Flora of Dominica, Part 2 - Smithsonian Institution Libraries

NUMBER 77 R~BIAC~AE 187
Glasham (Nicolson 2009). Lisdara (Cooper 186), Mome Plat
Pays ridge (Hodge I732), Warner to Pointe Lo10 road (Emst
1955), Syndicate (Whitefoord 3892).
Hodge and Taylor (1957:610) reported the wood is used for
posts, the fruits are eaten by birds, and the bark may be used for
washing sores.
Chimawhis Jacquin
Chimawhis cymosa
Chimarrhir cyma Jaquin, 1763:61.-Standley in North Amer. FI., 1918,
32:S.Steyermark. 1965: 184.
Bois rivihre.
Medium to large tree to 10 m; stipules to 3 cm, soon
deciduous and leaving a circular scar; leaves obovate, to 40 cm
long, with white tufts at juncwe of lateral veins and midrib;
inflorescence large, with fragrant, white flowers; hits capsular.
Typical subspecies from Guadeloupe to St. Vincent (other
subspecies in Jamaica and Cuba, teste Steyermark); common in
mid-elevations of Dominica from lowlands to 800 m: Bataca
(Stehle 6365), Clyde River (Ernst 1028), Delices (Whitefoord
3709), Deux Branches (Hodge 2986), Freshwater Lake
(Nicolson 1839), Indian River (Hodge 3749), La Chaudiere
(Hodge 3624), Lisdara (Hodge 2476), Milton (Hodge 2576),
Morne Colla Anglais (Hodge 695, 891), Pont Casse (Webster
13478, Wilbur 8137), Portsmouth (Hodge 3749), Providence
Valley (Hodge 2065), Roche d'Or (Stern & Wasshausen 2582),
Roseau Valley Waterfalls (Hodge 2003, Syndicate(Whitefoord
3595), sine loc. (Cooper 38, Fishlock 10).
The wood is yellow, used for boards (Hodge and Taylor,
1957:610).
Chiococca Browne
Chiococca alba
Chiococca alba (Linnaeus) Hitchcock. 1893:94.Standley in North Arner. FI.,
1934,32:287.Steyermark, 1972:380.-Howard, 1989,6:398.
Weak shrub or vine with yellowish flowers and striking
white berries.
1. Inflorescence >3.5 cm long, peduncle 1.2-3.0 cm long;
flowers usually 9-27; leaves acute, 5-1 1 cm x 2.0-4.5 cm
......................... subsp. alba
1. Inflorescence usually ~3.5 cm long, peduncle 0.4-1.5 cm
long; flowers usually 5-8; leaves obtuse, 2-6 cm x 1-3
cm .................... subsp. parvifolia
Chiococca alba subsp. alba
Lonicera alba Linnaeus, 1753:175.
Chiococca racemsa Linnaeus, 1759a:9 17.
Widely distributed in neotropics but apparently rare in
ksser Antilles; in Dominica only in one ravine: Grand
Savanne near Salisbury (Wilbur 8346).
Chiococca alba subsp. parvifolia
Chiococca alba subsp. parvifolia (Grisebach) Steyermark, 1971:138;
1972381.
Chiococca parvifolia Wullschlaegel ex Grisebach, 1861 :337.-Standley in
North Amer. Fl., 1934,32:288.-Howard, 1989,6399.
Agouti vine, ti buanda, buenda, branda.
Antilles; common in Dominica in lowlands and along coasts:
L'Anse Noire (Emst 1685, Wilbur 7516), Anse du Me (Ernst
1556), Cabrit Swamp (Nicolson 1895, Smith 10312), Carib
Reserve (Hodge 3283, Stehlt 6390), Castle Bruce (Ramage
s.n.), Fern Villa (Hodge 2129), Grand Bay (Ernst 1076, Wilbur
7902), Grand Savanne (Stern & Wasshausen 2451), Hampstead
(Lloyd 672, 639), La Plaine (Wilbur 8163), Marigot (Hodge
683), Roche Marque (Webster 13474), below Syndicate
(Whitefoord 4308), Woodford Hill Bay (Wilbur 8311), sine loc.
(Fishlock 55).
Flowers are mixed with those of Petraea kohautiana to brew
a tea used by Caribs as an abortive (Hodge and Taylor,
1957:611).
Chione A.P. Candolle
Chione venosa
Chione venosa (Swartz) Urban, 1911, 4:594.-Standley in North Amer. Fl..
1934,32:292.
Jacquinia venosa Swartz, 1788:47.
Psychotria megalasperma Vahl, 1807, Eclog., 3:3, pl. 21. nan. illeg. incl.
Jacquinia venosa Swartz, 1788.
Chione glabra A.P. Candolle, 1830,4461.
Bois anda.
Tree to 10 m; stipules deltoid, deciduous; inflorescence
paniculate, loose: pedicels -1 cm long: calyx a zk truncate rim;
corolla white, with short, rounded lobes; anthers basally
attached to elongate filaments: fruit a ridged berry >1 cm long.
Scattered from Jamaica to Trinidad; apparently rare and to be
sought in Dominica: Layou Flats (Ramage s.n.), sine loc.
(Imray 326 at K, Imray s.n. at GH).
In Guadeloupe from seaside to 800 m, a useful timber in
Grenada. Confusable with Erithalis, but leaves not obovate,
and Psychotria, but flowers rather longer-stalked and ovule
position different.
Diodia Linnaeus
Diodia apiculata (Willdenow ex Roemer & Schultes)
Schumann was attributed to Dominica by VBlez (1957: 112). as
Diodia rigida Chamisso & Schlechtendal. The species has
extremely narrowly linear leaves and the awns of the stipules
are glabrous. No collection from Dominica has been seen and
its presence is unlikely.