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Casearia oclorata Macf. inermis, ramis hornotinis brevissime v. 

 minute pilosulis; stipulis lanceolatis v. lineari-lanceolatis acutis r. bre- 

 viter subiilatis 1 — 1,5 mm. longis; foliis 4 — 6 mm. longe petiolatis, 

 anguste ovatis, obovatis v. subrhombeis, basi acuta parum v. manifeste 

 in petiolum angustatis, apice vix v. mediocriter acuminatis, acumine 

 obtusissimo, interdum leviter emarginato, 3,5 — 8,5 cm. longis, 2 — 3,5 cm. 

 latis, margine plus minus manifeste crenulatis, crassiuscule chartaceis; 

 floribus in axillis foliorum (saepius delapsorum) 4 — 10( — 15) fascicu- 

 latis, pedicellis 4 — 5 mm. longis supra v. sub medio articulatis; sepalis 

 4 — 5 mm. longis, basi 0,6 — 0,8 mm. longe connatis, elliptico-oblongis, 

 apice obtusis; staminibus 8 cum staminodiis supra basin calycis ab- 

 euntibus et cum iis in Ys ^It. in tubum connatis, staminodiis latiuscule 

 linearibus dense pubescentibus; ovario ovato, sensim in stylum dimidio 

 longiorem attenuato. 



Casearia oclorata Macf. Flor. Jam. I (1837) j). 215 (ex descript. 

 optima), — non Teijsm. et Binn. (1855). 



Casearia ramiflora var. spinosa Griseb.f Flor. (1859) p. 24 

 (p. p.). 



Frutex 2 — 3,3 m. altus. Rami saepius horizontaliter divaricati teretes 

 parce striati, brunei v. grisei, lenticellis parvis obtecti, hornotini pube bre- 

 vissima patula v. suberecta obsiti. Stipulae satis persistentes pallidae 

 pilosulae. Folia in ramis floriferis disticha, petioüs gracilibus, 0,5 mm. 

 crassis, supra leviter v. vix sulcatis pilosulis, nervo medio supra inferne 

 parum, superne magis prominente, lateralibus utroque latere 6 — 7 utrinque 

 prominentibus et reticulato-anastomosantibus, crenis depressis antice mucro- 

 nulum deciduum gerentil)us, margine plana, pellucido- punctata, lineolis parcis 

 V. parcissimis intermixtis, praesertim supra nitida, subtus ad nervös minute 

 V. obsolete pilosiüa. Pedicelli ca. 0,2 mm. crassi, sub articulatione dense 

 et brevissime, superne parcius v. parcissime pilosuli; bracteae ovatae v. sub- 

 orbiculares 1 — 1,5 mm. longae; prophylla nulla. Sepala \äridi-alba (ex 

 Macf.), dorso minute et parce adpresseque pilosula, tubo breviter semi- 

 globoso, in aestivatione quincuncialiter imbricata, sul» anthesi erecta v. patentia, 

 crassiuscule chartacea, lineolis et sub apice punctis flavidis notata. Sta- 

 mina 8 subliypogy na , tubo ca. 1 mm. longo; filamenta quoad libera 1,5 — 2 mm. 

 longa glabra; antlierae anguste ovatae in 1/3 alt. affixae, vix 0,5 mm. longae, 

 apice ad dorsum glanduloso-incrassatae. Staminodia quoad libera 1 mm. 

 longa densissime pubescentia. Ovarium breviter et suberecto-pilosum; pla- 

 centae 3; Ovula numerosa placentis ca. 4-seriatim affixa. Stylus 1,5 mm. 

 longus inferne sensim incrassatus giaber; stigma fere 3-plo crassius, vertice 

 concaviusculum. 



Hab. in Jamaica: Alexander, Pardie, Swartz (bb. Holm.), in 

 Yallah's Valley 500 m. alt. m. Jun. flor., in Green Valley m. Oct. flor., 

 ad Cascade Rock m. Sept. tl.: Harris n. 5744, 6595, 8155, in savannahs 

 vulgaris ad St. Thomas in the Vale, in Port Royal mountains, m. Aug., 

 Sept. flor.: ex Macf. 



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