More^.] CLIII. URTICACE.E. 367 



^qualibus; ovulum ab apice pendulum. Fructus receptaculo globoso floribus masculis 

 persistontibus coronato inclusus ; pericarpium receptaculo adnatum, Semen globosum, 

 apice lateraliter affixum, testa tenuiter subcoriacea ; albumen ; embryo globosus, coty- 

 ledonibus crassissimis camosis parum v. valde inrequalibua, radicula brevissima inclusa.— 

 Arbores fruticesve baud lactescentes (Pceppiy). Folia alterna, breviter petiolata, integer- 

 rima, subtus prominenter pennivenia et reticulato-venulosa ; stipulie laterales, parvc-c, 

 caducissimEe. Receptacula in axillis solitaria v. fasciculata, breviter pedunculata, primum 

 saltem in specie africana tube turbinate margine expansa, fructifera in utraque specie 

 globosa, ore contracto, massa florum masculorum marcescentium coronato. Stylus sub 

 antliesi inter floras masculos numerosissimos occultus, mox exsertus. 



Species 2, altera regionis Araazonicf^e Americse australis, altera Africae tropiese occidentalis Incola. 



Bur, in DC. Prod, vii. 278. Baill. Adans. xi. 300. 



Genus florum in receptaculo dispositioDe Laiiessmim et Bo5jm"c« accedit, sedflores S Morearum 



nee Artocarpearum, 



TrIBUS V. ARTOCARPEiE. 



39. Picus, Linn. Gen. n. 11C8.— Flores monoici v. rarisaime dioici, receptaculo camoso 

 globoso ovoideo pyriformi v. rarius oblongo Siepissime androgyno adosparvum cc-seriatim 

 bracteato inclusi. Fl. ^•, Perianthium 2-6-fidum v. partitum, lobia segmentisve imbncatis, 

 rarissime ad squamam unicam reductum. Stamina 1-2, v. rarius 3-6, filame^jtis brev- 

 ibus rectis ; anthers exsert^ v. inclusa, ovatse v. oblongse. Ovarii rudimentum 0. FL 

 P • Perianthii segmenta quam in mare ssepius pauciora angustioraque, nunc tamen 

 tenuia et late imbricata v. minuta v. 0. Ovarium rectum v. mox obliquum ; stylus saltem 

 post fecundationem excentricus v. lateralis, bre^-is v. filiformis, apice in stigma peltatum, 

 cavum, oblongo-lanceolatum, lineari-lanceolatum v. longe caudatum rarius in?equahter 

 2-crure dilatatus; ovubim apice v. sub apice lateraliter affixum, pendulum. Acbfenia 

 receptaculo sa^pe aucto arete inclusa, perianthio fructifero immutato v. rarius succulento 

 stipata V. vestita, v. in paucis speciebus nuda ; pericarpium crustaceum mduratum siccum 



V extus succulentum, rarius totum carnosum. Semen pendulum, testa membranacea ; 

 albumen s^epius parcum ; embryo curvus, cotyledonibus ^qualibua v. insequalibus mter- 

 dum plicatis, radicula sursum incumbente.— Arbores fruticesve lactescentes. Folia alterna 



V rarius opposita, integerrima dentata v. lobata, forma etvenatione quam maxime vana ; 

 stipulre gemmam terminalem involventes, caducissimee. Receptacula srepius gemma v. 

 uno aborticnte solitaria, ad axillas v. ad nodos defoliates ramorum vetustiomm, mterdum 

 in ramis distinctis aphyllis conferta v. racemosa, pedunculo spepius brevissimo apice 

 8-bracteato v. nudo. Bractese ad os receptaculi cc-seriatse, parvie, exteriores ssepe erectse 

 umbonem terminalem efficiunt. interiores liorizontales v. intra receptaculum ^ reflexse. 

 Flores ^ interdum numerosi foemineis intermixti, ssepe tamen iis pauciores, mterdum 

 perpauci in parte auperiore v. juxta os receptaculi, ? sfepius numerosi, receptaculum intus 

 fere totum v. partem inferiorem obducentes. Bracteolre inter flores ? asepius parvas v. 0, 

 nunc inter superiores<? v. rarius ubique majores, flores ach^niaque superantes. 



Species enumeratse v. in herbariis nostris serratae ultra 600. per regionee calidiores utriusque 

 orbis late dispersse, maxima copia in Arckipelago Malayano et insulU maris Pacifiei vigentes, paucse 

 extra tropicos extensfe, imprimis in orbe vetere ubi usque ad Japoniam, et regionem Mediterraneum 

 necnon in Africa australi inveniuntur; in America boreali Mexico excepta desunt, et in America 

 meridionali vix lineam tropicam excedunt. Mig. Prod. Monogr. Fie. in Hook. Lond. Journ. vi. 514, 

 in vol. vii. continuatus; Afrik. Vijg. Boo7n. Amstchdami 1849, cum tahh. 5, et in Ann. Mm. Uigd. 

 Bat iii. 260. Walp. Ann. i. 706, iii. 417. Bur. in Ann. Sc. Nat scr. 5, xiv. 246. Seem. Fl. Vit. 

 247. Benth.Fl. Austral. \\.\Q>\. Bak, Fl. Maunt2SZ. Kur^, For. Fl. Brit. Burm. W. A^Q. Liehm. 

 Urf. 3/^x. in B. Dansk. Vid. SeM. Skrift. ser. 5, ii. 319 {Urostigma) et 331 {Vharmacosycca). 



Genus vastum et naturalissimum, in integrum servatum facillime cognoscendum, species continet 

 habitu, florum utriusque spxus intra receptaculum dispositione, perianthio, staminum numero et 

 gtigmatis forma sat diversas, et auctores varii, imprimis Gnsparrini in Nov. Gen. Fie, Neapoli, 1844, et 



