162 URTICACE^l. 



rounded at the base, ohsoletely 8-14-costate ; figs globose, geminate, nearly as long as 

 the pedicel, pruinose, flat at the top, or somewhat callous around the flat, closed aperture ; 

 involucre bilobed, minute. — Nearly allied to F. gemina, R. P., but without the terminal 

 concavity of its fig. — Leaves with white points above, 2$"-3" long, %"-\\" broad : petiole 

 3" / -6"'long; fig 2£'" diam. : pedicel 2'" long.— Hab. Trinidad!, Cr. 



18. P. pertusa, L. Leaves small, oval-oblong or oblong, rounded at the top, blunt at 

 the base, obsoletely 8-10-costate ; figs globose, geminate, 3-4 times longer than the pedicel, 

 glabrous, yellowish, at length red, somewhat concave at the top : bractcoles closing the 

 aperture, forming a bluntly-conical mamilla; involucre bilobed, miuute. — Plum. Ed. Burnt, 

 t. 132./. 2. — TJrostigma, Miq. F. americana, Sw. — A tree, about 20' high ; leaves leathery, 

 2"-l" long, 12"'-8''» broad-, petiole 2"'-3'" long, thickish; fig 2'" diam. : pedicel nearly 

 J'" long. — Hab. Jamaica ( W.) ; [Guadeloupe!, Guiana!]. 



4*. ARTOCARPUS, L. 



Flowers monoecious, sessile on the outside of a fleshy, globose or oblong receptacle. 

 <? : Sepals 2 (-4) ; stamen 1. $ Flowers cohering ; calyx tubulose, perforated at the top ; 

 style simple, or 2-3-partite. Ovule pendulous. Embryo exalbuminous. — High trees ; 

 peduncles axillary, with a single flower-head. 



19*. A. incisa, L. Leaves roundish, pinnatifid : lobes oblong, pointed ; <? calyx bifid ; 

 style 2-3-partite.— Tuss. Fl. 2. 1. 2. 3. Desc. Fl. 8. t. 539.— Hab. Naturalized in Jamaica !, 

 Al.; S. Vincent!, Guild.; [Pacific and East Indian islands]. 



20*. A. integrifolia, L. Leaves elliptical, poiuted, entire (rarely lobed) ; <? calyx 

 bipartite ; style simple. — Tuss. Fl. 2. t. 4. — Hab. Naturalized in S. Vincent !, Guild. ; Tri- 

 nidad!, Schach; [Pacific and East Indian islands]. 



5. PSEUDOLMEDIA, Tree. 



Flowers dioecious, surrounded by sterile bracts : £ in the axils of the inner bracts, 

 reduced to naked, fascicled stamens ; <j? solitary, terminal : calyx adnate, tubulose, at length 

 baccate : style bipartite. Ovule pendulous. — Leaves entire ; $ flowers in axillary, glomeru- 

 liform, sessile aments, $ enclosed within similar involucres. 



21. P. spuria, Gr. Glabrous; leaves oblong or elliptical-oblong, pointleted, equal at 

 the base : principal vein-pairs 9-12, prominulous beneath. — Brosimum, Sw. ! P. havanensis, 

 Tree.! — A high tree; leaves leathery, 6"-3" long, 2"-l" broad, shortly petioled; aments 

 subglobose, 2'" diam. — Hab. Jamaica !, Sw., AL, S. Anns ; [Cuba !]. 



6. BROSIMUM, Sw. 



Flowers monoecious, or dioecious by abortion, naked : $ sessile on the outside of a globose 

 receptacle, reduced to a single stamen, separated by peltate bracts; $ 1-2, terminal, 

 immersed in and adherent to a cavity of the receptacle, from which the 2-dentate style is 

 shortly exserted. Ovule pendulous. Receptacle baccate. Embryo exalbuminous. — Trees ; 

 leaves quite entire ; receptacles axillary, peduncled. 



22. B. Alicastrum, Sw. Leaves oblong or elliptical-oblong, pointleted or pointed, 

 glabrous : principal veins about 1 2 on each side of the midrib ; pedicels as long as the 

 petiole, and as the diameter of the anient. — Sw. Fl. t. 1 : analyt. Tuss. Fl. 1. t. 9. Desc. 

 Fl. 8. t. 534.— A high tree ; leaves 6"-3" long ; aments 2"'-3" / diam. ; fruit globose, 

 10"'-12"' diam.— Hab. Jamaica (Sw., Tuss.); [Mexico! to Yucatan]. 



23. B. Aubletii, Pcepp., Endl. Leaves oblong or obovate-oblong, pointleted, shining 

 above, puberulous and rusty beneath : principal veins about 8 on each side of the midrib ; 

 aments shortly peduncled, nearly equalling the petiole. — Aubl. t. 340. /. 2. — A low tree ; 

 leaves 3"-2" long.— Hab. Trinidad !, Pd., in woods at S. Anns ; [Guiana !, Northern Peru, 

 and Brazil]. 



7- CECROPIA, L. 

 Flowers dioecious, sessile on the outside of cylindrical, umbellate receptacles. Calyx 



