Flora of Dominica, Part 2 - Smithsonian Institution Libraries

78 ELAE~CARPACEAE-ERICAE-E~~U~~CBAE SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO BOTANY
Roche d’Or Estate (Wasshausen & Ayensu 399), Rosalie
Valley (Beard 238), Sylvania (Hodge 1440), Syndicate
(Whitefoord 4350).
Considered an indicator of rich soil. A pervasive species, but
most common on upper slopes.
Sloanea massonii
Sloaneo mawonii Swartz, 1788:82, “Massoni”.-C.E. Smith, 1954:47.
Slooneo truncoto Urban, 1921a:26.
Chfitaignier grand fay.
Canopy tree; stipules deciduous; petioles 3-6 cm long, often
with transverse epidermal cracks; leaves entire, large (8-25 cm
x 7-20 cm); inflorescence 2-3 cm long, racemose; sepals
3-3.5 cm long; capsules densely covered with soft hairs to 2
cm long.
Lesser Antilles; common and codominant with Dacryodes in
Dominican rainforests: Castle Bruce road (Cowan 1671), Deux
Branches (Hodge 2964, 2967, 2992). Dleau Gommier (De-
Filipps 162, Nicolson 41 79). Fond Figues River (Ernst 1582),
La Chaudibre (Hodge 3657), Lisdara (Cooper 162, Hodge 538,
Proctor 539), Marigot (Hodge 539), Pagayer (Nicolson 2107),
Pleasant Valley (Eggers 603), Riversdale (Howard I1 762),
Sylvania (Hodge 1323), Syndicate (Whitefoord 3640), Wooten
Waven (Eggers 885).
Reported to indicate poor soil and be a good timber tree.
ERICACEAE
1. Ovary superior; pubescent shrub with small, sermlate
Gaultheria
leaves .....................
1. Ovary inferior; glabrous shrub or epiphyte with large,
entire leaves.
2. Racemes axillary, flowers 4-8, red ..... Gonocalyx
2. Racemes terminal, flowers 10-30, greenish white
........................ Symphysia
Gaultheria Linnaeus
Gaultheria domingensis
Godtheria domingensir Urban, 1902, 3:329.-Hersey & Vander Klcet,
1976:2471.-Whitefoordd, 1989: 147.-Howard. 1989,6:28.
Brossoeo coccineo Linnaeus. 1753:1190.
Epigoeo cordifolio Swartz, 1788:73, nm Godtheria cordifolio Kunth.
Godtheria sphgnicolo L. Richard, 1792:109, nom. illeg. [cited Epigoeo
cordiforin Swartz].--Stehlt. 1962b:432.
Godtheria coccineo (Linnaeus) Urban, 1902,3:330, non Kunth.
Godtheria swartzii Howard, 1975:241.
Small, erect shrub; leaves ovate, to 2 cm long; racemes
terminal; flowers red; fruits blue-black, fleshy but drying.
Hispaniola, Guadeloupe, and Martinique; new record for
Dominica: Valley of Desolation (Whitefoord 4212,5482).
Gonocalyx Planchon & Linden
Nevling (1970:226) concluded that this name was first
validly published in Linden’s “Prix-courant de l’establissement
#introduction pour les plantes nouvelles” (p. 5-6), probably in
late 1855. He did not clarify the authorship of the generic name,
whether it should be Planchon, Linden, or both, nor was it clear
who was the author of the catalog. His arguments seem sound
and, therefore, I do not cite the author as usually done,
“Planchon & Linden ex Lindley,” referring to the publication of
8 Mar 1856 on p. 152 of the Gardeners’ Chronicle.
Gonocalyx smilacjfolius
Gonocolyx sm‘lacifoliur (Grisebach) A.C. Smith, 1932:354.-NevIing,
1970222.
Vocciniwn sm‘lacifoliwn Grisebach, 1860:144.
Hornemannio smilocifolio (Grisebach) J. Hooker in Benh &Hooker, 1876,
2:567.
Cerotostema smilacifoliwn (Grisebach) Horold, 1909:276.
Shrub, usually epiphytic; leaves ovate or lance-ovate, base
rounded to cordate, apex acuminate, entire, coriaceous; raceme
axis 0.5 mm thick; apical anther sac tubules 3.0-3.5 mm long;
flowers and pedicels bright red; fruit green, finally dark purple.
Guadeloupe; common epiphyte in rainforests of Dominica,
550-1150 m: Castle Bruce Road (Cowan 1604), Freshwater
Lake Road (Gillis 81 67), Morne Anglais [Couliaboun, the type
locality] (Fennah 20, Hodge 2278, Wilbur 7969), Pont Casse
(Chambers 2606, Nicolson 21 77), Syndicate (Whitefoord
4234), Valley of Desolation (Whitefoord 5488).
Symphysia C.B. Presl
Symphysia racemosa
Symphysia rocemso (Vahl) Steam, 1972a:lll.
Hornemnnia rocemoso Vahl, 1810:121.-A.C. Smith, 1935:10.--StehlC,
1962b3432.
Vocciniwn koyi W. Hooker, 1840.
Vacciniwn rocemwn (Vahl) Wilbur & Luteyn in Luteyn & Wilbur, 1917:275.
Scrambling shrub; leaves elliptic, lance-ovate or ovate, base
cuneate to rounded, apex acute or acuminate, entire to
crenulate, f coriaceous; raceme axis 1-2 mm thick; apical
anther sac tubules 1 mm long.
Jamaica to Martinique; often common in Dominica in
rainforest and elfin woodlands, 126-1300 m: Deux Branches
(Hodge 3453), Freshwater Lake (Chambers 2555, Ernst 1732,
Gillis 8202, Hodge 1863, Smith 10242, Wilbur 7440), Mome
Anglais (Hodge 664, 2295, Wilbur 7948), Morne Couronne
(Webster 1321 0), Mome Diablotins (Hodge 2832, Whitefoord
4543), Mome Nicholls (Nicolson 1949), Morne Plat Pays
(Hodge 1664), Mome Trois Pitons (Hodge 1394,1425), Pont
Cass6 (Cowan 1605, Ernst 1016, Stern & Wasshuusen 2550),
Valley of Desolation (Hodge 1941).
Recent transfers of this species, from Hornemnnia to
Symphysia (nomenclature) and from Symphysia to Vaccinium