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NUMBER 77 STERCULIACEAE-THEACEAE 215
yellow, densely compacted.
Neotropical weed, in Dominica along west and northeast
coasts: Dublanc (Whitefoord 4282), Grand Savanne (Ernst
1390, 2131, Hodge 3780, Wilbur 7653), Imperial Road near
coast (Lloyd 784), Pointe Baptiste (Hodge 3741), Pointe
Guignard (Wilbur 8122), Pointe Ronde (Chumbers 2657).
We follow Fosberg and Sachet (1975a:lg) in treating the
neotropical densely velutinous aspect as a variety, Waltheria
indica var. americana (Linnaeus) R. Brown ex Hosaka, rather
than as a species distinct from the more thinly pubescent aspect
of the Old World.
STYRACACEAE
Styrax glaber
Styrax glaber Swam. 1788:74, “glabrum”.-Gonsoulin,
1974:233.-Howard,
1974:334.--Stehle, 1962b:443.-Nicolson & Steyskal, 1976.
Morisonia wayi Grisebach, 1859:19, fide Urban, 1892:338.
Bois dor6.
Lepidote tree to 6 m; leaves elliptic-obovate, glabrous above,
densely lepidote and paler beneath; calyx truncate and
5-denticulate; petals 5, white, lepidote on outer surface,
tomentose on inner; stamens 10, anthers linear; fruit ellipsoid,
2 cm long, beaked.
Lesser Antilles: apparently rare in interior forests of
Dominica at 600 m: Morne Couronne (Websrer 13203), sine
loc. (Zmray 295 at GOET).
SYMPLOCACEAE
Syrnplocos Jacquin
1. Leaves to 2 cm broad, attenuate at base; inflorescence 4-7
cm long; stamens free, adnate to corolla base; ovary
3-locular ................
S. guadeloupensis
1. Leaves 3-6 cm wide, usually obtuse at base; inflorescence
to 1.5 cm long; stamens united, attached at top of corolla
tube; ovary 4-5-locular ......... S. martinkensis
Syrnplocos guadeloupensis
Symplocos guadeloupensis Krug & Urban in Urban, 1892337.-Brand
Engler, 1901. IV.242 (Heft 6):30.Stehl6,1962b:442.-Mai, 1986:9.
Tree to 3 m; leaves oblanceolate, yellowish when dry;
flowers white.
Previously known only from Guadeloupe and Grenada;
locally common in Dominica near top of Morne Diablotins at
1350 m: (Chambers 2645, Webster 13362, DHN!). Flowering
in January, fruiting in June.
Syrnplocos martinicensis
in
Symplocos rrpiculata Brand in Engler, 1901, IV.242 (Heft 6):85.-Stehli,
1962b:442.
Graines bleues, cacarat.
Medium tree to 12 m (dbh 50 cm); leaves elliptic-ovate;
flowers white, fragrant; fruits blue.
Honduras, Jamaica, Puerto Rico to Brazil; frequent in
midlands of Dominica (60-)450-800 m: Baiac (Whitefoord
4608), Bornes (DHN!), Breakfast River (Hodge 1884), Dublanc
(Hodge 2553), La Plaine (Whirefoord 5408, 5413,
Laudat-Freshwater Lake area (Chambers 2691, Hodge 1959,
Nicolson 1963, Smith 10274, Webster 13247), Lisdara (Cooper
143, Hodge 2426, 2433), Londondeny (Chambers 2612),
Morne Anglais (Hodge 2253), Riversdale (Beard 242), Salybia
(Hodge 3096), South Chiltern (Hodge 1586, Stern & Wasshausen
2510), Sylvania (Cooper 32, Hodge 1111), Syndicate
(Nicolson 4075, Whitefoord 3907, 4576). Flowering October-
June, fruiting January-July.
The wood is used for timbers, posts, boards and shingles.
Study of type (Duss 2236) and topotype material (Questel
2283) of S. apiculata Brand indicates that the stamens are
3-senate and fall within S. murtinicensis. Study of type material
(Duss 4202) of Symplocos urbaniana Brand from Guadeloupe
indicates that its leaves are broad, thick-coriaceous, and unlike
anything hitherto found on Dominica.
THEACEAE
1. Leaves distichous, serrate or crenate, ovate or lanceolate;
flowers functionally unisexual (plants dioecious), fasciculate;
sepals entire, ciliate ............. Freziera
1. Leaves spiralled, entire, obovate; flowers bisexual, solitary;
sepals glandular-denticulate, eciliate .........
........................ Ternstroemia
Freziera Willdenow, nom. cons.
1. Leaves broadly ovate, base cordate, pubescent below
F. cordata
.........................
1. Leaves nmwly lanceolate, base cuneate, glabrous below
........................ F. undulata
Freziera cordata
Freziera cordata Tulasne, 1847:334.-Kobuski. 1941 :462.
Tree to 3 m; leaves broadly ovate and k amplexicaul, to 13
cm x 7 cm; flowers white, tinged with red.
Guadeloupe and Martinique; rare (endangered species?) on
mountain tops in Dominica: Morne Anglais (Wilbur 7939),
Trois Pitons (Hodge 2274). Flowering March-July.
Kobuski (1.c.) thought the species was destroyed on Mt.
Pel& (Martinique) by the 1902 eruption but it was recollected
in 1960 (Proctor 21752). The top of Morne Anglais was
Symplocos martinicensb Jacquin, 1760:24.-Brand in Engler, 1901, IV.242 c1-d for aerial survey Purposes around 1964, presumably
(Heft 6):85 .-Stehlk, 1962b3441 .-Mi, 1986: 15.
after Wilbur’s collection, perhaps destroying it there.