Tas. 4502. 
LAGETTA LINTEARIA. 
Jamaica Lace-Bark. 
Nat. Ord. THyMELE#.—OctTanpRIA Monoeynia. 
Gen. Char. Flores hermaphroditi, v. dioici. Perigonium coloratum, tubulosum, 
limbo quadrifido, fauce hispida. Stamina 8, perigonii tubo superne biseriatim 
inserta, inclusa. Sguamule hypogyne 8, lineares, distincte v. basi perparia 
connate. Ovarium uniloculare. Ovulum unicum, rarius 2 vy. 3, pendula, ana- 
tropa. Stylus terminalis ; stigma capitatum, emarginato-subbilobum. Drupa 
perigonio baccato villoso tunicata, mono-tripyrena, putamine crustaceo, fragili. 
Semina 1-8, inversa. Albumen nullum. Embryo orthotropus; cotyledonibus 
plano-convexis ; radicula brevissima, supera.—Frutices v. arbores dense ramose, 
in America tropica indigene ; libro tenaci, deductili, foliis oppositis, v. alternis 
integerrimis, floribus terminalibus spicatis v. racemosis. Endl. 
Lacerta lintearia; arborea, foliis cordato-ovatis acutis penninerviis reticle 
nitidis, spicis pedunculatis terminalibus, floribus hermaphroditis, perianthis 
urceolatis glabris, staminibus alternis brevioribus, ovariis longe sericeis. 
Laaerra lintearia. Lam. Encyel. Ill. tab. 289. Spreng. Syst. Veg. v.2. p. 245. 
Hook. in Kew Gard. Mise. 1850, ined. v.2.t.4. 
Dapune Lagetto. Sw. Prodr. p.63. Fl. Ind. Occ. v.1. p. 680. 
Lacerro. Lunan, Hort. Jam. v.1. p.473. 
Frutex foliis majoribus cordatisve. Browne, Jam. p. 371. t. 31. f. 5. 
Lavrrroxta arborea. Sloane, Jam. p.137; Hist. v. 2. p. 22. pl. 168. f.1-3. 
pl. 169.7. 1. 
Every one has heard of the “ Jamaica Lace-Bark,” and has 
inspected the curious and beautiful substance : few have seen spe- 
cimens of the leaves and flowers, still fewer have seen the living 
plant, nor was it, we believe, permanently introduced in the latter 
state to Europe till the year 1844. The year before that, our 
intelligent Collector for the Kew Gardens, Mr. Purdie, was 
instructed to take the island of Jamaica on his way to New 
Granada, and visit the quarters of this plant (the parishes 
of Vere, Clarendon, and Elizabeth), to which it seems to be 
confined. Mr. Purdie spent some days among woods of this 
tree, but could find neither flower nor fruit in a state fit to send 
home. But our wishes being known to Mr. Wilson, the inde- 
MARCH Ist, 1850. 
