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NUMBER 77 PASSIFLORACE~E-F’HYTUIACCACEAE 175
Estate (Ernst 1938), Layou Village (Ernst 1987), Roseau
Valley (Lloyd 553), Salybia (Hodge 3284), South Chiltern
(Stern & Warshausen 2526), Sylvania (Hodge s.n., Nicolson
1870), without locality (Taylor 127).
A decoction is used by Caribs to induce lactation (Hodge and
Taylor, 1957590).
Passifora serratodigitata
Passifora serratodigitata Linnaeus, 1753:960.-Killip, 1938:341.
Passiflora serrata Linnaeus, 1759a:1248.
Feuille carapate.
Plants glabrous; petioles 4-glandular; leaves 5-7-lobed
below the middle, the margins serrulate.
West Indies, South America; in Dominican lowland forests:
Layou (Rumage sen. at BM), Hatton Garden (Hodge 2946),
without locality (Imray 96 at K).
Pass (flora stenosepala
Passiflora stenosepala Killip, 1938:145.
Plants glabrous; petioles glandless; leaves truncate to
shallowly 3-lobed, rounded to truncate at base; coronal
filaments in 1 series.
St. Lucia and Dominica; in Dominican lowlands: La
Chaudihre (Hodge 3589), without locality (Zmray 270, photo
from K).
Closely related to P: andersonii, as noted by Bornstein (in
Howard, 1989,5:385).
Passiflora suberosa
Passiflora suberosa Linnaeus, 1753:958.-Killip, 1938:88.
Passiflora minima Iinnaeus, 1753:959.
Passiflora angustifolia Swartz, 1788:97.
Passiflora hederacea Cavanilles, 1790,10448.
Passifora lineariloba I. Hooker, 1851:222.
Passifora villosa Macfadyen [1837, 2:151, nom. invalid. (printed but not
distributed)] ex Gnsebach, 1860:291.
Passiflora suberosa var. minim0 (Linnaeus) Masters, 1871:630.
Passiflora suberosa var. angustifoh (Swartz) Masters, 1871 :630.
Passiflora suberosa var. hederacea (Cavanilles) Masters, 1871:630.
Passiflora suberara var. lineariloba (J. Hooker) Masters in Martius, 1872,
13(1):579.
Passion flower, wild water-lemon.
Petiolar glands 2, stipitate; leaves ciliate or not, shape
extremely variable, from entire to deeply 3-lobed, margins
entire; floral bracts and petals absent; ovary glabrous.
Neotropics; in Dominica in moist to dry woodlands to 300
m: Cabrit (Nicolson 1889, Smith 10323), Clarke Hall (Ernst
1265), Dew Granges (Nicolson 2095), Hatton Garden (Hodge
3082), Salybia (Hodge 3082, Stehlt 6411).
PHYTOLACCACEAE
1. Ovary of 9-16 united carpels, ribbed when dry ......
......................... Phytolacca
1. Ovary of 1 carpel with 1 seed.
2. Flowers sessile or k sessile (pedicel to 1.5 mm); fiuit
dry, with hooked awns or tubercles.
3. Inflorescence short, -4 cm; fruit globoid, tuberculate,
spreading from inflorescence axis . . , , , Microtea
3. Spikes elongate, to 40 cm; fruit linear, with hooked
awns, appressed to inflorescence axis ... Petiveria
2. Flowers on pedicels >3 mm long; fruit fleshy, smooth.
4. Annual shrub; stamens 4; tepals erect in fiuit. ...
........................ Rivina
4. Woody vine; stamens 8-12; tepals deflexed in fruit
..................... TrichosCigma
Microtea debilis Swanz, 178853.
Microtea Swartz
Microtea debilis
Demoiselle.
Herb to 5 cm; fruits to 1.5 mm long, tuberculate.
Neotropics; in Dominica a roadside weed in moist areas to
600 m: Carib Reserve (Hodge 3376), Grand Bay (Emst 1072),
Grand Savanna (Ernst 2122), Petit Coulibri (Whitefoord 4678),
Pont Casse (Webster 13457a), Portsmouth garden weed
(DHN!), South Chiltern (Hodge 1624), Soufrihre (Lloyd 402),
sine loc. (Eggers 563).
Reported as used to make a medicinal tea by Caribs (Hodge
and Taylor, 1957556) but misidentified (Hodge 3376) as
Rivina humilis. Adjanohoun et al. (1985:157, pl. 123) reported
similar medical uses.
Petiveria Linnaeus
Petiveria alliacea Linnaeus, 1753:342.
Petiveria alliacea
Kudjuruk or cojorok (patois), emeruaiuma, lemuru (Carib).
Perennial herb to 1.5 m with garlic odor; achenes armed with
4 deflexed awns, appressed to axis.
Neotropics; in Dominica a weed in disturbed lowlands:
Clarke Hall (Chambers 2708, Ernst 1690, Stern & Wusshausen
2392), Colihaut (Wilbur 8120), Petit Coulibri (Whitefoord
4660), Salybia (Hodge 3194).
Used by Caribs as a charm and medicine (Hodge and Taylor,
1957556). Adjanohoun et al. (1985157, pl. 124) reported
similar uses.
Phytolacca Linnaeus
Phytolacca rivinoides
Phytolacca rivinoides Kunth & Bouche in Link, Kunth & Bouche, 1849:lS.
Pokeweed, z’oreilles mulatre, tarikai (Carib).