106 BOTANY OF THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. HERALD. 
Plate XXKY. Fig. 1 and 2, receptacula ; 3, 4, 5, perigonia ; 6, 7, ovaria ; 8, one of the bracts inter- 
mixed with the flowers : — all magnified. 
885. Urostigma Oerstedianum, Miq. (Tab. XXXVI.) ; glabrum, foUis breviter. petiolatis deusis 
obverse oblongis lajiccolatisve obtuse apiculatis vel plane obtusis, basi subcuneato-acutis, pergamaeeo- 
coiiaceis, utrinque impresso-punctulatis, venis nunacrosis erecto-patulis prope marginem junctia, 
utrinquc tenere reticulatis, stipnlis lanceolatis coriaceis cum petiolo nascente subpiilverulentis, recep- 
taculis axiUaribus geminis pedunculatis globosis, ore bracteis 3 occlusis. — Volcano of Chiriqui, Ve- 
raguas. 
Speciea foliis parvis insignis, caaterum ilsdem a« praecedens speciebus affinis. — Arlor, Bami cylindrici ; 
ramuli subaugulati, strictiusculi, siccitate desquamantes. Fetioli antice canaliculati, 1-2 lin. longi. Folia 
1^2^ poll, longa, 3-5^ lin. supra medium lata, in sicco fuscula, costa valida. :PedicnciiU 2~3-]in.j tcretiusculi, 
graciles; imolucrwm bilobum, lobis obtusis. Hecejytacida in sicco lutcscentia vel etiam fusco-maculata, 
fragilia, matura piso fere minora. Acha-nia angulato-globosa, pallida, perigoniis fuscis partim inclusa. 
Plate XXXYI. Fig. 1 and 2, receptacula ; 3, receptaculum cut open ; % ovary ; 6 and 6^ different 
states of the ovaries ; 7, embryo : — all magnified* 
Tribus II. Olmedie^. 
886. Olmedia? «rw£Z^rt, Miq.; ramulis, stipulis, costa foliorum subtus, bracteisque aculcatis^ 
foliis lato-ovatis obtusiusculo- apiculatis, basi (uno latere quasi rcsccto) insequali rotundatis, utrinque 
7-8-costatis, floribus foemineis axiUaribus gcniiuis sessilibus,, bractearum involucro communi reccptis. 
— Nomen vernacul. " Namagua." River Cupica, and Cape Corrientes, Darien, 
Yaldopere dolenduni, stirpem admodum memorabilem ex unico parvulo ramulo vix oerte definiendam 
nee apte describendam esse. Si hujua generis esse ultro comprobatur, propriam sectionem, fl. foem. gemi- 
natis, ef^ciet—Arhor 40-60-pedalis. Aculei breves, erassi, conici, fusci, nitidi, apieo albi, quasi pilorum 
urentium compage, in stipula densi, cseterum sparsi. PiU albi, sctuloai, in bractois et atipulis aculeis inter- 
mixti. Fctioli circitor scmipollicarcs. Folia 16 poll, longa, 7^-10 kta, coriacea, glabra, supra saturate 
viridia, nitida, subtus pallida, utrinque la;via. Stipula convoluta, aubspathacea, ultrapoUicaris, cicatricem 
obliquam circularem relinquens. Perigonium fmm. coriaceum, ovoideo-tubulosum, tubo 4.fido, segmentia 
subovatis prsefioratione valvatis ? Stylus exsertus ; stigmata duo tcretluscula, partim diffracta. Bractem 
lanceolato-iineares, coriacesD, partim concretse, obtusa?. 
" From the liber of this tree the Indians manufacture sails for their canoes, garments, and mats for 
sleeping upon." — P. Seem, 
Tribus III. CoNOCEPHALEiE. 
887. Cecropia strigosa, Trecul in Ann. dcs Sc. Nat. 3me Serie, vol. viii. p. 82.— Nomen ver- 
nacul, " Guasimo." Common in the savanas all over the country. 
Tribus lY. Euartocarpe^. 
888. Artocarpus incisa, Linn., Trecul in Ann. des Sc. Nat. vol. viii. p. 110.— Nomen ver- 
nacul. "Palo de pan." Cultivated. 
" The Breadfruit-tree, although it succeeds well in all the warmer parts of America, is cultivated more 
for ornamental than useful purposes. Indeed, the fruit {sgncarpiuni) has such a peculiar flavour, that to 
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Ficus Garica, Linn. ('Higo de Castilla' of the Isthmians), is cultivated in gardens about Panama, 
but more for curiosity than use."— 5. Seem. 
