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6-8-costate ; figs globose, 4-6 times as long as the pedicel, or subsessilc, puberulous or 

 glabrate : bracteoles closing the aperture, forming a bluntly conical mamilla ; involucre 

 biiobed, large, puberulous, \ as large as the Jig. — Plum. Ed. Burnt, t. 132./. 1. — Urostigma, 

 Miq. — Leaves with, minute white points above, 3"-5" long, 2"-3" broad : petiole 4"'-10"' 

 long; fig 5"'-8'" diam. : pedicel \\ m long. — Hab. Jamaica !, March, Wullschl. 



10. P. laevigata, V. Leaves cordate-ovate or ovate, pointleted, 6-8-costate ; Jigs tur- 

 binate, as long as the cernuous pedicel, glabrous, slightly impressed-umbilicate at the per- 

 forated, bracteolate top ; involucre minute, biiobed. — Urostigma, Liebm. — Leaves somewhat 

 scabrous with white, minute points above, glabrous and minutely reticulated with veins 

 beneath, Sf-H" long, 2i"-l" broad : petiole 8"'-18'" long; fig greenish, 6'" diam.: 

 terminal impression 2'" diam., flat ; involucral lobes roundish, 1'" diam. — Hab. Jamaica !: 

 March; [Cuba!]. 



11. P. lentiginosa, V. Leaves ovate, pointleted, rounded at the base or subcordate, 

 8-10-costate; figs globose, glabrous, 3-4 times longer than the pedicel, flat at the closed 

 top ; involucre minute, biiobed. — Tuss. Fl. 2. 1. 14 : a form with bluntish leaves. — Urostigma, 

 Liebm. U. laurifolium, Gr. Carib. (non Miq.). F. tinctoria, Tuss. — Leaves 7 "-3" long, 

 4"-2" broad: petiole 2"-l" long; fig b"-&' diam., red: pedicel 2"'-l'" long— Hab. 

 Montserrat, Dominica !, Lmr. ; [Guadeloupe !]. 



12. P. djmidiata, Gr. {n.sp.). Leaves elliptical, bluntish at both ends, 8-10-costate; 

 figs globose, subsessile, glabrate : bracteoles closing the aperture, forming a convex mamilla, 



and surrounded by a callous ring ; involucre large, \ or \ as large as the fig : lobes about 

 4, irregular, deltoid or rounded, usually subdimidiate. — Leaves with minute points above, 

 4"-2" long, 2"-l" broad: petiole 8"'-10'" long; fig 6"'-4"' diam.— Hab. Jamaica!, 

 Wullschl., Manchester ; [Cuba !]. 



13. P. ochroleuca, Gr. Leaves oblong or elliptical-oblong, pointed, rounded or 

 shortly cuneate at the base, obsoletely 8-12-costate; figs globose, longer than the spreading 

 pedicel, glabrous, pale-yellow, deeply concave at the lop : bracteoles closing the aperture, 

 forming a convex point in the middle of the concavity ; involucre minute, biiobed. ¥. 

 pertusa, Sw. ! Observ. (non alior.). F. americana, Lun. (non Sw.). — A tree; leaves with 

 minute whitish points on both sides, 4"-2" long, l^"— 1" broad: petiole 6"'-8'" long ; fig 

 5"'-6'" diam. : terminal concavity convex on the margin, li"' diam. : pedicels often gemi- 

 nate, 4'"-3"' long; involucral lobes rounded, spreading, scarcely l'"long. — Hab. Jamaica!, 

 Al., March. 



14. P. populnea, W. Leaves ovate-oblong, usually with a bluntish point, rounded or 

 subcordate at the base, obsoletely 6-8-costate ; figs globose, nearly as long as the pedicel, 

 glabrous, red : bracteoles closing the aperture, forming an obtusely conical mamilla ; in- 

 volucre minute, biiobed. — Urostigma, Miq. I — Leaves 3''-2" long, li"-l" broad : petiole 

 8"'-l5'" long; fig 4"'-5'" diam. : pedicel 3'"-^'" long, spreading ; involucral lobes roundish, 

 scarcely 1'" long. — Hab. Antigua !, Nichols., Wullschl. 



15. P. pedunculata, Ait. Leaves lanceolate-oblong or elliptical-oblong, with a 

 bluntish point, cuneate at the base (or rounded), obsoletely 8-1 2-costate ; figs globose, 

 nearly as long as the pedicel, glabrous, red, flat at the top, or somewhat callous around the 

 closed, flat aperture ; involucre slightly biiobed, twice exceeded by the transverse diameter 

 of the fig. — Urostigma, Miq. — A large tree ; leaves somewhat scabrous with white points, 

 usually 3'' long, H" broad : petiole 4"'-6'" long ; fig 4'" diam. ; pedicels deflexed, usually 

 geminate, 4"'-3'" long; involucre 2'" diam.: lobes round.— Hab. Jamaica!: all collect., 

 common ; [S. Croix]. 



16. P. pallida, V. Leaves lanceolate-oblong, bluntish, cuneate towards the bluntish 

 base, obsoletely 8-14-costate ; figs globose, 3-4 times longer than the pedicel, glabrous, red: 

 bracteoles closing the aperture, forming a small, convex mamilla ; involucre minute, biiobed. 

 — Nearly allied to the preceding ; leaves with minute white points above, 2"-4" long, 

 1— If" broad: petiole 3 -8'" long; fig 4'" diam. .- pedicel about 1'" diam. : involucral 

 lobes scarcely 1 long. — Hab. Jamaica !, March ; Dominica !, Imr. ; [New Granada]. 



*** Figs 2"'-3"' diam. 



1 7. P. Schumacher*, Gr. Leaves lanceolate-oblong or oblong, pointleted or bluutish, 



