

 Inflorescence somewhat crowded and corymbose, tomentellose. Bracts 

 lanceolate, to triangular, 2-1 mm. 1. ; bracteoles about 1 mm. 1. Calyx- 

 segments 2-2-5 mm. 1. Petals 3-3'5 mm. 1., 1'7-1"8 mm. br., ovate or 

 oval, with very minute claw. Stamens generally 3, filaments 7-8 mm. 1. 

 Style 7*5-10 mm. 1., hairy on the lower J-J. 



The specimen Fl. Jam. 10,753 collected by Harris and Britton on the 

 John Crow (Blake) Mts. has broader leaves (to 4*5 cm. br.), and smaller 

 flowers— calyx-segments 2-2 • 3 mm. 1. , petals 2 • 6-2 • 8 mm. 1. , 2-2 • 1 mm. br. , 

 roundish-elliptical, style 7 "5-8 mm. 1., and is possibly another species. 



3. PRUNUS L. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, simple. Flowers solitary 

 or racemose. Receptacle obconical, urceolate or tubular, deciduous 

 with the calyx when fruit ripe. Stamens 15-20. Carpels 

 solitary ; style terminal ; ovules 2, pendulous. Drupe fleshy, 

 with a bony putamen, with one seed. Seed pendulous ; endosperm 

 in a thin layer or wanting ; radicle superior. 



Species over 150, natives chiefly of the temperate regions of 

 the northern hemisphere, fairly abundant in tropical America, 

 rare in tropical Asia. 



Leaves 1-2 dm. 1. Flowers about 5 mm. 1. Fruit 



ellipsoidal «. 1. P. occidentalis. 



Leaves -5-1 dm. 1. Flowers about 3 mm. 1. Fruit 



globose, about 1-2 cm. in diam 2. P. myrtifolia. 



1. P. oeeidentalls Sw. Prodr. 80 (1788); leaves large, 1-2 

 dm. 1. ; 4 • 5-7 • 5 cm. br. ; receptacle about 4 mm. 1. ; sepals about 

 2 mm. 1. ; petals about 3 mm. 1. ; stamens 4 mm. 1. ; fruit ellip- 

 soidal.— -^w;. ^l. Ltd. Occ. 925; Griseb. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 231; 

 Urh. Symh. Ant. iv. 260. Cerasus occidentalis Loisel. in Duham. 

 Arb. ed. nov. v. 4 (1800-19); Mac/. Jam. ii. 5. Laurocerasus 

 occidentalis M. Boem. Fam. Nat. Syn. fasc. 3, 89 (1847). 



Prune Tree. 



In fl. Feb.-April ; in fr. April, May ; in the mountains, WrigJit ! 

 Macfadyen ! St. Mary, McNab ! Purdie ! Rutherford ! March ! Green 

 Valley, J.P. 1276, Morris ! Guava Ridge ; Newcastle, 3500 ft. ; Harris ! 

 Fl. Jam. 5591, 10,109, 10,145.— Cuba, Hispaniola, Porto Rico, St. Kitts, 

 Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Vincent, Trinidad, Guatemala, Panama. 



A lofty tree, to 40 ft. high. Leaves oblong-elliptical or elliptical, sub- 

 acuminate, base rounded to wedge shaped, glabrous, smooth on upper 

 surface, nerves distinct, but veins obscure on upper surface, nerves 

 prominulous beneath. Racemes lateral or axillary, solitary or 2 together, 

 sometimes branched, 2-8 cm. 1., much shorter than the leaves. Pedicels 

 6-7 mm. 1. Floicers white, fragrant. Petals rounded-obovate. Stamens 



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