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216 THEACEAE-THYMEL~EACEAE SMITHSOh” CONTRIBUTIONS TO BOTANY
Freziera undulata
Freziero unduloto (Swartz) Willdenow, 1799, 2:1179.-Swartz, 1800:974,-
Kobuski, 1941:464.
Erotewn wrdulatwn Swartz, 1788:85.
Freziero elegons Tulasne, 1847:336.
Freziero unduloto var. elegons (Wasne) Krug &Urban in Urban, 1896543.-
Kobuski, 1941:465.
Shrub or tree to 10 m; leaves narrowly lanceolate and
tapering at base, to 17 cm x 4 cm; flowers white or pinkish,
Endemic to Lesser Antilles; locally common in Dominica on
summits and occasional at lower elevations: Boeri Lake
(Wilbur 8195), Freshwater Lake-Laudat area (Eggers 632,
Nicolson 1290), Mome Diablotins (Wasshausen & Ayensu
408), Morne Micotrin (Nicolson 1983), Pont Casse (Ernst
1290, Wilbur 8177), Morne Trois Pitons (Chambers 2592,
Ernst 1212, Hodge 1392, Lloyd 732, Wilbur 8081). Flowering
November-August (all year?), fruiting August-December
(only Eggers 632 and Wilbur 8195).
There are two aspects of this species, treated by Kobuski
0.c.) as varieties: (1) var. elegans, the summit aspect with
strongly zig-zagged twigs, leaves tufted near ends of twigs, and
smaller leaves (to 8 cm x 2 cm) often subequal at base; (2) var.
undulata, the midland aspect with straighter twigs, leaves not
tufted, and larger leaves (to 17 cm x 4 cm) often unequal at
base. However, there are intermediates and I suspect the
differences are ecologically rather than genetically determined.
Ternstroemia Mutis ex Linnaeus f., nom. cons.
1. Peduncles to 2 cm long; locules 3, 2-ovulate; stigma
3-parted, evolute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T. elliptica
1. Peduncles 2-8 cm long; locules 2, 5-20-ovulate; stigma
simple . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T. peduncularis
Ternstroemia elliptica
Ternstroemio elliptic0 Swartz, 1788:8 1 .-Kobuski, 1943 :63.
See key characters.
St. Kitts, Guadeloupe and Dominica; reported only once for
Dominica: sine loc. (Imray 280 at GH, 380 at K).
Ternstroemia peduncularis
Ternstroemio peduncdoris A.P. Candolle, 1822b:409.--Kobuski, 1943:73.
Ternstroemio obmolis A. Richard in Sap, 1845, 10:221.
Ternstroemio peduncularis var. stenophylla Krug & Urban in Urban, 18%526.
Shrub or tree to 5 m; leaves oblanceolate-obovate; flowers
solitary, axillary, strongly aromatic, sepals pink, petals orange.
Antilles; occasional in Dominica on open slopes to 300 m:
Grand Bay (Ernst 1070), Grand Savanne (Stern & Wasshausen
2459,2541), sine loc. (Imray 469). Flowering April-July.
THEOPHRASTACEAE
Cluvija longifolia (Jacquin) Mez of northem South America,
with long senate leaves, red-orange flowers and glandular
staminodia, has been collected in the Roseau Botanic Garden
(Hodge 3945).
Jacquinia armillaris
Jocquinio ormillark Jacquin. 1760:15.-Mez in Urban, 1901, 2:442.-
Howard, 1973b:455.
Jocquinio arboreo Vahl, 1797, Eclog., 1:26.-Gooding et al., 1%5:320.-
Adams, 1972:563.-Linle et al., 1974:762, pl. 628.
Jocquinio ormi7Iorir var. orboreo (Vahl) Grisebach, 1861:397.
Jocquinio borbasco Mez in Engler, 1903, IV.236a (Heft 15):32, nun.
illeg .-SStehle, 1962b:440.
Ma1 bois chandelle.
Shrub or tree to 3 m; leaves k verticillate near branch-tips,
spatulate or obovate, pellucid-punctate; inflorescence racemose;
flowers white, aromatic; sepals eciliate; stamens 5,
anther apices narrowly but deeply lobed; staminodia 5,
petalloid; berry green, becoming orange (or red?).
West Indies (except Bahamas and Trinidad); in Dominica in
wind-sheared woodlands on east coast: L’Anse Noire (Ernst
2080), Salybia (Chambers 2634), La Plaine (Ramage s.n. at
GH). Flowering January, fruiting August.
Mez (in Engler, 1.c.) adopted J. barbasco “(Loefling)” Mez,
believing that Chrysophyllum barbasco hefling (1758) provided
the earliest available epithet. However, as Howard
(1973b3455) pointed out, hefling only cited “Barbasco” as a
vernacular name, not as part of a binomial (“Chrysophyllum.
Barbasco” (p. 204) and “Chrysophyllo fructu adfinis.. .; vulgo
Barbasco” (p. 277)). In publishing more extensively on his J.
armillaris, Jacquin later (1763:53) included a reference to
befling.
Setting aside J. berteri Sprengel, a species with smaller
leaves and shorter inflorescence with reflexed pedicels, it is
generally considered that there are two other species in the
West Indies, one with ciliate sepals (called Jacquinia armillaris
Jacquin by Mez (1901), and one with eciliate sepals (called
Jacquinia revoluta Jacquin by Mez (1901, 1903). The first
question is whether Mez was correct in treating J. armillaris as
having eciliate sepals and the second question is whether Mez
was correct in treating J. arborea Vahl(1797, Eclog., 26) as its
synonym. If the (lecto?)type of either name actually has ciliate
sepals, J. revoluta Jacquin will fall into its synonymy.
Without having seen the types, I am following Mez (1901)
and assuming that his dispositions are correct. In any case, all
cited (three) Dominican specimens have eciliate sepals.
THYMELAEACEAE
Daphnopsis americana subsp. caribaea
Dophnopsis americono subsp. coriboeo (Grisebach) Nevling, 1959:3 15.
Dophnopsis coribaeo Grisebach, 1860:278.