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Pegwood

Stenostomum coriaceum (Vahl) Griseb.

Comprehensive Description

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Antirhea coriacea (Vahl) Urban, vSymb. Ant. 1: 436. 1899
Laugeria coriacea ahl, Eclog. 1: 26. 1796.
Giietlarda coriacea Pers. Syn. PI. 1: 201. 1805.
Laugeria lubulosa Forsyth; DC. Prodr. 4: 458, as synonym. 1830.
Stenoslomum dicholomnm DC. Prodr. 4: 460. 1830.
Stenostomum nilidum Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 333, in part. 1861. Not S. nilidiim DC. 1830.
Stenoslomum aculatum Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 334, in part. 1861. Not S. acutalum DC. 1830.
Stenostomum coriaceiim Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 334. 1861.
Antirhea dicholoma Hemsl. Biol. Centr. Am. Bot. 2: 42. 1881.
Petesia distachya vSesse & Moc. Fl. Mex. ed. 2. 19. 1894.
A tree 4.5-20 meters high, glabrous except the flowers, the bark blackish, the branchlets brownish, lenticellate, not resinous, the internodes short; stipules 5-8 mm. long, triangular or ovate-oblong, acute or acuminate, early deciduous, usually ciliolate; petioles stout, 0.5-1.5 cm. long; leaf-blades ovate, elliptic, or elliptic-oval, 6-14 cm. long, 3-7.5 cm. wide, broadest at or below the middle, acute or obtuse, sometimes subacuminate, acute or obtuse at the base, coriaceous or chartaceous, green above, the venation impressed, slightly paler beneath, often brownish, the venation prominent, the lateral nerves 7-10 on each side, ascending at an angle of 60-70°, the margin plane; cymes once or twice bifid, the branches 2-5 cm. long, with 25 or fewer flowers, the peduncles 3-5 cm. long, the flow'ers sessile, biseriate; calyx and hypanthium glabrous or sparsely and minutely pilose, the calyx scarcely 1 mm. long, obscurely or evidenth' 4-lobate, the lobes semiorbicular; corolla white, 8-9 mm. long, glabrous or minutely appressedpilose outside, the 4 lobes ovate or obovate, one fifth to one third as long as the tube; anthers included, or their apices exserted; style glabrous, the lobes obovate; fruit ovoid or ellipsoid, 9-12 mm. long, 5-6 mm. thick, 2-celled, black.
Type locality: Montserrat.
Distribution: Chiefly in mountain forests, Jamaica, Portu Rico, and the Lesser Antilles.
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Paul Carpenter Standley. 1934. RUBIALES; RUBIACEAE (pars). North American flora. vol 32(4). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
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