Exothea. 1413 



IL (1884) 161; Gardiner et Brace, Provis. List PL Bahama IsL in Proceed. Acad. 

 Natur. Scienc. Philadelph. 1889 (Jan. 1890) 373; Fawcett, Provis. List PL Jam. (1893) 

 8; Anonymus Fl. St. Vinc. etc., Kew BulL Nr. 81 (1893) 243, coli. H. H. et G. H. Smith 

 n.l545! — Exothea ohlongifolia Macfad. Fl. Jamale. L (1837) 232!; Walp. Rep. L 

 (1842) 557; B. L. Robinson in Gray, Synopt. Fl. North Am. L 1. Fase. 2. (1897) 445. 

 — Stadmannia paniculata Dietrich, Synops. PL IL (1840) 1305. — Hypelate ohlongi- 

 folia W. Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. III. (1844) 226 t. 7 (inscripta >>Exothea oblongifolia<<), 

 p. 227 sphalm. >>Hypelate paniculata<<, (coli. Macfad.!, Lane); Walp. Rep. V. (1845 — 

 1846) 366 del. syn. erroneo >>Exothea paniculata Hook. 1. c. 227 <<, ubi potius >>Hypelate 

 paniculata<< sphalm. (loco >>Hypelate ohlongifolia <<) legitur, quae ab Hook, in ead. 227 

 (sed perperam) diversa spec. ab Hypelate paniculata Gamb. dicitur. — Hypelate tri- 

 foliata Griseb. (non alibi) Veget. d. Karaib. in Abh. K. Ges. Wiss. Götting. VII. (1857) 

 188 (seors. impr. 40) n. 259, coli. Duchassaing ex ins. Desirade! (cf. Griseb. ips. in 

 FL Brit. W.-Ind. p. 127). — Vulgo: Yaicua Gubensium (»Baygua de Oviedo?<<) t. 

 A. Ernst, Mem. sobre el Embarbascar in Los Esbozos de Venez. I. (1881, seors. impr.) 

 7 (reimpr. in La Naturaleza V. [1880 — 1881] Rivista cientif. 39); Yaicua je A. Rieh. 

 1. c. et Griseb. Gat. PL Gub. 303 (sphalm. 301); Yaicuage s. Yaicage A. Rieh. 1. c; 

 Yaicuage el commun Sauv. et Wr. 1. c. ; Yaicuage otro Torralbas in sched.; 

 Gäita Portoricensib. t. Bello, 1. c; Guacarän iisd. t. Gundlach in sched.; Honey 

 Berry, Madeira Wood t. Sarg, (sub »Hypelate paniculata<<) in F. H. Parker, Report 

 of Tests on the Strength of Structural Material made at the Watertown Arsenal, Mass. 

 (1883) 572; Madura Wood t. Sarg. ibid. 644; Inkwood, Iron wood Floridanis 

 t. Sarg. 1. supra c. (1884); Genip Bahamensib. t. Gard. et Brace, 1. c. (ut sub Melicocca 

 bijuga); wild Ginep in Jamaica t. Harris in sched. n. 8683!; Guerno de buey in 

 Sto. Domingo t. Fuertes. — Arbor vel frutex, cortice rubro in squamas brunneas 

 secedente, ligno duro gravi rubro-brunneo (t. Shafer). Rami teretes, graciles, erecti, 

 glabriusculi, juveniles fusco-aurantiaci, dein rubro-fusci, albide lenticellosi. Folia 

 sparsa, 2-juga, rare 3 — 1-foliolata, petiolo robusto supra sulcato; foliola e basi breviter 

 cuneata oblongo-elliptica vel oblonga, nunc latiora nunc angustiora apice sensim 

 angustato obtusiusculo, impunctata, attamen cellulis secretoriis instructa. Paniculae 

 axillares vel terminales, multiramosae, aurantiaco-puberulae (in sicco olivaceae), pedi- 

 cellis brevibus ut et alabastra sordide tomentellis. Flores parvi. 



Frutex 2 — 3 m altus (t. Picarda) vel arbor 20 — 75 pedes alta, trunco ad 2 pedes 

 crasso (t. Shafer). Ramuli floriferi 3 — 4 mm crassi. Folia aut longiora sicca fusces- 

 centia, ad 17 cm longa, foliolis superioribus (majoribus) 10 — 11 cm longis, ad 3,5 cm 

 latis, aut breviora, sicca viridia, ad 10 cm longa, foliolis super. 8 cm longis, 3 — 3,5 cm 

 latis, infer. abbreviatis, transitum ad var. unijugam exhibentibus. Panicula 8 — 18 cm 

 longa, ramis infimis ad 7 cm longis, pedicellis 2 — 3 mm longis. Flores albidi, diam. 

 6—7 mm. Stamina cum antheris 0,8 mm longis circ. 3 mm longa. Fructus fusco- 

 purpureus (ex Richard) vel niger (t. Shafer), diam. circ. 14 mm. 



Var. unijuga Ekman in sched. — Folia sicca viridia, omnia 1-juga, 8 cm longa, 

 foliolis circ. 6 cm longis, 2,5 — 3,5 cm latis, saepius magis retusis. 



In insuhs Antillanis et Bahamensibus, in Florida et Guatemala. — Sto. 

 Domingo (Hispaniola): Poiteau n.l802, fl. et fr.; Hb. Prodr. DG.); Mayerhoff! 

 (a. 1859; Hb. BeroL); Prenleloup n. 95 (in sylvis ad viam Sta Rosa, m. Apr. 1868, 

 fl. et n. 97, Mart. 1862 fr., in sylvis litoralibus, Mart. 1869 fl. et fr. jun.); Eggers 

 n. 2579! (in sylvestribus ad Boca Gangrejos, Jul. 1887, fl., arbor 40 alta, truncus 10'); 

 W. Buch n. 487! (prope Gonaives ad Ennery in silv. umbros, alt. 200 m, m. Sept. 1900, 

 fL); Picarda n. 1134! (Petionville, Aug. 1893, fl.; Hb. BeroL), n.ll68! (Flaues de 

 Morne l'Höpital, 400 m, Dec. 1893, fr., arbuste de 2 ou 3 m; Hb. BeroL), n.l324! 

 (Jer^mie, Jan. 1895, fl. arbre; Hb. Berol.), n.l357! (Gorail, 1000 m au moins, Dec. 

 1894, fl.; Hb. Berol.); N.Taylor n. 249! (Gonsuelo, prov. of Macoris, along Macoris 

 river, Nov. 1909, fl.; Hb. BeroL), n. 478! (Bayajibe, prov. of Seibo, in dense scrub, 



