Biology Pamphlets Volume 939 - Tapa blanda

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1893 Excerpt: ...Crooked Is.; Inagua; Port Royal; Bog Walk. E. sp. Port Antonio. Near E. paludosa. Stem stout, sparsely hirsute; leaves oblong t» oblanceolate, abruptly pointed, leathery, shining above, pubescent on veins beneath, narrowed to a very snort petiole; calyx lobes oblong, about 8 mm. long; corolla campanulate above a cylindrical base, narrow part 3J cm. long, total length of corolla 7 cm. ASCLEPIADACE.E. Calotropis, K. Br. Mem. Wern. Soc. i. 1809. C. Procera, (Ait.) R. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. Ed. 2, ii. 1811. Asclepias, Ait. Hort. Kew. 1789. Fortune Is. Asclepias, L. Gen. 1737; Tourn. Inst. 1700. A. Curassavica, L. Spec. 1753. Nassau; Constant Springs; Blue Mts. (R.); Port Antonio (R.); Porus; Grand Cayman. A. Nivea, L. Spec. 1753. Bog Walk; Porus. Metastelma, R. Br. in Mem. Wern. Soc. i. 1809. M. Schlectendahlii, Decsn. in DC. Prod. viii. 1844. Eleuthera; Fortune Is.; Inagua. Vincetoxicum, Walt. Fl. Car. 1788; Rupp. Fl. Jen. 1718. V. Palustre, (Pursh) Gray, Syn. Fl. ii. 1, 1886. Cerco pegia, Pursh, Fl. 1814. Seuteria maritima, Decsn. in DC. Prod. viii. 1844. Fortune Is.; Inagua. Sarcostemnia, R. Br. in Mem. Wern. Soc. i. 1809. S. Clausa, (Jacq.) Roem. & Sch. Syst. vi. 1820. Cynan chum, Jacq. Pl. Carib. 1760. 8. Brownei, Mey. Esseq. 1818. Blue Mts. Grisebach thinks that C. clausum, Jacq. agrees better with S. glaucum, HBK. but my plant agrees well with description and plate in Jacq. Stirp. Amer. p. 84. t. 60, flg. 2. LOGANIACE.E. Spigelia, L. Gen. 1837. S. Anthelmia, L. Spec. 1753. Eleuthera; Fortune Is.; Port Morant; Port Antonio (R.); Lucea. Mitreola, L. Gen. 1737. M. Petiolata, Torr. & Gray, Fl. ii. 1841. Ophiorrhiza Mitreola, L. Spec. 1753. Lucea. Polypremnm, L. Act. Soc. Ups. 1741. P. Procumbens, L. Spec. 1753. Inagua. GENTIANACE.E. Leianthus, G...