KITIIORWA* I 



"f the w,: vn into about 7 to ', triangular Lobes, vi'.lo-e outside, 



enclosing two flowers, one develop!, other. CV/y-s/r'. ' 



globular, villse on upper parr. J '6 tru . 1. S ed& da i br v>n, ellii> 

 1-1-2 mm. 1. 



_. A. cuspidata J//vy. ////. > i6r. //'. '>">. '. iM.'J (1797 

 shrub; leave-; ovate, a<-urmnat\ 48 cm. 1. : inlloreseciire '_! t-xual. 

 . F/. I>r. IT. Iiitl. 18. A. i-usjiidata var. ^enuina ./"//. 



'" 7"'. Pi'mli: XV. j>t. L', 85$ ' l>''-j;. 



Ihilbcrstadt, Macfadyni\ Round Hill, St. Crux Mts., 1^00 ft.: coast 

 between Portland Point and Rocky Point ; ILir, is '. I '1. -Inn. '.i~U5, 1< . 1 -5. 

 Cuba, HUpank'la. S. Vincent, tropical S. America. 



Slirnb '2-4 ft. high; tomentose on young parts. Leaves 4-S cm. 1., 

 "vate, acuminate, base slightly cordate, crenate-serratt.', nerves pinnate. 

 with three on each side from the base, usuallv softly tomeutose to the 

 touch or glabrate, pubescent on the nerves ; petiole 1-5-3 cm. 1., tomentose 

 <>r pubescent; stipules linear, broader at base, to G mm. 1., soon fall. 

 Npi/it's 2-sexual, axillary, somewhat longer than the petiole, 2-4 cm. 1., 

 male flowers numerous with 1 to 3 female flowers at base ; rhachis villose- 

 tomentose, hairs often glandular. Fruiting bracts entire, slightly uneven, 

 somewhat rounded in outline with cordate or truncate base, about 2 mm. 

 in diani., tomentose outside and on the margin, enclosing two flowers. 

 Capsule 3-lobed-globular, villose, with a fe\v glandular hairs, nearly 

 2 mm. 1. Seeds ellipsoidal, covered with minute projecting points, about 

 1'2 mm. 1. 



o. A. seabrosa Sw. Pnxlr. 99 (17^-S) A: Fl. I,i<l. Oc<\ 117 '" : 

 inflorescence 1 -sexual, dioecious : female bracts few ; shrub. 

 (Jrisd). FL Br. W. Intl. 47 : Muell. Arg. ni DC. PmJr. xv. j.t. L', 862. 

 A. seabrosa Sw. var. ovata Griseb. l<>c. c/t. A. betulsefolia 

 Sw. /W>-. 100 (1788) & Fl. Lvl. Ocv. 1177; Griteb. Jo-: cit. 

 A. seabrosa var. betulsefolia anrl ovata 3/"//f//. Ar<j. 1c. cit. A. 

 seabrosa var. elongata Url>. Syml. Ant. i: 389 (1908). Specin,' 

 from Swartz of both his species in Herb. Mus. Brit, it in Herb. 

 Stockholm. 



}\'ritjht\ Broughton\ Sirartzl 3facj\idi/>'ii\ Ocho Rios, McXdb'. Port 

 Royal Mts., Ptirdicl Wilnonl St. Ann's Bay; Ocho Rios; Liguauea Hills; 

 Priori Liguanea plain, 600-050 ft, CV/myV//! Blue Mts. ; Long Mt., 

 200-300 ft. ; Yardk-y Chase, 1GOO ft. ; Constant Spring to Bardowie, 800 I 

 fian-ixl Hectors River, Harris .t: Briton I Bos Walk, Hrithm, 2626! 

 Fl. -lam. 5158, 5601, 5750, 5908, 6256, 8921. 9578, !r,i ','.). 10,717, 12,104. 



Sit nib 1-6 ft. high, erect or with branches trailing over rocks, din cious, 

 rarely monoecious. Jiranclu'S numerous, pubescent. Leaves variable in 

 size, form and hairiness, -5-8 cm. 1., narrowly elliptical to elliptical-roundish, 

 vail. 1 or lanceolate, apex rounded to acute or sub-acuminate, base rounded 

 to wedge-shaped, serrate or crenate, nerves pinnate, one on each side at 

 base, pup.-ry. pubescent or glabrescent on nerve-, surface glabrous or 

 tomentose; petiole 1 mm. -1 cm. 1., pu' i abrous; stipule-; small, 



very soon fallin-. Spil.;-s axillary: male '5 2'5 em. 1.. with numerous 

 flowers; female V> '5 cm. 1., with three or fi.ur 'uracts. l-'ruitin,: 

 I mm. 1.. with 1-10 triangular unequal acute teeth or lobes, usually about 

 nie-third length of bract, villnse and ribbed outside, enclosing on< r I 

 tlowers. ('./ ; -Inbed-ijohular, vill'"e on \i\--r ;. about 1'7 mm. 1. 



Seeds brown, ovute-rHip-oidal, about 1 .1. 



