150 URTICACE-ffi. 



campylotropous. Pericarp drupaceous, minute. Cotyledons fleshy-incurved, anfractuose. 

 — Leaves serrulate ; cymes axillary ; pedicels articulated. 



3. S. micrantha, Decs. Scabrous ; leaves oblong- lanceolate, acuminate, oblique at 

 the base ; cymes sessile, usually geminate, nearly as long as the petiole. — Br. Jam. t. 12. 



f. 2. — Rhamnus, L. Celtis, Sw. C. Lima, Sw. .- a form with the leaves very scabrous 

 above. C. rufescens, Planch. ! — A tree, about 20' high, or shrubby ; leaves 4 '-6" long ; 

 drupes ovate-globose, 1'" long. — Hab. Jamaica !, all collect., common ; Antigua !, Wullschl., 

 Dominica!, Imr.; Trinidad!, Sieb. Tr. 45, Pd., Cr. ; [Cuba!, Venezuela! to Brazil!]. 



4. S. mollis, W. Branchlets velutinous-pubescent ; leaves ovate, acuminate, equal or 

 slightly oblique at the base, scabrous above, soft-pubescent or puberulous beneath ; cymes 

 sessile, scarcely as long as the petiole. — A high tree ; leaves 4" long. — Hab. Antigua !, 

 Wullschl. j Dominica !, Imr. ; [Cuba !, Venezuela !]. 



5. S. Xiamarckiana, l)r, -x. Scabrous; leaves small, ovate-lanceolate, pointed, equal 

 at the base ; cymes subsessile, exceeding the petiole. — Celtis, R. S. C. Lima, Lam. — A 

 tortuous tree ; leaves 1" long, shortly petioled, revolute on the margin, somewhat hoary 

 beneath, very scabrous above ; drupes ovate, 1"' long. — Hab. Bahamas !, Swains. ; Jamaica !, 

 Macf. ; Dominica !, Imr. ; S. Vincent !, Guild. 



Tkibe II. JRTOCARPFJE. — Flowers unisexual. Stamens erect in the bud. — Woody 

 plants, with a milky sap ; leaves alternate. 



3. FICUS, L. 



Inflorescence androgynous : flowers sessile on the inner side of a hollow, fleshy receptacle 

 (the fig), which is involucrate at the base and bracteolate at its minute, terminal aperture. 

 Calyx-divisions 2-6. Stamens 1-2-6. Style simple or bipartite. Ovule pendulous. — 

 Leaves in the West Indian species alternate, quite entire, glabrous. 



Sect. Ueostigma. — Calyx %-partite. Stamen 1. Style simple. 



The only West Indian species, described as belonging to the diandrous section Pharma- 

 cosycea {Ph. jamaicensis, Liebm.), is a large-leaved tree, but a doubtful species, its flower 

 and fruit being unknown. 



* Figs 8"'-12'" diam. 



6. F. laurifolia, Lam. Leaves elliptical-oblong, pointed, cuneate or rounded at the 

 base, 12-15-costate; Jigs globose, 2-3 times as long as the pedicel, puberulous or glabrate : 

 bracteoles broad, forming a distinct, umbilicated-convex, perforated mamilla : involucre 

 minute. — Si. t. 223. — F. virens, Ait. F. martinicensis, W. Urostigma laurifolium, Miq. 

 {non Gr. PI. Carib.). — A large tree; leaves with minute, white points above, 6"-8" long, 

 2£"-3" broad : petiole 1"-1£" long; fig 10"'-12'" diam., red : pedicel 4"'-5"' long ; invo- 

 lucre 2-3-partite : segments 2'" long ; mamilla 2'" diam., £'" high. — Hab. Jamaica !, Wils., 

 March ; Dominica !, Imr., in the mountains. 



7. P. suffocans, Hb. Bks. Leaves elliptical, bluntish at both ends, 7-8-costate ; figs 

 globose, much longer than the pedicel, glabrous, flat at the perforated top : involucre 

 minute. — Plum. Ed. Burm. t. 131./. 3. — F. citrifolia, Lam.? — Leaves somewhat scabrous 

 with white, minute points on both sides, 4'' long, 2" broad : petiole 6"'-8'" long ; fig 8'"- 

 10'" diam. ; involucre bilobed: lobes roundish, 1'" diam. — Hab. Jamaica!, Jl., Wils., 

 March, at Moneague, Bath. 



8. P. crassinervia, Desf. Leaves oval, rounded at the top, or with a bluntish point, 

 subcordate or rounded at the base, 7-9-costate ; figs globose, subsessile, velvety : bracteoles 

 closing the aperture, surrounded by a callous, mamilliform ring ; involucre bilobed, large, 

 velvety, % or I as large as the fig. — Urostigma, Miq. ! U. Gardnerianum, ex Antigua, 

 Miq.!, the form with rounded leaves. U. trigonatum, Or. PL Carib. {non Miq.). — A tree; 

 leaves 5"-9" long, 3"-6" broad : petiole 2"-9" long ; fig 8"'-10'" diam.— Hab. Jamaica !, 

 Macf ., March, Wullschl.; Antigua!, Nichols., Wullschl.; [Cuba!, Guadeloupe!]. 



** Figs 4"'-8'" diam. 



9. P. trigonata, L. Leaves oval, rounded at both ends, or subcordate at the base, 



