154 URTICACEjE. 



29. D. Contrajerva, L. Leaves cordate-roundish, palmatipartite or palmatifid, sca- 

 brous or glabrescent : segments ovate or oblong, usually acuminate, cut and toothed, or sub- 

 entire ; receptacles quadrangular, peltate : peduncle as long as the petiole, dilated at the 

 toy.— Desc. Fl. 3. t. 207.— Leaves 3"-8" diam. ; peduncles 4"-6" long ; receptacles 6"'-8'" 

 diam., convex beneath, denticulate or lobed on the margin. — Hab. S. Vincent!, Guild.; 

 Trinidad !, Or.; [Mexico ! to New Granada ! and Venezuela!]. 



30. D. cordifolia, Lam. Leaves cordate, bluntish, repand-entire, glabrescent, shorter 

 tban the petiole ; receptacles orbicular, denticulate, peltate : peduncle exceeded by the pe- 

 tioles, pubescent. — Sw. Obs. t. 7./. 2: analyt. — Leaves 3"-l" long, ]£"-l" broad: petiole 

 4"-2" long ; receptacles 4'" diam., slightly convex beneath. — Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., WulUchl., 

 on river-banks ; [Haiti]. 



31. J>. tubicina, R. P. Leaves spathulate-oblong , blunt, subcordatc at the base, cre- 

 nulate, longer than the petiole ; receptacles cyathiform, orbicular, peltate, subentire or den- 

 ticulate, pubescent beneath : peduncle nearly as long as the petioles. — Bot. Mag. t. 2804. — 

 Leaves hairy or glabrescent, 2^"-l V long, 12"'-6'" broad : petiole 1" long ; concavity of 

 the receptacles 6"'-3'" diam. — Hab. Trinidad !, Pd., rare in the savannahs at Arima ; 

 [Peru]. 



Tribe IV. URTICEJZ. — Flowers unisexual. Stamens inflexed in the bud, elastic. 

 Style simple ; stigma usually penicillate. Ovule erect, atropous. 



Subtribe 1. UREREJS. — Segments of ? calyx unequal. — Hairs stinging or none. 

 Leaves alternate in the West India genera. 



11. FLEURYA, Gaud. 



Calyx $ 4-5-partite, 4-androus, ? 4-partite or 4-lobed, at length not fleshy. Style 

 ovate or elongated, at length reflexed. Achenium oblique, mostly margined and tubercled. 

 — Annual herbs ; leaves serrate : stipules axillary, bifid ,• flowers in axillary or paniculate, 

 scorpioid cymes. 



32. F. sestuans, Gaud. Leaves ovate, pointed, coarsely serrate ; cymes usually monoe- 

 cious and androgynous : $ calyx unequally 4-partite ; pedicel not dilated ; style very short. 

 — Jacq. Schosnbr. t. 388. — Urtica, Jacq. U. divergens, Mey. ! F. cordata, Gaud. — Stem 

 erect, l'-3' high, usually glabrous between the stinging hairs (F. cordata, Wedd.), or pu- 

 berulous and glandular (F. eestuans, Wedd.) ; leaves 3 "-5" long. — Hab. Jamaica ! to Tri- 

 nidad !, all collect. ; [Mexico ! to Brazil ! ; tropical Africa ! ; East Indies Q. 



12. URERA, Gaud. 



Calyx of Fleurya, but at length baccate. Stigma mostly subsessile, penicillate. Ache- 

 nium enclosed within the fleshy calyx. — Stem usually woody; stipules axillary ; cymes 

 usually dioecious. 



* Cymes 2-3-chotomous ; rhaphides on the upper leaf-side punctiform or none. 



33. V. caracasana, Gaud. Shrubby or arboreous ; leaves broadly ovate, pointed, 

 usually minutely cordate at the base, crenate-serrate, pubescent ; cymes axillary or lateral, 

 many times divaricate-dichotomous ; % flowers pedicellate ; achenium wholly included. — 

 Jacq. Schceubr. t. 386. — Urtica, Jacq. U. sestuans, Sieb. Mart. 209. Urera Jacquini, 

 Wedd. ! — Superior leaves 3"-4" long and scarcely as broad, inferior often much larger, 1 

 long and more : principal veins 6-8-jugal. — Hab. Jamaica!, Wright; S.Lucia!, Anders.; 

 Trinidad !, Cr. ; [Mexico ! to Buenos Ayres !]. 



34. XJ. elata, Gr. Arboreous ; leaves ovate or ovate-oblong, pointleted, emarginate at 

 the base, creoate (rarely sinuate-subentire), glabrous or glabrescent beneath ; cymes axillary or 

 lateral, several times divaricate-dichotomous : ultimate branchlets of ? filiform, with 3 (-7) 

 sessile flowers ; achenium wholly included. — Urtica, Sw. ! Urera sinuata, Wedd.! — A low 

 tree, 20' high, or lower ; leaves 6"-4" long, 3"-2" broad. — Hab. Jamaica !, Dist., Wils., 

 AL, March, \a the southern hills ; [S. Croix]. 



