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218 TLIACEAE-UWCEAE SMlTHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO BOTANY
Bartramia indica Linnaeus, 1753:389, non Triwnfetta indica Lamarck.
Triwnfetta barrramia Linnaeus, 1759a: 1044, nom. iUeg.-Lay, 1950382.
Shrub to 2 m; a distinctive species with cucullate buds and a
small, densely tomentose fruit body.
Neotropics but now a pantropical weed; in Dominica at low
elevations: La Plaine (Nicolson 2066), Portsmouth (DHN!),
Roseau (Kruuss 1251).
The above synonymy is traditional but Burtrumiu indicu
Linnaeus is not yet firmly lectotypified. At least one Linnaean
specimen (620.3 LINN from Surat) is almost certainly
TriuMettu gfubra Roaler (in Sprengel, 1825,2:450, type from
Batticaloa in Ceylon) not T. rhomboideu. Bornstein (in
Howard, 1.c.) cites a Hermann specimen (BM) as type but does
not mention who, when, and where it was so designated.
Triumfetta semitriloba
Triumfetta semitriloba Jacquin, 1760:22.-Lay, 1950:373.
TriunJerta althaeoides sensu Grisebach, 1859:96, and Lay, 1950371, as to
Imray material from Dominica, non Lamarck.
Small shrubby herb to 1 m, a rather unremarkable species.
Pantropical; common in Dominica to 550 m: Cabrits (Hodge
540, Whitefoord 4078), Dublanc (Whitefoord 5199), Londondeny
(Chambers 2610, Mero (Chambers 2781), Mt. Joy
(Hodge 1289), Pointe Ronde (Hodge 2734), Portsmouth
(Whitefoord 5191), Ridgefield (Hodge 2151), South Chiltem
(Hodge 1579), Sylvania (Cooper 79, sine loc. (Imruy 157,221
at GH as “Imary”).
TURNERACEAE
Turneru ulmijioliu Linnaeus, distinguished by 2 basal
leaf-glands and flowers 4 cm across, was attributed to
Dominica by VBlez (1957:115). I exclude this as yet
unconfirmed record.
Piriqueta cistoides
Piriquera cisroides (Lmnaeus) Grisebach, 1860:298.4mduff, 1970494.
Turnera cistoides Linnaeus, 1762:387.
Stellately villous, often sprawling herb to 1 m; leaves
eglandular, c1 cm across; flowers yellow-orange, c1 cm across.
West Indies and South America; common but scattered weed
in open areas of Dominica near the west and north coasts:
Grand Savanne (Ernst 1051,1388,2141, Hodge 3797, Wilbur
8354), L’Anse Noire (Ernst 2076), Roseau (Lloyd 736),
Rosehill (Eggers 695), St. Aromant (Lloyd 566), Sugar Loaf
(Eggers 949).
Urban (1883:73) credited publication of this name to Meyer
ex Steudel (1841, 2:724, see also 344). However, Steudel’s
“Piriquetu cistoides Meyer” is based on Turneru cistoides
Hort., non Linnaeus, and must be regarded as a nomen nudum.
ULMACEAE
1. Plants usually armed with stipular thorns; leaves serrate
above the middle, not scabrous; pistillate flowers solitary
or in few-flowered fascicles; stigmas 2-cleft; drupe 8-12
mm long. ...................... Celtis
1. Plants unarmed; leaves completely sermlate, scabrous;
pistillate flowers in cymes; stigmas uncleft; drupe 3 mm
long. ........................ Trema
Celtis Linnaeus
Celtis iguanaea
Celtis iguanaea (Jacquin) Sargent, 1895,564, “iguanaeus.”
Rhamnus iguanaeus Jacquin, 1760:16.
Celtis acdeala Swartz, 178853, nom. illeg.-Grisebach, 1860:149.
A k scandent shrub to 12 m; branches flexuous, each node
armed with short, decurved stipular thorns; staminate flowers
borne in racemose cymes.
Neotropics; occasional but forming thickets in exposed
places of western Dominica: Cabrits (Nicolson 4200), Loubibre
(Hodge 3863), Morne Daniel, north of Goodwill (Ernst 1840,
Hodge 3889). Flowering May-July.
Trema Loureiro
Although Loureiro used feminine gender, Greek tremu, cited
by Loureiro, is neuter.
Tremu domingensis Urban was attributed, with doubt, to
Dominica and Martinique by Urban (1920,8: 164). The doubt
seems justified, this entire-leaved species apparently being
endemic to Hispaniola.
1. Leaf-blades usually c6 cm long, reticulate venation
prominent beneath, the apex acute-acuminate .......
..................... T. lamarekianum
1. Leaf-blades usually >7 cm long, the reticulate venation not
prominent beneath, the apex acuminate-attenuate .....
....................... I: micranthum
Trema lamarekianum
Trema lamarckionum (Roemer & Schultes) Blume, 1856, 2:58.4risebach,
1860: 150.
Celris 1amarckiaM Roemer & Schultes, 1820,6311.
Sponia Iamorckiana (Roemer & Schultes) Decaisne, 1834:498.
Shrub or small tree to 2.5 m; leaves rather small, k equal at
base.
West Indies; locally common on Dominica on dry slopes:
Pointe Guignard (Wilbur 8134), Rosalie Valley [?I (Lloyd 722),
Soufri5re Village (Ernst 1965), sine loc. (Imruy 414 at K).
Flowering July.