acute, somewhat thickly membranous r papery, smooth and 

 shining on both sid.-s, nerves slightly prominent on both sides, 

 pinnate, one on each side from close to tin- bast-, and often one 

 marginal : petioles _' 5 7 on, 1., tomento-e : >tyles cleft halfway. 



Dolphin Head, Ham* ! Fl. -him. 10,283, lo.:-!OG. 



i' 1 > :'.() ft. high. Young twigs, inik-resceucp, parts of flowers, 

 capsules tomentosc. Inflorescence to more th.in :; dm. 1. with long 

 peduncle. Male inflorescence paniculate, branches very short or wanting, 

 so that the flowers are clustered. Pedicels '2-1 in each cluster, to 8 mm. 1. 

 < '<iiyx unopened globular. 2-3 mm. in. diam. splitting into five segments 

 3*5-4: mm. 1. Stamens about 17 or Is. Fema racemose 



with flowers solitary, distant. Fmifimi calyx about '1 mm. 1. Capsule 

 5 mm. 1. Seeds olive-grey, 3 mm. in diam. 



3. L. Harrisii B niton in Bull Torr. B<>t. Clnl, xli. 10 (1'jU) ; 

 leaves (>-l. r > cm. 1., elliptical, shortly and acutely acuminate, base 

 obtuse, papery-leathery, puberulous on nerves on both sides, 

 otherwise glabrous on upper surface, tomentose and soft to the 

 touch beneath, nerves and veins slightly prominent on both 

 sides, nerves one on each side at base marginal, one somewhat 

 near base ; petioles 1-2 cm. L, tomentose ; styles cleft halfway. 



Peckham, Clarendon, 2,500 ft., Harris \ Fl. Jam. 11,192. 



Tree 25 ft. high, apparently dioscious. Youngest portions of twigs, 

 inflorescence, parts of flowers, and capsule tomentose and soft to the 

 touch, leaves crowded at the apex, twigs stout, marked with large pro- 

 minent scars of fallen leaves. Male flowers not seen. Female racemes 

 more or less erect, to 10 cm. 1. Pedicels 1-1*5 cm. 1. Fruiting calyx to 

 3 mm. 1. Capsule 5 mm. 1., 7 mm. br. Seeds ellipsoidal-globular, pinkish- 

 grey marked with minute white dots, about 3 mm. 1. 



13. ALCHORNEA Sw. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, 3-5-nerved and glandular 

 at the base. Flowers dioecious or monoecious, without petal-. 

 in axillary or lateral spikes or racemes ; the male spikes slender, 

 -imple or paniculate, with small flowers clustered along the 

 rhachis, the female spikes or racemes simple, with a single flower 

 under each bract. l>isk generally wanting. .Male flowers: 

 ('alyx globose and closed in the bud, valvately 4-(.')-L ) -)parted 

 during (lowering. Stamens S or fewer, united at the base to 

 form a Cancer-shaped membrane. llndinient of ovarv none. 

 l-Vinale (lowers: Segments of perianth 1 (3-ii), imbricate. Hvarv 

 -(-3)-'elled : sfvles -(-'.'>) distinct, undivided or rarely iMohed, 

 long exserted ; ovules solitary. Capsule splitting into two (or 

 three) l'-val\ed cocci. Seeds sul (globose, without a caruncle. 



Species about GO, natives of the tropic-. 



A. latifolia Sio. I'm,!,-. ( js (irss) lV Fl. /,?,/. a,-,-. li:>4, /. :M : 

 n ]''njiln>i-l>. 7V///. 4 '_',/. !.',/. 11 : ll'tii'i- AiT.nciik. ./-. /. 4'J : 



