Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Pilocarpus racemosus Yahl, Eclog. 1 : 29. 1796
Raputia heterophylla Griseb. Mem. Am. Acad. II. 8: 170. 1860. Not R. keterophylla DC. 1822.
Pilocarpus heierophyllus A. Gray; Griseb. Inc. cit. 1860.
Pilocarpus laurifolius Vahl ; Eggers, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. 13 : 37, as syn. 1879.
A shrub or small tree, 2-5 m. tall ; leaflets 1-5, lance-elliptic to oval or obovate, 3.517.5 cm. long, 2-9.4 cm. broad, refuse at the apex, cuneate or somewhat rounded at the base, entire, coriaceous, pellucid-punctate; racemes 1.5-3.5 dm. long; pedicels 7-13 mm. long ; petals ovate or oblong-ovate, 3.5-4 mm. long, 2-2.5 mm. broad, acute ; filaments subulate; anthers ovate; follicle 8-11 mm. long, 6-S mm. broad, dark-brown or blackish; seeds glabrous, 5.5-9 mm. long, black.
Type locality : In high mountains, Montserrat.
Distribution : Cuba, Porto Rico, Vieques, St. John, Montserrat, Guadeloupe, and Martinique.
- bibliographic citation
- John Kunkel Small, Lenda Tracy Hanks, Nathaniel Lord Britton. 1907. GERANIALES, GERANIACEAE, OXALIDACEAE, LINACEAE, ERYTHROXYLACEAE. North American flora. vol 25(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
