Swartzia simplex (Sw.) Spreng.

Tounatea jamaicensis (Urban) Britton
Swarlzia simplex jamaicensis Urban, Symb. Ant. 5: 364. 1908.
A tree, up to about 6 m. high, glabrous throughout. Stipules linear, about 3 mm. long, caducous; leaves 1-foliolate; petioles terete, 3-5 mm. long; leaflet subchartaceous, oblonglanceolate to elliptic, 8-14 cm. long, rather long-acuminate; racemes 2-4-flowered; flower-bud globose, about 8 mm. in diameter; calyx splitting into 3 or 4 elliptic segments about 8 mm. long; petal about 3 cm. broad; stamens many, about 10 of them much longer than the others; legume 2.5-5 cm. long, beaked.
Type localitv: Jamaica.
Distribution; Jamaica.

Tounatea simplex (Sw.) Taubert, Bot. Centralb. 47: 391. 1891
Possira simplex Sw. Prodr. 82. 1788. Rittera simplex Vahl, Symb. 2: 60. 1791. Swartzia simplicifolia Wiild. Sp. PI. 2: 1219. 1800. Swarlzia simplex Spreng. Syst. 2; 567. 1825.
A tree, 6-18 m. high, glabrous throughout. Leaflet 1, elliptic, obtuse or acute, S-14 cm. long; petiole 2-5 mm. long, terete; stipules linear, 4-5 mm. long, caducous; racemes axillary, 2-4-flowered; pedicels slender, 2-2.5 cm. long; flower-bud subglobose, the calyx 10-15 mm. long, bursting into 2-4 irregular parts; petal about 4 cm. in diameter; stamens numerous, 8-12 much longer than the others; ovary stipitate; legume oblong, 1-3-seeded, sometimes constricted between the seeds; seeds 2 cm. long, arillate.
Type LCCAtirv: Caribbean Islands.
Distribution: Dominica; Martinique, Becquia, St. Vincent.

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