Flora of Dominica, Part 2 - Smithsonian Institution Libraries
Flora of Dominica, Part 2 - Smithsonian Institution Libraries
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NUMBER 77 OIACACEAE~NAGRACEAE 171<br />
Ximenia Linnaeus<br />
Ximenia americana<br />
Ximenia americana Linnaeus. 1753:1193.-Sleumer, 1984:89.<br />
Usually thorny shrub or small tree; flowers in simple or<br />
compound fascicles <strong>of</strong> 1-many flowers; petal hairs white when<br />
fresh, orange when dry; ovary superior; fruit an edible drupe.<br />
Tropics and subtropics; new record for <strong>Dominica</strong>, infrequent<br />
on dry west coast: Colihaut (Wilbur 8276). Fruiting in August.<br />
Our specimen is <strong>of</strong> the typical variety.<br />
OLEACEAE<br />
Noronhia emarginata (Lamarck) Du Petit-Thouars, French<br />
kenip, was cultivated in the Roseau Botanic Garden (Hodge<br />
3948).<br />
1. Calyx inconspicuous, -2 mm long; petals united only at<br />
base, lobes linear. ............. Chionanthus<br />
1. Calyx conspicuous, with linear lobes -1 cm long; petals<br />
united half their length, lobes 6-9, broad. .. Jusminum<br />
Chionanthus Linnaeus<br />
<strong>Dominica</strong>n specimens are <strong>of</strong>ten misdetermined as Chionanthus<br />
(Linociera) domingensis, which has a glabrous and ‘/2-3/4<br />
united calyx.<br />
With reluctance I disagree with Dr.Steam (1977) and restore<br />
the original feminine gender <strong>of</strong> this generic name.<br />
1. Petals margins inrolled, 0.3 mm wide; stamens tipped with<br />
an elongate apiculum ............ C. compacta<br />
1. Petals flat, 1.5 mm wide: stamens tipped with a globular<br />
gland. ...................... C. dussu<br />
Chwnanthus compacta<br />
Chionanthus compacta Swartz, 1788:13.--Stearn, 19773356.<br />
chionanthus caribaea Jacquin, 1789. Coll., 2:110, pl. 6: fig. 1.<br />
Linociera compacta (Swartz) R. Brown ex G. Don. 1837.452.<br />
Mayepea caribaea (Jacquin) Kuntze, 1891, 1:411.<br />
Linociera caribaea (Jacquin) Knoblauch, 1895:87.-Little et al., 1974:820. pl.<br />
661.<br />
Bois fer blanc.<br />
Shrub or tree to 6 m (dbh to 6 cm); leaves ovate-lanceolate,<br />
attenuate; flowers white, mildly aromatic; fruits black, 1.5 cm<br />
x 1 cm.<br />
Guatemala, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico through the Lesser<br />
Antilles into northern S. America; in <strong>Dominica</strong> on slopes above<br />
coasts: Fond Hunte Estate (Whitefoord 4444), Grand Savanne<br />
(Stern & Wasshausen 2452), Grand Bay (Ernst 1067), Petit<br />
Soufrikre Bay (Stern & Wasshausen 2478), Wallhouse (Eggers<br />
863). Flowering April (south coast), July (east coast), October<br />
pond Hunte), December (Wallhouse) and fruiting July (Grand<br />
Savanne).<br />
Chwnanthus dussli<br />
ChiO~tUb<br />
Steam, 1977:357.<br />
Mayepea dwsii Krug & Urban in Urban, 1892347.<br />
Linociera dwsii (Krug & Urban) Knoblauch, 1895:87.4mp & Monachino,<br />
1939223.<br />
dwii (IGug & U h)<br />
Similar to preceding species except in key characters.<br />
Martinique; in <strong>Dominica</strong> (new record) without locality):<br />
Fishlock 15. The specimen flowered in 1915 but no month is<br />
mentioned. Fruiting material, such as cited under the preceding<br />
species, cannot yet be placed with certainty without flowers.<br />
Jasminum Linnaeus<br />
Jasminum jluminense Vellozo and Jasminum sambac Ginnaeus)<br />
Aiton are reported as cultivated on <strong>Dominica</strong> by<br />
Howard (1989,6:81-83).<br />
Jasmin um m ultiflorum<br />
Jasminwn multiflorwn (N. Burman) Andrews, 1807.<br />
Nyctanthes multiflora N. Burman, 17685, pl. 3: fig. 1.<br />
Nyctanthes pubescens Retzius. 1788,5:9.<br />
Jasmttrun pubescens (Retzius) WiUdenow, 1797,1:37.<br />
Trailing shrub; stems pubescent; leaves simple, -5 cm x 3<br />
cm; flowers white, showy; calyx lobes pubescent.<br />
Introduced from Asia; cultivated and occasionally escaping(?)<br />
in <strong>Dominica</strong>: Carib Reserve (Hodge 3315), Massacre<br />
(Whitefoord 4636), Point Baptiste (Hodge 3I34), Sylvania<br />
(Howard 11776), cult. Roseau (DHN!).<br />
ONACRACEAE<br />
Ludwigia Linnaeus<br />
1. Sepals 5; seeds in single rows (uniseriate) in each locule<br />
and embedded in endocarp ......... L. leptocarpa<br />
1. Sepals 4, rarely 5; seeds <strong>of</strong> at least upper 1/4 <strong>of</strong> capsule<br />
irregularly massed (multiseriate) in each locule and not<br />
embedded in endocarp.<br />
2. Seeds <strong>of</strong> upper capsule multiseriate and not embedded,<br />
those <strong>of</strong> lower portion uniseriate and embedded; pollen<br />
in single grains ............. L. hyssopifolia<br />
2. Seeds all multiseriate and not embedded in endowp:<br />
pollen in tetrads.<br />
3. Capsule 4-angled, 4 cm long; raphe <strong>of</strong> seed linear,<br />
l/s or less the seed diameter. ....... L. erecta<br />
3. Capsule terete, 1.7-4.5 cm long; raphe <strong>of</strong> seed<br />
inflated, finely transversely ridged, equaling the seed<br />
diameter ................ L. octovalvis<br />
Ludwigia erecta<br />
Luhoigia erecta (Linnaeus) Hara, 1953:292.-Ramamoorthy<br />
1987:%.<br />
Jussiaea erecta Linnaeus, 1753:388.<br />
& Zardini,
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